Bible Verse of the DAY

All God Promises-Part 1

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:22:16 +0000

God has made several hundred promises. Here is the first part of it.

Greatly beloved, fear not peace be with you – Dan 10:19
Light will shine on your ways – Job 22:28
The Sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings – Mal 4:2
You will always be at the top, never at the bottom – Deut 28:13
For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go – Joshua 1:9
He will not forsake His saints – Ps 37:28
He will watch over your life – Ps 121:7
I will not forget you – Isaiah 49:15
I am He who comforts you – Isaiah 51:12
I will save your children – Isaiah 49:25
Nothing shall by any means hurt you – Luke 10:19
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it – Ps 81:10
I will put you incharge of many things – Mat 25:21
Nothing will be impossible to you – Mat 17:20
Your bones shall flourish like green and tender grass – Isaiah 66:14
He will not fail you nor destroy you – Deut 4:31
As one whom his mother comforts, so I comfort you – Isaiah 66:13
I will multiply you exceedingly – Gen 17:2
They shall invoke My name, I then will bless them – Num 6:27
I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all – Joshua 3:7
The Lord will do wonders among you – Joshua 3:5
They will not overcome you, for I am with you – Jere 1:19
Lord will keep your foot from being caught – Prov 3:26
I have chosen you – Hagg 2:23
A new heart I will give you – Eze 36:26
In righteousness you will be established – Isaiah 54:14
They will call on My name, and I will answer them – Zech 13:9
For I will surely save you .. because you have put your trust in Me – Jere 39:18
No evil shall come near thee – Ps 91:7
I have loved you with an everlasting love -Jere 31:3
And your life will be brighter than the noon day – Job 11:17
Your God has commanded your strength – Ps 68:28
The Lord will take away from you all sickness – Deut 7:15
Terror, for it will not come near you – Isaiah 54:14
I will be an adversary to your adversaries – Exo 23:22
I will burst your bonds – Jere 30:8
Thou shalt be as my mouth – Jere 15:19
As they pray, so shall I lead them – Jere 31:9
I will live among you – Zech 2:10
I will visit you – Jere 29:10
There shall no evil touch thee – Job 5:19
The days of your mourning shall be ended – Isaiah 60:20
He will give you the desires of your heart – Ps 37:4
Your Father who sees in secret will reward you – Mat 6:6
May your God whom you serve continually deliver you – Dan 6:16
You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them – Isaiah 41:12
I will restore health to you – Jere 30:17
You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you – Acts 1:8
I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut – Rev 3:8
The Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings – Deut 15:10
I will not remember your sins – Isaiah 43:25
Seek Me, that you may live – Amos 5:4
If you believe, you will see the glory of God – John 11:40
The least one shall become a thousand and the small one a strong nation – Isaiah 60:22
My Grace is sufficient for you – II Cor 12:9
Fear not… I have called you by your name, you are mine – Isaiah 43:1
My spirit abides among you, fear not – Hagg 2:5
According to your faith be it done to you – Mat 9:29
No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; – Isaiah 54:17
He will be like a tree planted by the waters – Jere 17:8
I will lengthen your days – 1 Kings 3:14
I will deliver you – Ps 50:15
I will counsel you with My eye upon you – Ps 32:8
For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes – Jere 31:25
Instead of your shame, you shall have a double portion (of honour) – Isaiah 61:7
Fear not, for I am with you – Gene 26:24
Lord your God has been with you; you shall lack nothing – Deut 2:7
May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfil all your plans – Ps 20:4
I will heal your wounds – Jere 30:17
You shall not be given into the hand of men whom you dread – Jere 39:17
Surely I will bless you – Heb 6:14
The Lord will go before you – Isaiah 52:12
Tyranny will be far from you, you will have nothing to fear – Isaiah 54:14
I will give you the holy and sure blessings – Acts 13:34
I am your portion and your inheritance – Num 18:20
You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue – 1 Sam 30:8
Go in peace – Mark 5:34
I have determined to do good again, do not be afraid – Zech 8:15
The hairs of your head are all numbered, fear not – Mat 10:30
Fear not, only believe – Luke 8:50
Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men – Luke 5:10
Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid – Mat 14:27
The Lord watches over all who love Him – Ps. 145:20
Fear not, For I am your God – Isaiah 41:10
The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in – Ps 121:8
I will not leave you as orphans – John 14:18
I will give you rest – Mat 11:28
He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep – Ps 121:4
I am making everything new – Rev 21:5
Your healing shall spring forth speedily – Isaiah 58:8
No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame – Ps 25:3
As soon as He hears, He will answer you – Isaiah 30:19
Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh – Luke 6:21
All your children shall be taught by the Lord – Isaiah 54:13
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established – Prov 16:3
See this great thing, the Lord is about to do before your eyes – 1 Sam 12:16
I will give you a name and a praise – Zeph 3:20
….All those who despised you, shall bow down at your feet – Isaiah 60:14
Take courage, My son – Mat 9:2
He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; – Isaiah 30:19

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Bible Verses about Believe Part-3

Stephen Solomon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:31:12 +0000

Jude 1:5 Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t Believe.

Genesis 45:26 They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t Believe them.

Exodus 4:1 Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not Believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say,’Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”

Exodus 4:5 “That they may Believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

Exodus 4:8 “It will happen, if they will neither Believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will Believe the voice of the latter sign.

Exodus 4:9 It will happen, if they will not Believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”

Exodus 4:31 The people Believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Exodus 19:9 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also Believe you forever.” Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.

Numbers 14:11 Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not Believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?

Numbers 20:12 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t Believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

Deuteronomy 1:32 Yet in this thing you didn’t Believe Yahweh your God,

Deuteronomy 9:23 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you;” then you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t Believe him, nor listen to his voice.

Deuteronomy 28:66 and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not Believe in thy life;

1 Kings 10:7 However I didn’t Believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it. Behold, the half was not told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

2 Kings 17:14 Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn’t Believe in Yahweh their God.

2 Chronicles 9:6 However I didn’t Believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.

2 Chronicles 20:20 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established; Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper.

2 Chronicles 32:15 Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither Believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?

Job 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t Believe that he listened to my voice.

Job 15:22 He doesn’t Believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

Job 29:24 If I laughed on them, they Believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Job 39:12 Wilt thou Believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Psalms 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had Believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalms 78:22 because they didn’t Believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.

Psalms 78:32 For all this they still sinned, and didn’t Believe in his wondrous works.

Psalms 106:12 Then they Believed his words. They sang his praise.

Psalms 106:24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t Believe his word,

Psalms 116:10 I Believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

Psalms 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I Believe in your commandments.

Proverbs 26:25 When his speech is charming, don’t Believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Isaiah 7:9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not Believe, surely you shall not be established.’”

Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and Believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

Jeremiah 12:6 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don’t Believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

Jeremiah 29:31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;

Jeremiah 40:14 and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t Believe them.

Lamentations 4:12 The kings of the earth didn’t Believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Jonah 3:5 The people of Nineveh Believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

Micah 7:5 Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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Bible Verses about Believe Part-2

Stephen Solomon — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:54:00 +0000

Acts 4:4 But many of those who heard the word Believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

Acts 4:32 The multitude of those who Believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Acts 8:13 Simon himself also Believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou Believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Acts 9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and Believed not that he was a disciple.

Acts 10:43 All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who Believes in him will receive remission of sins.”

Acts 12:9 So Peter went out, following him, yet could not Believe that what the angel was doing was real, but supposed that he saw a vision.

Acts 13:12 Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, Believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Acts 13:39 and by him everyone who Believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Acts 13:41 ‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way Believe, if one declares it to you.’”

Acts 13:48 As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life Believed.

Acts 14:2 But the Jews who did not Believe stirred up the minds of those of the nations and made them evil-affected against the brethren.

Acts 15:7 When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and Believe.

Acts 15:11 But we Believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”

Acts 16:13 On the Sabbath we went beyond the city gate to the riverside, where we had reason to Believe that there was a place for prayer; and sitting down we talked with the women who had come together.

Acts 16:31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Acts 16:34 He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having Believed in God.

Acts 17:4 And some of them Believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

Acts 17:12 Many of them therefore Believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.

Acts 17:34 But certain men joined with him, and Believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Acts 18:8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, Believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, Believed and were baptized.

Acts 19:4 Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should Believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Acts 19:9 But when divers were hardened, and Believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Acts 19:18 Many also of those who had Believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

Acts 19:26 and you see and hear that, not in Ephesus only but throughout almost the whole province of Asia, this fellow Paul has led away a vast number of people by inducing them to Believe that they are not gods at all that are made by men’s hands.

Acts 21:20 They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have Believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

Acts 21:25 But concerning the Gentiles who Believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality.”

Acts 22:19 I said,’Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who Believed in you.

Acts 24:14 And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,

Acts 26:27 King Agrippa, do you Believe the prophets? I know that you Believe.”

Acts 27:25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I Believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

Acts 28:22 But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you Believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against.”

Acts 28:24 Some Believed the things which were spoken, and some disBelieved.

Romans 3:3 For what if some did not Believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

Romans 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who Believe. For there is no distinction,

Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which Believeth in Jesus.

Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham Believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

Romans 4:11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who Believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

Romans 4:17 As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he Believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

Romans 4:18 Who in hope Believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your seed be.”

Romans 4:24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who Believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

Romans 6:8 But if we died with Christ, we Believe that we will also live with him;

Romans 10:9 that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:10 For with the heart, one Believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 10:14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not Believed? How will they Believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

Romans 11:30 For as ye in times past have not Believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

Romans 11:31 Even so have these also now not Believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

Romans 13:11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first Believed.

Romans 14:2 For one Believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

Romans 14:22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.

Romans 15:31 That I may be delivered from them that do not Believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

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1 Corinthians 1:21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who Believe.

1 Corinthians 3:5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you Believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

1 Corinthians 10:27 But if one of those who don’t Believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

1 Corinthians 11:18 For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly Believe it.

1 Corinthians 14:22 Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who Believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who Believe.

1 Corinthians 15:2 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you-unless you Believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:11 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you Believed.

2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which Believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

2 Corinthians 4:13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I Believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also Believe, and therefore also we speak;

Galatians 2:16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we Believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

Galatians 3:5 He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you–does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and Believed:

Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham “Believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”

Galatians 3:7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

Galatians 3:22 But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who Believe.

Ephesians 1:19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who Believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

Philippians 1:29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to Believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

Philippians 2:24 but trusting, as I do, in the Lord, I Believe that I shall myself also come to you before long.

1 Thessalonians 1:7 so that you became an example to all who Believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

1 Thessalonians 2:10 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who Believe.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who Believe.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we Believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:10 when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have Believed (because our testimony to you was Believed) in that day.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should Believe a lie;

2 Thessalonians 2:12 that they all might be judged who didn’t Believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

1 Timothy 1:16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to Believe in him for eternal life.

1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who Believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 4:10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who Believe.

1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who Believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we Believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

2 Timothy 3:14 But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to Believe, knowing who your teachers were,

Titus 1:6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who Believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

Titus 1:15 To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted.

Hebrews 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that Believed not?

Hebrews 4:3 For we who have Believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that Believe to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must Believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

James 2:19 You Believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also Believe, and shudder.

James 2:23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham Believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;” and he was called the friend of God.

1 Peter 1:8 whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

1 Peter 1:21 who through him are Believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 2:7 For you who Believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,”

1 Peter 3:1 Married women, in the same way, be submissive to your husbands, so that even if some of them disBelieve the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over by the daily life of their wives, after watching your daily life–

1 John 3:23 This is his commandment, that we should Believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

1 John 4:1 Beloved, don’t Believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:16 We know and have Believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

1 John 5:10 He who Believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t Believe God has made him a liar, because he has not Believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who Believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to Believe in the name of the Son of God.Similar Posts:

Bible Verses about Believe Part-1

Stephen Solomon — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:25:12 +0000

Matthew 8:13 Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have Believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.

Matthew 9:28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you Believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”

Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who Believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

Matthew 21:22 and all — as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’

Matthew 21:25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say,’From heaven,’ he will ask us,’Why then did you not Believe him?’

Matthew 21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t Believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes Believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might Believe him.

Matthew 24:23 “Then if any man tells you,’Behold, here is the Christ,’ or,’There,’ don’t Believe it.

Matthew 24:26 If therefore they tell you,’Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out;’Behold, he is in the inner chambers,’ don’t Believe it.

Matthew 27:42 “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will Believe in him.

Mark 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and Believe in the Good News.”

Mark 5:36 But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only Believe.”

Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, “If you can Believe, all things are possible to him who Believes.”

Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I Believe. Help my unbelief!”

Mark 9:42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who Believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

Mark 11:23 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain,’Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but Believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, Believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

Mark 11:31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say,’From heaven;’ he will say,’Why then did you not Believe him?’

Mark 13:21 Then if anyone tells you,’Look, here is the Christ!’ or,’Look, there!’ don’t Believe it.

Mark 15:32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and Believe him. ” Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

Mark 15:44 But Pilate could hardly Believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;

Mark 16:11 When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disBelieved.

Mark 16:13 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t Believe them, either.

Mark 16:14 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t Believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

Mark 16:16 He who Believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disBelieves will be condemned.

Mark 16:17 These signs will accompany those who Believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

Luke 1:20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t Believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

Luke 1:45 Blessed is she who Believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

Luke 8:12 Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not Believe and be saved.

Luke 8:13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who Believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

Luke 8:50 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only Believe, and she will be healed.”

Luke 16:31 “‘If they are deaf to Moses and the Prophets,’ replied Abraham, ‘they would not be led to Believe even if some one should rise from the dead.’”

Luke 20:5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say,’From heaven,’ he will say,’Why didn’t you Believe him?’

Luke 22:67 “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t Believe,

Luke 24:11 These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t Believe them.

Luke 24:25 He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to Believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:41 While they still didn’t Believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

John 1:7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might Believe through him.

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who Believe in his name:

John 1:50 Jesus answered him, “Because I told you,’I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you Believe? You will see greater things than these!”

John 3:12 If I told you earthly things and you don’t Believe, how will you Believe if I tell you heavenly things?

John 3:18 He who Believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t Believe has been judged already, because he has not Believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

John 4:21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, Believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

John 4:41 Many more Believed because of his word.

John 4:42 They said to the woman, “Now we Believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

John 4:48 Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way Believe.”

John 5:38 You don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t Believe him whom he sent.

John 5:44 How can you Believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 5:46 For if you Believed Moses, you would Believe me; for he wrote about me.

John 5:47 But if you don’t Believe his writings, how will you Believe my words?”

John 6:29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you Believe in him whom he has sent.”

John 6:30 They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and Believe you? What work do you do?

John 6:36 But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t Believe.

John 6:64 But there are some of you who don’t Believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t Believe, and who it was who would betray him.

John 6:69 We have come to Believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

John 7:5 For even his brothers didn’t Believe in him.

John 7:31 But of the multitude, many Believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”

John 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that Believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

John 7:48 Have any of the rulers Believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

John 8:24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you Believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

John 8:30 As he spoke these things, many Believed in him.

