Standing on the promises is a Theo-centric approach to the problems of life taking advantage of the power of God's Spirit, His wisdom, and His excellent counsel. No worldly psychology can compete with or be as effective as God's word is to give peace and direct the life!

1. If we wait on the Lord, what will He do for us? Psalm 27:14.

Answer: He will our .

Note: The Lord will give us the strength to go on no matter what! He will not let us be overcome if we just wait on him, for His timetable and not ours!

2. If we seek comfort in the Holy Scriptures- the Bible, what will we find? Romans 15:4.

Answer: .

3. If we feelings of anger and vengeance in our hearts, what should we remember? Hebrews 10:30.

Answer: belongs to the Lord.

Note: As we said before, the resentment, anger and unforgiveness we hold in our hearts is like acid. It does more harm to the container it’s in then anything else! Give these feelings to Jesus and let Him deal with them before this vile acid eats away your life and health!

4. What four things did Jesus say we are to do to those who use us, or persecute and hate us? Matthew 5:44.

Answer: a) , b) ,

c) , d) .

Note: Here is a formula for inner peace and tranquility. A happy heart makes a happy life!

5. Rather than be overcome with evil, what should we do?

Answer: We should evil with .

6. What should we do with all bitterness, wrath, anger, and clamor? Ephesians 4:31.

Answer: We are to from us these harmful and sinful feelings.

7. What should we do instead as Christians?

Answer: Be to one another, , one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has us.

8. If we forgive others, what will the Lord do for us? Matthew 6:14.

     Answer: He will us.

9. Those who love life and want to see GOOD DAYS in their lives need to do what two things? 1 Peter 3:9-10.

Answer: Refrain his from evil, and his that they speak no .

Note: The evil cursing and hateful words that explode from our mouths do us more harm than the ones who hear them! Our own ears receive the evil and the vicious cycle continues!

10. What will the Lord deliver us from? 2 Timothy 4:18.

      Answer: Every work.

Note: Abuses we have suffered, whether they be physical, sexual, or emotional are evil works. God will deliver us from every one of these evil works and their effects on us if we but give the pain to him!

11. What must be done first before we receive the promise of eternal life? Hebrews 10:35-36.

    Answer: We must first do the of .

12. What will be given to those who overcome the evil and temptations of this world through Jesus’ strength and power? Revelation 3:21.

      Answer: They will with Jesus on His !

Note: What a great future belongs to those who overcome! The devil wanted to sit on Christ’s throne, but cannot! He wants to cause you to lose that glorious privilege because he is jealous! Don’t let him rob you of your throne!

13. With every temptation that comes our way, what will the Lord provide us? 1 Corinthians 10:13.

      Answer: A to them.

Note: When the temptation to sin comes your way, look around! There will be a way to escape it! The Lord has promised that!

14. What will happen to the person that has "clean hands"? Job 17:9.

      Answer: They will grow and .

Note: "Clean hands" refers to doing and saying right things! Those who follow God, who repent when they fail and ask for strength will grow stronger and stronger! On the other hand, those who have hands constantly dirty with sin will grow weaker and weaker. In fact, they will eventually suffer the second death, which is eternal!

15. What kind of place will the Lord make us to walk on? Habakkuk 3:19.

      Answer: He will make us walk on .

Note: Why take the low road of the sinful when we can take the "high road" that will lead right into the kingdom of God?

16. Besides being our refuge and strength, what else is the Lord in times of trouble? Psalm 46:1.

    Answer: He is a help to us!

17. When we seem to be falling what should we remember? Deuteronomy 33:27.

Answer: Underneath us are God’s waiting to catch us and hold us!

Note: Praise God! His everlasting arms are underneath. He won’t let you fall into any bottomless pit! Take courage and strength in the Lord!

19. Why should we be "glad" and "rejoice"? Psalm 31:7.

Answer: Because the Lord has our , and He has the answers we need!

20. If we are in a dungeon of darkness bound up with the chains that the devil has forged, or ones we have forged ourselves with his help, what will the Lord do? Psalm 68:6.

Answer: He will us of the darkness into the light!

21. What does the Lord have for those who "fear" (reverence) Him? Psalm 103:13.

Answer: He has for them!

22. If we ask Jesus to make us " upright," what will arise in our hearts and lives? Psalm 112:4.

Answer: in the darkness.

Note: Everyone in this world has a hungry heart: a heart with a Jesus shaped vacuum that nothing else can fill but the Lord! It is sad that some people take many years to realize this! What is even sadder is the fact that many will never realize it and be lost!