NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS GOD IS WITH YOU - Even when life seems out of control, you can be sure of this... God has a plan and a purpose for you. Because of God’s love for each one of us, He provided a plan for our salvation - the way that we can become a part of His family and live the life He has promised us. But, because of God’s deep love for each one of us, He provided the way of salvation – the only way that we are able to enter a relationship with Him. This plan is called "the Gospel." The word Gospel means "Good News." The Good News is that God Himself has already made all the arrangements for your salvation. No matter what you have done, Jesus Christ’s sacrifice is able to pay the penalty for your sin. God loves you and wants you to be His own child. Through Jesus Christ, you can experience a personal relationship with God and enjoy a life of peace and hope. When Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood for our sin, He bridged the gap that separated us from God. It is only through Jesus Christ that we can know God personally. It is through Jesus alone, that we can experience God’s love, enjoy peace and hope, and receive the gift of eternal life. - We live in a chaotic and uncertain world. Events confront us that can make us question: how can I know God and what is His plan for me, today? Even in the most troubled times you can be sure God loves you and has an incredible future planned for you.

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No Matter What Happens God is With You

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Even when life seems out of control, you can be sure of this... God has a plan and a purpose for you. Because of God’s love for each one of us, He provided a plan for our salvation - the way that we can become a part of His family and live the life He has promised us. But, because of God’s deep love for each one of us, He provided the way of salvation – the only way that we are able to enter a relationship with Him. This plan is called "the Gospel." 

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The word Gospel means "Good News." The Good News is that God Himself has already made all the arrangements for your salvation. No matter what you have done, Jesus Christ’s sacrifice is able to pay the penalty for your sin. 

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God loves you and wants you to be His own child. Through Jesus Christ, you can experience a personal relationship with God and enjoy a life of peace and hope. When Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood for our sin, He bridged the gap that separated us from God. It is only through Jesus Christ that we can know God personally. It is through Jesus alone, that we can experience God’s love, enjoy peace and hope, and receive the gift of eternal life.

The 700 Club

 

We live in a chaotic and uncertain world.

Events confront us that can make us question: how can I know God and what is His plan for me, today?

Even in the most troubled times you can be sure of these things:

1. God loves you and has an incredible future planned for you.

In the Bible, God tells us:

"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

Jesus, Himself, when speaking about the people who belong to Him, put it this way:

"My purpose is to give life in all its fullness." John 10:10

Even when life seems out of control, you can be sure of this... God has a plan and a purpose for you.

Because of God’s love for each one of us, He provided a plan for our salvation - the way that we can become a part of His family and live the life He has promised us.

2. Our sin has separated us from God.

Mankind is sinful. We only have to look at the world around us to know this is true.

You and I have not lived up to the standard of God’s holy and perfect law.

As a result of our sin, we are separated from God.

In this state of separation, we cannot know God or experience the peace and hope of the life He has planned for us.

"For all have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious standard." Romans 3:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

"If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth." I John 1:8

But, because of God’s deep love for each one of us, He provided the way of salvation – the only way that we are able to enter a relationship with Him.

This plan is called "the Gospel."

The word Gospel means "Good News."

The Good News is that God Himself has already made all the arrangements for your salvation.

No matter what you have done, Jesus Christ’s sacrifice is able to pay the penalty for your sin.

God loves you and wants you to be His own child.

3. Jesus Christ is the only provision for our sin.

Through Jesus Christ, you can experience a personal relationship with God and enjoy a life of peace and hope.

When Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood for our sin, He bridged the gap that separated us from God. The Bible outlines this incredible plan:

"God showed us how much He loved us by sending His only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him. This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sin." I John 4:9 –10

"So we praise God for the wonderful kindness He has poured out on us because we belong to His dearly loved Son. He is so rich in kindness that He purchased our freedom through the blood of His Son, and our sins are forgiven." Ephesians 1:6-7

"For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ." II Corinthians 5:21

It is only through Jesus Christ that we can know God personally.

