Oops. It looks like a lot of us missed last time. Hopefully you were still working on a verse, but just forgot to post it. :) Either way, it's a new month now!
I'm going to stay in Colossians for one more verse. It's a short one, but a big message!
Colossians 1:17 NIV
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:11-13 ESV)
ReplyDeleteJames 1:22
ReplyDeleteBut be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Romans 6:22
ReplyDelete"But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life."
"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11, NIV
ReplyDelete"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 broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, the opening of the prison to those that are bound."
ReplyDeleteIsaiah 61:1
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. (Hebrews 12:11 ESV)
ReplyDelete"Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." Romans 12:12 (ESV)
ReplyDelete"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." Romans 12:1 NIV
ReplyDelete[Continuing my Ephesians 1 passage:] "In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will," Ephesians 1:11
ReplyDeleteEph 4:13, "…until we all attain to the unity of faith, and to the knowledge of the Son of God, mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ."
ReplyDeleteWash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. (Psalm 51:2 NIV)
ReplyDeleteBe strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave your or forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV)
ReplyDelete1 Peter 2:12 'Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.' (ESV)
ReplyDeleteProverbs 22:6 (ESV) Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
ReplyDeleteSorry on vacation, but I've been working on...
ReplyDeletePsalms 139:14
I praise you bc I am fearfully and wonderfully made, I know that full well.