The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God

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VOLUMES OF BOOKS have been written about the amazing book that you are holding in your hands right now. Many rightly acknowledge the Bible as the most important and single most bestselling book in human history. Others acclaim the fact that it has not only survived but continued to influence and shape the world through centuries of being scorned, misused, and at times burned and destroyed. Kings have tried to ban it, and countless believers have been put to death because they dared to have their own Bibles and had the audacity to stand by its truths. Without question, untold millions would tell us that they have found eternal hope and truth and peace through its pages.

But the Bible is not just a phenomenally popular inspirational book that people turn to for answers when the pressures of life overwhelm them. It is a supernatural book, God’s Word, written for us. Its words are more than the mere words of men; these are God’s very own thoughts, through which He chooses to reveal Himself to us. Here in the Bible we encounter God through His Word, and we come to know His amazingly strategized plan of salvation through His revelation of Himself in the person and work of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

The greatest love story ever told is unfolded in epic drama between the books of Genesis and Revelation. From its pages we hear the voice of a loving Creator God, who out of the incomprehensible depths of His love created mankind to reflect His Is-Ness; to love and live in His image. In essence, He said, "I want something to be like Me, and He took that something out of eternity and brought it down into time and scooped up a bit of clay and began to form and fashion man into His likeness and into His image so that He might have someone to love who was like" Him.

In the Beginning

The Bible starts in the book of Genesis, or Beginnings, the place where the romantic liaison between divinity and humanity begins, by telling how God created everything, including human beings. God looked upon all He had created and judged it to be very good (Genesis 1:31)—His work was perfect and pure. Every detail of creation and every system of nature was orchestrated and put in place so that the creation was a safe world into which He could put the object of His affection and the crowning culmination of His creation—Adam and Eve. Created in the very image of God, they were made to be capable of having intimate fellowship with God and bringing glory to His name (Genesis 1:27).

God had also created a honeymoon suite called the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:8), and in it He placed the man and his bride, in a controlled environment that was so perfectly sustained that man was not required to do any hard labor at all. Adam was responsible to dress [the Garden] and to keep it (Genesis 2:15). All he had to do was love God, love his woman, and love his land. All he had to do was love and honor his relationships. He didn’t have to sweat. He didn’t have to labor over deadlines. He didn’t have to work around the clock. His job was to love and nurture in a manner of perfect husbandry, where everything he touched would give back to him a bountiful and perfect reward.

How many years Adam and Eve lived in the Garden, enjoying each other and caring for the Garden, enjoying the intimacy of their relationship with God and learning about the creation, we do not know. The brief creation account only tells us what we need to know. But there is no reason to think it was a short time. We do know that the innocence of Adam and Eve extended into the years of fellowship in the Garden.

The Meteoric Fall

But while Adam enjoyed the creation and his relationship with God and his wife, evil slithered its way into the Garden—a subtle and glittering, yet slinking and serpentine thing crawled up into the paradise of man; forever embodying the very icon of biblically expressed evil. Understand that the serpent as the icon is not, in of itself, the issue—it is what the serpent is symbolic of—evil—that is significant. And when you touch it or open yourself up to its devices, it opens up hell’s kitchen.

And so we read in the third chapter of Genesis how through deception and disobedience, sin and death first came into the world to spoil God’s perfect creation. Sin is real, and sin is deadly. Adam and Eve sinned against God, causing a tragic break in their relationship with Him and with each other. Like a magnificent airplane falling out the clear blue sky and crashing into the deepest ocean, mankind plummeted down into the depths of depravity that just as a bottomless pit is so low that the Fall of man has not yet stopped. With mankind lost and every baby being born in sin and shaped in iniquity, all of God’s creation also fell into peril, and it’s still in peril today, waiting on the manifestation of the sons of God (Romans 8:21).

As we continue to live independent of the will and the purpose of God, everything that God created for us, including our relationships, we are now destroying, because we are forever spiraling downward in the meteoric Fall of all mankind. We ruin our water supplies, our lakes, our streams, our air, our natural fuels, and other resources. War broke out between the man and the woman and continues today. Crisis broke out between the first family’s children until one murdered the other. It was all falling down. The Garden of Eden was lost, mankind was lost, but God’s predestined purpose for His reflected glory in mankind was not yet fulfilled. And it is as if He said, Wait a minute! I won’t let go of My beloved ones!

