the anchor of my soul

The Anchor of My Soul

The Anchor of My Soul

My life is not futile

Ecclesiastes 2:1Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and

grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.

Job 14:1Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.

Matthew 5:13-1613 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be

thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

Matthew 5:13-1614 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket,

but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

Matthew 5:13-1616 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Ephesians 2:10For we are His

workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good

works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

The Anchor of My Soul

My life is not futile

The Anchor of My Soul

My life is not futileMy failures are not fatal

2Samuel 11:4Then David sent

messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and

he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her

impurity; and she returned to her house.

2Samuel 11:15And he wrote in the letter,

saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from

him, that he may be struck down and die.”

Luke 22:31-3431 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for

you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”

Luke 22:31-3433 But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” 34 Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the

rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”

Luke 22:60-6260 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!”Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.

Luke 22:60-62Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three

times.” 62 So Peter went out and wept bitterly.

The Anchor of My Soul

My life is not futileMy failures are not fatal

The Anchor of My Soul

My life is not futileMy failures are not fatalMy death is not final

1Thessalonians 4:16,1716 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet

of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

1Thessalonians 4:16,1717 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And

thus we shall always be with the Lord.

1Corinthians 15:51-5551 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an

eye, at the last trumpet.

1Corinthians 15:51-55

For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible

must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

1Corinthians 15:51-5554 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the

saying that is written:

1Corinthians 15:51-55

“Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your

victory?”

The Anchor of My Soul

My life is not futileMy failures are not fatalMy death is not final