It is through Jesus alone, that we can experience God’s love, enjoy peace and hope, and receive the gift of eternal life.

4. We must each receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

Just to give mental agreement that Jesus died on the cross is not enough.

Each of us must turn to God, acknowledging our sin and powerlessness to save ourselves.

We must ask Jesus to come into our lives and receive His sacrifice as total payment for our sins. We exercise our will and do this as an act of faith.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

"I assure you, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sin, but they have already passed from death into life." John 5:24

"Jesus told her, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again.'" John 11:25

"God saved you by His special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it." Ephesians 2:8–9

God sees and understands your heart. There are no magic words or precise formulas you must pray or say.

You can talk to God right now in the quietness of your heart and invite Him into your life as your Lord and Savior. Here’s a simple prayer:

"Dear Jesus, thank You for loving me and dying on the cross for my sin. I want to know You personally. I invite You into my life as my Lord and Savior. Thank You for forgiving me of all my sins and for the gift of eternal life. Help me to grow close to You in this new life You’ve given me."

If this prayer expresses the longing of your heart, pray it right now. Jesus will hear you. He will save you and come into your heart and life.

You will become a child of God and receive eternal life. If you have made a decision to trust Jesus, you have been born into God’s family.

God’s promise to you is that He will never leave you or abandon you.

"But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12

"I will never fail you. I will never forsake you." Hebrews 13:5

One of the best things you can do right now is to tell someone about your decision.

"For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

God has given you another gift.

Now that you have believed in Jesus, God has sent His Holy Spirit to live in your heart.

The Holy Spirit will help you in your new life and teach you about God.

God tells us His Holy Spirit is our Comforter and Counselor, who will bring us peace and guide us into all truth.

"And I will ask the Father and He will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth." John 14:16–17

"And when you believed in Christ, He identified you as His own by giving you the Holy Spirit …The Spirit is God’s guarantee that He will give us everything He promised and that He has purchased us to be His own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God." Ephesians 1:13–14

The Bible says we are to grow in our faith. We do this through praying to God, reading the Bible, spending time with other Christians, and obeying the Holy Spirit’s prompting in our lives.

Please call The 700 Club Prayer Counseling Center at 800-759-0700 or log on to CBN.com.

We have prayer counselors who care about you and will pray with you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We have free materials and information that will help you in your new life with Jesus.

Remember, now that you belong to Jesus, nothing can separate you from Him.

No Matter What Happens, you have God’s promise of eternal life and His peace and protection for your life now.

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from His love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, and our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38– 39

God bless you! May the joy of God’s salvation fill your heart, today and always.

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FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU - God didn’t choose to arm Joshua with Captain America qualities that make for a quick showdown. In the weak, weird, and wearying steps of obedience God calls us to take, it’s made abundantly clear that God is with us. All we have to do is obey, no matter the measure of our strength or resources, and God is with us. A promised Savior and King dying on a cross felt ridiculously hopeless. Our God in the grave felt limiting and quite weak, to say the least. But the fact is, what was sown in dishonor was raised in glory; the body of Jesus sown into the earth in weakness on our behalf was raised in power. Think on who you’ve got with you. He’s never been beat before, not even when he hung on a cross. Yours is the victory. Trust in Jesus’ name today and faithfully obey him. He fights for you. - In the book of Joshua, God gives Joshua the same promise that Jesus gives to his followers in Matthew 28: “And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” - The Lord pairs his promise to Joshua with a command: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” And since we misunderstand this promise, we’re bound to break the command, “Be strong and courageous.” Amid the sounds of marching multitudes, war cries, and the sighs and suspense of long nights before battle, God’s Word in Joshua rings out with the Lord’s voice declaring, “I am with you.”

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For the Lord Your God Is With You

Trust in Jesus’ name today and faithfully obey him - He fights for you

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God didn’t choose to arm Joshua with Captain America qualities that make for a quick showdown. In the weak, weird, and wearying steps of obedience God calls us to take, it’s made abundantly clear that God is with us. All we have to do is obey, no matter the measure of our strength or resources, and God is with us. 

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A promised Savior and King dying on a cross felt ridiculously hopeless. Our God in the grave felt limiting and quite weak, to say the least. But the fact is, what was sown in dishonor was raised in glory; the body of Jesus sown into the earth in weakness on our behalf was raised in power. Think on who you’ve got with you. He’s never been beat before, not even when he hung on a cross. Yours is the victory. 

Eden Parker

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In the book of Joshua, God gives Joshua the same promise that Jesus gives to his followers in Matthew 28:

“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (verse 20)

The Lord pairs his promise to Joshua with a command:

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9, NIV)

Here’s the deal: You and I often misunderstand what it means for the Lord to be “with us.”

And since we misunderstand this promise, we’re bound to break the command, “Be strong and courageous.”

Amid the sounds of marching multitudes, war cries, and the sighs and suspense of long nights before battle, God’s Word in Joshua rings out with the Lord’s voice declaring, “I am with you.”

We have only to read the stories to see what he means.

Three Ways God Is With You

1. By His Word

Before Joshua ever crossed the Jordan River to begin the task God laid out for him in securing the Promised Land for God’s people, God promised Joshua his presence, and he gave him his Word.

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)

Before Joshua could run into battle armed with God’s promise, he had to actually hear and know God’s Word to him and believe what God said was true.

He had to treasure it in his heart so that it would come from his mouth on demand.

He had to rehearse and drill the Word into his mind and heart — under the Middle Eastern stars and in the morning sun — lest when the soul-fight came, he’d be left out of shape and ill-prepared.

God was with Joshua through the raw promise he gave in speech. And he would remain with Joshua through the enduring promises he had written in the Law of Moses, if only Joshua would continually meditate on the words.

God is with you, Christian, by his Word. Will you train yourself to listen to and meditate on his voice?

Like the routine of a soldier, ruminate yourself in the recordings of the voice of your commander.

2. By His Son

“Then Joshua said to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.’” (Joshua 3:5)

The people of Israel had to be made holy, cleansed, before God would do wonders among them.

The first step in pursuing holiness before conquering Jericho was for the sons of Israel to be circumcised, in accordance with God’s law.

This was a sign that they were in covenant relationship with the Lord (Genesis 17:11; Joshua 5:9).

In Colossians 2:11-12, God reveals to us believers how we are consecrated before him through a new circumcision:

“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.”

It is through faith in Jesus Christ that we are brought into covenant relationship with God.

After circumcision, the Israelites pursued holiness by keeping the Passover (Joshua 5:10).

They commemorated the Lord’s saving work from their slavery in Egypt, when they were rescued from death by the blood of a lamb. For the Lord had said:

“The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 12:13)

In the same way, the blood of Jesus Christ is a sign for us.

When we believe in the name of Jesus, having faith that his sacrifice is sufficient for our salvation, we have the promise that no plague of God’s wrath, nor condemnation, will befall or destroy us (1 John 3:23; John 5:24).

“And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.’” (Luke 22:19-20)

God, through Jesus Christ, is no longer present to destroy us on account of our sin. He is present to bless his people on account of his own Son’s sacrifice.

We have relationship with him and are counted holy because of Jesus.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1 John 1:9)

But as we remain in this world, we still war with the presence of sin.

We must continually search our hearts for any rebel inclinations that would move us to act as God’s enemy in thought, word, and deed.

We too must consecrate ourselves as we expect God to be with us, confessing the sin that God’s Spirit has revealed to us, and commemorating the day the Lamb’s blood saved us from the wrath our rebellion deserves.

God is with us and for us only because of his Son, who in fact is “God with us” (Matthew 1:23).

Joshua’s performance of the Passover looked forward in faith to the same cleansing for sin that we Christians rejoice in today.

Jesus consecrated Joshua as he consecrates us — if we receive him by faith for the salvation of our souls.