The Love Story of Redemption

We hear the voice of the Lord walking and looking for fallen mankind in the Garden (Genesis 3:8). The guilt of sin that resulted from their disobedience caused them to hide from God and to attempt to cover their personal shame. Because they had disobeyed God’s command, they were now flawed and shameful in God’s presence. Satan, the saboteur, attacked what God loved and infected it with what He hated, creating the perfect dilemma. If God responded to what He loved, He would save what He hated. If He saved what He loved, He would love what He hated.

To cover the shame and nakedness of Adam and Eve, the Lord covered them with coats made from the skin of an innocent animal (Genesis 3:21). God thus made the first substitute sacrifice, and it followed the clear promise of a Redeemer when God pronounced these words of judgment upon the serpent, or Satan: I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel (Genesis 3:15). This prophetic word speaks of Jesus Christ and His death on the cross of Calvary.

So the love story of redemption and sacrifice begins, and it is repeated throughout the Word of God, culminating in the coming of Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on our behalf, redeeming us from sin and death and restoring us to a right relationship (righteousness) with God. Herein we learn of a relentless Lover who began walking through the Garden to repair the damage of our disobedience and is still hard at work in our lives today. He assumes responsibility for our redemption—to bring us back to love and intimacy with God and with one another. We discover through the Bible that a personal relationship with God is not dependent on the good works that we do, or on our church membership, or even on living a highly religious life. Rather, it is God’s amazing grace and forgiveness through Jesus Christ that is the only source through which we can once again be atoned (at-one-d) with God, being restored to an intimate relationship with One who made us to be in His own image.

Why a Bible Focused on Relationships?

FROM THE VERY FIRST CHAPTER of Genesis, it is clear that a relationship with God is the foundation for our lives that everything else must be built upon. If we try to build on any other relationships or things, we are building on quicksand, because at some point our relationship with our children, with our siblings, with our spouse, with our parents, and with our friends will break down. But our relationship with God is founded on a sure foundation, and it is from our foundational relationship with God that He gives us the privilege of having healthy relationships with our spouse, our families, our friends, and countless others.

If we don’t understand that we are created with an intense hunger and a thirst for a relationship with God, we won’t understand where the inner void and loneliness come from, and we’ll try unsuccessfully to fill it with other people and things. And if we don’t understand we are created for a relationship with God, we’ll find ourselves far more interested in religion than God is.

God is not interested in religion; He is interested in relationship. Religion only becomes significant when it enhances relationship, which it doesn’t always do. Oftentimes religion becomes a deterrent to relationship. The Bible is filled with many religious people who missed connecting with God altogether. Sometimes we are so preoccupied with our religious ideologies and teachings and doctrines and principles, we fail to understand that what really matters the most in life is a personal, intimate relationship with God.

Biblical Characters Faced What We Face

Inside the pages of God’s Word you will discover the divine instruction on life relationships that has been given to generations of people who faced the same life issues and questions that you face today. It dares address those questions honestly and openly and offers wise counsel for your relationships, inspiration for your needs, comfort for your sorrows, guidance for your confusion, and hope for your discouragement.

The men and women of the Bible were people of like passions as we are (James 5:17), having the same challenges in relationships, the same temptations, and the same opportunities for hope and joy, success and fulfillment, courage and sacrifice. Life offered them the same desires and aspirations, joys and sorrows, loves and hatreds that we all experience. Abraham, David, and Paul faced the same tensions, the same relationship situations we do—and met them with the same resources of the spirit available to us today. Their God was the same God, though the perception of Him in its New Testament unveiling became more refined and clear.

We find the characters of the Bible to be our brothers and sisters in relationships. That is why there is revelation for us here, sometimes in the form of warnings, sometimes as vital insights for living, and sometimes as clear guidance as they went through triumph and disaster, in peace and harmony and strife and confrontation, facing what life offered and all that their relationships could do to them.

Relationship Questions

Let’s face it, we all have questions about relationships in life. When you lay your head down on the pillow at night, what are the questions that you ask about your relationship with God? When you’re alone, do you find these life questions running through your mind? How can I know God personally? Can I find peace and true contentment with God? What is the purpose of my life? How do I know how God wants me to live? What is prayer? Is death really the end?

