BELIEVERS QUICK REFERENCE INDEX ver 1.

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FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH

DEFINITION OF "FAITH" - Heb. 11:1. Faith is our conviction and sureness

of the reality of things we dont yet see.
WE WALK BY FAITH - 2 Cor. 5:7.
LOOK TO THE THINGS THAT ARE UNSEEN - 2 Cor. 4:18.
HOW FAITH COMES - Rom. 10:17.
FAITH FINDS EXPRESSION IN ACTION - James 2:14. Faith must be expressed ie
by declaration or confession or action.
WHAT IT MEANS TO ASK IN FAITH - James 4:3.
MEASURE OF FAITH - Rom. 12:3.
MUSTARD SEED FAITH - Luke 17:6, Matthew 17:20.
MOUNTAIN MOVING FAITH - Mat. 21:21-22, Mrk. 11:22-25.
FAITH GIVEN THROUGH THE SPIRIT - 1 Cor. 12:9.

GOD IS REAL - Heb. 11:6. we must believe that he exists.

GOD IS NOT A LIAR - Titus 1:2. God, who never lies ...
Num. 23:19. God is trustworthy.
Heb. 6:18. Impossible for God to lie.
Heb. 13:5 God will never fail you.
Isaiah 49:7 The Lord, who is faithful
John 8:45 because I tell you the truth

THE BIBLE DOES NOT LIE - John 17:17 his word is truth.
- 2 Pet. 1:16-21 eyewitnesses.
2 Pet 3:16 Pauls letters accounted by Peter as
Scripture.
1 Cor 15:3 Paul received and passed on the
Gospel Faithfully.
1 Cor 15:6 many eyewitnesses of Jesus life
still alive when Paul wrote.

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD: - Luke 1:37. Mark 10:27

ASSURANCE OF GODS ABILITY: Eph 3:20 now to him who is able to do far
more abundantly
NOTHING IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR GOD: Jeremiah 32:18 nothing is too hard
for you.
Jeremiah 32:27 Look! I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything
to hard for me?
 OUR TRUST IN GODS NATURE

GOD IS GOOD establishing our trust in Gods Goodness. Psalm 107:1,

Hosea 3:5. Matthew 19:16-17, Psalm 73.Psalm 31:19.Exodus 33:19

GODS GOODNESS DOESNT CHANGE James 1:17.

- Hebrews 13:8

GOD IS RIGHTEOUS Gen 18:25.

EVEN THINGS THAT SEEM BAD TO US WORK TOGETHER FOR GODS GOOD PURPOSES -
Romans 8:28. Gen 50:20.

GOD WANTS TO GIVE US GOOD THINGS Matt 7:11.

GODS RESOURCES:

Psalm 24:1 The Earth is the Lords, and Everything in it.

Psalm 50:10 Cattle on 1000 hills etc..

GOD IS ALL POWERFUL

Ephesians 3:20 Able to accomplish more.

Ephesians 1:19 incredible greatness of his power.
Ephesians 6:10 strength of his might.

GOD IS CAPABLE (HE CAN DO IT):

GOD CARES FOR YOU AND LOVES YOU.

John 3:16 For God so Loved the World that he gave his only Son.
Romans 8:28 All things work together for good with those who love and
serve the Lord.
 FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Gal 5:22,23.

LOVE John 3:16, Mark 12:30, John 15:12,2 Cor 8:8, 1 Cor 13. 1 Cor 8:3 Eph
3:19. 1John 4:20, 2 Tim 1:7.
JOY Nehemiah 8:10, John 15:11, John 16:24, 1 John 1:4, 1 Pet 1:8. Acts
16:25.
PEACE John 14:27, 1 Tim 4:12, Isaiah 26:3, 2 Thes 3:16, Joh 16:33. Col
3:15.
PATIENCE Eph 4:1-3, Col 1:11-12, Col3:12-13.
KINDNESS Phil 4:5-8,
GOODNESS Phil 4:5-8, Titus 2:11-14,2 Pet 1:3-8
FAITHFULNESS Luke 16:10, Prov 28:20, Matt 25:21, 1 Cor 4:2,
GENTLENESS Prov 15:1, Phil 4:5, 1 Pet 3:15, Titus 3:2, Jas 3:17, Gal 6:1.
SELF-CONTROL Titus 2:11-14, 2Pet 1:6. 2 Tim 1:7.