John 8:45 But because I tell the truth, you don’t Believe me.

John 8:46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not Believe me?

John 9:18 The Jews therefore did not Believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you Believe in the Son of God?”

John 9:36 He answered, “Who is he, Lord, that I may Believe in him?”

John 9:38 He said, “Lord, I Believe!” and he worshiped him.

John 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t Believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.

John 10:26 But you don’t Believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

John 10:37 If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t Believe me.

John 10:38 But if I do them, though you don’t Believe me, Believe the works; that you may know and Believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”

John 10:42 Many Believed in him there.

John 11:15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may Believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”

John 11:26 Whoever lives and Believes in me will never die. Do you Believe this?”

John 11:27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to Believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”

John 11:40 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you Believed, you would see God’s glory?”

John 11:42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may Believe that you sent me.”

John 11:48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will Believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

John 12:36 While you have the light, Believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

John 12:37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t Believe in him,

John 12:39 For this cause they couldn’t Believe, for Isaiah said again,

John 12:42 Nevertheless even of the rulers many Believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

John 12:44 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever Believes in me, Believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

John 12:47 If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t Believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 13:19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may Believe that I am he.

John 14:1 “Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

John 14:10 Don’t you Believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else Believe me for the very works’ sake.

John 14:29 Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may Believe.

John 16:9 about sin, because they don’t Believe in me;

John 16:30 Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we Believe that you came forth from God.”

John 16:31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now Believe?

John 17:8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have Believed that you sent me.

John 17:20 Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who Believe in me through their word,

John 17:21 that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may Believe that you sent me.

John 19:35 He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may Believe.

John 20:8 So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and Believed.

John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not Believe.”

John 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here and feel my hands; bring you hand and put it into my side; and do not be ready to disBelieve but to Believe.”

John 20:29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have Believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have Believed.”

John 20:31 but these are written, that you may Believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.Similar Posts:

Bible Verses about DEVIL

Stephen Solomon — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:50:30 +0000

Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.

Matthew 4:5 Then the Devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

Matthew 4:8 Again, the Devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

Matthew 4:11 Then the Devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

Matthew 9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a Devil.

Matthew 9:33 And when the Devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a Devil.

Matthew 12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a Devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Matthew 13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Matthew 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a Devil.

Matthew 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the Devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

Matthew 25:41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand,’Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the Devil and his angels;

Mark 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the Devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

Mark 5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the Devil, and also concerning the swine.

Mark 5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the Devil prayed him that he might be with him.

Mark 7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the Devil out of her daughter.

Mark 7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the Devil is gone out of thy daughter.

Mark 7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the Devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

Luke 4:2 for forty days, being tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

Luke 4:3 The Devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

Luke 4:5 The Devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Luke 4:6 The Devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

Luke 4:13 When the Devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

Luke 4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean Devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

Luke 4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the Devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a Devil.

Luke 8:12 Those along the road are those who hear, then the Devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Luke 8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the Devil into the wilderness.)

Luke 9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the Devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

Luke 11:14 And he was casting out a Devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the Devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a Devil?”

John 7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a Devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

John 8:44 You are of your father, the Devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

John 8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a Devil?

John 8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a Devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

John 8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a Devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

John 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a Devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

John 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a Devil. Can a Devil open the eyes of the blind?

John 13:2 During supper, the Devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

Acts 10:38 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with him.

Acts 13:10 and said, “Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

Ephesians 4:27 neither give place to the Devil.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil.

1 Timothy 3:6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the Devil.

1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the Devil.

2 Timothy 2:26 and they may recover themselves out of the Devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

Hebrews 2:14 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil,

James 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, Devilish. (Root in )

James 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

1 John 3:8 He who sins is of the Devil, for the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the Devil.

1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the Devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

Jude 1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the Devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

Revelation 2:10 Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 12:9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the Devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”

Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

Revelation 20:10 The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.Similar Posts:

Bible Verses on Wedding

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:58:00 +0000

Romans 7:4 So, my brethren, to you also the Law died through the incarnation of Christ, that you might be wedded to Another, namely to Him who rose from the dead in order that we might yield fruit to God.

Matthew 9:15 Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 22:2 The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

Matthew 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

Matthew 22:4 “Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. “‘My breakfast is now ready,” he said, ‘my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.’

Matthew 22:8 “Then he said to his servants,’The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

Matthew 22:9 Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.’

Matthew 22:10 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,

Matthew 22:12 and he said to him,’Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

Matthew 25:10 “So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.

Mark 2:19 “Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?” replied Jesus. “So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible.

Luke 5:34 He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Luke 12:36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Luke 14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

John 2:1 Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

John 2:2 Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage. (See )

Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

Revelation 19:9 He said to me, “Write,’Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Judges 14:20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

1 Kings 9:16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

Psalms 45:1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

Psalms 78:63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

Song of Songs 3:11 Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Jeremiah 2:32 Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.Similar Posts:

Bible Verses on Birth-Pains

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:39:08 +0000

Galatians 4:19 My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

Galatians 4:27 For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 While they are saying “Peace and safety!” then in a moment destruction falls upon them, like birth-pains on a woman who is with child; and escape there is none.

Isaiah 45:10 Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?

Jeremiah 4:31 A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.

Jeremiah 30:6 Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?

Jeremiah 31:8 See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.

Jeremiah 48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong places have been forced, and the hearts of Moab’s men of war in that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

Jeremiah 49:22 See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom’s men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

Jeremiah 49:24 Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.Similar Posts:

All Bible Verses about POOR – Bible Quotes for Poor

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:06:01 +0000

Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the Poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 6:2 When then you give money to the Poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew 6:3 But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

Matthew 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the Poor have good news preached to them.

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the Poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Matthew 26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the Poor.”

Matthew 26:11 For you always have the Poor with you; but you don’t always have me.

Mark 10:21 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the Poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

Mark 12:42 A Poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.

Mark 12:43 He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this Poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

Mark 14:5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the Poor.” They grumbled against her.

Mark 14:7 For you always have the Poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

Luke 1:48 For he has had pity on his servant, though she is Poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the Poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Luke 6:20 He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are Poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

Luke 7:22 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the Poor have good news preached to them.

Luke 11:41 But if you give to the Poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

Luke 12:33 Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the Poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

Luke 14:13 But when you make a feast, ask the Poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

Luke 14:21 “That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant,’Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the Poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’

Luke 16:20 And a certain Poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

Luke 16:22 And in time the Poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham’s breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

Luke 18:22 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the Poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.”

Luke 19:8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the Poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

Luke 21:2 He saw a certain Poor widow casting in two small brass coins.

Luke 21:3 He said, “Truly I tell you, this Poor widow put in more than all of them,

John 2:10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!” (See )

John 12:5 “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the Poor?”

John 12:6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the Poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

John 12:8 For you always have the Poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”

John 13:29 For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the Poor.

Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

Acts 10:2 A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the Poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

Acts 10:4 He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

Acts 10:31 and said,’Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

Acts 24:17 Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

Acts 26:22 Having, however, obtained the help which is from God, I have stood firm until now, and have solemnly exhorted rich and Poor alike, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses predicted as soon to happen,

Romans 15:26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the Poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 11:22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the Poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

1 Corinthians 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the Poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if this Poor tent, our earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal.

2 Corinthians 6:10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as Poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 7:6 But God who gives comfort to the Poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became Poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 9:9 As it is written, “He has scattered abroad, he has given to the Poor. His righteousness remains forever.”

2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am Poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

Galatians 2:10 They only asked us to remember the Poor-which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Galatians 4:9 But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the Poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

Galatians 4:14 And you did not have a Poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:21 By whom this Poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

Hebrews 2:6 But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, “How Poor a creature is man, and yet Thou dost remember him, and a son of man, and yet Thou dost come to him!

Hebrews 10:1 For the law, being only a Poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were cut up with kes, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being Poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

James 2:2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a Poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

James 2:3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the Poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool;”

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are Poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

James 2:6 But you have dishonored the Poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

Revelation 2:9 I have knowledge of your troubles and how Poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 3:17 Because you say,’I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, Poor, blind, and naked;

Revelation 13:16 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the Poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;

Genesis 41:19 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, Poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

Genesis 42:9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how Poor the land is.

Genesis 42:12 And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how Poor the land is.

Genesis 45:11 and I have nourished thee there — for yet ‘are’ five years of famine — lest thou become Poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

Exodus 22:25 “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is Poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

Exodus 23:3 neither shall you favor a Poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6 “You shall not deny justice to your Poor people in their lawsuits.

Exodus 23:11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the Poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

Exodus 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the Poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.

Leviticus 14:21 “If he is Poor, and can’t afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

Leviticus 19:10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the Poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

Leviticus 19:15 “‘You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the Poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Leviticus 23:22 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the Poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’”

Leviticus 25:25 “‘If your brother becomes Poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.

Leviticus 25:35 “‘If your brother has become Poor, and his hand can’t support him among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.

Leviticus 25:39 “‘If your brother has grown Poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

Leviticus 25:47 “‘If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown Poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger’s family;

Leviticus 27:8 But if he is Poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.

Numbers 13:20 And if the land is fertile or Poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.

Numbers 21:5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this Poor bread is disgusting to us.

Deuteronomy 15:4 However there shall be no Poor with you; (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it;)

Deuteronomy 15:7 If a Poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your Poor brother;

Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;” and your eye be evil against your Poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

Deuteronomy 15:11 For the Poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your Poor, in your land.

Deuteronomy 24:12 If he be a Poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

Deuteronomy 24:14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is Poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:

Deuteronomy 24:15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is Poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

Deuteronomy 28:29 You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made Poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.

Judges 6:15 He said to him, “Oh, Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the Poorest in Maseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

Ruth 3:10 He said, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, imuch as you didn’t follow young men, whether Poor or rich.

1 Samuel 2:7 Yahweh makes Poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the Poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.

1 Samuel 17:42 And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a Poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.

1 Samuel 18:23 Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seems to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a Poor man, and lightly esteemed?”

2 Samuel 12:1 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other Poor.

2 Samuel 12:3 but the Poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

2 Samuel 12:4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the Poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him.”

2 Samuel 22:28 And the Poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

2 Kings 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the Poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

1 Chronicles 22:14 Now see, Poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

John 2:10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!”

Daniel 1:10 The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head with the king. (See )

Judges 6:15 He said to him, “Oh, Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the Poorest in Maseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

2 Kings 24:14 He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the Poorest sort of the people of the land.

2 Kings 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the Poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

Isaiah 14:30 And the Poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the Poorest of the people, who had nothing whatever, go on living in the land of Judah, and gave them vine-gardens and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the Poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Jeremiah 52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Poorest of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.

Jeremiah 52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the Poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.

Ezekiel 22:18 Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the Poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.

Genesis 41:3 And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, Poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.

Genesis 41:19 Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and Poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;

1 Corinthians 4:11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

James 2:15 Suppose a Christian brother or sister is Poorly clad or lacks daily food,

Proverbs 23:21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be Poorly clothed.Similar Posts:

All Anger Bible Verses – Bible Quotes for Angry

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:55:08 +0000

Matthew 18:34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

Matthew 22:7 So the king’s Anger was stirred, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.

Mark 3:5 When he had looked around at them with Anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

Luke 21:23 “Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and Anger towards this People.

John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God’s Anger remains upon him.

Acts 19:28 When they heard this they were filled with Anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Romans 2:5 The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart you are treasuring up against yourself Anger on the day of Anger–the day when the righteousness of God’s judgements will stand revealed.

Romans 2:8 while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall Anger and fury, affliction and awful distress,

Romans 5:9 If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God’s Anger through Him.

Romans 9:22 And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His Anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His Anger who stand ready for destruction,

Romans 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will Anger you.

Romans 12:19 Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before Anger; for it is written, “‘Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,’ says the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate Anger, nor brood over wrongs.

2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of Anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of Anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

Ephesians 2:3 Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of Anger like all others.

Ephesians 4:26 be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, Anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is on account of these very sins that God’s Anger is coming upon the disobedient.

Ephesians 6:4 And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to Anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

Colossians 3:6 It is on account of these very sins that God’s Anger is coming,

Colossians 3:8 but now you also put them all away: Anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to Anger, lest they be discouraged.

1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He raised from among the dead–even Jesus, our Deliverer from God’s coming Anger.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 for they still try to prevent our preaching to the Gentiles so that they may find salvation. They thus continually fill up the measure of their own sins, and God’s Anger in its severest form has overtaken them.

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not pre-destined us to meet His Anger, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ;

2 Thessalonians 2:8 and then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will sweep away with the tempest of His Anger, and utterly overwhelm by the awful splendour of His Coming.

1 Timothy 2:8 I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without Anger and doubting.

Hebrews 3:11 As I swore in My Anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest” –

Hebrews 4:3 We who have believed are soon to be admitted to the true rest; as He has said, “As I swore in My Anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest,” although God’s works had been going on ever since the creation of the world.

Hebrews 11:27 Through faith he left Egypt, not being frightened by the king’s Anger; for he held on his course as seeing the unseen One.

James 1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to Anger;

James 1:20 for the Anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

Revelation 6:16 while they called to the mountains and the rocks, saying, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne and from the Anger of the Lamb;

Revelation 6:17 for the day of His Anger–that great day–has come, and who is able to stand?”

Revelation 11:18 The nations grew angry, and Thine Anger has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time for Thee to give their reward to Thy servants the Prophets and to Thy people, and to those who fear Thee, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Revelation 12:12 For this reason be glad, O Heaven, and you who live in Heaven! Alas for the earth and the sea! For the Devil has come down to you; full of fierce Anger, because he knows that his appointed time is short.”

Revelation 14:8 And another, a second angel, followed, exclaiming, “Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen–she who made all the nations drink the wine of the Anger provoked by her fornication.”

Revelation 14:10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his Anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 14:19 And the angel flung his sickle down to the earth, and reaped the vine of the earth and threw the grapes into the great winepress of God’s Anger.

Revelation 15:1 Then I saw another marvel in Heaven, great and wonderful–there were seven angels bringing seven plagues. These are the last plagues, because in them God’s Anger has found full expression.

Revelation 15:7 And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven bowls of gold, full of the Anger of God who lives until the Ages of the Ages.

Revelation 16:1 Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary say to the seven angels, “Go and pour on to the earth the seven bowls of the Anger of God.”

Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts; the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon came into remembrance before God, for Him to make her drink from the wine-cup of His fierce Anger.

Revelation 19:15 From His mouth there comes a sharp sword with which He will smite the nations; and He will Himself be their Shepherd, ruling them with a scepter of iron; and it is His work to tread the winepress of the fierce Anger of God, the Ruler of all.

Genesis 27:45 until your brother’s Anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”

Genesis 30:2 Jacob’s Anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of Anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me after the manner of women. And he searched carefully, but did not find the teraphim.

Genesis 39:19 And it cometh to pass when his lord heareth the words of his wife, which she hath spoken unto him, saying, ‘According to these things hath thy servant done to me,’ that his Anger burneth;

Genesis 44:18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your Anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

Genesis 49:6 My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their Anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their Anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Exodus 4:14 The Anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

Exodus 11:8 All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you;” and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot Anger.

Exodus 15:7 In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.

