Put God First
January 1, 2023

Putting God First

2 Timothy 3:16
“Every Scripture has been written by the Holy Spirit, the breath of God. It will

you by its and , giving you the strength to take the right direction and lead you deeper into the path of godliness.”

Can we believe that “all Scripture is inspired by God”
Here is why I think we can.

It is remarkable in


Composed over centuries by forty authors. Penned by kings in palaces, shepherds in tents, and prisoners in prisons.
Would it be possible for writers, writing in three
different languages and several different countries, separated by as much as sixteen hundred years, to produce a book of
singular theme unless behind them there was mind and designer?

It is remarkable in


It is the single most published book in history. Translated into at least twelve hundred languages.

The Bible has been burned by governments and banished from courtrooms, but God’s Word endures.
The death knell has been sounded a hundred times, but God’s Word

.

It is remarkable in


More than three hundred prophecies about the life of Christ, 18 were all written at least four hundred years before he was born.

Jeremaiah 17:7-8

is the one who trusts in the LORD, And whose is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”

Put your

, and in God!

John 16:33
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have

. In the world you will have tribulation;but be of good cheer, I have the world.”

Proverbs 3:5
“Trust in the LORD with

your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways Him, And He shall direct your paths.”

Lamentations 3:25
“The LORD is

to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him;”

God enables us to handle life one day at a time

A promise of:
-


- A life from fear
- A life governed by

Psalm: 119:165

peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.”

A promise of:
- Life
- A life free from fear
- A life governed by peace
- A life of

Byron Chicken:
“People who love & follow Jesus: - Worship passionately
- Serve


- Give
- & people to church regularly.”

*A declaration before God our Father as we enter the New Year. *
- We Choose to put our

, , , in God!
- We Choose to Stronger this year in our Faith in Jesus.
- We Choose to in Faith not Fear.
- We Choose to be as we serve & follow Jesus this year.