Philippians 2:3 CONSIDER OTHERS AS BEING BETTER THAN YOU

Philippians 2:4 CONSIDER THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS
Philippians 2:14 DO EVERYTHING WITHOUT ARGUING OR COMPLAINING.

1 Cor 12:7-11 GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

Mark 4:31 ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD

Isaiah 53:6 A DEFININTION OF SIN

Romans 3:23 ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
Isaiah 64:6b OUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS

The Mirrors for the Believer what do you look like? By A.C. Valdez

How can we break the steel grip of concealed sin habits? By turning to
Jesus with a contrite heart and placing the burden on Him in faith.
Jesus, you know these sins that now choose that I would like to be rid
of. Only you can help me overcome them. Please work in me to overcome
them by your Holy Spirit and help me to cooperate with you in this
process and to sincerely surrender to your work in me. Move me to a place
where I can surrender these things to you.

How can we become aware of unrecognized sins?

By holding up the Bible's negative and positive mirrors to ourselves.

The negative mirror - ask yourself:

"Do you ever put your will above God's?
Do you ever resist God's commandments or his word to you?
Are you ever rebelliousno matter how subtly?
Do you falter in your love for God when problems are the heaviest?
Are you envious, proud, hateful, slanderous, unforgiving, and bitter in
spirit?
Do you bear false witness, lie or cheat?
Are you ever hypocritical, malicious or ill-tempered?
Do you ever entertain adulterous thoughts?"
Then I try the positive mirror, asking:
"Do you pray to learn the will of God and then follow it?
Are you always loving to God, your neighbour and strangers?
Are you peaceful, joyous, long-suffering, strong in faith, meek, gentle
and good?
Are you always aware of Jesus commandments for the conduct of your life?"
Ephesians 6:10-18 THE ARMOUR OF GOD FOR THE BELIEVER

Romans 13:12 Put on the Armour of Light. How do we put on the Armour of
God? By adopting the attitudes.

BELT OF TRUTH 1 Cor 5:8,2 Cor 1:12, 1 Pet 13-18,1 Thes 5:21. 1 Tim 1:5.
Psalm 73. (Sincerity of Attitude and Conduct)
BRESTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Phil 3:9,1 Cor 6:11, Eph 5:26. John 15:3, Rom
8:1. 1 Thes 5:8 (Knowledge that our righteousness comes from Christ)
SANDALS OF EVANGELISM (readiness to evangelise) Mark 16:15, 1 Cor 9:16,
1 Pet 3:15.
SHEILD OF FAITH 1 John 5:4, Heb 11, Heb 12,Phil 4:13. 1 John 4:4. Rom
10:17. (Overcoming faith our trust in Gods love and goodness)
HELMET OF SALVATION 2 Cor 10:5,1 Cor 7:23, John 3:16. Romans 12:2 Psalm
26:2, Isaiah 26:3, 1 Thes 5:8 (head-space in line with Gods head space
knowledge and assurance and trust of God for our own salvation)
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT (WORD OF GOD) Heb 4:12, 2 Pet 1:4, 2 Tim 3:16, Luke
4:4. 2 Tim 2:15. Eph 6:17, (Knowledge of and ability to claim the
promises of God, memorise the word of God and minister it to both
yourself and to others and declare it boldly into the spirit realm.)

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VICTORY WHICH OVERCOMES THE WORLD - 1 John 5:4-5.

OFFENSIVE WEAPONS: - 1. The Name of Jesus Mark 16:17,18

Philippians 2:5-11
Proverbs 18:10
2. Word of God Ephesians 6:17
Hebrews 4:12
3. The Helmet of salvation Psalm 26:2
Isaiah 26:3
4. The Blood of the Lamb Revelation 21:11
Romans 5:6
5. The word of their testimony
(Declare it boldly out loud - agree about
it with others)
Revelation 12:11
Acts 1:8
6. Sacrificed lives (Martyr) Acts 1:8
7. Prayer (esp in Tongues) Deuteronomy 32:30
(power of prayer)

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THE WAY WE WIN :- 1. Keep on the Armour Eph. 6:10-18.

2. Use the weapons 2 Cor. 16:3-6.
3. Know your enemy Heb 2:14. Coll 2:14,15.
4. Know your position Eph. 1:19-23, Eph 2:6.
5. Live in the victory Rom. 5:17, Rom 8:31 ff.
6. Overcomers Rev. 2:7, Rev 2:11.

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 THE CHRISTIANS ANTEDOTES TO FEAR
Of men, situations, spiritual powers, death.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit
of power and love and self-control.