Exodus 15:8 And by the spirit of Thine Anger Have waters been heaped together; Stood as a heap have flowings; Congealed have been depths In the heart of a sea.

Exodus 22:24 and my Anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Exodus 32:10 And now let me alone, that my Anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.

Exodus 32:11 And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, ‘Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine Anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

Exodus 32:12 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine Anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!

Exodus 32:19 It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses’ Anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.

Exodus 32:22 Aaron said, “Don’t let the Anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

Exodus 34:6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to Anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

Numbers 11:1 The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his Anger was kindled; and Yahweh’s fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 11:10 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the Anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.

Numbers 11:33 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the Anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.

Numbers 12:9 The Anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he departed.

Numbers 14:18 ‘Yahweh is slow to Anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’

Numbers 22:22 God’s Anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Numbers 22:27 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam’s Anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.

Numbers 24:10 Balak’s Anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

Numbers 25:3 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the Anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel.

Numbers 25:4 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce Anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:11 “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.

Numbers 32:10 Yahweh’s Anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,

Numbers 32:13 Yahweh’s Anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed.

Numbers 32:14 “Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce Anger of Yahweh toward Israel.

Deuteronomy 4:25 When you shall father children, and children’s children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to Anger;

Deuteronomy 6:15 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the Anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:4 For he will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the Anger of Yahweh would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

Deuteronomy 9:7 Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 9:18 I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to Anger.

Deuteronomy 9:19 For I was afraid of the Anger and hot displeasure, with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.

Deuteronomy 11:17 and the Anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you.

Deuteronomy 13:17 There shall cleave nothing of the devoted thing to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his Anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;

Deuteronomy 19:6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, imuch as he didn’t hate him in time past.

Deuteronomy 29:20 Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the Anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.

Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his Anger, and in his wrath:

Deuteronomy 29:24 even all the nations shall say, “Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great Anger mean?”

Deuteronomy 29:27 therefore the Anger of Yahweh was kindled against this land, to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book;

Deuteronomy 29:28 and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in Anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.”

Deuteronomy 31:17 Then my Anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day,’Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’

Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to Anger through the work of your hands.”

Deuteronomy 32:16 They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to Anger with abominations.

Deuteronomy 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to Anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to Anger with a foolish nation.

Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in my Anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

Deuteronomy 32:27 If not — the Anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know — Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.

Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh’s Anger burned against the children of Israel.

Joshua 7:26 They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his Anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.

Joshua 23:16 when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then the Anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.”Similar Posts:

All Love Bible Verses – Bible Quotes

Stephen Solomon — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:03:08 +0000

Matthew 3:17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beLoved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said,’You shall Love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’

Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Matthew 5:46 For if you Love those who Love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

Matthew 6:5 “When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they Love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and Love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Matthew 10:37 He who Loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who Loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

Matthew 12:18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beLoved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beLoved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

Matthew 19:19 ‘Honor your father and mother.’ And,’You shall Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:39 A second likewise is this,’You shall Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 23:6 and Love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

Matthew 24:12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the Love of many will grow cold.

Mark 1:11 A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beLoved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Mark 9:7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beLoved Son. Listen to him.”

Mark 10:21 Jesus looking at him Loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

Mark 12:30 you shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

Mark 12:31 The second is like this,’You shall Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:33 and to Love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to Love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Mark 12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which Love to go in long clothing, and Love salutations in the marketplaces,

Luke 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beLoved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

Luke 6:27 “But I tell you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Luke 6:32 If you Love those who Love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners Love those who Love them.

Luke 6:35 But Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Luke 7:5 for he Loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

Luke 7:42 When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will Love him most?”

Luke 7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she Loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same Loves little.”

Luke 10:27 He answered, “You shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Luke 11:42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the Love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Luke 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you Love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and Love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and mammon.”

Luke 16:14 The Pharisees, who were Lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

Luke 19:14 But his people had no Love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

Luke 20:13 The lord of the vineyard said,’What shall I do? I will send my beLoved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’

Luke 20:46 “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and Love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

John 3:16 For God so Loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men Loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

John 3:35 The Father Loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

John 5:20 For the Father Loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

John 5:42 But I know you, that you don’t have God’s Love in yourselves.

John 8:42 Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would Love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.

John 10:17 Therefore the Father Loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

John 11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou Lovest is sick.

John 11:5 Now Jesus Loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

John 12:6 (He said this, not because he had any Love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

John 12:25 He who Loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

John 13:1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having Loved his own who were in the world, he Loved them to the end.

John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you Love one another, just like I have Loved you; that you also Love one another.

John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have Love for one another.”

John 14:15 If you Love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who Loves me. One who Loves me will be Loved by my Father, and I will Love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

John 14:23 Jesus answered him, “If a man Loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will Love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

John 14:24 He who doesn’t Love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

John 14:28 You heard how I told you,’I go away, and I come to you.’ If you Loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said’I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

John 14:31 But that the world may know that I Love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

John 15:9 Even as the Father has Loved me, I also have Loved you. Remain in my Love.

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my Love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his Love.

John 15:12 “This is my commandment, that you Love one another, even as I have Loved you.

John 15:13 Greater Love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:17 “I command these things to you, that you may Love one another.

John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would Love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 16:27 for the Father himself Loves you, because you have Loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

John 17:23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and Loved them, even as you Loved me.

John 17:24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you Loved me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the Love with which you Loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 21:15 So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you Love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

John 21:16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you Love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

John 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, Lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I Love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

Acts 13:22 After removing him, He raised up David to be their king, to whom He also bore witness when He said, “‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man I Love, who will obey all My commands.’

Romans 2:8 But to those who, from a Love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

Romans 5:5 and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s Love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 5:8 But God commends his own Love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who Love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Romans 8:37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who Loved us.

Romans 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 9:13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I Loved, but Esau I hated.”

Romans 12:9 Let Love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

Romans 12:10 In Love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to Love one another; for he who Loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not give false testimony,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 13:10 Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Romans 14:15 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in Love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

Romans 15:28 So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of Love, I will go on by you into Spain.

Romans 15:30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

Romans 16:3 Give my Love to Prisca and Aquila, workers with me in Christ Jesus,

Romans 16:5 Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beLoved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

Romans 16:6 Give my Love to Mary, who gave much care to you.

Romans 16:7 Give my Love to Andronicus and Junia, my relations, who were in prison with me, who are noted among the Apostles, and who were in Christ before me.

Romans 16:8 Greet Amplias, my beLoved in the Lord.

Romans 16:9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beLoved.

Romans 16:10 Give my Love to Apelles, who has the approval of Christ. Say a kind word to those who are of the house of Aristobulus.

Romans 16:11 Give my Love to Herodion, my relation. Say a kind word to those of the house of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

Romans 16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beLoved, who labored much in the Lord.

Romans 16:13 Give my Love to Rufus, one of the Lord’s selection, and to his mother and mine.

Romans 16:14 Give my Love to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

Romans 16:15 Give my Love to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

Romans 16:16 Give one another a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their Love to you.

Romans 16:21 Timothy, who is working with me, sends his Love to you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relations.

Romans 16:22 I, Tertius, who have done the writing of this letter, send Love in the Lord.

Romans 16:23 Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his Love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.

1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a Love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who Love him.”

1 Corinthians 4:17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beLoved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

1 Corinthians 4:21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in Love and a spirit of gentleness?

1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but Love builds up.

1 Corinthians 8:3 But if anyone Loves God, the same is known by him.

1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have Love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have Love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have Love, it profits me nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and is kind; Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

1 Corinthians 13:5 Love’s ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

1 Corinthians 13:7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

1 Corinthians 13:13 But now faith, hope, and Love remain-these three. The greatest of these is Love.

1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow after Love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in Love.

1 Corinthians 16:19 The Churches in the province of Asia send you greetings; and Aquila and Prisca, in hearty Christian Love, do the same, together with the Church which meets at their house. (WEY BBE)

1 Corinthians 16:20 All the brothers send their Love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.

1 Corinthians 16:21 I, Paul, send you these words of Love in my writing.

1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man doesn’t Love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!

1 Corinthians 16:24 My Love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the Love that I have so abundantly for you.

2 Corinthians 2:8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your Love toward him.

2 Corinthians 5:14 For the Love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

2 Corinthians 6:6 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere Love,

2 Corinthians 6:12 There is no narrowness in our Love to you: the narrowness is in your own feelings.

2 Corinthians 7:15 And his Love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

2 Corinthians 8:7 But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your Love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.

2 Corinthians 8:8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your Love.

2 Corinthians 8:24 Therefore show the proof of your Love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.

2 Corinthians 9:5 I have thought it absolutely necessary therefore to request these brethren to visit you before I myself come, and to make sure beforehand that the gift of Love which you have already promised may be ready as a gift of Love, and may not seem to have been something which I have extorted from you.

2 Corinthians 9:7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God Loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:14 while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf pour out their longing Love towards you because of God’s surpassing grace which is resting upon you. (WEY BBE)

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy Love for Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:11 Why? Because I don’t Love you? God knows.

2 Corinthians 12:15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I Love you more abundantly, am I Loved the less?

2 Corinthians 12:16 If I Love you so intensely, am I the less to be Loved? Be that as it may: I was not a burden to you. But being by no means scrupulous, I entrapped you, they say!

2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of Love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:13 All the saints send their Love to you.

2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who Loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through Love.

Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through Love be servants to one another.

Galatians 5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of Love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

Ephesians 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in Love; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Ephesians 1:5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, (See RSV)

Ephesians 1:15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the Love which you have toward all the saints,

Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great Love with which he Loved us,

Ephesians 3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in Love,

Ephesians 3:18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

Ephesians 3:19 and to know Christ’s Love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 4:2 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in Love;

Ephesians 4:15 but speaking truth in Love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Ephesians 4:16 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in Love.

Ephesians 4:22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by Love of deceit;

Ephesians 5:2 Walk in Love, even as Christ also Loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, Love your wives, even as Christ also Loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Ephesians 5:28 Even so husbands also ought to Love their own wives as their own bodies. He who Loves his own wife Loves himself.

Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless each of you must also Love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and Love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with all those who Love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible Love. Amen.

Philippians 1:8 For God is my witness, how my Love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:9 This I pray, that your Love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

Philippians 1:16 These latter preach Him from Love to me, knowing that I am here for the defence of the Good News;

Philippians 1:17 but the latter out of Love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

Philippians 2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of Love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

Philippians 2:2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same Love, being of one accord, of one mind;

Philippians 4:1 Therefore, my brothers, beLoved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beLoved.

Philippians 4:21 Give words of Love to every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their Love.

Philippians 4:22 All the saints send their Love to you, specially those who are of Caesar’s house.

Colossians 1:4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the Love which you have toward all the saints,

Colossians 1:5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,

Colossians 1:8 who also declared to us your Love in the Spirit.

Colossians 1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard of your faith and Love, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 1:13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his Love;

Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in Love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

Colossians 3:14 Above all these things, walk in Love, which is the bond of perfection.

Colossians 3:19 Husbands, Love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus, my brother-prisoner, sends his Love to you, and Mark, a relation of Barnabas (about whom you have been given orders: if he comes to you, be kind to him),

Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his Love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

Colossians 4:14 Luke, the beLoved physician, and Demas greet you.

Colossians 4:15 Give my Love to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nymphas and the church in their house.

Colossians 4:18 I, Paul, give you this word of Love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.

1 Thessalonians 1:3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of Love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our Love to you.

1 Thessalonians 3:6 But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and Love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;

1 Thessalonians 3:12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in Love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

1 Thessalonians 4:9 But concerning brotherly Love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to Love one another,

1 Thessalonians 4:10 and indeed you do Love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. And we exhort you to do so more and more,

1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and Love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

1 Thessalonians 5:13 and to respect and honor them in Love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the Love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;

2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the Love of the truth, that they might be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who Loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into the Love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:17 These words of Love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul’s writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.Similar Posts:

More on Praying for the Fullness of the Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:34:11 +0000

And I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened . . . your heavenly Father [will] give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! (Luke 11:9-10,13)

Here again, the work of the Spirit in our lives is associated with prayer. Prayer is that wonderful God-ordained means of relating to the Lord in humility and faith (the two means by which we access grace). In praying, we are humbly admitting that we need God. In praying, we are exercising faith toward God that He will act on our behalf. We pray; God moves by His Spirit, pouring out whatever grace is necessary for any given situation.

We saw this in our previous meditation. “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith . . . that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:16-19). Here, prayer was the avenue to being filled with the bountiful work of the Spirit in our lives. We humbly ask; the Lord faithfully works. This is precisely the teaching of Jesus in our present passage.

The end of Jesus’ message involves the Spirit being given to those who ask. “How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” This is also where our scripture began. “And I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” These are three parallel commands, followed by three parallel promises. Who receives Holy Spirit fullness? Those who ask God for such. Who experiences the life-empowering work of the Spirit, that every child of God must find? Those who seek God to impart such. Who is flooded with the outpouring of God’s Spirit? Those who knock prayerfully on heaven’s doors.

Then, making these three “command-promise” couplets even more sure, Jesus adds three more statements of certainty. “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” These are absolutes. There are no exceptions. Those who genuinely ask, seek, or knock can go on their way by faith, knowing that the Lord will be doing a thorough work of His Spirit in them.

As with the earlier command to be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18), these imperatives are also in the present tense. They could be rendered: keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking. Again, this is a way to live; not a singular event.

Giver of every good and perfect gift, I humbly ask You for a fresh new work of Your Spirit. Lord, I rest on Your promise that everyone who asks receives. Manifest Your fullness in me in any way that You desire, in Jesus name, Amen.Similar Posts:

Praying for the Fullness of the Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:33:41 +0000

That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)

For those who are wondering how to be filled with the Spirit, the prayer in Ephesians 3 offers excellent insight. The precise relevance of this passage for our present subject is obvious, when the concluding purpose of the prayer is noted: “that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

The opening phrases use the language of grace: “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory.” Grace is about God at work, giving us blessings we cannot deserve. These blessings are in proportion to His glorious spiritual riches. This perspective fits our studies on the Spirit perfectly, because when the Holy Spirit is at work, He pours out God’s grace.

The initial request pertains to an inner working of the Spirit: “to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man.” Note, this request is made on behalf of those who already have the Spirit residing in their hearts. The specific issue is about receiving new measures of spiritual power at the core of our being.

The desired result of this work of the Spirit is “that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.” Jesus is present in the heart of every believer. Here, He is being asked to settle down fully and make Himself at home. Jesus is being given free rein to rearrange our innermost being to fit His good pleasure. Allowing Jesus to rule our hearts requires the empowering work of the Holy Spirit to break past spiritual obstacles such as apathy, fear, self-focus, and temptations. To allow Jesus to lead us in His way, we need the Holy Spirit enabling us to stay in God’s word, to pray without ceasing, to worship daily, and to fellowship regularly.

Then, as Jesus rearranges our inner life, He wants to anchor every aspect of our lives in God’s love: “that you, being rooted and grounded in love.” With this, He wants to us to experience the dimensions of His love, which are beyond mere head knowledge: “to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge.” This Holy Spirit process is always leading to more spiritual fullness: “that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

Dear Father in heaven, I humbly cry out to You every word of this majestic prayer. I earnestly desire the reality of its every implication, all by your Holy Spirit, Amen.Similar Posts:

Results of Being Filled with the Holy Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:33:21 +0000

Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. (Ephesians 5:18-21)

When a person is filled with the Holy Spirit, what will the results be in his life? What evidences will develop to validate the work of the Spirit in fullness? In some church traditions, which give considerable attention to the fullness of the Spirit, limited evidences are stressed (such as those mentioned often in Acts: tongues, prophecy, or boldness). The full biblical picture is much larger than this viewpoint.