Throughout our lives, we all face a long list of questions on relationships that trouble our souls and require real answers based on real truth. How do I forgive someone who has hurt me badly? Can I mend this broken relationship? When my world seems to be falling apart around me, who can I trust and in whom dare I confide? How do I know whether a person is the right one to date? How can I cope with disappointment in a relationship? Will my marriage survive the lies I’ve told? How do I nourish my child’s heart? What do I do with my fears about expressing my love and care to a friend? What do I do with my cheating spouse?

The good news is that in God’s Word we find the answers to life’s bewildering relationship questions. We are not left to figure it out on our own and in our own strength and power. So I invite you to begin a lifelong journey to discovering God’s words of truth for your life and relationships, and to discovering God Himself in the words of His Book!

HOW TO HAVE

a Relationship With Your Bible

I MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE who are intimated by the Bible for any number of reasons. For some, it is such a big book that it scares them, and they don’t know where to start. Others think that because it is such an ancient book and spans such a long historical time period and includes so many themes that they can never figure it out. Let me simplify it for you a bit.

Think of the Bible as a library of books that includes 66 different books of widely varying length that were written over a period of 1,500 years by more than 40 people from all sorts of backgrounds. But the Bible is extraordinarily unique and cohesive in that the words of each book were given by inspiration or breathed out by God (2 Timothy 3:16). Taken together, the books of the Bible tell the story of God’s amazing love for us and are the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15).

Though the Bible is all one book, it is divided into two main parts. The first part is the Old Testament, which was written originally to God’s chosen nation, the Jewish people (also called Israelites), through whom His Son Jesus would be brought into the world. The New Testament was written to those who first put their faith in Jesus in the first-century Church, and sometimes the names of the books tell you to whom they were originally directed. For instance, the apostle Paul wrote the books of First and Second Corinthians to the Christians who lived in the Greek city of Corinth. Other New Testament books were written to all of Christ’s followers. These books were passed around from church to church and believer to believer for everyone to read and hear.

But understand that just as the men and women of the Bible are totally relevant today, so the Old and the New Testaments are as relevant now as when they were first written—the Bible’s timeless message is for every generation and every age group and every culture and every race of people down through history. Understand that the Bible was written for you, too, and you can discover its life-giving power for yourself. God’s Word, the Bible, is your personal guide to knowing and following God.

The Bible is God’s love story for you, and every time you read it, allow it to unfold in your heart as a love letter written by God to you. In just such a light of open expectation, the revelation of His love and His plan for you will jump off of the pages and into your life every time you turn the pages of the Greatest Love Story Ever Told!

The Bible was written for you…

and is your personal guide

to knowing and following God.

THE OLD TESTAMENT

THIS FIRST SECTION OF THE BIBLE consists of 39 books written primarily by various prophets, priests, and kings from the nation of Israel, dating from as early as the fifteenth to as late as the third century B.C. The entire Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew, except for a few selections in the Aramaic language, a sister language of Hebrew that became the common language of the ancient Near East. Whenever Jesus refers to the Scriptures, He is referring to the Old Testament. The books can be divided easily into four smaller sections of God’s library.

The Books of Law

The first five books—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—are often called the Torah, which means law or teaching, or the Pentateuch, which simply means five books or five scrolls. The Books of Law include the story of the creation of the world, the miraculous establishment and purpose of Abraham’s family in God’s plan of salvation for mankind, the deliverance of the Jewish nation from slavery in Egypt, and ends with the people of Israel ready to enter the land God had promised to them. They are called Books of Law because they contain a detailed explanation of the many laws God gave to govern and to keep the Jewish people as His special people.

The Books of History

The next twelve books—Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, I & II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther—provide a history of God’s chosen people, beginning with Israel’s conquest and settlement of the Promised Land under Joshua through nine centuries of judges and kings. These books tell the history of the united kingdom under Kings Saul and David and Solomon and then the split into the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and what happened when they obeyed God and when they didn’t. They also describe how after hundreds of years of disobedience, God brings judgment on Israel (721 B.C.) and later on Judah (586 B.C.) and allows them to be defeated and taken by the thousands into exile by other nations. Finally, the books tell the remarkable story of how the Jewish people in Babylonian captivity were allowed to return to their Promised Land and restore the temple.