1. Confront Confront the fear.

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my Light and My Salvation, whom shall I fear? The
Lord is the strong tower of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 23:4 even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I
will fear no evil, for you are with me.
1 John 4:4 Greater is He who is in me (Jesus) than he who is in the world
(Satan).
Hebrews 13:5 He himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake
you.
Matthew 28:20 I am with you always, even to the end of this age.
Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place you will keep me from trouble.

Hebrews 13:5 Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content
with what you have; for he has said, I will never fail you nor forsake
you. Therefore we can say with boldness and confidence:
The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?

2. Compassion Perfect Love demonstrated in compassion and mercy drive

out fear.

1 John 4:18 there is no fear in Love, but perfect love casts out fear.
For fear has to do with punishment, and the one who fears is not yet
perfected in love.

3. Courage Decide to be courageous rather than fearful and decide to

trust and put your confidence in Gods reliability.

Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage;
yes, wait for the Lord!
Psalm 31:24 be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait
for the Lord!
Isaiah 40:31 Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength.

4. Confidence

Ephesians 3:12 In Jesus Christ our Lord, in whom we have confidence of

access through our faith in him.
Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called
today, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Romans 8:16 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back
into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship.
Proverbs 3:25-26 Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or of the ruin of the
wicked when it comes; for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep
your foot from being caught.
2 Cor 5:17
God has not given us a spirit of fear 2 Tim 1:7

THE CHRISTIANS ANTIDOTES TO ANXIETY, ANXIOUSNESS AND CONCERN

1. PRAY AND HAND IT OVER TO GOD AND ASK HIM TO DEAL WITH IT

PHILLIPPIANS 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by

prayer and asking God humbly, with thanksgiving, present your requests
repeatedly over and over again to God.

2. CAST YOUR ANXIETY AND YOUR CARES AND CONCERNS ON JESUS

Let Jesus take these burdens from you. Take them to Jesus put them in a
box and leave that anxiety with him. Nail it to his cross. Make a
declaration about it now! Say; God I take this anxiety that I am
suffering to you and right now I give it to you in Jesus Name and do
this every time you are confronted with it.

See it now.. your taking your anxiety to the cross and laying it down at
Jesus feet.

1 PETER 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
PSALM 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will
never let the righteous fall.

Pray! and receive his peace! Let him minister his peace to you.

JOHN 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the
world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither
let them be afraid.

3. REALIZE HOW MUCH GOD CARES FOR YOU AND GIVE THANKS TO HIM (PRAISE)

MATTHEW 6:34. God Cares for YOU! Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will have its own worries. Let the days trouble be enough
for today.

4. ABIDE IN JESUS; RECEIVE AND ABIDE IN HIS PEACE AND REJOICE.

JOHN 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you
will, and it shall be done for you.
COLOSSIANS 3:15 Let the Peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as
members of the one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
PHILLIPPIANS 4:7 rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again:
Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not
be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer with
continuous asking, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And
the peace of God, which is beyond understanding, will guard your hearts
and your minds in Christ Jesus.
 ANTIDOTES TO DISCOURAGEMENT

Discouragement is like an insidious poison against our faith dont

allow yourself to get to that place. And if you do get some of Gods
anti-venom into you quickly!

1. Strengthen. 1 Samuel 30:6 Strengthen in the Lord your God.

Hebrews 12:1-13. Dont grow weary.
Isaiah 40:29-31 Wait upon the Lord.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things..
Hebrews 12:12-13.
Hebrews 10:23

2. Encourage Judges 20:22 Encourage yourself in the Lord

Minister to yourself soul why you are so disquieted. David.

3. Rest, Refresh and Relax. Jeremiah 31:25, Matthew 11:28. 1 Pet 5:7

4. Value! 1 Cor 15:58, 2 Cor 4:1. 2 Cor 9:6 Matt 13:46 Hebrews 12:5
(get perspective).

5. Give Thanks and actively PRAISE GOD - Show Gratitude- not for what is
bad but in anticipation of Gods goodness: Phil 4:6,Hebrews 12:28. Acts
16:22-26. Do not let the bad things that are happening overshadow your
knowledge of the Good things that God has done and is doing for you.
Praise him for these things despite any negative feelings.

6. Persevere (keep trying), Endure (keep going and dont give up) and
persist (be at it all the time): Matthew 10:22. Hebrews 12:1-12.

7. Look Forward! Galatians 6:9. Psalm 126:5, Proverbs 11:18. 2 Cor

4:16-18.