Ephesians 5:18-21 is a classic example of the scriptures broad perspective on this subject. In verse 18, the command is given to “be filled with the Spirit.” The subsequent verses (19-21) list the spiritual consequences that will follow in a life that is characteristically Spirit filled.

When a believer in Jesus Christ is living in the fullness of the Spirit, he will be led and empowered unto fellowship with, and ministry to, others: “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.” These words fit those times when believers gather together for spiritual celebration through music. Some of the music of the church is directed toward other believers in the form of exhortation and edification. A Spirit filled Christian will be involved in “one another life” in the body of Christ.

Closely related to this, however, is the essential presence of a worshiping heart: “singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” Genuine fellowship and effective ministry flows forth from an inner life focused in adoration upon the Lord Himself. A Spirit filled Christian will be a worshiper of the true and living God.

Further, when a disciple of Jesus is filled with the Spirit, his life will typically overflow with thanksgiving: “giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The world and the flesh produce complaints and dissatisfaction. The Spirit of the Lord stirs gratitude and appreciation.

Additionally, servanthood submission is a common attribute of one who is Spirit filled: “submitting to one another in the fear of God.” Natural humanity wants to control people and exercise mastery over them. The Spirit of Christ, the servant of all (Matthew 20:28), brings forth humble service from those who revere the Lord.

Father, I bow before Your command to be filled with the Spirit. This I need; this I desire. Lord, forgive me for times of isolation and selfishness. Flood me with Your Spirit unto fellowship and ministry. Forgive any lifeless religion in me and fill me unto true worship. Forgive my griping and complaining and inundate me unto thanksgiving. Forgive my desires to rule and fill me unto servanthood, through Christ, I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

Spirit Fullness: A Way of Life, Not Merely Events

Stephen Solomon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:32:53 +0000

Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire . . . And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit . . . Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them . . . the place . . . was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit . . . And do not be drunk with wine . . . but be filled with the Spirit. (Acts 2:3-4; 4:8,31; Ephesians 5:18)

When we are born again through faith in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in our lives thereafter (1 Corinthians 3:16). At times after new birth, our lives may be repeatedly filled to overflowing by the empowering presence of the Spirit. The testimony of the early disciples illustrates this.

On the day of Pentecost, the 120 followers of Jesus were filled with the Spirit. “Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire . . . And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” Subsequently, the Apostle Peter, who was originally filled on Pentecost, was again filled as he stood before the religious hierarchy of Israel. “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them.” After this encounter, Peter joined the other disciples for a prayer meeting. “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” In this event, those who had been filled with the Spirit at Pentecost were filled a second time. Peter, who had been so filled twice before, was filled a third time. Therefore, it is evident that the filling of the Spirit is not a once for all time matter.

Furthermore, being filled with the Spirit is not automatic or universal for Christians, as is the indwelling of the Spirit. This fact can be clearly seen in the instruction given in Ephesians 5:18. “And do not be drunk with wine . . . but be filled with the Spirit.” Since this is a command and not a description, it only becomes a personal reality to those who respond properly.

Additionally, the form of this command contains tremendous insight concerning the fullness of the Spirit and God’s desire for us. The injunction to “be filled with the Spirit” is in the present tense, indicating an ongoing condition. It could properly (though awkwardly) be translated “be (always) being filled.” This imperative is a call to a way of living, not merely periodic events. It is the will of God that we actually live, day by day, more and more, by the fullness of the Spirit’s empowering work. We should humbly pray for the fullness of the Holy Spirit as we face each day, each challenge, each opportunity of life.

Lord God of all power and might, I rejoice that Your Holy Spirit dwells within my heart. I thank You for those times when Your Spirit has worked powerfully upon my life. Help me to see that the fullness of Your Spirit is not merely an event-to-event experience, but a lifestyle to be developed. Lord, with great expectation I humbly seek You now for a fresh, ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in me. In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

Holy Spirit Empowering: Three Terms, One Reality

Stephen Solomon — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:32:29 +0000

You shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now . . . you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you . . . And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 1:5,8; 2:4)

When the book of Acts addresses Holy Spirit empowerment for ministry, three different terms are used to describe the same reality. When Jesus promised this power, He used the term “baptized with.” “You shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” When He indicated that this power would result in a worldwide witness, the term “come upon you” was used.” You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” Then, when these promises of the Spirit were fulfilled, the term employed was “filled with.” “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.”

It is clear that these three sets of terms in Acts 1 and 2 are all referring to the same spiritual phenomenon, the Holy Spirit empowering Jesus’ followers for witness. Each terminology may carry its own descriptive implications. To be “baptized with” the Spirit is like being inundated by Him. To have the Spirit “come upon you” is like being “impacted from above” by Him. To be “filled with” the Spirit is like overflowing with Him. Nevertheless, although the words each bring their own picture, they all are describing the same reality. All three terms are biblically accurate, although “filled with the Holy Spirit” is used most frequently throughout Acts.

These promises of Holy Spirit’s empowering cannot be monopolized by any denominational group or theological heritage. Nor can they be ignored by any individual or segment within the body of Christ. These truths are for all of God’s children. Every disciple of the Lord Jesus must continue to learn and to grow in this essential spiritual empowerment.

Perhaps a word of clarification is in order. These promises are not about the Spirit indwelling the people of God. The Holy Spirit definitely lives within every born again believer in Jesus Christ. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). The Spirit already lived within the apostles when they were given these promises. “And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’” (John 20:22). These promises are about the indwelling Spirit flooding and overflowing our lives with the empowering reality of His presence.

Dear Lord Jesus, You came to give us life abundant. Please fill my life to overflowing with the empowering work of Your Spirit. Lord, I am not seeking personal benefits. I am asking to become a more effective witness. I need the Holy Spirit’s power that I might reflect the reality of the risen Christ, in Your mighty name, Amen.Similar Posts:

Holy Spirit Power to be Witnesses

Stephen Solomon — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:32:10 +0000

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

After the cross and the resurrection, the Lord Jesus taught His disciples for forty days before He ascended to the Father. One of His strategic messages of preparation concerned the Holy Spirit enablement they would need to fulfill their ministry. “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” After this vital promise was given, Jesus was taken up into heaven to the right hand of the Father. Ten days later, on the day of Pentecost, this promise was fulfilled by the outpouring of the Spirit. “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:4). The grand result of this empowering would be the spread of the gospel, region by region, throughout the entire world. “You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

Their success is documented in the scriptures. The religious opposition admitted that Jerusalem was promptly reached. “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine” (Acts 5:28). Soon thereafter, Judea was being touched. “At that time a great persecution arose . . . and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea . . . Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word” (Acts 8:1, 4). Next, the message of Jesus entered Samaria. “Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip” (Acts 8:5-6). Finally, the gospel of grace poured out around the world. “The word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, as it has also in all the world” (Colossians 1:5-6).

This worldwide outreach was an astounding development, considering the unimpressive human credentials that characterized Jesus’ followers. “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13). The explanation for their effectiveness was contained in the last phrase. These men had spent time with Jesus, had been impacted by Him, and were now walking in the spiritual strength of His Spirit.

In order for any disciple (then or now) to be an effective demonstration of the reality of the risen Christ, they must live by the power of the Holy Spirit.

O Lord, my strength, make my life a daily witness, declaring in word, deed, and attitude that Jesus is alive. Lord, my own abilities will never be sufficient to accomplish this. So, I humbly pray, empower me by Your Holy Spirit, in Jesus name, Amen.Similar Posts:

Once More on Jesus and the Holy Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:31:51 +0000

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD. (Isaiah 61:1-2)

In this prophetic scripture, we see the ministry of Christ is attributed to the work of the Holy Spirit (as noted before in the manifestation of His godly character). “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me.”

By the empowering of the Spirit, Jesus was sent forth to “preach good tidings to the poor.” This refers to the gospel of salvation. “And Jesus went about all the cities and villages . . . preaching the gospel of the kingdom” (Matthew 9:35). This good news of salvation would be received by those who admitted their spiritual bankruptcy. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3).

Also, Jesus was sent forth to “heal the brokenhearted.” The heart of man can be broken by so many things: condemnation, grief, failure, betrayal, and more. Jesus comforts and restores those who trust in Him. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4).

Additionally, Jesus was sent forth to “proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” As with captive Israel of old, people today get into bondage to the world system. They become captivated by worldly thinking, bound by bad habits, and imprisoned by ungodly relationships. Jesus is the great liberator for all who cry out to Him and feed thereafter upon His inspired word. “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free . . . Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed” (John 8:32, 36).

Furthermore, Jesus was sent forth to “proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” Ultimately, this speaks of the entire age of grace, whereby lives are accepted by God through faith in His beloved Son and enriched by Christ with immeasurable spiritual riches. “God . . . has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ . . . to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:3, 6).

We are also sent forth to minister. “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you” (John 20:21). As it was with Jesus, we can only fulfill our calling by the same Holy Spirit who empowered His ministry.

Dear Father, please apply all of these ministries of the grace of Jesus to my life in fullness. Then, Father, would You empower me by Your Holy Spirit to go forth in the name of Jesus, offering these same realities to others who need them as well. I place my hope for effectiveness in the enabling anointing of the Spirit, Amen.Similar Posts:

Bible Verses on Worship and Dance Before The Lord

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:30:23 +0000

For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea – Exodus 15:19-21

Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you – Exodus 23:25

Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God – Exodus 34:14

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength, ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness – Duet 16:27-29

“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to the LORD, I will sing; I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.” – Judges 5:3

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Inspirational Bible Verses for Women

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:29:07 +0000

A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth – Proverbs 11:16

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones – Proverbs 12:4

The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down – Proverbs 14:1

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping – Proverbs 19:13

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife – Proverbs 21:19

The Wife of Noble Character

A wife of noble character who can find?

She is worth far more than rubies.

Her husband has full confidence in her

and lacks nothing of value.

She brings him good, not harm,

all the days of her life.

She selects wool and flax

and works with eager hands.

She is like the merchant ships,

bringing her food from afar.

She gets up while it is still dark;

she provides food for her family

and portions for her servant girls.

6 She considers a field and buys it;

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What Jesus Accomplished on the Cross and Why He Had to Die For Us

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:28:22 +0000

He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors – Isaiah 53 1-12

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Who Am I In Christ?

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:26:00 +0000

I am God’s child.

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – John 1:12

As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you – John 15:15

I have been justified.

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, – Romans 5:1

I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit.

But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit – 1 Corinthians 6:17

I have been bought with a price and I belong to God.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

I am a member of Christ’s body.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it – 1 Corinthians 12:27

I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding – Ephesians 1:3-8

I have been redeemed and forgive of all my sins.

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins – Colossians 1:13-14

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Bible Verses to Read When Your Friends Fail

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:25:25 +0000

Even my close friend, whom I trusted,

he who shared my bread,

has lifted up his heel against me.

But you, O LORD, have mercy on me;

raise me up, that I may repay them.

I know that you are pleased with me,

for my enemy does not triumph over me.

In my integrity you uphold me

and set me in your presence forever.

Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting – Psalm 41:9-13

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.” – Isaiah 49:14-16

So watch yourselves. “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” – Luke 17:3-4

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay, ” says the Lord. On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good – Romans 12:14-21

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Bible Verses to Read When Your Faith Fails

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:24:33 +0000

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour – Psalm 42:5

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Bible Verses to Read When You Need to Feel Protected

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:20:53 +0000

I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies – Psalm 18:1-3

The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them – Psalm 34:7

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Bible Verses to Read When You Need to Be Thankful

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:20:23 +0000

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

Worship the LORD with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the LORD is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations – Psalm 100

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel the Call to Be More Prayerful

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:31:07 +0000

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When can I go and meet with God?

My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long,

” Where is your God?”

These things I remember as I pour out my soul:

how I used to go with the multitude,

leading the procession to the house of God,

with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng.

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God,

for I will yet praise him,

my Saviour and my God.

My soul is downcast within me;

therefore I will remember you

from the land of the Jordan,

the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar.

Deep calls to deep

in the roar of your waterfalls;

all your waves and breakers

have swept over me.

By day the LORD directs his love,

at night his song is with me

a prayer to the God of my life.

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel Sinful And Far From God

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:29:28 +0000

In my alarm I said,

“I am cut off from your sight!”

Yet you heard my cry for mercy

when I called to you for help.

Love the LORD, all his saint s!

The LORD preserves the faithful,

but the proud he pays back in full.

Be strong and take heart,

all you who hope in the LORD – Psalms 31: 22-24

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your unfailing love;

according to your great compassion

blot out my transgressions.

Wash away all my iniquity

and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is always before me.

Against you, you only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in your sight,

so that you are proved right when you speak

and justified when you judge.

Surely I was sinful at birth,

sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel Overcome

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:28:09 +0000

O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?

Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave ?

I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace – Psalm 6

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel Discouraged

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:27:25 +0000

My God.

My soul is downcast within me;

therefore I will remember you

from the land of the Jordan,

the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar.

Deep calls to deep

in the roar of your waterfalls;

all your waves and breakers

have swept over me.

By day the LORD directs his love,

at night his song is with me

a prayer to the God of my life.

I say to God my Rock,

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I go about mourning,

oppressed by the enemy?”

My bones suffer mortal agony

as my foes taunt me,

saying to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God,

for I will yet praise him,

my Saviour and my God – Psalm 42:6-11

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel Depressed

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:26:35 +0000

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all – Psalm 34

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand – Psalm 40:1-2

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel Defeated

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:25:46 +0000

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

As it is written: ” For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel Anxious

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:24:38 +0000

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea – Psalm 46: 1-2

I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.

Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow.

They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own – Matthew 6:19-34

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Worried

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:22:25 +0000

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”

No one can serve two masters . Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these.

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Weary

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:21:36 +0000

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain – 1 Corinthians 15:58

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers – Galatians 6:9-10

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Sleepless

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:20:36 +0000

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety – Psalm 4:8

… for he grants sleep to those he loves – Psalm 127:2b

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet – Proverbs 3:24

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

You Are Tempted – Matthew 11:25-30

Blessed is the man

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners

or sit in the seat of mockers.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water,

which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither.

Whatever he does prospers.

Not so the wicked!

They are like chaff

that the wind blows away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish – Psalm 1

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Sick Or In Pain

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:18:15 +0000

O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger

or discipline me in your wrath.

Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;

O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

My soul is in anguish.

How long, O LORD, how long?

Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;

save me because of your unfailing love.

No one remembers you when he is dead.

Who praises you from the grave [b] ?

I am worn out from groaning;

all night long I flood my bed with weeping

and drench my couch with tears.

My eyes grow weak with sorrow;

they fail because of all my foes.

Away from me, all you who do evil,

for the LORD has heard my weeping.

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;

the LORD accepts my prayer.

