Let Go and Let God (#1069)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20230716.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Genesis 39:1-5            Joseph prospered in the house of Potiphar

Genesis 39:21-23        Joseph prospered in prison

Exodus 3:1-10              I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt

Ruth 3:18                      Sit still my daughter until thou know how the matter will fall

II Kings 4:32-37            Elisha walked in the house to and fro

II Chronicles 20:12      Neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon thee

Jeremiah 42:5-7           It came to pass after ten days that the word of the Lord came

Psalms 37:7                  Rest in the Lord [be still, silent before the Lord]; Wait patiently for him

Psalms 40:1                  I waited (with expectation) [patiently and expectantly] and he heard

Acts 16:6-10                 There stood a man of Macedonia and prayed him Come help us

Acts 21:1-4                   Said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem

Colossians 1:9-11        Strengthened unto all patience with joyfulness

1Thessolonians 1:3     Patience of (proceeding from) hope

Hebrews 12:1               Let us run with patience [patient endurance] the race before us

Teaching

Let Go and Let God (#1069)

Our Wonderful Father (#1068)

A taught by Bruce Mahone 20200618.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

God is Good:

Genesis 1:1                       God created the heavens and the earth

Psalms 25:8                      Good and upright is the Lord

Psalms 34:8-10                 O taste and see that the Lord is good; they that seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing —

Matthew 5:45                    He sendeth rain on the just and the unjust

Acts 17:28                           In him we live and move and have our being

Therefore:

Deuteronomy 6:1-5          Love the Lord thy God

Deuteronomy  10:12-16  Love him and serve

Deuteronomy  11:1-25    Love the Lord

Joshua 22:1-5                     Be diligent to love the Lord your God

Matthew 22:34-40             First and great commandment: love God

Romans 8:26-28                 All things work together for good

And:

Philippians 4:4-9                            Be careful [anxious] for nothing (vs. 6)

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness

– Psalms112:4

Teaching

Our Wonderful Father (#1068)

Always Remember (#1066)

As taught by Bruce Mahone on 20230604, all rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalms 103:11-14              As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us (vs 12)

Isaiah 1:18                           Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow

Philippians 3:13-16          Forgetting (caring nothing about) those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those which are before (vs 13)

Exodus 13:3                         Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt

Judges 8:33-35                     The children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God

Psalms 63:5-6                     I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches

Psalms 111:4                       He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered

Psalms 119:54-55               I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night

Jonah 2:7                              I remembered the Lord

I Corinthians 11:23-26       This do in remembrance of me

I Thessalians 1:1-3              In prayers, remembering without ceasing (vs. 3)

 II Timothy 1:1-5                 Without ceasing I remember in prayer (vs. 3)

Teaching

Always Remember, Part 1 (#1066)

Always Remember, Part 2 (#1066)

Always Rejoicing (#1065)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20230521. All Rights Reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Acts 8:5-8                         Christ preached, great joy

Romans 5:1-2                  Rejoice in hope of the glory of God (Rev. 21:23)

Romans 12:12                 Rejoicing in hope, persevering in prayer

Romans 15:13                  Joy & peace in believing

Galatians 5:22                  Fruit of the spirit

Philippians 3:1-3             Rejoice in Lord, no confidence in flesh

Philippians 4:4                Rejoice in the lord alway

Col0ssians 1:9-11           Patience with joyfulness

I Thessalians 5:16-18    Rejoice evermore

I John 1:3-4                      Fulness of joy – fellowship

Teaching

Always Rejoicing (#1065)

Always Persevere (#1064)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20230507.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Lamentations 3:22-26         Great is thy faithfulness (vs. 23); The Lord is good unto them that wait [qawah – with expectation] for him (vs. 25); good to quietly wait for the deliverance of the Lord (vs. 26)

Psalms 37:1-9                       Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him (vs.7)

Psalms 40:1                           I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry

Luke 8:4-15                           Fruit with patience (steadfast perseverance) [by persevering] (vs. 15)

Luke 18:1-8                           Men ought always to pray, and not to faint

Luke 21:19                            In your patience possess ye your souls (NASB: by your endurance you will gain your lives)

Acts 1:14                               These all continued [were continually devoting themselves]

