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   3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association   
      
   Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools   
      
   Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 6 - Eternal Life, Beginning now   
      
   John 10:28 - I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,   
   nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand.   
      
   28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,   
   neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.   
      
   In C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, one of the Spirits in heaven, identifying   
   himself as George MacDonald, makes some startling statements on the nature of   
   eternal life. Depending upon the individual's choice for or against Christ,   
   MacDonald says, everything in life takes on the character of haven or hell.   
   "At the end of ALL THINGS, when the sun rises here (in heaven) and the twilight   
   turns to blackness down there, the Blessed will say, 'We have never lived   
   anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.'   
   And both will speak truly" - From the Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.   
   Lewis was not trying to make a theological case, but to demonstrate   
   a principle: eternal life begins now.   
   The choices that we make for or against obedience to God, the life we live,   
   the patterns we establish, all move us in one direction of the other.   
   And when we have decided to choose obedience to God (the forsakeness of sin),   
   when we give ourselves fully into his hands, he is able to take the worst of   
   circumstances and redeem them for our good, use them to mature us in his image.   
   Again Jesus says in John 10:28   
   "I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,   
   nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. "   
   In Christ is a very secure place to be. No experience is lost, no pain is   
   wasted. Everything in our lives is redeemed by God for our benefit.   
      
   Application   
      
   a) How have I experienced the truth that "eternal life begins now"?   
      
      
   4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland   
      
   Is 48:15,17   
      
   15 I, even I, have spoken, and I have called him;   
   I have brought him, and his way will prosper.   
   17 (Ps 32:8; Isa 43:14) Thus says the Lord,   
   your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:   
   I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,   
   who leads you in the way you should go.   
      
   15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him:   
   I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.   
   17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;   
   I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit,   
   which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.   
      
   5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:   
      
   God's Protection in Times of Trouble   
      
   PSALMS 91   
      
   1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High   
   shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.   
   2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,   
   my God in whom I trust."   
   3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter   
   and from the deadly pestilence.   
   4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,   
   and under His wings you shall find protection;   
   His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.   
   5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,   
   nor of the arrow that flies by day;   
   6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,   
   nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.   
   7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side   
   and ten thousand at your right hand,   
   but it shall not come near you.   
   8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold   
   and see the reward of the wicked.   
   9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,   
   even the Most High, your dwelling,   
   10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,   
   neither shall any plague come near your tent;   
   11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you   
   to guard you in all your ways.   
   12 They shall bear you up in their hands,   
   lest you strike your foot against a stone.   
   13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;   
   the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.   
   14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;   
   I will set him on high, because he has known My name.   
   15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;   
   I will be with him in trouble,   
   and I will deliver him and honor him.   
   16 With long life I will satisfy him   
   and show him My salvation.   
      
   Psalm 91   
      
   1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High   
   Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.   
   2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:   
   My God; in him will I trust.   
   3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,   
   And from the noisome pestilence.   
   4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:   
   His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.   
   5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;   
   Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;   
   6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;   
   Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.   
   7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;   
   But it shall not come nigh thee.   
   8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold   
   And see the reward of the wicked.   
   9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,   
   Even the most High, thy habitation;   
   10 There shall no evil befall thee,   
   Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.   
   11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,   
   To keep thee in all thy ways.   
   12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,   
   Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.   
   13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:   
   The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.   
   14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:   
   I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.   
   15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:   
   I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.   
   16 With long life will I satisfy him,and shew him my salvation.   
      
   Remember God's promises when You pray   
      
   The Lord's prayer   
      
   Matthew 6:9-13   
      
   9 "Therefore pray in this manner:   
   Our Father who is in heaven,   
   hallowed be Your name.   
   10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;   
   Your will be done   
   on earth, as it is in heaven.   
   11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.   
   12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,   
   as we forgive our debtors.   
   13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,   
   but deliver us from evil.   
   For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."   
      
   9 After this manner therefore pray ye:   
   Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.   
   10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.   
   11 Give us this day our daily bread.   
   12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.   
   13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:   
   For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.   
      
   6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)   
      
   Newfoundland & Labrador   
      
   Total population 527000   
   Muslim population (est.) 2065   
      
   As of Autumn 2014, St. John's does not have a local CNMM network. Pray with us   
   for God's people to come together in prayer   
   and cooperative efforts to reach Muslims with the Good News.   
      
   St. John's has one mosque and 2 more musallas , or prayer locations, which   
   may grow into mosques of their own. The mosque is called Masjid an Noor,   
   The Mosque of the Light, and mosque historical documents record a trip in 1986   
   to Saudi Arabia to raise funds for the land purchase and construction costs.   
   A small number of Muslim families had come prior to 1964, but moved on to   
      
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