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40 Promises: Verses to Stand On

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

All God Glory

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Basic Training

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

What Love is

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Be Steadfast

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.

Courage

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
Let all that you do be done in love.

Courage

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Let all your things be done with charity.

His Spirit

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

His Spirit

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Rely on God's Resources

16 Do you not know that you are God�s temple and that God�s Spirit dwells in you?

Honesty

God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

36 Promises: Verses to Stand On

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Survival Kit

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Cleanse

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Separate from the World

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

Be Christ's Disciple

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world�the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life�is not from the Father but is from the world.

Liar

He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

Love

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Grow in Christlikeness

18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

19 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

20 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Assurance of Salvation

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.

Proclaim Christ

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

17 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

18 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

Decision

How long will you go limping between two different opinions?
If the Lord is God, follow him;
but if Baal, then follow him.

Idols

But there was no voice, and no one answered.

Christ's Sacrifice

...knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers,
not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

29 Praise: Worship and Thanksgiving

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Purity

Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul

Answer

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Proclaim Christ

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Christ Paid the Penalty

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

Grow in Christlikeness

5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for �God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.� 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Humility

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

care

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

His Peace

Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

42 Promises: Verses to Stand On

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

God's Help

Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.

Sexual Purity

Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

68 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

Be joyful always;

Spiritual Attitude

Rejoice always,
pray without ceasing,
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not despise prophecies,
but test everything; hold fast what is good.
Abstain from every form of evil.

69 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

pray continually;

70 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Youth

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Leadership

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

43 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

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.

Weakness

He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Comfort

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

transformation

English Standard Version (ESV)
But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Changed God's Glory

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Changed God's Glory

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Be Christ's Disciple

5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus� sake.

Serve Others

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake

Team Tactics

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

Christ The Center

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Live the New Life

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Ambassadors of Reconciliation

In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Cleanse yourselves

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Basic Training

Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

Generosity

Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Give Generously

But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Be Christ's Disciple

6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

49 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Basic Training

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Calling

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

God's Power

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises,
so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

Spiritual Attitude

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue,
and virtue with knowledge,
and knowledge with self-control,
and self-control with steadfastness,
and steadfastness with godliness,
and godliness with brotherly affection,
and brotherly affection with love.

Knowledge of Christ

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

Godlong suffering

But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

God Perfect

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven; he is a shield to all who trust in him.

God Perfect

As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him. God is my strength and power, And He makes my way perfect.

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Basic Training

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Fight Lust

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

10 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

God's Word

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Live the New Life

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Scripture

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

God's Impartiality

In every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

97 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Develop World Vision

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Mea in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Be Christ's Disciple

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.�

86 Sent: The Great Commission and Our Global Task

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Mission

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Grow in Christlikeness

16 So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.

Honesty

This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

Team Tactics

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Witness

I have appeared to you for this purpose,
to appoint you as a servant and witness
to the things in which you have seen me
and to those in which I will appear to you

Paul heals many

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him. And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

75 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

76 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

77 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Basic Training

And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

Financial blessing

The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Misquoting

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Basic Training

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

13 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.

14 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

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.

What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens to the place where it rises.
The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.

eternity heart

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

73 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

71 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

Salvation Not By Works

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Proclaim Christ

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

72 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

not by works, so that no one can boast.

Knowledge

(You) may have strength
to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Team Tactics

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Renewal

...to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

speech

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

53 Fullness: The Holy Spirit's Role in Our Lives

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

54 Fullness: The Holy Spirit's Role in Our Lives

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,

55 Fullness: The Holy Spirit's Role in Our Lives

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

56 Fullness: The Holy Spirit's Role in Our Lives

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Marriage

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
that she might be holy and without blemish.

Purity

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

Grow in Christlikeness

3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Family

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),
"that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Healing

saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”

God's Providence

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep,
and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.
I will seek the lost,
and I will bring back the strayed,
and I will bind up the injured,
and I will strengthen the weak,
and the fat and the strong I will destroy.
I will feed them in justice.

Renewal

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you.
And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

Shame

It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God;
let that be known to you.
Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

Church Growth

Thus says the Lord God:
This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them:
to increase their people like a flock.
Like the flock for sacrifices,
like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts,
so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.

AYC '12

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

74 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word-Week 36 Salvation

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Live the New Life

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Christ Lives in me

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Children of God

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

57 Fullness: The Holy Spirit's Role in Our Lives

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Living in the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

58 Fullness: The Holy Spirit's Role in Our Lives

gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Good Works

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Grow in Christlikeness

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

1 Beginnings: The Bible's Fantastic Four-Week 1 Our God

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Sight

You are the God who sees me.