The Psalms and Wisdom Literature

These five books deal with a variety of life’s issues. Psalms is a book of prayer and praise written as poetry. Many of the poems and songs were used during the Jewish feasts and festivals to celebrate God’s goodness. Today many of our worship songs contain the words found in the psalms. Proverbs deals with how to live life wisely. Job deals with the problem of pain and suffering, and Ecclesiastes deals with the problem of pleasure. Song of Solomon is a portrayal of married love. Whether in beautiful words of prayer and praise to God or as wise sayings or as personal reflections on suffering, these writings touch our deepest emotions and imagination as well as our intellect.

The Books of Prophecy

The last seventeen books—Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi—were written by God’s prophets, who delivered God’s special messages to His chosen people, Israel. The prophets reminded the people about God’s laws, how they were to live, and provide ultimate hope through prophecies of Christ’s coming and redemptive work. Five books of prophecy are referred to as the major prophets—Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel—which only means that their books are longer, not more important. The remaining twelve books of prophecy are shorter and thus referred to as minor prophets. The books are not organized chronologically, and a study of any prophetic book is greatly enhanced by cross-referencing it with the historical material in the books of Kings and Chronicles.

THE NEW TESTAMENT

AS YOU TURN from the final words of the Old Testament in Malachi to the Gospel of Matthew, keep in mind that centuries have passed, traditionally called the 400 years of silence. Although the prophets were silent, one world empire after another—the Persians, the Greeks, and Rome—exercised control over God’s people and prepared the way for the coming of Jesus Christ. If you study the prophecies of Daniel (2:24, 45; 7:1–28; 8:1–17; 11:1–35), you’ll see that these historical events occurred precisely as God said they would.

This second major section of the Bible begins with the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It tells us about His life and teachings, how He was killed and buried, and how He rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. It also describes the coming of the Holy Spirit and the establishment of God’s Church throughout the Roman Empire. There are 27 books in the New Testament written from about A.D. 50 to around A.D. 95. The New Testament was written in Greek, which was spoken throughout the Roman Empire, including Palestine, where Aramaic and Hebrew were also used. The books of the New Testament can be divided into four smaller sections of God’s great library.

The Gospels

The first four books—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are called the Gospels, which means good news, and offer parallel accounts of the life of Jesus Christ. The Gospels cover a period from approximately 5 B.C. to A.D. 30 and contain God’s good news of the greatest story ever told—of His Son, Jesus Christ, and reveal in all His truth and beauty what Jesus did and said. The Gospels tell about Jesus’ birth, teachings, death, burial, and resurrection. Even though the Gospels have the same basic story to tell us, each is written from a unique perspective and for a different audience, and thus each Gospel has distinctive features.

The History of the Church

The Acts of the Apostles begin with Christ’s ascension into heaven and resumes the story that was begun in the Gospel of Luke, providing a historical account of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost and the tremendous spread and growth of the early Church despite fierce persecution. The focus of this book is upon the ministry of the Holy Spirit in carrying out the saving work of Jesus Christ in the world, with most of the attention on the ministry of Peter and the missionary journeys of Paul. The church that began in those pages of the Book of Acts is still alive and growing today!

The Epistles or Letters

The next 21 books of the New Testament—Romans, I & II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I & II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, I & II Peter, I & II & III John, and Jude—are actually letters or epistles. Thirteen of these letters were written by the apostle Paul. The full meaning of Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection are explained in these letters from the apostles. The epistles are where the great doctrines of the faith are explained in their greatest detail. These letters detail how believers are to live their Christian lives in practical terms as well as counter false teachings that were afflicting the Church.

The Book of Prophecy

The last book of the Bible—Revelation—contains a vision of Christ’s reign in heaven, His glorious second coming in the end times, and the final act in God’s unfolding drama of His great love story and redemption. It was written to Christians who were facing great danger and persecution. Although there are different interpretations of Revelation, Christians can know with absolute certainty that Christ will triumph over all the evil in the world and that they will share in the final victory with Jesus at the end of time.

WHY THE KING JAMES VERSION?

I INVITE YOU TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE

and come to understand His mind through His Word.

The Bible is our primary means to knowing God and doing His will.

Reading and studying it is the most important

and life-changing step you will ever take!

THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION of the Bible that appeared in 1611, the Authorized Version, known popularly as the King James Version, won wide acceptance among the people of the English-speaking world and easily eclipsed all previous versions of the Bible. Writers and literary critics have acclaimed it as the most influential book in the history of English civilization and the noblest monument of English prose. It proved so acceptable that it remained the Bible of English-speaking Protestants without a serious rival version for three centuries and continues to impact millions today.

When King James announced the decision to undertake a new translation of the Bible, he appointed the finest biblical scholars and linguists of their day—contemporaries of some of the greatest English authors of all time, such as Shakespeare, Spenser, and Marlowe. The King James Version thus came to partake of the rhythms and the beauty of Elizabethan poetry and drama, perhaps the finest English has ever known. The reason this translation is so rich in the dignity of its language is that the translators rendered finely chosen English words of their time as well as a graceful, often musical arrangement of language. The text was to be read aloud at church services, so the translators would read their versions aloud to one another and rewrite again and again to achieve the best emphasis of punctuation and the best rhythm in prose.

The precision of translation for which it is historically renowned, the simple yet grand language, and its majesty of style have made it my personal version of choice. Nonsectarian in tone and approach, it does not favor one position of theological opinion over another. I consider it to be a faithful translation of the authoritative Word of God.

HOW TO READ THE BIBLE

BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS God’s Word, how you approach reading it is different from reading any other book. The most important thing is to understand that these are God’s words for your life to open your heart by faith to believe His truth. When you do, you’ll discover that it has the power to transform your mind and life.

Ask God to show you His truth for your life as you read. Your prayer can be as simple as Dear Father, help me understand what Your words mean and give me the wisdom to apply them to my life and make me more like Jesus. As you seek to know God through reading His Word, Jesus promised that He will send His Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth (John 16:13). You may also find it helpful to write down the insights you discover and receive. You will be thrilled by the results!

If you are new to the Bible and don’t know where to find the different books of the Bible, check out the Table of Contents that lists all the books and the pages they start on. Let’s say you want to find the Book of Romans. The Table of Contents tells you the starting page, and you’ll find the page numbers at the top of the pages for this Bible. If you are looking for a specific passage, such as Romans 3:23, the number 3 tells you the chapter and 23 the verse. So open to the page number for Romans, then follow the headings at the top of the pages to find Romans 3, and you’re there. It’s that simple.

If you’re looking for suggestions on where to start, I offer a fifty-day reading program that will help you gain an overall understanding of what the Bible is all about. This, of course, is merely an introduction to the Bible, but it will direct you to several key sections of the Bible and help you catch the big picture of what God has done.

I recommend that you read the Bible daily—anytime, anywhere, for any reason—and as you respond to what God is saying to you, you’ll be amazed at the changes that happen in your life. I trust that you will be blessed with insights into life relationships that satisfy the deepest longings of your heart and soul!

GETTING STARTED: A FIFTY-DAY BIBLE READING PLAN

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT . . .

ACCEPTANCE

I Samuel 16:7; Psalm 100:3; 139:16;

Isaiah 43:1; 45:15–16; Jeremiah 31:3; John 6:37;

Romans 12:3, 6; Ephesians 1:5; 2:10

ADDICTION

Psalm 19:14; 119:11; 139:23–24;

Lamentations 3:40; John 8:34–35; Romans 7:18,

24–25; 8:1–4; II Corinthians 12:9; Galatians 2:20;

6:1–2; Philippians 2:13; II Thessalonians 3:3;

James 4:10; 5:16

CHILDREN

Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Joshua

24:15; Psalm 127:3–5; 128:1–4; Isaiah 54:2–3;

60:4; Malachi 4:6; Acts 16:31; Ephesians 6:4

CHURCH

Acts 2:41; Romans 12:5; I Corinthians 12:12–27;

Colossians 1:18; Hebrews 2:11–12; 10:24–25

COURAGE

Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 7:21; Joshua 1:5–9;

Psalm 18:29–33; 27:14; 31:24; Isaiah 40:29–31;

41:10; 43:2–3; 50:7; Acts 4:13–31;

Ephesians 6:10–18

DEATH

Psalm 23:4; John 11:25; 14:1–3;

I Corinthians 15:54; II Corinthians 5:1;

Philippians 1:21; 3:20–21; II Timothy 1:10

DEMONS

Matthew 10:1; Luke 7:21; Acts 8:6–7;

Ephesians 6:10–18

DIVORCE

Psalm 34:18; 147:3; Proverbs 3:26; Isaiah 41:10;

51:11; 61:1–3; Habakkuk 3:19; Malachi 2:16;

Romans 8:37–39; II Corinthians 1:3–4;

Hebrews 10:35; 13:5–6

DRINKING AND DRUGS

Proverbs 20:1; Galatians 5:16–24; Ephesians 5:18

ELDERLY LOVED ONES

Genesis 15:15; Ruth 4:14–15; Job 42:12;

Psalm 23:4, 6; 37:25; 71:17–18; 91:16; 92:13–15; Proverbs 3:1–2; Isaiah 46:4; Joel 2:28;

Acts 13:36; James 1:27

FAITH

Matthew 17:20; Mark 11:22–26;

Romans 1:17; 3:21–28; 4:3–5; 5:1–2; 10:8–11, 17;

Ephesians 2:8–9; Hebrews 11:1–6; 12:2;

I Peter 1:6–9; I John 5:4

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

Deuteronomy 8:7–10, 18; 28:2, 11–13;

Psalm 23:1; 37:25; 50:10–15; Matthew 6:28–33;

Philippians 4:11–13, 19; I Timothy 6:10;

James 2:15–16; I John 5:14–15

FORGIVENESS

Psalm 32:1–7; 51:1–19; 103:12; Isaiah 43:18;

Matthew 5:44; 6:14–15; 18:21–22;

Mark 11:25; Luke 11:4; 17:3; 23:34; Romans

15:5–7; Ephesians 4:31–32; Colossians 3:13;

I Peter 2:23; 3:9; I John 1:9

FRIENDSHIP

I Samuel 18:1–3; Proverbs 13:20; 17:9, 17; 18:24;

22:24–25; Ecclesiastes 4:9–10; Matthew 18:20;

John 13:14–15; 15:12–15; Acts 2:42;

Philippians 2:3–4; I Peter 4:8

GIVING

Leviticus 27:30–32; Deuteronomy 15:7–11;

Proverbs 3:9–10; 21:13; Malachi 3:10;

Matthew 6:1–4; 25:40; Luke 6:38; Acts 2:44–45;

4:32–37; 20:35; Romans 12:10, 13;

II Corinthians 9:6–12; Ephesians 4:20;

James 2:15–16; I John 3:17–18

GOD’S LOVE

Jeremiah 31:3; John 3:16; 13:34–35; 15:13–16;

Romans 5:8; 8:38–39; I Corinthians 13:1–13;

Ephesians 2:4–7; I John 3:1; 4:7–18

GRACE

Exodus 33:17; John 1:14–18; Acts 4:33;

Romans 5:1–2; I Corinthians 15:10;

II Corinthians 8:9; 12:7–10;

Ephesians 1:3–10; 2:1–10; Titus 2:11–14; 3:3–7; Hebrews 4:15–16

GUIDANCE

Deuteronomy 29:29; Psalm 18:30; 25:4–5;

Proverbs 3:5–6; Isaiah 2:3; 41:10; 55:8–9;

Jeremiah 32:40; Micah 6:8; Romans 8:28;

11:33–36; I Corinthians 2:9–10, 16; James 1:5–6

HEALING

Exodus 15:26; 23:25; Psalm 30:2; 41:3; 91:3–10;

103:2–5; 107:20; Proverbs 4:20–22; Isaiah 53:5;

Jeremiah 17:14; 30:17; 33:6; Matthew 4:23;

9:35; Mark 16:17–18; Luke 6:19; Romans 8:11;

Hebrews 13:8; James 1:6; 5:13–16; III John 2

HEAVEN

II Corinthians 5:1–10; Philippians 1:21–24;

