How to Receive FROM GOD
MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 84:11 (NET) — 11
For the Lord God is our sovereign
protector. The Lord bestows favor
and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
SCRIPTURE: James
1:16–18 (NIV) — 16
Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the
Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through
the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
1.
Realize that God
is Reliable
James 1:16; Gen 3:13;1 Peter 5:8; John 14:6; John
8:32, 44; 2 Cor 11:13–15; Jer 10:10; Num 23:19; Psalm 33:4; 2 Tim 2:13; Romans
8:28
2.
Recognize God as
the Source of all Good Things
James 1:17, 4; Mark 10:18; Psalm 119:68;73:1; 1 Tim 4:4;
Gen
1:31; Psalm 86:5; 100:5; 2 Samuel 7:28; Psalm 34:8; Nahum 1:7; Psalm 27:13; Philip1:6;
Psalm 135:3; Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8;13:5; Prov 18:24; 1 Thess 5:24
“God doesn't
owe us anything-yet in His grace, He still gives us good things.”-- Billy
Graham
3.
Remember that
God’s Offer is always the best
James 1:17–18; Rom 5:8; John 1:13; 8:32;14:6; Col 1:24–27; Lev
27:30–33.