All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;

they will turn back in sudden disgrace – Psalms 6

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Needing Peace

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:17:07 +0000

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.” – John 14:1-4

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us – Romans 5:1-5

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus – Philippians 4:6-7

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Needing Guidance

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:13:20 +0000

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you – Psalm 32:8

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight – Proverbs 3:5-6

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Needing God’s Protection

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:12:13 +0000

The LORD is my light and my salvation—

whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life—

of whom shall I be afraid?

When evil men advance against me

to devour my flesh,

when my enemies and my foes attack me,

they will stumble and fall.

Though an army besiege me,

my heart will not fear;

though war break out against me,

even then will I be confident – Psalm 27:1-3

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, ”

He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night,n

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you make the Most High your dwelling—

even the LORD, who is my refuge-

Then no harm will befall you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

“Because he loves me,”

says the LORD, ”

I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

He will call upon me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honour him,

With long life will I satisfy him

and show him my salvation.” – Psalm 91

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are In Trouble

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:11:20 +0000

Keep me safe, O God,

for in you I take refuge.

I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

apart from you I have no good thing.”

As for the saints who are in the land,

they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. [b]

The sorrows of those will increase

who run after other gods.

I will not pour out their libations of blood

or take up their names on my lips.

LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;

you have made my lot secure.

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

surely I have a delightful inheritance.

I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;

even at night my heart instructs me.

I have set the LORD always before me.

Because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest secure,

because you will not abandon me to the grave,

nor will you let your Holy One see decay.

You have made known to me the path of life;

you will fill me with joy in your presence,

with eternal pleasures at your right hand – Psalm 16

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Grieving

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:10:17 +0000

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 have received from God – 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope – 1 Thessalonians 4:13

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Feeling Lonely

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:06:54 +0000

“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you – Isaiah 54:10

and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age – Matthew 28:20

Keep on loving each other as brothers. 2Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. 3Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering – Hebrews 13:1

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you – John 14:18

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Facing Crisis

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:06:15 +0000

I lift my eyes up to the hills-

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord

the Maker of Heaven and Earth’ He will not let your foot slip-

he who watches over you will not slumber

Indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep – Psalm 121

But now, this is what the LORD says—

he who created you, O Jacob,

he who formed you, O Israel:

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

When you pass through the waters,

I will be with you;

and when you pass through the rivers,

they will not sweep over you.

When you walk through the fire,

you will not be burned;

the flames will not set you ablaze – Isaiah 43:1-2

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Bible Verses to Read When You Are Doubting

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:05:35 +0000

He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm – Matthew 8:26

If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own – John 7:17

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. 4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings – Hebrews 11:1-2

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Bible Verses to Read When You Feel Afraid

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:59:51 +0000

I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears. – Psalm 34:4

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell – Matthew 10:28

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline – 2 Timothy 1:7

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” So we say with confidence. “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” – Hebrews 13:5-6

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Bible Verses to Read When Disaster Threatens

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:29 +0000

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, ”

He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you make the Most High your dwelling even the LORD, who is my refuge-

Then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

“Because he loves me,”

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Warnings on Taking Advantage of others in Need

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:51 +0000

Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan – Exodus 22:22

At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands – Deuteronomy 14:28-29

If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land – Deuteronomy 15:7, 11

Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or an alien living in one of your towns – Deuteronomy 24:14

When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God – Leviticus 23:22

Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, says the LORD, I will protect them from those who malign them – Psalm 12:5

I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed – Psalm 37:25-26

Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble. The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes – Psalm 41:1-2

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling – Psalm 68:5

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The Prayers Of Jesus Christ and His Example of A Prayer Life

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:55:56 +0000

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors – Matthew 6:5-12

Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there – Matthew 14:22-24

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing – Matthew 26:39-44

Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels – Matthew 26:53

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” – Matthew 26:39

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The Dangers of Gossip and The Importance of Encouraging Each Other

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:52:54 +0000

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor – Exodus 20:16

How to handle gossip you hear?

If you hear it said about one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you to live in that wicked men have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known), then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly – Deuteronomy 13:12-15

‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people – Leviticus 19:16

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer – Psalm 19:14

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies – Psalm 34:13

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just – Psalm 37:30

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure – Psalm 101:5

With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape… A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret – Proverbs 11: 9;13

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them – Proverbs 12:6

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Bible Verses for Success

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:51:46 +0000

“See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” – Deuteronomy 1:21

“For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” – Deuteronomy 20:4

“I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame. In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever” – Psalm 44:6-8

“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you” – Isaiah 26:3

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” – Matthew 11:28

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak” – Mark 14:38

“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you” – Luke 10:19

“On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” – Luke 22:40

“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” – Luke 22:46

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

“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

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ….No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” – Romans 8:35.37

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God Is Our Strength – Not Trusting In Our Own Strength

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:47:56 +0000

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him – Exodus 15:2

Because he loved your forefathers and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength – Deuteronomy 4:37

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength – Deuteronomy 6:5

Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess – Deuteronomy 11:8

David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God – 1 Samuel 30:6

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always – 1 Chronicles 16:11

“They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand – Nehemiah 1:10

Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength – Nehemiah 8:10

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What is Salvation and Why Do I Need to Saved?

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:40:51 +0000

Definition of salvation:

Restoration of our relationship with God through God’s actions of reconciliation so that we can be assured of God’s love and care now and beyond death. Christianity regards salvation as deliverance from bondage to sin and condemnation.

“As it is written: There is none righteous, no not one; ..” – Romans 3:10

“.. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ..” – Romans 3:23

“Therefore, just as through one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned..” – Romans 5:12

The truth is that sin, as defined in the original translations of the Bible, means “to miss the mark.” The mark, in this case, is the standard of perfection established by God and evidenced by Jesus. Viewed in that light, it is clear that we are all sinners.

A lot of people have problems at this point. We tend to want to compare our life with others we know. We want to make sure everyone understands all the good works we have done. “Hey, I’m a nice person!”, we often say. None of that matters. The verses do not say we come short of the glory of man … the verses tell us we come short of the glory of God. As Christians, the standard we measure ourselves against is Jesus Christ, and no one measures up. But God knows that, He created us, and He loves us and he put in place a solution for this problem.

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 6:23

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Bible Verses That Will Bring Comfort In Times of Grief Or Sadness

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:40:02 +0000

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble – Psalm 9:9

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold – Psalm 18:2

For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help – Psalm 22:24

The LORD is my shepherd,

I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

He restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness

for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk

through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD

forever – Psalm 23

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The Problems of Pride and The Freedom and Rewards of Humility

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:38:52 +0000

Look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand – Job 40:12

But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace – Psalms 37:11

You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed and who stray from your commands – Psalms 119:21

My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me – Psalms 131:1

Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar – Psalms 138:6

The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground – Psalms 147:6

For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation – Psalms 149:4

He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble – Proverbs 3:34

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech – Proverbs 8:13

The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin – Proverbs 10:8

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom – Proverbs 11:2

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Popular Passages From The Bible

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:36:56 +0000

The Creation – Genesis 1:1-2:7

The Fall of Man – Genesis 3:6-24

The Flood – Genesis 6:1-9:17

The Call of Abraham – Genesis 12:1-9

The Story of Moses and the Freedom of the Slaves – Exodus

The Passover – Exodus 12:1-50

The Ten Commandments – Exodus 20:1-17

David and Goliath – 1 Samuel 17

The Shepherd’s Psalm (The Lord is my shepherd…) – Psalm 23

The Protection Psalm – Psalm 91

To everything is a Season – Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Daniel in the Lion’s Den – Daniel 6:10

The Birth of Christ – Matthew 1:18-2:23, Luke 1:26-2:40

Sermon on the Mount (Blessed are…) – Matthew 5-7

The Beatitudes – Matthew 5:3-11

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Names of Holy Sprit from Bible

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:34:31 +0000

Comforter – John 14:16

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever

Eternal Spirit – Hebrews 9:14

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Free Spirit – Psalm 51:12

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Holy Spirit – Psalm 51:11

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise – Ephesians 1:13

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Power of the Highest – Ephesians 4:30

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God – Luke 1:35

Spirit of Adoption

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father – Romans 8:15

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Names of God the Father from Bible

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:33:03 +0000

Almighty

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect – Genesis 17:1

Eternal God

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them – Deuteronomy 33:27

Father of Lights

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning – James 1:17

Fortress

And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer – 2 Samuel 22:2

Heavenly Father

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? – Matthew 6:26

Holy One of Israel

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. – Psalm 71:22

I Am

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you – Exodus 3:14

Jehovah

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them – Exodus 6:3

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Names of Christ From Bible

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:29:35 +0000

Adam (last)

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit – 1 Corinthians 15:45

Advocate

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous – 1 John 2:1

Almighty

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty – Revelation 1:8

Alpha and Omega

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty – Revelation 1:8

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last – Revelation 22:13

Amen

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God – Revelation 3:14

Apostle of our Profession

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus – Hebrews 3:1

Arm of the Lord

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? – Isaiah 51:9

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Author and Finisher of our Faith – Isaiah 53:1

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General Bible Verses about Mercy, Character, Charity etc…

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:28:27 +0000

The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it – Genesis 2:15

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates – Exodus 20:8-10

“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest – Exodus 22:25

Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed – Exodus 23:12

He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them master craftsmen and designers – Exodus 35:35

Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to – Deuteronomy 15:10

When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands – Deuteronomy 24:19

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Inspirational Bible Verses for Men

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:25:06 +0000

And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever – 1 Chronicles 28:9

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; – Psalm 103:13

Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find? – Proverbs 20:6

A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered – Proverbs 17:27

A man’s pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor – Proverbs 29:23

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse – Malachi 4:6

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak – Matthew 26:41

Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find? – Colossians 3:19

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The Promise of Hope and The Importance of Finding Hope In Christ

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:24:14 +0000

But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish – Psalms 9:18

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD – Psalms 31:24

But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love – Psalms 33:18

“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you – Psalms 39:7

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God – Psalms 43:5

For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth – Psalms 71:5

May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word – Psalms 119:74

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption – Psalms 119:130:7

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing – Proverbs 10:28

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life – Proverbs 13:12

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Bible Verses To Challenge You To Remain Honest and Full of Integrity.

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:22:54 +0000

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him – Genesis 18:19

But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain – Exodus 18:21

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor – Exodus. 20:16

Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness – Exodus 23:1

Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty – Exodus 23:7

Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you – Deuteronomy 16:19-20

You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly – Deuteronomy 25:15-16

Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another – Leviticus 19:11

Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity – Leviticus 19:35

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Bible verses about Gods Promise to the people who seek

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:21:47 +0000

Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually – 1 Chronicles 16:11

He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way – Psalm 25:9

Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose – Psalm 25:12

Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me – Psalm 31:3

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you – Psalm 32:8

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass … Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him – Psalm 37:4,7

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord – Psalm 37:23

For this is God, our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to death – Psalm 48:14

You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory – Psalm 73:24

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Faithfulness towards Mankind

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:20:06 +0000

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath – Deuteronomy 4:31

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands – Deuteronomy 7:9

He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he – Deuteronomy 32:4

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? – Numbers 23:19

The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel – 1 Kings 8:20

He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind.” – 1 Samuel 15:29

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Bible verses for Forgiveness

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:19:06 +0000

In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.” The LORD replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked. Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth – Numbers 14:19-21

Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you – Proverbs 20:22

Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea – Micah 7:18-19

Leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift – Matthew 5:24

But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous – Matthew 5:44-45

This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins – Matthew 6:9-15

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Bible Verses for Youth

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:16:54 +0000

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you – Exodus 20:12

Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go – Joshua 1: 7-9

Rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols – 1 Samuel 15:23

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck – Proverbs 1:8-9

My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them – Proverbs 1:10

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him – Proverbs 17:25

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More on Jesus and the Holy Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:31:26 +0000

A Branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:1-2)

In this prophecy of the Messiah, we are told how the Lord Jesus (walking upon earth as a man) would function in order to manifest godliness. He would live by this prophetic promise: “The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him.”

The Holy Spirit operating in Jesus would be to Him “the Spirit of wisdom and understanding.” No one ever displayed wisdom like Christ. Whether dealing with the woman taken in adultery (John 8:2-11) or answering provoking questions about Caesar’s image on a coin (Luke 20:20-26), He wisely circumvented every attempt to undermine His ministry. Jesus also demonstrated perfect understanding. When confronting the self-righteous scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:13-35), He applied perfect discernment, exposing the corruption of their hearts.

Operating in Jesus, the Holy Spirit would also be to Him “the Spirit of counsel and might.” Jesus was truly the “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6). When counseling Nicodemus, the religious ruler (John 3:1-21), and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:7-42), He fully gave them what their hearts were seeking in the truths they needed to hear. Also, Jesus distinctively exhibited the might of God. Whether boldly speaking to calm the raging sea (Mark 4:35-41) or courageously remaining silent at His trial (Matthew 27:11-14), the mighty power of God was on majestic display.

Ministering to Jesus, the Holy Spirit would also be to Him “the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.” No one ever possessed knowledge like the Lord Jesus. “Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men” (John 2:24). “Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father” (John 13:1). Jesus not only had thorough knowledge, but that knowledge was always controlled by “the fear of the LORD.” Everything that Jesus ever did was under the full influence of His godly fear (reverential trust and loving respect) toward the Father. “The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him” (John 2:17).

Remember, all of these wondrous expressions of Jesus’ character were based upon the enabling work of the Holy Spirit. “The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him.” This same Spirit of God can bring forth in our lives every appropriate application of these same realities manifested in the life of Jesus.

Who is like You, O Lord? Who could ever match Your majestic character — certainly not me. Yet, I need manifestations of such fruit in my life. Please work deeply in me by Your Holy Spirit, producing such Christlikeness, I pray, in Your holy name, Amen.