Fellowship

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Survival Kit

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Live the New Life

24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

50 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

82 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word-Week 23 Faith

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Faith

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Grow in Christlikeness

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

English Standard Version (ESV)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

Be Steadfast

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls

Be Christ's Disciple

3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

His Help in Temptation

For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

Rely on God's Resources

18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Neglect

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Basic Training

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

15 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer-Week 35 God's Word

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

16 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Proclaim Christ

27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Sin's Penalty

And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.

reason

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Forgiveness

I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.

Peace

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

26 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

You will keep in perfect peace
him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you.

Rely on God's Resources

3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Spiritual Wealth

The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
and he will be the stability of your times,
abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.

run

But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

His Strength

Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Rely on God's Resources

10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Hands

God says,
See, I have written your name
on the palms of my hands.

27 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

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.

28 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

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.

All Have Sinned

All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Proclaim Christ

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned�every one�to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Turned from God

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

come eat what is good

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.

Righteousness

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Messiah

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;

to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

God's Presence

Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.

Motherly Comfort

Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Heaven

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

93 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

64 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

Doers not hearers

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

temptation

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

65 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

66 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

67 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

Resist the Devil

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

God's Correction

I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

Preaching

If you return, I will restore you,
and you shall stand before me.
If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
you shall be as my mouth.
They shall turn to you,
but you shall not turn to them.

Healing

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved,
for you are my praise.

stress

God's Message:


"Cursed is the strong one
who depends on mere humans,
Who thinks he can make it on muscle alone
and sets God aside as dead weight.
He's like a tumbleweed on the prairie,
out of touch with the good earth.
He lives rootless and aimless
in a land where nothing grows.
"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God,
the woman who sticks with God.
They're like trees replanted in Eden,
putting down roots near the rivers—
Never a worry through the hottest of summers,
never dropping a leaf,
Serene and calm through droughts,
bearing fresh fruit every season.

35 Promises: Verses to Stand On

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Finding God

You will seek me and find me,
when you seek me with all your heart.
I will be found by you, declares the Lord

Healing

For I will restore health to you,
and your wounds I will heal,
declares the Lord,
because they have called you an outcast:
‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

Survival Kit

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Fear, warfare

Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

2 Beginnings: The Bible's Fantastic Four

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Must Receive Christ

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name

Proclaim Christ

12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

3 Beginnings: The Bible's Fantastic Four

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Grow in Christlikeness

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.�

Love

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

21 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

Ask in his name

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

22 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

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.

Obedience To Christ

He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.

Holy Spirit

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

25 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

23 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

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.

life

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

24 Assurance: Inner Peace and Security

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Survival Kit

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Prayer

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

Live the New Life

7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Basic Training

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

ask, receive, so that your joy is full

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Jesus has overcome

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Basic Training

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Team Tactics

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

4 Beginnings: The Bible's Fantastic Four

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Team Tactics

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

Son follows father

Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

Assurance of Salvation

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

Live the New Life

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

11 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

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.

God's Word

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success

Courage

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed,
for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

His Faithfulness

Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

Rely on God's Resources

22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Grow in Christlikeness

11 �You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Honesty

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Not Two Masters

“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

94 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

95 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

96 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Remember Me

And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

Team Tactics

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

power from on high

You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Jesus growing

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

Jesus Heals

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

Like the Master

English Standard Version (ESV)
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Put Christ First

Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Cross

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Be Christ's Disciple

23 And he said to all, �If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Finances

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Serve Others

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

Be Christ's Disciple

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.�

great comission and promises

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Team Tactics

And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

fear

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Revelation by the Son

All things have been handed over to me by my Father,
and no one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in hearQ: KJV

Live the New Life

20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.�

Fellowship

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.

greatest commandment

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

greatest commandment

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

83 Sent: The Great Commission and Our Global Task

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Great Commission

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

84 Sent: The Great Commission and Our Global Task

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Develop World Vision

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Be Christ's Disciple

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.�

85 Sent: The Great Commission and Our Global Task

and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Live the New Life

19 And he said to them, �Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.�

Witnessing

Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

bread

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”

Persecution

Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you
and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven,
for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Good Works

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Do not be Anxious

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

D01 - Put Christ First

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Be Christ's Disciple

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Put Christ First

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Good Gifts

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

healing

That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

Team Tactics

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Justly Mercy

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

His Faithfulness

God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

Rely on God's Resources

19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Second Coming

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

Humility

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

Humility

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Grow in Christlikeness

3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Christ

but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Knowledge of Christ

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection,
and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Heaven

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Dung

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

His Strength

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Basic Training

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Rely on God's Resources

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

His Provision

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Rely on God's Resources

19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

60 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

61 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

Restraint

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

62 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Prayer

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Fear, Anxiety

do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Live the New Life

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

63 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

True

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

True

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Basic Training

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

52 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands-Week 6 Christian Life

A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.

knowledge

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Thinking

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Back in the Fight

for the righteous falls seven times and rises again,
but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

confess

He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

38 Promises: Verses to Stand On

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;

Survival Kit

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

39 Promises: Verses to Stand On

in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.

