God is Faithful: Our hope for the future rests upon God’s faithfulness. Because He is faithful, His covenants will stand and His promises will be honored.
If you can say one thing about God, it is that He is faithful? How do I know?
Time after time I have seen His faithfulness in my life. Think of His faithfulness to give us life! Where do you think your breath comes from? God gives us breath! He provides life every day.
How is He faithful? He is faithful to His Word. His Word tells us to trust Him at all times. We have seen this in our lives time and time again as He has provided in wonderful ways for us when we had financial needs, provided direction when we needed that, as well as healing for our bodies….and I could go on and on.
Let Sara Groves tell you as she sings “He’s Always Been Faithful to Me.”
The best thing is to read what the Bible says about God’s faithfulness:
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant,
4 ‘I will establish your line forever
and make your throne firm through all generations.’”
Selah
5 The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,
your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD?
Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;
he is more awesome than all who surround him.
8 O LORD God Almighty, who is like you?
You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
(Psalm 89:1-8)
He's Been Faithful - Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Now read the story of how this song came about:
The flowing is from Our Daily Bread http://odb.org/2003/02/11/hes-been-faithful/
“Jim and Carol Cymbala prayed and praised and preached their way through a personal 2-year nightmare. Their teenage daughter Chrissy had turned her back on the God they loved and served so faithfully. Although their hearts were breaking, Jim and Carol continued ministering to the people of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York City.
Some people think that Carol wrote the song “He’s Been Faithful” after her daughter’s dramatic return to God, but she didn’t. She wrote it before. Carol refers to it as “a song of hope born in the midst of my pain.” While hurting deeply, Carol said that her song “became like a balm to my heart, strengthening me once again.” The words she wrote during that time helped her to move forward. Although her daughter had not yet come back to the Lord, Carol could praise Him for His loving faithfulness in her own life.
Later, when Chrissy showed up at home and fell to her knees begging forgiveness, the truth of Psalm 119:90 became real to Carol: God is faithful not just to our generation, but to all generations! Carol also experienced in a new way a line of her own song that has blessed so many: “What I thought was impossible, I’ve seen my God do!”
Looking back, His love and mercy I see,
Though in my heart I have questioned,
Even failed to believe,
Yet He's been faithful, faithful to me. —Cymbala
©1989 Word Music
Though in my heart I have questioned,
Even failed to believe,
Yet He's been faithful, faithful to me. —Cymbala
©1989 Word Music
When we have nothing left but God, we find that God is enough.
“Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.” (Exodus 34:5-7)
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
4 For the word of the LORD is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.” (Psalm 33:3-5)
Have you ever felt like giving up? Watch this by Sheila Walsh God Is Faithful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yI8UhnIn8s
“I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.” (Psalm 57:9-11)
“He has shown his people the power of his works,
giving them the lands of other nations.
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.
8 They are steadfast for ever and ever,
done in faithfulness and uprightness.” (Psalm 111:6-8)
2 “And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 4 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.” (2 Thessalonians 3:2-4)
8 “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.” (1 John 1:8-10)
Michael W Smith - Forever God is Faithful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSM96OA39ic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSM96OA39ic
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