God’s Protection, Correction, Direction and Grace
The Protection, the Correction, the Direction followed by His Abounding Grace a fantastic beginning in becoming a complete and whole Christian. God has us covered completely if only we trust Him…
by Char Theriot
12/24/2016
Protection = the action of protecting someone or something, or the state of being protected. God is our protector. He has guarded and protected His people from the beginning.
It says in Luke 21:15 -18 (NKJV) 15 “For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist. 16 and you shall be betrayed by parents, and Brethren, and kin folks, and friends, and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 17 and you shall be hated of all men for my namesake. 18 but there shall not a hair on your head Perish.” We have to put our trust in the Lord He is there for us at all times. All one has to do is call upon Him.
He is always waiting to hear from us with an earnest heart. As we read in Psalms 91:3-7 (NKJV) 3 “Surely He shall deliver thee from the snares of the fallen and from the deadliest pestilence. 4 For He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 thou shalt not be afraid for the terror By Night,nor for the arrow that flies by day. 6 Nor for the sickness that walks in darkness, nor for the destruction that works at noontime. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at the right hand, but it shall not come near thee.” God also says in Proverbs 1:32-33 (NKJV) 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them; 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.”. God is there for us when WE call upon Him. God can’t protect us from Satan if WE are holding hands with satan and allowing him to have control over us. We need to kick satan out and allow God to come in. You wouldn’t have an alarm system to keep the thieves out and allow the thieves to have the password to the alarm. That’s what we’re doing when we allow sin (Satan) to stay in our hearts and want God only when it is convenient for the situation.
Memory Verse December 28, 2016
1 Corinthians 10:13 (NKJV) There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
THE CORRECT OF GOD Correction = the correction or process of correcting something. A change that corrects an error or inaccuracy.
The correction of God is for our own good. God Corrects us, just as we correct our own children. When we correct our child it is to protect them. God corrects us for that same reason. Just as it says in Proverbs 13:24 (NKJV) He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly. God does the same with us we are his children so He will correct us when we need it. Also in Proverbs 22:15 (NKJV) Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him. it says,
Memory Verse December 28, 2016
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
THE DIRECTION OF GOD Direction = the course or path on which something is moving or pointing.
God is our Direction in life. Without God’s direction we have no hope. God directed Moses to lead His people to the promised land. God directed Noah to build the ark, the ones who had perished in the flood paid the ultimate consequence for disobeying God’s Direction. He is leading or going with us when He is directing Us.
We read in Exodus 13:21 (NKJV) And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, to go by day and night: God wants us to have a happy, fulfilling, and abundant life.
We would have a much happier life if we would put our full faith in God and listen for His Direction. It says in Proverbs 3:6 (NKJV) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Memory Verse December 28, 2016
Jeremiah 7:23 (NKJV) But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
GOD’S ABOUNDING GRACE 2 Timothy 1:9-10 (NKJV) 9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, He (God) sent Jesus to show us how much He truly loved us, that He would sacrifice His only Son for us, and to save us from Eternal damnation. There’s No Greater Love demonstrated as this. As it says in Romans 3:24-26 (NKJV) 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Memory Verse December 28, 2016
Hebrews 12:28-29 (NKJV) 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
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Isaiah 46:4 (NKJV) Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.