8. Realize your position in Christ:

9. Defend your mind Trust again in Gods Goodness even though you
dont understand the why or how right now, rebuild the walls of your
faith that have been broken down. Get back up, dust yourself off and keep
going. Abide in him once more by speaking to him honestly about how you
feel and asking for him to minister his presence to you. Seek to serve
him rather than seeking what you want. Die to self. Re-assert your desire
to serve and please him over your own desires. Know that he will give you
the desires of your heart. Hang in there - Dont beat up on yourself
for failure, take it to Jesus and surrender to his love.

10. Start afresh:

God is a God of new starts .

He also wants us trusting Him that He knows what is best for us at all
times.

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 CHRISTIAN ANTIDOTES TO FAILURE:

Realise you are forgiven so long as you desire to move forward in

humility and in faith under God and learn obedience from him. Re-yoke
yourself to Christ Matt 11:29. Dont wallow in the failure Hebrews 12:1-
2. Dont blame and beat up on yourself or feel bad about yourself; Romans
8:1. Get up and dust yourself off and present yourself to God in prayer
Romans 6:13. Pray, asking him to minister healing to you by his Holy
Spirit Jeremiah 15:19.

Minister to yourself: cooperate with Gods restoration process within you

with patience, persistence and gentleness. Ask God to minister to you in
the inside of your being by his Holy Spirit in prayer.

Express the willingness and desire to change (repentance) to cooperate

with God and his process within you and ask for God to help you and to
move you to a place where you can achieve this in him. Learn to live in
repentance seeking to cooperate with God in his work to change you both
by praying and by looking to let go of (cast off) sin. Where you cant
succeed in getting rid of your sin, trust God that he is able and humble
yourself and be patient under him. Be patient with yourself and with
Gods work God will work thoroughly but not necessarily quickly. If you
fall again or even over and over, seek to reassert and re-establish your
desire to change and for God to change you. Be sincere (honest) in your
heart attitude to God knowing that nothing is hidden from him, and
express your trust in his ability to change you.

Jesus, even though things look bleak to me I am trusting in your ability

to change me which is far beyond what I can understand or comprehend

Keep going and dont give up encourage yourself. Cast of every weight
of sin that clings so closely.2 Timothy 2:19

Humility May take God time to break your stubbornness and pride and any
rebelliousness. Seek God to work in your life and possibly take a break
for God to deal with you (Period of Rehabilitation). Let your failure
lead you to humility. If it is possible for you to fix things then pursue
this (right the wrong). Spend time with God in prayer seeking for him to
deal with the sin in your life.

Restoration Pursue God for him to use you again in his purposes.

Renewal Press in to seek Jesus whenever you can think to do it. Go to

the masters feet and sit before him as his disciple. Be open and ready
to learn from him. He is as real and alive today before you now as he was
to his original disciples. Ask to be cooperative with the work of his
Holy Spirit within you as he works to renew you from within and to
rewrite the laws of God on your heart and conscience.
CHRISTIAN ANTIDOTES TO ANGER, UNFORGIVENESS, BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT

Give your sense of being wronged to God so he can deal with it. In prayer
come before him and present yourself to him; see him hanging there on his
cross having forgiven all those who wronged him and nail your anger and
right to feel wronged to his cross, share the way you feel honestly with
him and ask for him to minister healing and forgiveness to you by his
Holy Spirit Luke 11:13. Express your desire to release others from their
debt to you so that God can release you from your debt to him. Forgive
others so God can forgive you Mark 11:25.

Recognise the way you feel with honesty be real with yourself, also
recognise that God is empathetic and knows how you feel. But also
recognise that he wants the best for you, and holding onto and having
that anger damage you is not what he wants for you. The only way to deal
with anger is to keep handing it over to Jesus and dont entertain
thoughts of hate and revenge. You are only hurting yourself if you hold
onto these things. God has told you to hand it to him so if you dont you
are being rebellious. This is incredibly dangerous for you too; do what
serves you best; You need to hand your feelings of anger over to God:
Ephesians 4:26 and release your right of vengeance to God Romans 12:19,
Deuteronomy 32:35.

Realise that Jesus was wronged too. (Identify with Jesus).

Forgive by confession and declaration and hand these things over to

God. Realising that holding onto these things is only a burden to you, it
doesnt affect the person who wronged you.