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Bible verses for Faith in GOD

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:29:54 +0000

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock – Matthew 7:24

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that very hour – Matthew 8:13

Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment – Matthew 9:22

Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour – Matthew 15:28

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” – Matthew 21:21-22

“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.” – Mark 9:23

“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.” – Mark 11:22-23

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned – Mark 16:16

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” – Luke 7:9

Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” – Luke 7:50

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Courage – In times of Stress or Crisis

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:28:55 +0000

Commands to be Courageous

“When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you. 2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army. 3 He shall say: “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to panic before them. 4 For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” – Deuteronomy 20:1-4

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Deuteronomy 31:6

“The LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.” – Deuteronomy 31:23

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9

“Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.” – Joshua 10:25

“Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the LORD gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged” – 1 Chronicles 22:13

“David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished” – 1 Chronicles 28:20

“Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD” – Psalm 27:14

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These verses helps you and your children

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:27:48 +0000

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace” – Numbers 6:24-26

“Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them sup from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them” – Deuteronomy 4:9

“These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” – Deuteronomy 6:6-7

“As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord” – Joshua 24:15

“The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him” – Judges 13:24-25

“I am the woman who stood here several years ago praying to the Lord. I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and he has granted my request. Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” – 1 Samuel 1:11,26-28

“The boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men” – 1 Samuel 2:26

“The boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD” – 1 Sam 2:21

“He became more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him” – 2 Sam 5:10

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The Character And Fruits of a Christian

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:26:14 +0000

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” – John 10:10

“Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor” – Romans 13:7

“Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good” – Titus 3:1

“Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God” – 2 Corinthians 7:1

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer 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 God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” – Romans 12:1,2

“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength” – Philippians 4:11-13

“But godliness with contentment is great gain” – 1 Timothy 6:6

“Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD” – Psalm 27:14

“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord” – Romans 12:11

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Blessings Verses from the Bible

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:23:19 +0000

“Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”- Genesis 1:22

“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”- Genesis 12:2-3

“I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” – Genesis 22:15-18

“Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws.” – Genesis 26:2-5

“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26

“If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your forefathers. He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your forefathers to give you. You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor any of your livestock without young. The LORD will keep you free from every disease – Deuteronomy 7:12-15

If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

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Bible Verses About Prayer

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:22:05 +0000

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always – 1 Chronicles 16:11

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land – 2 Chronicles 7:14

Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer – Psalm 4:1

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning I will direct my prayer to You, and I will look up – Psalm 5:3

Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer–it does not rise from deceitful lips – Psalm 17:1

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Bible Verses About Intercession

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:19:56 +0000

He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him – Isaiah 59:16

I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth – Isaiah 62:6-7

I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD – Ezekiel 22:30-31

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before – Daniel 6:10

Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to thick darkness and change it to deep gloom. But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the LORD’s flock will be taken captive – Jeremiah 13:16-17

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief, until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees – Lamentations 3:48-50

Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the temple porch and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, O LORD. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ – Joel 2:17

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” – Luke 22:32

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Bible Verses about Healing

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:08:47 +0000

God Heals

“So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.” – Exodus 23:25

“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.” – Exodus 15:26

Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion – Psalm 103:3-4

“But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,” declares the LORD – Jeremiah 30:17

Jesus Healed

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people – Matthew 4:23

Now when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them. When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.” – Matthew 8:14-17

Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people – Matthew 9:35

When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them – Luke 4:40

Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her – Luke 4:38-39

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The Resurrection Related to Justification and Sanctification

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:37:00 +0000

I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. (John 11:25-26)

It would be appropriate to again follow a pattern we have used previously, applying our present subject (the resurrection) both to our starting out with God (justification) and our going on with God (sanctification). The great value in doing such is to be repeatedly reminded that the grace of God that starts us out in this new life in Christ is the same grace that develops this life in Christ.

When Jesus proclaimed the words of our present verses, He was standing at the tomb of Lazarus. Martha, one of the sisters, was interacting with Him. She had hoped that Jesus would have arrived earlier, knowing He could have prevented this death. “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died” (John 11:21). Even now, with her brother in the tomb, she realizes He could possibly yet intervene. “But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You” (verse 22). Jesus comforts her by assuring that Lazarus will be resurrected. “Your brother will rise again” (verse 23). Martha assumes that Jesus is referring to the final resurrection of the saints. “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day” (verse 24).

At this point, Jesus offers one of those glorious “I am” revelations. “I am the resurrection and the life.” Then, He added two wonderful applications. First, faith in Him can even bring the dead to life, like Lazarus. “He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” Second, faith in him can ensure eternal life to those who are yet alive. “And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.”

Think again of the implications connected with Jesus’ basic statement. “I am the resurrection and the life.” Martha desired an immediate resurrection for her brother. She wanted him to live once again. Jesus revealed that He Himself was what Martha desired for her brother. He was “the resurrection and the life.” Jesus provides resurrection and life, because in His very person He is resurrection life. He is the resurrection that we all need from our deadness, whether physical or spiritual. “I am the resurrection.” He is the life that we need, if we are to live as God intended. “I am . . . the life.” Knowing Christ by faith makes us partakers of what He Himself is: “the resurrection and the life.” This is vital to see, because the Christian life is a resurrection life. Such a life can only be found in a resurrected Lord, and it can only be developed following a resurrected Lord.

Jesus, I bow down before You as my resurrected Lord. Apart from You, I would only know spiritual deadness as a fallen son of Adam. In You I have a spiritual resurrection to new life. Now, I want to pursue You daily to see that new, resurrected life more fully developed in me. Lord Jesus, lead me, I pray, into more life, Amen.Similar Posts:

Resurrection Victory for Effective Christian Living

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:36:42 +0000

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:57-58)

The resurrection of Jesus Christ brings spiritual victory over sin and death to all who believe in Him. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” As we allow the Lord to be our guide through each day, He “leads us in triumph in Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:14). When this process is unfolding, an effective Christian life is developing, by the grace of God at work in us.

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast.” It is the will of God that our lives be marked by steadfastness (constancy and stability). Paul rejoiced concerning fellow believers who manifested such attributes: “rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ” (Colossians 2:5). He later added that they were to be “rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith” (verse 7).

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be . . . immovable.” Our heavenly Father also wants us to be “immovable” (firmly persistent, unable to be swayed). Paul was a good example of this. Although he faced many threatening difficulties, he professed “But none of these things move me” (Acts 20:24). When Paul wrote to the saints at Ephesus, he warned of another threat to spiritual persistency: “that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine” (Ephesians 4:14).

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be . . . always abounding in the work of the Lord.” Our Lord wants us to be abundantly laboring with Him. This is one of the purposes of Jesus’ redemptive work for us: “Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works” (Titus 2:14). Yes, living by grace will produce abounding good works. The glorious fact is that such labors are actually the Lord at work in and through us: “always abounding in the work of the Lord.” As the Lord sustains His work with us, we can grow in a certainty that this kind of laboring will be effective: “knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

Note the key word that indicates the basis for all of these desirable traits: “Therefore.” This refers back to the resurrection victory provided by the Lord Jesus. In light of this victorious work of Christ on our behalf, anyone trusting in this reality will find these spiritual virtues developing in their lives, by the grace of God at work.

Dear Lord, I long to walk in spiritual stability. I yearn for a life that cannot be swayed. I want to abundantly labor with You. Therefore, Lord, I place my confidence in the reality of Your resurrection victory. Work in me by Your grace, I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

The Resurrection and Justification

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:37:22 +0000

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3)

We have a myriad of reasons to bless our great God, to speak of Him with grateful praises. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Our heavenly Father has mercifully showered us with so many blessings that we rightly desire Him to be honored and blessed. “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You” (Psalm 86:5). Based on His great love, He sent His Son to pay for our debt of sin. Through faith in His name, we have received forgiveness and new life. Day by day He is present with us and is working in and through our lives. How blessed we are!

In the scripture before us, God’s merciful heart toward us is focused on a magnificent matter: “who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope.” The Lord’s mercy has provided a plan whereby He can righteously hold back the awful judgment that we rightly deserve. This plan of salvation offers new birth. God has “begotten us again.” This could be rendered, “caused us to be born again.” We all were begotten of our earthly parents, a birth that brings temporal human life. For all of us who believe in the Lord Jesus as our personal Savior, we have been given a new birth from God into everlasting spiritual life in Christ. This is one of the heavenly realities that relate to justification (being declared righteous in God’s sight, and thereby able to begin a walk with God).

This new birth is also “to a living hope.” When we were born into the Lord’s family, real “hope” became available to us everafter. Biblical hope is about absolute certainties concerning the future. It is about guaranteed expectations for time and eternity. These are vital needs for every person. Otherwise, people flounder in hopelessness and despair, or they march along in vain fantasies and imaginations.

The unique hope the Lord provides for us is a “living hope.” It is a hope that pulsates with resurrection life. “[God] has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” This hope is permeated with the Lord’s resurrection. This resurrection hope is sufficient to raise us from any agonizing deadness, whether in our aching hearts or in our threatening circumstances.

Lord God of mercy, I praise You for Your abundant mercy toward me. I thank You for new birth. I am especially grateful for living hope. I now ask You to work in the dead aspects of my life. Lord, You know what areas of my heart are lifeless. You see the circumstances that are killing me. Raise my heart to new vitality. Lift me above circumstantial living, through the reality of the resurrection of Your Son, Amen.Similar Posts:

More on the Resurrection and Justification

Stephen Solomon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:37:41 +0000

[You were] buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses . . . He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses. (Colossians 2:12-13)

These truth-packed verses unfold the role of the resurrection as we started out with God through justification, when He declared us righteous in Christ. In this initial work of the Lord on our behalf, we were “buried with Him in baptism.” Here, baptism is referring to our identification with Christ, not water baptism. When we first believed on the Lord Jesus, we were joined to Him, made one with Him, identified with Him. “We have been united together in the likeness of His death” (Romans 6:5). From God’s perspective, we who trusted in Jesus Christ died on the cross with Him and were buried in the tomb with Him. Water baptism bears testimony to this truth, but it does not produce this reality. Identification with Christ makes this our spiritual history before God. In God’s sight, our old life was crucified and buried.

Through faith in Christ and our identification with Him, we were also raised from the tomb with Jesus. “In which [that is, by identification] you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.” Just as His death became our death through identification, so also His resurrection became our resurrection. “For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection” (Romans 6:5). In God’s sight, we were raised to a new life in Christ. “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism [that is, by identification] into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).

The next verse in Colossians offers another aspect of our need for a personal spiritual resurrection. “And you, being dead in your trespasses . . . He has made alive together with Him.” Before we were justified through faith in Christ, we were not only guilty and condemned, we were spiritually dead. We had no true life in us. We could not relate to God or interact with Him. For us to start out with God in justification, the Lord had to raise us with Christ from our spiritual deadness.

O Glorious Lord, what a good reminder this is of the desperate condition I was in when You justified me. I was not merely needy; I was spiritually dead. I thank You for burying that old life with Jesus in His tomb. I praise You for raising me with Christ to a new life. I rejoice in the radical nature of Your saving grace. Lord, by the power of the resurrection, lead me in the reality of newness of life, in Jesus name, Amen.Similar Posts:

The Resurrection and Sanctification

Stephen Solomon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:37:58 +0000

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know . . . what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:18-20)

Just as the resurrection had an essential role in our starting out with God (in justification), it also plays an irreplaceable part in our going on with God (in sanctification). In the new covenant of grace, the resurrection is involved from start to finish in the Christian life.

Our scripture meditation is from one of the great prayers in all of the Bible. This portion begins by asking God to give us spiritual insight: “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened.” What the Lord addresses in this prayer determines whether a believer will live by godly power or by human weakness. God desires to give us heavenly insight on this vital matter. Then, He intends for this spiritual enlightenment to lead us into a personal walk concerning this reality: “that you may know.” The issue of this prayer is to become a part of our daily experience.

God wants us to experience the proper power source for living the Christian life: “that you may know . . . what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe.” We who have been justified (declared righteous) through faith in Christ are not supposed to face each day by our meager, inadequate resources. We who have been born again by the Spirit of God are to live this new life by the power of God!

The aspect of God’s power in view here is resurrection power: “according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead.” Think of the mighty power of God that was at work to bring Jesus from a crucified Savior to a victorious risen Lord. This is the power that our God wants to unleash upon us day by day.

As great as this display of power was, even more is available to us: “and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.” This mighty divine power that brought forth Jesus from the dead, also raised Him to the right hand of the Father in the heaven realm. Surely, this power is sufficient to lift us out of any deadening situation of our minds or our surroundings.

Dear God of resurrection power, too many days and years have passed without me turning to You for this mighty power. Too often I have lived by a power that came from me — will power, emotional power, mental power. I repent for relying upon such feeble resources. Lord, by Your grace I see that heavenly resurrection power is to be my supply, so I look to You now for this work in me, in Your mighty name, Amen.Similar Posts:

More on the Resurrection and Sanctification

Stephen Solomon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:38:16 +0000

I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord . . . That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection. (Philippians 3:8,10)

Sanctification is that process whereby the redeemed are increasingly set apart for the purposes, use, and glory of God. The resurrection of Christ and the power of that resurrection are interwoven into that entire process. Our present passage offers additional insight into this sublime truth.

The power of the resurrection is again in view. However, the context involves more than heavenly empowerment: “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection.” The primary context is getting to know the Lord. “I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” Paul’s passion was to know His Lord, to become more intimately acquainted with Him. He refers to this blessed goal as the greatest value available in all of creation: “I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ,” Paul was ready to lose anything in order gain more intimacy with the Lord. To him, such a knowing of Christ was “the excellence” This could be translated, “the excelling value.”

Our relationship with the Lord began in “the power of His resurrection.” We were dead in our sins, and the Lord raised us to new life, as we believed upon Him. What a wonderful way to start out our acquaintanceship with God. A glorious season of joy and gratitude accompanied this personal resurrection. His resurrection power gave us such a great appreciation of who our Lord actually was, a God of might and power.

As time marched along, we discovered that there are other ways to get to know our Lord more fully: namely, “the fellowship of His sufferings.” Many of us who follow Christ were startled when, after believing in Jesus, we encountered some personal suffering. In our early joyous days with Jesus, we maybe assumed that trials would never come our way. Eventually, we began to suffer as Jesus did (for doing the right things, for righteousness sake). “For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps” (1 Peter 2:21). How much deeper did our relationship with Him grow in those trials. We learned more of the difficult path He walked here on earth. We found out how faithful and compassionate He was when we called upon Him in our need. Once more, our love for Him grew.

Dear Lord of power and compassion, I magnify You for Your resurrection power. I extol You for Your matchless compassion. You have allowed me to experience these that I might grow in knowing You. Unleash Your power in my weakness. Pour out Your compassion in my sufferings. Let me know You more, through Christ I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

Even More on the Resurrection and Sanctification

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:38:34 +0000

That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. (Philippians 3:10)

Paul’s all-consuming passion was “That I may know Him.” This verse does not list four matters for which Paul sought an acquaintanceship (a knowledge of God, resurrection power, a fellowship in Christ’s sufferings, and conformity to His death). Rather, it points out one great quest (a knowledge of God) and three different arenas in which that knowledge could grow (resurrection power, a fellowship in Christ’s sufferings, and conformity to His death). We saw in our last meditation how resurrection power and suffering can increase our knowing of the Lord. Now, we add another amazing aspect to a growing acquaintanceship with Jesus: “being conformed to His death.”

There were some unique aspects to the death of Christ upon the cross (for example, His atonement for sins). However, there were other aspects of His death that God wants to repeat in our lives. As Jesus was placed upon the cross, it looked like defeat. It seemed to be the greatest wrong that man could ever do. Yet, God was working out His sovereign purposes. “Him, being delivered by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death” (Acts 2:23). At times, we are placed in situations that seem certain to lead to a deadly defeat. Yet, the Lord is unfolding His sovereign plan for us. In taking us through such impossibilities (and turning apparent defeat into victory), the Lord is allowing us to become more acquainted with Him and His ways.

When Jesus was dying, He hung helpless upon the tree. He entrusted Himself into the hands of His Father. “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit” (Luke 23:46). The Father would have to prove faithful, if Jesus were to come forth from the grave. “Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father” (Romans 6:4). At times, we are in circumstances that are personally crucifying. We are in situations where everything so obviously requires a mighty work of God. If He does not prove faithful on our behalf, there will be no way out of the agonizing dilemma. When our Lord is so clearly our only hope (and then He comes through faithfully), we again grow in a deeper knowledge of Him and His ways.

Dear Father of glory, help me to not shrink back in fear and doubt when You are conforming me to the death of Your Son. When everything looks like defeat and disaster, remind me to look to You to work out Your will, in spite of the evil intentions of foolish or godless people. When I am hanging helpless in the midst of crucifying circumstances, remind me to commit myself to You and Your great faithfulness. Lord, I want to You more through any means You choose, Amen.Similar Posts:

Still More on the Resurrection and Sanctification

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:39:08 +0000

That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. (Philippians 3:10-11)

As we are getting to know our God of resurrection (by learning about and then partaking of His resurrection power, Christ’s sufferings, and conformity to His death), our lives are being changed. We are attaining to “the resurrection from the dead.”

This phrase brings to mind the final resurrection of the redeemed in the last day. “When you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just” (Luke 14:13-14). Yet, the final resurrection cannot be in view in our meditation verses. The overall teaching of the scriptures would lead to this conclusion. One’s place in the final resurrection is determined by one’s relationship to God. That issue is settled through exercising saving faith in Jesus Christ. Those who trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior have a part in the last resurrection, unto eternal life.

Furthermore, the immediate context of Paul’s statement indicates that attaining to “the resurrection from the dead” was something he was reaching out for now, hoping to grow into it increasingly during this life. “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me” (Philippians 3:12). Paul confesses that he had not fully gained the type of resurrection about which he is writing. Yet, the final resurrection was already his expectation, through justifying faith in Jesus. So, Paul is pressing on for something else.

Earlier, the Apostle had revealed what He was seeking after. “I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ” (Philippians 3:8, 10). This is why Paul wrote, “that I may know Him.” This was the one passion of his life. “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do” (Philippians 3:13). The one thing that Paul was aiming at was a growing acquaintanceship with his resurrected Lord. He desired to know His risen Lord so well that he might attain to “the resurrection from the dead.” He wanted his developing relationship with the risen Christ to produce a resurrected lifestyle in him. He wanted to face each situation of life with a heavenly, resurrected perspective and attitude, a way of life completely different from the dead and dying world all around him.

Dear Jesus, my resurrected Lord, I praise You for providing for me a place in the final resurrection. Now, I pray, help me to get to know You better, that I might live a resurrected life day by day, in Your mighty name, Amen.Similar Posts:

Once More on the Resurrection and Sanctification

Stephen Solomon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:39:28 +0000

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us. (2 Corinthians 1:8-10)

Our passage speaks again of the Lord’s resurrection power operating in our daily Christian lives, in the process of sanctification and spiritual growth. The setting in which the Lord did this resurrecting work was in the midst of trials while serving God.

Paul did not want other believers to be unaware of his difficulties. “For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia.” Too often, we are tempted to keep our struggles totally private. Thereby, we rob glory from God, when He delivers us. Also, we keep others from learning important lessons that come from watching God fulfill the faithful promises of His word.

Paul’s battles were severe on this occasion. “We were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves.” Spiritually speaking, these trials were killing Paul and his missionary team. They were pressed down, overwhelmed, helpless, and hopeless. When we are in hopeless despair, our sufferings seem to be pointless. Yet, our difficulties (like Paul’s) have this invaluable purpose built into them: “that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.” We have frequently noted that living by grace requires humility and faith. God gives grace to the humble, and faith accesses grace. Well, in the trials of life, God is working on developing these relational realities (spiritual realities that become real through a growing relationship with Jesus).

Trials and difficulties become occasions to be humbled before God. We are provoked to cry out to God in helplessness. Also, trials present new opportunities to trust in the Lord. When the trials are intense, God is purging us of the primary obstacle to trusting in God, and that is self-trust. “Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.” Thus, convinced that we cannot handle it, we call upon God, who faithfully resurrects us from our circumstantial death. “Who delivered us from so great a death.” Thereby, faith grows that He will continue to rescue us: “and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us.”

O Lord, my Deliverer, come to my aid in the trials that bury me in despair. Show me where I am trusting in myself. Purge me of self-trust. I want to embrace humility and put my trust in You. Resurrect me, Lord, in Jesus name, Amen.Similar Posts:

The Resurrection: Reality, Not Dead Religion

Stephen Solomon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:39:50 +0000

Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. (Acts 4:1-2)

The resurrection of Christ is the difference between a dead religion and a personal relationship. Living by resurrection power is the difference between earthly striving and heavenly reality. These differences can be seen in the contrast between the religious authorities of Israel and the disciples of Jesus.

The disciples were proclaiming to the people the wondrous message of the risen Lord Jesus. “They taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.” Such a message infuriated the religious leaders. “The priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, being greatly disturbed.” Today, many religious leaders reflect a similar response. In the popular religious world, universalism and skepticism prevail. Each religion is viewed as one more road leading to God. Anything miraculous is unacceptable, as human reasoning reigns supreme. In many religious circles, the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either an object of scoffing or an area of hypocritical compromise.

The Sadducees of old were like this. They would talk about the resurrection, even asking Jesus questions that seemed to affirm that God could raise people from the dead. “Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her” (Matthew 22:28). This question followed their scenario in which seven brothers would become the husband of the same woman, through seven death and marriage sequences. What a mockery this question represented. First, it was given in hypocrisy. “The Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him” (Matthew 22:23). Second, they were unaware of what the scriptures said about such a heavenly matter. “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage” (verse 30). Jesus explained that these religious rationalists made two great errors in their approach. “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God” (verse 29).

We who have been born again by faith in the risen Lord Jesus can err in a similar fashion in our day by day living. We can talk about the resurrection of Jesus, but behave as though it were not an actual reality for Christian living. We can be mistaken, “not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.”

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your patience when I profess belief in the resurrection, but live by my inadequate human resources. Help me to understand what the scriptures say about living daily in the power of the resurrection of Christ, Amen.Similar Posts:

Intimacy of Relationship in Christ

Stephen Solomon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:40:32 +0000

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13)

We have begun to see that the new covenant of grace is a covenant of relationship. The simple phrase “in Christ” indicates the extent of the intimacy that is available by grace. “In Christ” is where we live spiritually. It is also how we live. As sure as a fish is in the ocean and lives on the resources of the ocean, we are “in Christ” and live on the resources of Christ. As sure as a unborn child is in the mother and lives on the life of the mother, we are “in Christ” and live on the life of Christ.

We who believe in Jesus are not only “brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13), we are joined to Him in a “united closeness,” like a body is to its head. “He is the head of the body, the church” (Colossians 1:18). We can relate to the Lord Jesus more closely than the members of our physical body relate to our physical head. We can look to Jesus for direction and coordination. We can depend upon Him for planning, guiding, and timing in our entire lives. We can anticipate that He will monitor, maintain, and adjust our situations.

This union of intimacy is also like a vine and its branches. “I am the vine, you are the branches” (John 15:5). We can look to Christ for our very life source. We don’t have to produce a life on our own. We can concentrate on abiding (depending) on Him. He makes our lives fruitful and effective.

The intimate relationship the Lord wants to develop with us is also likened to the joining of a husband and a wife. “You also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another, even to Him who was raised from the dead” (Romans 7:4). We can count upon Jesus to love us faithfully and sacrificially. We can rest in His constant companionship, never leaving us for any reason throughout our pilgrimage here on earth.

What blessings are ours for time and eternity “in Christ.” Joined intimately to Christ, nothing can separate us from the love and kindness that He has for us: “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. . . that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:38-39 and Ephesians 2:7).

Lord Jesus, I am overwhelmed by the intimacy that is available to me, now that I am united to You. Lord, I want to depend upon You as my Vine, follow You as my head, and love You as my bridegroom. Lord, please continue to reveal to me the implications of being joined to You for all time and eternity, in Your holy name I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

The New Covenant of Grace: A Covenant of Relationship

Stephen Solomon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:40:08 +0000

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace . . . But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 1:7; 2:13)

The ultimate blessing of the new covenant of grace is that it allows people to develop an intimate relationship with the true and living God. We began our personal history greatly separated from God: “you who once were far off.” How could we ever comprehend the “vast relational distance” that our sins brought between us and the Lord? We could not relate to God. We could not talk to Him or enjoy His presence. We were “without Christ . . having no hope and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12). Therefore, we were “alienated from the life of God” (Ephesians 4:18). Then, “according to the riches of His graceSimilar Posts:

Faith and Grace

Stephen Solomon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:22:19 +0000

Faith and Grace

Through whom also we haveaccess by faith into this grace in which we stand . . . therefore it is offaith that it might be according to grace . . . the just shall live by faith. (Romans 5:2; 4:16; 1:17)

As noted previously, faith accesses the grace of God. “Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand.” When we trusted in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we were born again and enjoyed our initial access to grace. God’s intends for His children to continue accessing grace day by day throughout their years of growth and service here on earth. Every time that we face any matter in our lives with dependence upon the Lord Jesus, we are drawing from the bottomless ocean of God’s grace. Thereby, His grace becomes our resource for living.

The resources of God’s grace cannot be earned, deserved, or produced by man. They must be freely provided by the Lord. From beginning to end, the saving, rescuing, transforming work of God’s grace is “the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). This truth highlights the strategic nature of faith. Only faith accords with grace. “Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace.” Faith alone is compatible with grace. Any other approach will not fit with grace.

This marks another profound distinction between law and grace. “Yet thelaw is not of faith, but ‘The man who does them shall live by them’ ” (Galatians 3:12). The law is about performance. Those who live by the law are left to their own resources to work up a life that measures up to the perfect standards of God. Those who daily put their faith in the Lord Jesus for the issues of life access grace for godly living.

It is God’s will that we live our entire lives by faith, which accesses grace. “The just shalllive by faith.” This truth is comprehensive. It applies to every aspect of our lives. When we arise in the morning, entrust the day into the Lord’s care and guidance.

As we communicate with our families, depend upon Jesus for love and patience. In our drive to the office, pray in faith concerning the opportunities and challenges that may await us. If a crisis develops unexpectedly, immediately cry out to the Lord for peace and direction. When times of Bible study and worship approach, exercise faith toward God to make them spiritually genuine and personally effective. Whatever, whenever, whoever,” The just shall live by faith.”

Dear faithful Lord, I long to live by faith more and more as each day dawns. I see that this is the only way I can access Your glorious grace. Lord, I need Your grace constantly. No other resource will suffice. Too often I am striving by my best performance. What weariness and failure always results. Show me the areas of my life where I am not trusting in You, that I might look to You anew. In Your gracious name I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

Death In Adam or Life In Christ

Stephen Solomon — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:40:50 +0000

For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)

The new covenant of grace is a covenant of relationship. Spiritual death through Adam made this covenant of grace necessary. Spiritual life through Christ makes intimacy with God possible. Every human who has ever existed inherited a sinful, fallen, earthly life from Adam: “by man came death.” Every person who has ever put their faith in Christ has received from Him a righteous, risen, heavenly life: “by Man [i.e., Jesus] also came the resurrection of the dead.”

Adam began with a measure of intimacy with His Creator. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being . . . Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it” (Genesis 2:7, 15). In the garden, Adam served the Lord and had fellowship with Him, when He would walk “in the garden in the cool of the day” (Genesis 3:8).

Adam could partake freely of all that was in the garden, except for one tree. “Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:17). For Adam, as for all of his race, “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). The day that Adam and Eve disobeyed and ate of the forbidden fruit, they died spiritually. “And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden” (Genesis 3:8). Whereas they had enjoyed a degree intimacy with Lord, they now fled from His presence. Ever after, the natural children of Adam would begin there existence “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1).

The only remedy for the spiritually dead human family would be through a relationship to a new “family head.” “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned . . . if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many” (Romans 5:12, 15). There are only two families to which humanity can belong: Adam’s or Christ’s. There are only two family head’s to which anyone can be related: Adam or Christ. Adam passed along spiritual death to his offspring. Christ gives to his own life eternal, life abundant — all by His glorious grace.

Creator God, my Father, I confess that I was born in Adam’s sinful line. I have demonstrated my sinfulness on a multitude of occasions. I praise You for sending Your Son to rescue me from Adam’s race and to place me in Christ, my new Head, Amen.Similar Posts:

Reigning in Life through Christ

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:41:09 +0000

For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)

The Lord wants us to grow in the magnificent blessing of living victoriously through Him. Having a triumphant Christian walk can only be realized from a developing acquaintanceship with the Lord, because we are only able to “reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Significant spiritual issues are set against a victorious life: “By the one man’s offense death reigned through the one.” Because of Adam’s sin, spiritual deadness ruled over the family of man. The enemy of men’s souls uses this deadness to dominate and destroy lives. Elsewhere, Jesus likened him to a thief. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10). This is why lives, households, and nations experience such deadly defeats and crushing failure. A tyrant dictator, “death,” dominates all lives that are only born once in Adam. They can only draw upon Adam’s fallen, sinful, inadequate life source.

A new and greater resource is needed and is found in Christ. “Much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” These heavenly provisions are “much more” than is needed to replace the defeats of Adam with the victories of Christ. The resources are two-fold: “abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness.”

One of these two is possessed by every believer in Christ: “the gift of righteousness.” This is the righteousness of the Lord Jesus, given to us by faith. That allows us to stand accepted before a holy God: “found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith” (Philippians 3:9). Every believer has this gift, but not every believer is victorious.

Thus, the key variable is to be receiving “abundance of grace.” Every Christian has been the recipient of grace. Yet, many of God’s people do not live day by day by grace. They walk according to the flesh, thereby drawing upon Adam’s natural bankrupt resources. Remember, living by grace involves humility and faith. God “gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). Likewise, through Jesus,” we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand” (Romans 5:2).

Lord God of grace, the reign of death has certainly assailed my life, bringing defeat and failure. Teach me to draw upon the abundant measures of Your grace, that I might reign in life, living victoriously, through Your Son, Christ Jesus, Amen.Similar Posts:

In Christ, a New Creation

Stephen Solomon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:41:26 +0000

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creationSimilar Posts:

Jesus and the Holy Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:31:05 +0000

Jesus and the Holy Spirit

That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit . . . and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him . . . Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. (Matthew 1:20; 3:16; 4:1)

We gain great insight into the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives by considering the work of the Spirit in the life of Jesus. From the very beginning of Jesus’ history upon earth as Emmanuel, God with us, the Holy Spirit was involved. When Joseph was troubled over Mary’s pregnancy, an angel comforted him by announcing: “That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.” Jesus’ conception was not of man, but of the Spirit.

When Jesus was identifying Himself with sinful humanity through His baptism by John, the Holy Spirit was again at work. “And He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.” Here, as Jesus was presenting Himself for the commencing of His public ministry as Messiah, the Spirit of God came upon Him for authentication and empowering. The Son of God came to earth as a servant, laying aside the independent exercise of His ongoing deity. Jesus “made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant” (Philippians 2:7). He would serve in dependence upon the Spirit. Jesus’ ministry would not be of man (even the perfect Man), but of God.

When Jesus went forth from His baptism to fulfill His calling, the Spirit was still fully engaged in His life. “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Although Jesus never ceased to be God, the Son, He would not lead Himself about through reliance upon His divine omniscience (His perfect and complete knowledge). His guidance would not be of man, but of God.