I John 3:2; Revelation 21

HELL

Daniel 12:2; Matthew 5:22; 10:28; Mark 9:44;

Luke 16:19–31; II Thessalonians 1:9;

Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 20:9–15

HOPE

Psalm 42:5, 11; 71:5; 130:5, 7;

Proverbs 13:12; Jeremiah 17:7–8; 29:11; 31:17;

Lamentations 3:21–24; Romans 5:5; 15:13–14;

Colossians 1:3–5, 27; II Thessalonians 2:16–17;

Hebrews 6:19; 10:23; 11:1

JOY

Nehemiah 8:10; Psalm 16:11; 21:1; 30:5; 126:5;

Isaiah 61:3, 10; Jeremiah 15:16; Luke 15:7;

John 15:11; 16:22–24; Romans 5:11; Galatians

5:22; Philippians 2:1–2; 4:4; Colossians 1:11–14

JUDGMENT

Matthew 12:36–37; John 5:24; Romans 8:1;

I Corinthians 3:11–15; II Corinthians 5:10;

Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 20:12–15

LOVE

Deuteronomy 10:12; Matthew 22:37–40;

John 13:34–35; 14:21–24; Romans 12:9–10;

I John 3:14; 4:7–21

MARRIAGE

Genesis 2:4, 18, 22–24; Proverbs 5:15–19; 18:22;

Ecclesiastes 9:9; Song of Solomon 8:7;

Malachi 2:15; Matthew 19:6; I Corinthians 7:2–4,

10–11; 13:4–8; II Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians

4:31–32; 5:21–33; Colossians 3:19; Titus 2:4–5;

Hebrews 13:4; I Peter 3:1–2, 7–9

MONEY

Psalm 62:10; Proverbs 11:28; 23:5; 28:19;

Ecclesiastes 5:10, 19; Matthew 6:24; 25:14–30;

Luke 6:38; 12:15; I Thessalonians 4:11–12;

I Timothy 6:7–10; Hebrews 13:5

PATIENCE

Psalm 37:7; 40:1; Isaiah 40:31; Romans 8:25;

12:12; Galatians 5:19–21; Philippians 4:11;

Hebrews 10:35–36; James 1:2–4; 5:7–8

PEACE

Psalm 34:14; 119:165; Isaiah 26:3; 48:18;

John 14:27; 16:33; Romans 5:1; 8:6; 14:17–19;

Philippians 4:6–7; Colossians 3:15

PERSECUTION / SUFFERING

Jeremiah 20:11; Matthew 5:10–12;

John 15:18–20; Romans 8:35–39;

II Corinthians 12:10; II Timothy 3:12;

I Peter 4:12–14, 16

PLEASURE

Nehemiah 8:10; Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 21:17;

Ecclesiastes 2:1–11; Jeremiah 15:16;

I Peter 1:8

PRAISE

Psalm 50:23; 92:1; 97:1, 12; 100:1–2; 101:1;

105:1–2; 149:1–5; 150:1–6; Acts 16:25;

Hebrews 13:15

PRAYER

Matthew 6:6–7; Mark 11:24; John 14:13–14;

15:7; Ephesians 3:12; 6:18; Philippians 4:6;

1 Timothy 2:8; Hebrews 4:16; James 5:16

PRIDE

Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 16:5, 18, 25; 18:12;

Isaiah 14:12–15; James 4:6; I Peter 5:5–7

SALVATION

John 1:12; 3:3, 16–18; 14:6; Romans 1:16; 3:23;

6:23; 10:13; Ephesians 1:13–14; Philippians 2:12;

I Thessalonians 5:9–10; Titus 2:11–14;

I Peter 1:8–9

SATAN / DEVIL

John 8:44; II Corinthians 4:4; 11:3;

Ephesians 6:11–18; James 4:7–8; I Peter 5:8–9;

Revelation 12:9–10; 20:10

SEXUAL SIN

Leviticus 18:22; Proverbs 5:17–23; 6:32–33;

28:13; Matthew 5:27–30; Romans 1:24–32;

I Corinthians 6:9–11, 14–20; 10:13;

Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 4:19–24; 5:3–5;

I Thessalonians 4:3–7; II Timothy 2:22;

Hebrews 13:4; I Peter 1:15–16

SIN

Psalm 1:1–6; Romans 6:12–23;

Galatians 5:19–21; Colossians 3:5–6;

Hebrews 12:3–4; James 1:14–15; I John 1:7–9

SINGLENESS

Psalm 37:4; Isaiah 54:4–6; Hosea 2:19;

I Corinthians 7:8, 17, 27–28, 32–35;

I Thessalonians 4:3–7; Hebrews 13:4;

I John 3:1–3

SPIRITUAL POWER

Acts 1:8; Romans 6:14; 8:31–39;

I Corinthians 1:17–18; 15:20–28, 54–57;

Ephesians 2:4–7; 6:10–18; Philippians 3:10; 4:13

STRENGTH

Nehemiah 8:10; Psalm 27:1; 31:24; 105:4;

Isaiah 40:28–31; 41:10; II Corinthians 12:9–10;

Ephesians 3:14–19; 6:10; Philippians 4:13

UNSAVED LOVED ONES

Psalm 52:12–13; 126:5–6; Matthew 11:28–30;

Luke 15:7, 20–32; 19:10; John 3:3, 17; Acts

16:31–34; I Timothy 2:4; II Peter 3:9

WIDOWHOOD

Deuteronomy 10:18; 27:19; Job 29:13;

Psalm 30:11; 68:5; 146:9; Proverbs 15:25;

Isaiah 1:17; 54:4–10; Hosea 2:19–20; John 16:22;

I Corinthians 7:39; James 1:27

WORSHIP

Exodus 15:1–2; 34:14; II Samuel 22:47;

I Chronicles 16:29; Psalm 9:1–2; 29:2; 43:4; 95:6;

100:2; 103:2–4; John 4:23–24; Romans 12:1;

Hebrews 12:28

WHERE TO FIND HELP WHEN YOU ARE . . .

AFRAID

Psalm 23:4–5; 27:1, 5; 34:4; 56:1–13; 91:1–16;

Isaiah 35:4; 41:10; John 14:27; Romans 8:15, 31,

35–39; II Timothy 1:7; Hebrews 13:6; I John 4:18

ANGRY

Psalm 37:8; Proverbs 14:16–17, 29; 15:1; 16:32;

Matthew 5:22–24; Romans 12:10–21;

Ephesians 4:26, 31–32; James 1:19–20; 3:16–18

ANXIOUS / WORRIED

Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalm 4:8; 26:3; 37:5–8;

46:1–11; 55:22; 91:1–2; 119:165; 138:7–8;

Proverbs 3:5–6; Matthew 6:25–34;

Philippians 4:6–7; Colossians 3:15; I Peter 5:7

BITTER / RESENTFUL

Matthew 6:14–15; Romans 12:14, 17–19;

Ephesians 4:31–32; Hebrews 12:14–15;

I Peter 2:23

CONFUSED

Psalm 32:8; 55:22; 119:165; Proverbs 3:5–6;

Isaiah 30:21; 1 Corinthians 2:16; 14:33;

Philippians 4:6–7; Colossians 3:15;

II Timothy 1:7; James 1:5–8; 3:16–17;

I Peter 4:12–13

DEPRESSED

Psalm 27:13–14; 34:1–22; 42:1–11;

Isaiah 41:10; Matthew 11:28–30; Romans 8:28;

Philippians 4:13

DESERTED

Deuteronomy 4:31; 31:6; I Samuel 12:22;

Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 9:10; 27:10; 37:25–26;

41:9–10; 94:14; 118:8; Isaiah 49:15–16; 60:15;

62:4, 11–12

DISCOURAGED / DISAPPOINTED

Psalm 27:5–6, 13–14; 30:5; 31:24;

Matthew 11:28–30; John 14:1, 27;

Romans 8:28; II Corinthians 4:8–9, 16–18;

Galatians 6:9; Philippians 1:6; 4:6–7, 19;

I Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 10:35–36;

I Peter 1:6–9

DISTRAUGHT / UPSET

Psalm 31:24; 61:1–2; 103:13–14; Luke 18:1–8;

Hebrews 12:3; 13:5; I Peter 5:7

DOUBTING

John 6:37; 10:27–29; Philippians 1:6;

II Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 11:6; 12:2; I John 5:13

FAR FROM GOD