What we are believing God for in 2017

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” 1 John 5:14

Ownership

"And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build, and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” Deuteronomy 6:10-12

“For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it, you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the rules that I am setting before you today.” Deuteronomy 11:31-32

“Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.” Joshua 1:3

Debt Free

“You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” Deuteronomy 8:18

“The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.” Deuteronomy 28:12

Great Job

“The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 28:8

Salvation 

“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”  2 Peter 3:9

Christian Education 

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6

Healing 

“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24

Reconciliation, Restoration, and Unity 

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” Psalm 133:1

“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:14

“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”  Ephesians 4:3

Family

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24

Promotion 

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”  Matthew 6:33

“No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves. It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.” Psalm 75:6-7

Travel 

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.” Psalm 37:23

“She is like the merchant ships, She brings her food from afar.” Proverbs 31:14

Relationship with the Lord

“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.” Jeremiah 33:3

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.” Isaiah 55:6

Church Growth 

“And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.” Acts 2:47