Monthly Archives: February 2017

Matthew 19:21 (NIV) Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 2 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV) Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. … Continue reading →

Ecclesiastes 7:8 (NIV) The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Romans 12:12 (NIV) Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. James 5:7 (NIV) Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield … Continue reading →

Proverbs 1:28 (NIV) Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me. 1 Corinthians 16:9 (NIV) because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me. When one door closes, another opens, … Continue reading →

Joshua 23:14 (NIV) Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. Luke 2:29 (NIV) Sovereign … Continue reading →

Exodus 19:5 (NIV) Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine. Leviticus 20:8 (NIV) Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy. John 14:15 (NIV) If you love … Continue reading →

Deuteronomy 26:16 (NIV) The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. John 14:23 (NIV) Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come … Continue reading →

Ephesians 2:1 (HCSB) And you were dead in your trespasses and sins. Galatians 6:15 (HCSB) For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; ⌊what matters⌋ instead is a new creation. We can’t save ourselves by pulling on our bootstraps, even when the bootstraps are made of the finest religious leather.—Eugene Peterson Leadership, Vol. … Continue reading →

Psalm 42:8 (HCSB) 8  The LORD will send His faithful love by day; His song will be with me in the night— a prayer to the God of my life. Love penetrates the senses and storms the soul with all its power. When love grows in the soul, then it rises up with great longing to God and flowingly expands to receive … Continue reading →

1 Corinthians 3:10-11 (NIV) 10  By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. 11  For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, … Continue reading →

  Philippians 3:18 (NIV) For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 2 Peter 2:12 (NIV) But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only … Continue reading →