3. Through Your Obedience

Here’s the first wonder Joshua and the people saw as they entered the Promised Land:

“As soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water…the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away… And the people passed over opposite Jericho.” (Joshua 3:15-16)

All these guys had to do was stick their feet in the Jordan River for God to pull a Red-Sea stunt.

All they had to do was exactly what God told them to do, for him to do exactly what he said he would.

Then Joshua neared the city he was to conquer and God said, “Okay, Joshua, march. March around this whole city full of your enemies for six days—armed. Look like you’re going into battle. On the seventh day march around the entire city seven times. Then blow trumpets and shout” (Joshua 6:2-6, paraphrase).

Ok, Lord, I would be thinking, Just march and blow the horn? When will we have that Armageddon moment where we’ve got heavenly Blackhawk Down music in the background as we fight to victory? Don’t you want to display your glory?

But Joshua and the people simply obeyed:

“So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.” (Joshua 6:20)

Think about this: God’s people — soldiers in full uniform — got up for six days and were silently marching around the city of their enemies.

Then they marched even more and made a ruckus. As if they did not feel ridiculous enough they were told to — shout.

Shout? Seriously God? Isn’t that a little humiliating?

And after shouting, Joshua and company were to go and fight, after a day of marching for hours.

Seriously God? Won’t my men be a little weak?

But when God commanded, Joshua obeyed. And he saw victory.

God said to him before the next battle, “Don’t fear, but go fight” (Joshua 10:8), and when Joshua did so, “The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day” (verse 14).

See, God didn’t choose to arm Joshua with Captain America qualities that make for a quick showdown.

In the weak, weird, and wearying steps of obedience God calls us to take, it’s made abundantly clear that God is with us.

God says, “It’s not about what you’ve got going for you; I’m here. It’s not about the size of your enemy; I’m strong. I don’t need you to be strong. I need you to be silent and watch what I’ll do when you trust and obey.”

All we have to do is obey, no matter the measure of our strength or resources, and God is with us.

With the writer of Joshua, we can look back on when the foot hit the water, the trumpet blast hit the air, and the the sun stood still and say, “Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!” (Joshua 10:14)

The Command

Since we’ve encountered the promise, we’re ready to keep the command: “Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9).

I know what it’s like to cling to a laundry list of limitations and litanies of “but’s.”

And man, I know to your core you cringe at the thought of exposing the holes in your confidence. But you’re weak — dust, flesh, fallen — and so am I; we’re so aware of it, we can’t evade it.

God does not tell us to ignore it, but to confess it, and to not think it affects what he’s able to accomplish.

“For the Lord has told us himself that ‘the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men’” (1 Corinthians 1:25). 

A promised Savior and King dying on a cross felt ridiculously hopeless.

Our God in the grave felt limiting and quite weak, to say the least.

But the fact is, what was sown in dishonor was raised in glory; the body of Jesus sown into the earth in weakness on our behalf was raised in power (1 Corinthians 15:43).

He Fights for You

What’s God calling you to do that you fear?

Remember God’s servant Joshua.

Joshua obeyed — blew the trumpet — and the walls of a massive city bowed to God Almighty. If God says blow, you just blow.

Don’t think on what you’ve got going for you.

Think on who you’ve got with you. He’s never been beat before, not even when he hung on a cross.

Yours is the victory. Trust in Jesus’ name today and faithfully obey him. He fights for you.

He’ll take your weakness,

Raise from it might,

Give one more reason

To cast your crown at his feet,

And keep you believing

It’s all His fight.

He’ll take your fear,

Raise from it faith,

Give you his shield,

As you hide in his Name,

And keep you beholding

Your Savior’s strength.

Eden Parker is follower of Jesus. She graduated from Wheaton College with a Bachelor's degree in Christian Education. If you entered her day unawares, you'd find her running—figuratively for the Father in work & play, literally for her fitness, and physically on the good gift of coffee and all the strength Jesus provides. Eden writes at her website.

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