Jack Countryman - Gods Promises for Graduates: Class of 2014--Pink: New King James Version

A Gift for the Graduate NAME CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT! May this little book be your guide into the power of Gods promises for your every need in life. FROM DATE Gods Promisesfor Graduates, 2014 2014 by Thomas Nelson All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or otherexcept for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Gods Promises is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com.

Scripture quotations are taken from New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. ISBN 978-1-4003-2400-2 (NIV) ISBN 978-1-4003-2090-5 (navy) ISBN 978-1-4003-2091-2 (pink) Printed in China www.thomasnelson.com 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 TIMS 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS Congratulations, graduate! Youve finished one journey, and now youre starting a new one.

This book is a guide for the adventures ahead. Whatever challenges you encounter, God has promised to help you. When your faith is tested or circumstances are uncertain, you can rest confident in these guarantees from Gods Word. Read them. Meditate on them. Let them soak into your spirit.

And then, with God as your perfect companion, every adventure of your life will be better than youve ever imagined. The LORD your God will bless you just as he has promised.DEUTERONOMY 15:6 To Make a Change (to Please God) Comfort Confidence Contentment To Make a Decision Discipline Encouragement Faith Forgiveness Friendship Guidance Healing Hope Humility Peace Protection Repentance To Wait on the Lord Wisdom Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart. JEREMIAH 24:7 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of Godchildren born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husbands will, but born of God. JOHN 1:1213 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. JOHN 15:15 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. JOHN 15:15 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.

He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior. TITUS 3:46 Therefore, as Gods chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. COLOSSIANS 3:12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyednot only in my presence, but now much more in my absencecontinue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. PHILIPPIANS 2:1213 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. PHILIPPIANS 3:1214 You heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:1214 You heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. EPHESIANS 4:2124 Follow Gods example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. EPHESIANS 5:12 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. ROMANS 8:1314 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to Godthis is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will ishis good, pleasing and perfect will. ROMANS 12:12 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. PSALM 73:23 Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.... I remember, LORD, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them. PSALM 55:22 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. ROMANS 8:28 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever. JOHN 14:16 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. MATTHEW 5:4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 CORINTHIANS 1:34 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2 CORINTHIANS 1:34 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1718 But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christs power may rest on me. That is why, for Christs sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. MATTHEW 11:28 Let us then approach Gods throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.