– To persevere and not to faint

– To show one’s self courageous for

Acts 2:42                               They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine [proskartareo – continually devoted themselves]

Romans 5:3-5                      Knowing that tribulation worketh patience

This doesn’t mean, of course, that we have only a hope of future joys – we can be full of joy here and now even in our trials and troubles.  Taken in the right spirit these very things will give us a patient endurance; this in turn will develop a mature character, and a character of this sort produces a steady hope, a hope that will never disappoint us. (JBP)

Romans 12:10-14               Patient in mental pressure [continuing steadfast, faithful] Continuing instant in prayer [to persevere and not to faint, to show one’s self courageous for]

Ephesians 6:18                   Watching (be on the alert) with all perseverance (proskartaresis)

Teaching

Always Persevere (#1064)

Our Wonderful Salvation (#1062)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20230409.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

John 3:16                      God gave His son so we could have everlasting life

I Peter 2:24                   The body and the blood

Luke 24:1-7                   Why seek ye the living among the dead? (vs. 5)

John 14:6                       The way, truth, and the life (the true and living way)

Acts 4:10-12                  Neither is there salvation in any other (vs. 12)

Romans 10:9-10           Salvation is by confessing the savior, not confessing sin

Ephesians  2:8-10        By grace ye are saved, not of works

Hebrews 10:4               It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins

Hebrews 10:11-14      One sacrifice for sins for ever (vs. 12)

Teaching

Our Wonderful Salvation (#1062)

Grace is the Base (#1061)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20230326.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Deuteronomy 6:25     Law

Romans 3:20-26         Grace

Romans 4:4-5              Believing is counted for righteousness

Romans 5:1-2              This grace wherein we stand

Romans 6:14               We are under grace

Romans 11:5-6            If by grace, then no more of works

Romans 16:24             The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all

I Corinthians 1:3, 4     Grace unto you, I thank God for the grace

I Corinthians 15:10     By the grace of God I am what I am

II Corinthians 9:6-8    God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work

II Corinthians 12:7-10 My grace is sufficient for thee (vs. 9)

Galatians 1:3, 6           Grace to you, called into the grace of Christ

Galatians 2:21             I do not frustrate the grace of God

Ephesians 1:2, 7         Grace to you, the riches of his grace

Ephesians 2:5, 7-8      By grace are ye saved

Ephesians 3:1-13        Administration of the grace of God (vs. 2)

Titus 3:7                       Justified by his grace, heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 4:16             Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace

I Peter 1:13                 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind and be strong: Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. (NIV)

Teaching

Grace is the Base (#1061)

A Merry Heart (#1060)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20230312.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:24                    There is nothing better than … his soul enjoy good in all his labour

Ecclesiastes 5:18                    It is good and comely … to enjoy the good of all his labour

Ecclesiastes 8:15                     I commended mirth – be merry

Ecclesiastes 9:4-10                 Eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart (vs. 7)

Psalms 37:3-5                         Delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart

Proverbs 15:13-15                  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance (vs. 13)

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast (vs. 15)

Proverbs 17:22                        A merry heart doeth good like a medicine

Galatians 6:1-4                        Rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another (vs. 4)

Philippians 3:3                         Rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh

I Thessalonians 5:16-18         Rejoice evermore (vs. 16)

I Timothy 6:17                          Trust in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy

Teaching

A Merry Heart (#1060)

Rejoice Every Day (#1059)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20230226.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Nehemiah 8:8-12                 They rejoiced because they understood the word of the Lord

The joy of the Lord is your strength (vs. 10)

Psalms 21:1                           The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord, he shall greatly rejoice

Psalms 38:12-16 (ff)             Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me when my foot slippeth

Psalms63:1-8                         Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice  (vs. 7)

Psalms 119:162                     Rejoice at God’s Word

Ecclesiastes 9:4-10                Eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart

Jeremiah 15:16                      Thy word was the joy and rejoicing of mine heart

Luke 2:10                                I bring you good tidings of great joy

Matthew 13:44-46                 For joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath

John 15:9-12                           That my join might remain in you, and that your joy might be full

I Thessalonians 5:16-18        Rejoice evermore

I John 1:3-4                              That your joy may be full

Teaching

Rejoice Every Day (#1059)