Name That Assurance
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding: 6 In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Assurance of Guidance
Reality 1
God is always at work around you.
Some trust in ______ and some in horses, but we in ______ the name of the Lord our God.
PSALM 20:7 chariots, trust
Assurance of Victory
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, But when you are tempted He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Reality 4
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways
You discern Gods will as you ____ on His ___ and ____ with his spirit. P.38
Meditate,Word,Commune
24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
John 16:24
Assurance of Answered Prayer
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and persona
Reality 2
Whoever has my ______ and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will ____ them and show myself to them.”
JOHN 14:21, commands, love
11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:11-12
Assurance of Salvation
God invites you to become involved with Him in His work.
Reality 3
_________ “I am the vine; you are the _______. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; _____ from me you can do nothing.
JOHN 15:5 5, branches, apart
Assurance of Forgiveness
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Share a personal story using one of the realities
Great Job
MATTHEW 22:37-38
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’