These three glimpses into the work of the Spirit in Jesus’ life have implications for us. First, the Holy Spirit had to be working for Jesus to be birthed here on earth. The same Spirit of God had to work for us to be born into the family of God. “Unless one is born of . . . the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). Second, the Holy Spirit was active in the ministry of Jesus as Messiah. The Spirit must be the one who brings us spiritual validation and power in our service of God: “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit” (Zechariah 4:6). Third, Jesus looked to the Spirit to lead and guide Him through life. We also need that same work of the Spirit. “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14).

O Shepherd of my soul, please lead me in this Christlike path. Thank You for bringing me new birth by Your Spirit. O, Lord, would You now empower my life for service unto You. And would You lead me by Your Spirit day by day. I admit my total need for such works of the Holy Spirit in my life. Please work in fullness, in Your name, I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

The Crucial Choice: Flesh or Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:30:39 +0000

Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of theflesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Romans 8:5-6)

The crucial choice that believers in Christ face day by day is between living by the flesh or living by the Spirit. The difference concerns facing life by our resources and perspectives or by God’s. “Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.” When a Christian deals with life by his flesh, he typically thinks about “what I want out of my life” or “what I can accomplish with my life.” Conversely, when a Christian deals with life by the Spirit, he typically thinks about “what God wants for my life” or “what God can accomplish through my life.”

The consequences related to this choice are monumental. “For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded islife and peace.” When a believer allows his mind to be set in a carnal direction, he will be thinking about worldly self-indulgence (“what I can get out of this”) or religious self-accomplishment (“what I can do for God”). The result of either carnal perspective is “death” (spiritual deadness). On the other hand, when a follower of Jesus sets his mind on heavenly matters, he will be considering issues of humility (“how much I need the Lord”) or faith (“how great the Lord is”). The results of such spiritual thoughts are “life and peace” (spiritual vitality and spiritual tranquility).

Another analysis of these two options can be seen in the contrast between the “works of the flesh” and the “fruit of theSpirit.” When we put our hope in our own capabilities, our flesh produces deeds such as “adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like” (Galatians 5:19-21). Contrariwise, when we place our expectations upon the Lord, His Spirit brings forth through us fruit like “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23).

Consider this fundamental truth. These “flesh-Spirit” choices are what all of us will face every day of our lives. The persistency of these issues is inherent in the fact that God only offers two options for every issue of life; namely, “live according to the flesh” or “live according to the Spirit.”

O Sovereign Lord, I bow to Your wisdom and authority that offers these two choices alone. Lord, I renounce the natural path of my flesh which brings severe, but deserved, consequences. I gladly embrace the supernatural path of Your Spirit, which brings the undeserved results of Your grace at work in me, Amen.Similar Posts:

Set Free by the Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:30:18 +0000

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)

There is a destructive spiritual tendency that resides in every human being. It is “the law ofsin and death.” This indwelling principle is always pulling people downward into sin and spiritual deadness. It comes from being born physically into a fallen race of sinners who are like their earthly father, Adam. Being born anew spiritually does not remove this problem, since this principle still operates within our natural humanity (the flesh). Yet, becoming a child of God does make His remedy constantly available to us.

God’s remedy for”the law of sin and death” is a higher, more powerful principle, “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.” This lofty principle involves the Holy Spirit making the life that is in Christ Jesus our resource for living. This principle is operating in the life of any new creature in Christ who is not walking “according to the flesh but [is walking] according to the Spirit” (Romans 8:4b). This approach to Christian living is the only one that can increasingly liberate us from the internal carnal tendencies that influence us all.

In fact (as we have noted previously), this is the only hope of growing in the godliness that the law demanded: “that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled inus” (Romans 8:4a). Our lives can only measure up to the holy will of God when we are walking in the Spirit, because Christ is then being allowed to express His life through us. Jesus was, and is, the only one who could ever walk fully pleasing to the Father. Jesus said, “Ialways do those things that please Him” (John 8:29). For a victorious Christian experience, we need this same life of Jesus living in and through us now, by the working of the Holy Spirit. We need the higher law (“the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus”) setting us free from the lower law (“the law ofsin and death”).

Again, what is our responsibility in this? We are to relate to the Lord in humility and faith. Humility can develop as we agree with our Lord that “the law ofsin and death” characterizes our flesh (our best natural resources). Faith can be exercised as we look to our Lord to demonstrate that “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.”

Dear Lord Jesus,You alone can supply the life I am called to live. I humbly agree with Your word that my resources are marred by a tendency to sin. I gladly trust in Your Holy Spirit to increasingly liberate me from my the defeat of living by my flesh. I thank You in advance for the faithful ways You will answer this prayer. Lord Jesus, live in and through me by the power of Your Spirit, Amen.Similar Posts:

The Contrary Desires of the Flesh and the Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:29:57 +0000

For theflesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. (Galatians 5:17)

Every believer in Christ has had the frustrating experience of wanting to do what pleases the Lord, but being unable to actually accomplish such. We are told here a spiritual struggle is behind that failure. “For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.” The Spirit of God dwells within our lives. He is the “Spirit of holiness” (Romans 1:4). He desires that we be “partakers of His holiness” (Hebrews 12:10) and thereby walk in godliness. However, the flesh (natural humanity) is also present in our lives. These natural desires of man are not toward holiness, but rather toward self-indulgence and self-sufficiency. Thus, what the Spirit desires and what our flesh craves are set against each other. “These arecontrary to one another.” The consequence of this internal conflict is “thatyou do not do the things that you wish.” Even though godly desires develop in us as new creatures in Christ, we find ourselves unable to implement these new longings by our good intentions.

The Apostle Paul gave testimony to his own failure in this battle. “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice” (Romans 7:19). The problem was that Paul’s personal resources (the flesh) were not adequate to produce the desired results. “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find” (Romans 7:18). Yes, Paul had some godly desires. “For I delight in the law of God according to theinward man” (Romans 7:22). Nevertheless, there was a problem that he could not resolve on his own. “But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, andbringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members” (Romans 7:23). A tendency to sin that dwelt in Paul’s human members (his body, his brain) pulled him down to defeat. He needed help.

Access to that necessary divine rescue was through a humble cry for a deliverer. “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24). This appropriate confession of the spiritual bankruptcy of his flesh led to another confession of certain victory. “I thank God [it is] through Jesus Christ our Lord! ” (Romans 7:25). This humble turning from self to Christ allows one to walk in the Spirit (Romans 8), living by His victorious resources. “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made mefree from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2).

Dear Jesus, Mighty Deliverer, I humbly admit that I am not able to implement by my best efforts the godly desires that are developing in me. I need You, Lord. So many times I have had holy intentions that ended up in carnal defeat. So, Lord, I cry out to You to deliver me from my present struggles, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, Amen.Similar Posts:

Walking in the Spirit

Stephen Solomon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:29:37 +0000

Walk in theSpirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh . . . If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Galatians 5:16,25)

The term “walk” is used dozens of times in the New Testament to describe the manner of life that a person is leading. Many of these occurrences depict the Christian life; for example, “walk in love . . . walk as children of light . . . walk circumspectly” (Ephesians 5:2, 8, 15). In our passages, we are told to “walk in the Spirit.”

Walking is a very insightful description of spiritual life. A walk has a beginning and a destination. Our beginning was in new birth: “born of the Spirit.” (John 3:6). Our destination is heaven forever with our Lord and Savior: “And thus we shall always be with the Lord.” (1 Thessalonians 4:17). A good walk is steady and progressive. We are called to be faithful: “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:21). We are called to press ahead: “forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal” (Philippians 3:13-14).

In addition, a walk has many potential adventures along the way. We are likely to encounter stretching challenges and paradoxical blessings: “in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness. . . as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things” (2 Corinthians 6:5,10).

Ultimately, a walk must have an available resource that provides sufficient vitality, strength, guidance, and assurance. Here, our passages offer special hope through the injunction to “walk in the Spirit.” Day by day, each step of the way, we are to rely upon the presence and work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Every issue of life (whether at home, office, school, or church) is to be faced in this manner. Otherwise, the influence of our flesh (our natural humanity) will prevail. “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” We are not able ourselves to overcome the inadequacies and improper tendencies of the flesh. However, the Holy Spirit is more than able to become our sufficient provider of whatever we need for an effective and fruitful walk.

This perspective on Christian living makes complete biblical sense, when we connect our daily walk to how we found spiritual life in the first place. “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit,” It was strictly by the work of the Spirit that we received life initially; therefore, let’s take each step of life “[walking] in the Spirit.”

Lord God Almighty, I am so weak and so easily enticed in my flesh. I cannot produce what is needed for the spiritual walk to which I am called. O Lord, I cry out to You for the indispensable work of Your Spirit within me. Lord, teach me to walk day by day by the grace that Your Spirit alone can provide, Amen.Similar Posts:

The Holy Spirit and Going On with God

Stephen Solomon — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:29:19 +0000

Did you receive theSpirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing offaith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? (Galatians 3:2-3)

The work of the Holy Spirit is required for people to start out with God through new birth and justification. The Holy Spirit must also be at work in believers if they are to go on with God in growth and sanctification. These truths are declared in Galatians 3:2-3 (which we viewed earlier regarding “The Inability of the Law to Sanctify”).

The opening portion of our present scripture passage uses a question to address starting out with God. “Did youreceive theSpirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” The answer to this question is obvious. No one could ever have the Spirit of God come to indwell them on the basis of their performance before God’s law. Only the “hearing of faith” could ever cause that. The Holy Spirit came to live in us when we heard the gospel of Jesus Christ and believed in Him. At that time, our sins were forgiven, we were justified (declared not guilty, righteous in God’s sight), and we were born again by the Spirit. All of this marked our beginning with God. All of this involved the work of the Holy Spirit on our behalf.

The closing words of our passage use two additional questions to apply this issue of the Spirit’s work to our going on with God. “Are you so foolish? Having begun in theSpirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?” We who are the children of God began with Him “in the Spirit.” Now, it would be spiritually senseless, to think that we could progress with God “by the flesh.” Surely, we agree with the Lord that we could not produce our own spiritual birth into His family. We had to be “born of the Spirit” (John 3:6). Certainly, we want to agree with God that we cannot manufacture our own spiritual growth, that is, be “made perfect by the flesh.”

The Lord desires that we mature and develop in this new life in Christ. Such growth in Christ is a spiritual matter. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh.” The resources that we have all received from our earthly parents are of the flesh. These natural capabilities cannot cause spiritual development to take place in our lives. The perfecting process, being made increasingly like the Lord Jesus Christ, necessitates the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in us. Remember, the means God uses to start us out with Him (to justify us) are the means He uses to grow us up in Him (to sanctify us).

O Holy Father, I humbly admit that I have frequently been so foolish as to think that I could produce more godliness in me through my own best efforts. Lord, I see that I need Your Spirit as much for spiritual growth as I did previously for spiritual birth. As I seek You through prayer and Your word, please take me on with You in growth and sanctification by the work of Your Holy Spirit, through Christ, I pray, Amen.Similar Posts:

The Holy Spirit and Starting Out with God

Stephen Solomon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:28:59 +0000

Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit . . . You must be born again. (John 3:5-7)

The new life that allows us to start out with God comes through a spiritual birth that is brought forth by the Holy Spirit. “Unless one is born of . . . the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” Just as man must be physically born into the human family, so man must be spiritually born into God’s family. There is no other option. That is why Jesus said,”You must be born againSimilar Posts:

The Holy Spirit Giving Life

Stephen Solomon — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:28:41 +0000

It is theSpirit who gives life . . . [God] also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” (John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6)

The Lord’s new covenant of grace is a covenant of the Spirit: “[God] also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant . . . of the Spirit.” Any approach to God other than by the Spirit results in spiritual deadness.

People need life, initially and continually. We need it initially, because all of us began spiritually dead due to our sin and guilt. “And you . . . weredead in trespasses andsins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh . . . and were by nature children ofwrath” (Ephesians 2:1-3). The only remedy for such spiritual death is spiritual life. “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)” (Ephesians 2:4-5).

People also need life continually, “for the letter kills.” If we were left to our best efforts after we were given new life in Christ, we would be struggling under a human performance bondage of rules and regulations. That is spiritually deadening.

Jesus came to earth to offer people fullness of life. “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Jesus taught that if we looked to Him for our spiritual nutrition, we would find ongoing life. “And Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life’” (John 6:35). Jesus did not refer to Himself as a leader establishing a new religion. Rather, “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and thelife’ ” (John 14:6). When the early disciples were freed from prison, they were not told to recruit members to a movement. Instead, they were instructed to “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of thislife” (Acts 5:20).

The life Jesus came to provide is His life expressed in and through us: “Christ who isour life” (Colossians 3:4). That life produces a lifestyle marked by His love, His joy, His peace, His wisdom, His courage – - and whatever else is of His holy character. The new covenant of His grace holds forth this life, and the Holy Spirit delivers that life into humble, trusting hearts. “It is theSpirit who gives life.”

Lord Jesus,You are my life. I have no other hope or source for finding true life. I praise You for Your patience with me when I try to produce a Christlike life by rules and regulations. Lord, just as You gave me life initially, please flood me now with new measures of Your life, as I humbly rely upon Your Spirit, Amen.Similar Posts:

The New Covenant of Grace: A Holy Spirit Covenant

Stephen Solomon — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:28:22 +0000

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will putMy Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. (Ezekiel 36:26-27)

As noted earlier, the new covenant is about grace, as contrasted with the old covenant, which is about law. “Forthe law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). The connection between grace and the Holy Spirit can be seen in various scripture passages on the new covenant, including this glorious prophecy. “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” The first verse in this prophetic promise concerns regeneration, spiritual new birth. Through faith in the Lord, our original, hard, lifeless heart is removed, and a new, pliable, living spirit is given to us.

The second verse pertains to transformation, the ongoing development of this new life. “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes.” The developing of a life that increasingly complies with the will of God depends upon the work of the Holy Spirit within us. We know that unredeemed humanity has no hope of living a life that is pleasing to God. Yet, many Christians could be unaware that even the new creature in Christ cannot please God on his own resources. The Spirit of God must be the heavenly cause that produces a heavenly lifestyle in believers.

What is promised here is not an automatic experience. The life of many Christians does not consistently match what is described here in Ezekiel 36:27. The reason is that they are not relating properly to the Lord in humble dependence. Yes, these two relational realities (humility andfaith) also determine whether or not the Spirit of God is our resource, just as they were determinative concerning grace.

Two statements by Jesus expound upon this fact. “You have no life in you . . . It is the Spirit who giveslife; the flesh profits nothing” (John 6:53,63). We do not innately possess life as God intends it to be lived. Natural human resources are of no benefit in developing a godly life. Such revelation is very humbling. If we embrace Jesus’ evaluation of our personal inadequacy, then we are willing to relate to God in humility. Further, there is truth in which we are to place our trust. “It is the Spirit who gives life.” As we count on this truth, we are relating to the Lord in faith. The result of such humble reliance is God’s Spirit becomes our vitality for living godly.

O Lord, the source of true life, thank You for establishing such a gracious arrangement as the new covenant. I praise You that Your Holy Spirit is my heavenly dynamic for godliness. I confess that my fleshly attempts to please You are so inadequate. I humbly ask You to cause me to walk in Your good will, by the power of the Holy Spirit, Amen.Similar Posts: