Monthly Archives: March 2016

New Focus: Delighted in God (#893)

New Focus: Delighted in God (#893)
Today we’re going to talk about a very favorite topic of mine called  delighted in God.  The thing that got me started me thinking about this is, when years ago, I was given a book about a British minister named George Mueller who lived in the late nineteenth century; that book was actually titled Delighted in God.  Everybody has strong points and weaknesses and his strong point was prayer…
Taught by Bruce Mahone on 20160320.  All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
Psalms 1:1-3                      His delight is in the law of the Lord
Psalms 37:3-5                    Delight thyself also in the Lord
Psalms 37:11                     Delight themselves in abundance of peace
Psalms 37:23                     The Lord delighteth in the way of a good man
Psalms 40:1-8                    I delight to do thy will, O my God
Psalm 43:4                         God my exceeding joy (NLT: the source of all my joy; NIV: my joy and my delight; lit: gladness of my joy)
Psalms . 94:17-19, 22       Thy comforts delight my soul
Psalms 112:1-8                  Blessed is the man that delighteth greatly in his commandments
Psalms 119:16                   I will delight myself in thy statutes
Psalms 119:24                   Thy testimonies are my delight
Psalms 119:33-35              I delight in thy commandments
Psalms 119:46-47              I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved
Psalms 119:69-70              I delight in thy law
Psalms 119:77                   Thy law is my delight
Psalms 119:92,93              Unless thy law had been my delights, I should have perished in my affliction
Psalms 119:143                 Thy commandments are my delight
Psalms 119:174                 Thy law is my delight
Proverbs 15:8                    The prayer of the upright is his delight
Jeremiah 9:23-24               In these things I delight, saith the Lord
Teaching
893 – New Focus – Delighted in God

New Focus: God’s Faithfulness (#892)

New Focus: God’s Faithfulness (#892)
We’ll continue our series on having a New Focus in life
So much in life becomes a challenge when aren’t focused on God and His wonderful Word and His wonderful deliverance.  So we’re trying to address that each and every time we meet by giving us something more positive and godly to focus on.
Today our focus will be on God’s faithfulness.   And it is very, very important to know about God’s faithfulness and how faithful He is to follow through on what He said.
We love it when we find people that follow through on what they say, and often they do.  I’ve found that people, even with the best of intentions, aren’t always able to live up to everything they claim.  Of course not everyone has good intentions.  But even with good intentions they often can’t get there.  Whereas God, not only has God good intentions for us, He has a desire to help us, and He’s always able to accomplish that which He’s promised, without fail.   Let’s start in Deuteronomy 7…
Taught by Bruce Mahone 20160306.  All rights reserved.
Verses and Notes
Deuteronomy 7:7-9                   The LORD God is the faithful God
Psalms 36:5-9                             Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds
Psalms 92:1-5                             To show forth thy faithfulness every night (vs. 2)
Psalms 119:86                            All thy commandments are faithful
Psalms  119:90                           Thy faithfulness is unto all generations
Psalms 119:138                          Thy testimonies are very faithful
Lamentations. 3:22-23              Great is thy faithfulness
I Corinthians 10:13                    God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able
I Thessalonians 5:23-24            Faithful is he that calleth you
II Thessalonians  3:3                  The Lord is faithful, who will stablish you and keep you from evil
II Timothy 2:13                           If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful
Titus 1:9                                      Holding fast the faithful word
I John 1:9                                     He is faithful and just to forgive
Teaching
892 – New Focus: God’s Faithfulness