Shreveport Grace Church

1 Peter 4:12 "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you..." As God's children living in this world, we should not be surprised that we will experience trials, afflictions, and opposition. Perhaps some think they will be

1 Samuel 22:1,2 "David...escaped to the cave Adullam... And every one that was in distress, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them..." This account of David's escape from Saul's pursuit is rich

2 Corinthians 4:8-18 "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of

Psalm 91:9-16 "Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all

Hebrews 6:3-8 "And this will we do, if God permit. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break

Job 3:1-10 "After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 "I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine,

Proverbs 31:10-31 "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool,

Luke 17:11-19 "And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices,

Matthew 6:24-34 "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye

Acts 11:26 "And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." Who is a Christian?

1 John 3:1-3 "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we

Psalm 3 "LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 "I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I

John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." Christ speaks these words as He stands upon the threshold of His suffering. He is on

Habakkuk 2:4 "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith." These words stand as a timeless revelation of God’s sovereign grace in Christ. In the midst of impending judgment and national upheaval, the

Ephesians 1:1,2 "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the LORD Jesus Christ." Paul begins this letter to the

Jude 1:10-13 "But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of

2 Peter 2:10-22 "But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring

Numbers 19:1-10 "And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and

Zechariah 13:7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.” Christ our LORD reigns in absolute

Job 2:10 "But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips." Job’s world had collapsed in a matter of moments

Galatians 1:15,16 "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:" All of Scripture points

Exodus 23:1 “Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.” On January 2, 2006, in Sago, West Virginia, a blast and collapse trapped 13 miners for nearly two days; only one survived. Who among us was

Ruth 1:20,21 "And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me,

1 Kings 17:13 "And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son." In a season of severe drought and famine, ordained by God, when death

Galatians 3:6 “Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” There are many today who testify that they believe IN God or that there is a God, but don’t believe God. They say they believe that the Bible is the Word of God,

2 Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." In this passage, the Spirit of God, through the writing of the apostle

2 Timothy 2:23-26 "But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God

Romans 8:33 "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth." This scripture stands as a towering declaration of the believer's unshakable salvation in the LORD Jesus Christ: "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's

Genesis 28:12-15 "And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy

Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son,

Ecclesiastes 7:14 "In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him." By definition, a tragedy is a drama or literary work in

Judges 14:14 "And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle." When you think about a riddle, it's a statement, or it could be some sort of question

Matthew 11:28,29 "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." This tender yet sovereign word from the

Revelation 13:8 "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." In this remarkable verse, the Spirit of God unveils a profound truth concerning

Hebrews 12:6 "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." This verse is often misunderstood as a reference to divine punishment, but for the believer in Christ, redeemed by His finished work at the cross, there is

2 Corinthians 2:15-17 "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

Jeremiah 1:6 "Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." The prophet Jeremiah, newly confronted with the divine call upon his life, immediately responds not with eagerness and excitement, but with a confession of weakness and

Ephesians 4:23,24 "and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." The apostle Paul wrote these words not as a call to self-improvement, but a declaration of the

2 Samuel 9:8 "And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?" What a striking expression of humility and wonder. These are the words of Mephibosheth, the crippled son of Jonathan, when King

Matthew 7:21-23 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy

Ezekiel 20:6 "In the day that I lifted mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:" This verse is a powerful testimony to God's

1 Timothy 1:15,16 "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all

Genesis 18:14 "Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son." In this verse, we encounter a powerful moment of divine revelation that poses a question with

Judges 16:4 "And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah." Here, we have a chapter concerning Samson and Delilah. When we read here about Samson, this is the accusation that many bring against him

John 4:29 "Come, see a Man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" What a beautiful testimony of God's sovereign will and grace in the LORD Jesus calling this Samaritan woman to Himself, even before she realized that He was

Jonah 2:9 "Salvation is of the LORD." This verse concludes Jonah’s prayer from within the belly of the great fish, as he reflects on his dire circumstances and experiences. After crying out to God in distress and acknowledging His Sovereignty and Mercy,

2 John 1:7 "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist." Throughout Scripture, there is a consistent warning about deceivers and the danger of being deceived.