CHRISTIAN ANTIDOTES TO REJECTION AND LONLINESS

Share your feelings honestly with God in prayer. Recognise that though
others dont see the way you feel, God does. God knows what it feels like
to be rejected and disowned and to be lonely.

Let your faith in Gods presence be established. Recognise your position

in regards to Gods presence.

Seek Fellowship from trusted others in wisdom. Reach out in a wise way.

THE CHRISTIANS ANTIDOTES TO SUCCESS

RENEWAL ...... Acts 2:38

PAUL'S SUFFERINGS ...... 2 Corinthians 11:22 ff.
PRIESTHOOD OF BELIEVERS .... Revelation 1:6 ; 1 Peter 2:9.
GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLS TO THE GROUND ..... John 12:24
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Proverbs 6:17-19 SEVEN SINS WHICH GOD HATES.

( pride, lies, murder, wicked plans, an appetite for sin,
perjury and discord.)

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Evils leading to destruction
1. Fear
2. lack of knowledge
3. lack of repentance
4. great "I am"(PRIDE) - Ezek. 28:2.

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Hebrews 2:14 SATAN DEFEATED

Luke 10:18 Satan is Fallen
Isaiah 14:12 Satan Portrayed.
Revelation 20:10 Satan Destination.

6 REASONS FROM SCRIPTURE TO PRAY IN TONGUES

1. Praise Acts 10:45,46.
2. Unceasing prayer 1 Thess 5:17, Eph 6:18
3. Un-decode-able prayer 1 Cor 14:2
4. Prayer 100% in God's will 1 John 5:14,15
Rom 8:26,27.
5. To build up (edify) 1 Cor 14:4, Jude 20-23
6. Obedience to the word of God. 1 Cor 14:5

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GOD WANTS PEOPLE'S SALVATION

2 Pet. 3:9. God is being patient.

Ezek.18:23. God has no pleasure in the death of anyone.
1 Tim. 2:4. God wants everyone to be saved.
Acts 17:30. Repentance commanded by God.
Acts 16:31. Salvation for believer and family.

Why is God letting this happen to me?

When we suffer trials and God seems distant it can be easy to blame God
for what is happening to us. God, why are you allowing this to happen? We
need to realise that despite how the situation looks and however hard it
seems to accept from our limited perspective, God is still good and in
control. This can be hard if our suffering is great and seems to have
taken a long time.

The first thing we need to realise is that even though God is allowing
these circumstances, they may or may not be what he wants. The Godly
approach to dealing with these situations is to acknowledge Gods
goodness and also to honestly and without blame acknowledge how we feel
about the situation to him in prayer.
We can pray like Jesus did before the trials associated with his death
that God would lead us out of this place. We can abide in him and ask for
his help and wisdom to deal with trials either to rebuke them or to seek
to cooperate with God in his purposes in regard to them. This does not
mean we welcome suffering, but we do not allow it to affect our
relationship with God in a negative way. Rather we see it as an
opportunity to draw close to him and pray for the negative circumstances
or afflictions to be removed.

If he wants us to suffer to learn character or to keep going despite our

problems, then we should try and commit ourselves to patient obedience.
But our first thought should be to seek to be relieved of problems and
trials. Acceptance should only come with peace in our hearts that God
wants us to endure the trial ie Paul got a word from God in response to
his prayer about his thorn in the flesh. Otherwise we should seek him
for an exit. In fact if in doubt we should seek God for an exit from
trials and persist in prayer till we get it.

If our trial is a sickness or condition we should seek him for healing

and restoration to full health. Pray for God to guide you into a place
where you know how to see the trial and ask him to remove it or give you
an affirmation that he wants you in that place and the patience, wisdom
and strength to endure it. God, I want to hear from you with regard to
this trial I am going through. I do not believe you want me to suffer as
Jesus has taken my sufferings on the cross. I therefore rebuke the
circumstances in your name and ask that you would change things. I ask
that you would minister your healing and restoration to me by your Holy
Spirit. Press into God and persistently ask him to heal and minister to
you.

Dont let your trials and problems become a stumbling block to your
faith. Even though you may not be able to see how things are working
together for your good, the Bible assures us it is so. No matter how
bleak your outlook on the situation is, do not let it deter your faith in
Gods goodness and trust in his purposes for your life. Rather make the
godly response of honestly expressing your feelings to God and asking for
his help continually again and again and again and again, over and over
and over and over until you get it. Think of Jesus who endured
crucifixion (it doesnt get much bleaker than that) and wrongful
persecution and execution.