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With over 11 million God's Promises sold, J. Countryman is bringing forth a new hardcover series.
For all of life's struggles and uncertainties, God has the answer. This hardcover edition of the best-selling God's Answers for Your Life explores the breadth and width of the Christian's walk with God, from first steps in Christ to growing and maturing in Him to ministering to others along the path. Life is never uncertain when God is at the helm.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781418538378 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Nelson, Thomas, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 03/11/2003 |
| Sold by: | HarperCollins Publishing |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 304 |
| File size: | 2 MB |
About the Author
Jack Countryman is the founder of JCountryman gift books, a division of Thomas Nelson, and is the recipient of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Kip Jordan Lifetime Achievement Award. Over the past 30 years, he has developed bestselling gift books such as God's Promises for Your Every Need, God's Promises for Men, God's Promises for Women, God Listens, and Red Letter Words of Jesus. Countryman's books have sold more than 27 million units. His graduation books alone have sold nearly 2 million units.
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Chapter One
Beginning
In Christ ...
How To Know
You Are Born-Again
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10:9-11
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:24
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
II Corinthians 5:17
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, andkeep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
I John 5:1-6, 12
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me is not worthy of me.
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew 10:32, 38-39
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
I Peter 1:23
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26-28
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:24-25
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
I John 3:14
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty.
Matthew 13:23
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
Romans 6:6-8
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Ephesians 4:24
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
I Timothy 6:12
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Hebrews 10:23
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
I John 2:29
He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is love.
I John 4:8
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:12
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:3
How To Know
The Sufficiency of Jesus
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:35
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.
Hebrews 13:5-6, 8
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:14-16
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
II Corinthians 12:9
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:18-20
... Fear not; I am the first and the last:
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 1:17-18
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:13
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principally and power:
Colossians 2:9-10
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:11
THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psalm 23:1-4
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
II Corinthians 3:4-5
... The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
II Timothy 4:17-18
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Psalm 121:2-3
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:4
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.k I Corinthians 3:10-11
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Romans 13:12-14
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Psalm 121:5, 7-8
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
John 10:17-18
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
John 1:29-30
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalm 73:25-26
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5
What The Blood Of
Jesus Is To You
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Matthew 26:28
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Romans 3:24-26
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Leviticus 17:11
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Romans 5:8-10
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
I John 1:7
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:14
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
John 6:53, 54, 56
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace:
Ephesians 1:7
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews 9:21-22
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
I Peter 1:18-21
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:13
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Exodus 24:8
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Luke 22:19-20
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:13
(Continues...)
Table of Contents
| 1. Beginning In Christ | 1 |
| How To Know You Are Born-Again | 2 |
| How To Know The Sufficiency of Jesus | 7 |
| What The Blood Of Jesus Is To You | 13 |
| How To Know The Power Of The Word | 17 |
| What The Holy Spirit Is To You | 22 |
| How To Abide In Christ | 30 |
| How To Build Your Faith | 35 |
| 2. Growing In Christ | 41 |
| How To Overcome The Carnal Mind | 42 |
| How To Overcome Satan | 49 |
| How To Recognize Evil | 55 |
| How To Overcome Worldiness | 60 |
| How To Deal With Lust | 68 |
| How To Overcome Pride | 74 |
| How To Control Your Tongue | 79 |
| How To Be Christ-Centered | 84 |
| How To Understand The Liberty That Is In Christ | 90 |
| How To Praise The Lord | 93 |
| How To Have The Joy Of The Lord | 98 |
| 3. Maturing In Christ | 103 |
| How To Handle Spiritual Trials | 104 |
| How To Face SeriousIllness | 111 |
| How To Handle Suffering | 116 |
| How To Survive Financial Problems | 122 |
| How To Handle Stress | 128 |
| How To Overcome Despair | 134 |
| How To Maintain Hope | 139 |
| How To Enter Into His Rest | 144 |
| How To Be Established In Trust | 148 |
| What To Do When You Are Facing Old Age | 152 |
| How To Have God's Divine Protection | 156 |
| How To Find Contentment | 161 |
| 4. Ministering In Christ | 167 |
| What Is The Way To True Service? | 168 |
| How To Have An Effective Prayer Life | 175 |
| How To Be An Effective Witness | 181 |
| How To Handle Condemnation | 188 |
| What Is The Leading Of The Lord? | 195 |
| How To Wait On God | 199 |
| What Is The Importance Of Obedience | 204 |
| How To Give To God's Work | 211 |
| 5. Hoping In Christ | 217 |
| How To Commit Your Life To Christ | 218 |
| How To Draw Nigh To God | 224 |
| How To Recover Spiritually | 228 |
| How To Obtain The Promises | 233 |
| 6. Understanding In Christ | 239 |
| How to Understand The Personality Of God | 240 |
| How To Receive Understanding | 248 |
| What Is The Fear Of The Lord? | 250 |
| What Is The Sovereignty Of God | 254 |
| How To Grasp Eternity | 259 |
| 7. Uniting In Christ | 265 |
| What Is The Fellowship Of All Believers? | 266 |
| What Is The Hope For Revival? | 274 |
| What Are Signs Of The End? | 279 |