Give Generously

Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increse
So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

Be Christ's Disciple

9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; 10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Basic Training

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

30 Praise: Worship and Thanksgiving

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.

31 Praise Worship and Thanksgiving

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

TV

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Healing

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,

59 Joy: God's Kind of Happiness

This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

12 Listening: The Word of God and Prayer

I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.

Heart

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Media

Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,
And revive me in Your way.
Establish Your word to Your servant,
Who is devoted to fearing You.

commandments

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Rely on God's Resources

9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Heart

O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.

Search

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

Basic Training

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Morning Prayer

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust:
cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God:
thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Morning Prayer

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge!
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground!

Gods Faithfulness

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
[The Lord is faithful in all his words
and kind in all his works.]

God's Face

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

Empowerment

The God who equipped me with strength
and made my way blameless.
He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure on the heights.
He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand supported me,
and your gentleness made me great.
You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.

Judgement

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

87 The 23rd Psalm: The Lord is My Shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd, I
shall not be in want.

88 The 23rd Psalm: The LORD is My Shepherd

He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

89 The 23rd Psalm: The LORD is My Shepherd

he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.

90 The 23rd Psalm: The Lord is My Shepherd

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.

91 The 23rd Psalm: The Lord is My Shepherd

You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

92 The 23rd Psalm: The Lord is My Shepherd

Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

Covenant

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
and he makes known to them his covenant.
My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

Forgiveness

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
Consider my affliction and my trouble,
and forgive all my sins.

Guidance

Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long.

Mercy

Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

Guidance

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Suffering

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
Affliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Mercy Righteousness

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

Trust

Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

81 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety.

Morning Prayer

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

41 Promises: Verses to Stand On

Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let the righteous fall.

80 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

When I am afraid,
I will trust in you.

His Help in Temptation

How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

98 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

99 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

100 Alpha and Omega: The First and Second Comings of Christ

He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

Must Receive Christ

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Knock

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Proclaim Christ

20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

32 Praise: Worship and Thanksgiving

“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”

9 The Roman Road: The Plan of Salvation

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

Faith

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Christ - Law

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

8 The Roman Road: The Plan of Salvation

That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Confession

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes and is justified,
and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

God's Wisdom

For God has consigned all to disobedience,
that he may have mercy on all.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Witnessing

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Live the New Life

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

78 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word-Week 16 Salvation

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

79 Faith: Trusting God and Resting in His Word

For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Obedience To Christ

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Live the New Life

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

44 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

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.

Team Tactics

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

46 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

holy acceptable

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

47 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Compassion

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

48 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

45 Holiness: Obeying God's Commands

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.

Separate from the World

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Be Christ's Disciple

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Love

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

High Time

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Kingdom of God

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking
but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Justification

For there is no distinction:
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
and are justified by his grace as a gift,
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

5 The Roman Road: The Plan of Salvation

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Basic Training

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

All Have Sinned

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Proclaim Christ

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Basic Training

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

Faith

He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

Grow in Christlikeness

20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.

Justification

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Proclaim Christ

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Basic Training

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Christ Paid the Penalty

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

7 The Roman Road: The Plan of Salvation

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Free to Live

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God,
the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

6 The Roman Road: The Plan of Salvation

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Sin's Penalty

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Baptism

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death,
in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
we too might walk in newness of life.

Spirit Gives Life

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life
to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

No Condemnation

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Living in the Spirit

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Basic Training

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

34 Promises: Verses to Stand On-Week 24 Our God

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.

His Provision

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Gods Provision

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Righteousness Fulfilled

For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.
By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Salvation

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers,
nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Flesh - Spirit

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

Death - Life

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

Mercy

So then it depends not on human will or exertion,
but on God, who has mercy.

Salvation Not By Works

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit

End of Pride

On that day you shall not be put to shame
because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then I will remove from your midst
your proudly exultant ones,
and you shall no longer be haughty
in my holy mountain.
But I will leave in your midst
a people humble and lowly.
They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord.