Published by Harriet on 07 Nov 2024
Faith + . . .
“The LORD says be fair minded! Help those in need of justice! Quit your evil deeds! Protect the rights of aliens and immigrants, orphans and widows; stop murdering the innocent!” Jeremiah 22:3 (TLB)
“And those whose faith has made them good in God’s sight must live by faith, trusting Him in everything. Otherwise, if they shrink back, God will have no pleasure in them.” Hebrews 10:38 (TLB)
“What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead. . . .” Hebrews 11:1 (TLB)
“You can never please God without faith, without depending on Him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that He rewards those who sincerely look for Him.” Hebrews 11:6 (TLB)
Faith believes God when the rest of the world refuses to obey.
The Word of God is the most powerful thing that exists. Nothing is more powerful than God’s Word. Plant the Word of God in your heart/spirit and use it; comprehension and application of God’s Word.
“Proud men hold me in contempt for obedience to God but I stand unmoved. . . . Their minds are dull and stupid but I have sense enough to follow you.” Psalm 119:51,70 (TLB)
“For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (TLB)
“But this is the new contract I will make with them: I will inscribe my laws upon their hearts, so that they shall want to honor Me, then they shall truly be my people and I will be their God.” Jeremiah 31:33 (TLB)
“This new agreement will not be like the old one I gave to their fathers on the day when I took the by the hand to lead them out of Egypt; they did not keep their part in that agreement, so I had to cancel it.” Jeremiah 8:9 (TLB)
“Keep your eyes on JESUS, our leader and instructor.” Hebrews 12:2 (TLB)
“May JESUS Who became the great Shepherd of the sheep by an everlasting agreement between God and you, signed with His blood, produce in you through the power of Christ all that is pleasing to Him.” Hebrews 13:20-22 (TLB)
“Oh, give thanks! Unto the LORD for He is good, and His mercy endures forever.” Jeremiah 33:11 (TLB)
“. . . when someone wants to do wrong it is never God who is tempting him, for God never wants to do wrong and never tempts anyone else to do it. Temptation is the pull of the man’s own evil thoughts and wishes.” James 1:13-14 (TLB)
“How can you claim that you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, if you show favoritism to rich people and look down on poor people?” James 2:1 (TLB)
“Faith that doesn’t show itself by good works is no faith at all—it is dead and useless. . . . When will you ever learn that ‘believing’ is useless without doing what God wants you to do?” James 2:17b (TLB)
“Just as the body is dead when there is no spirit in it, so faith is dead if it is not the kind that results in good deeds.” James 2:26 (TLB)
“For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, inspired by the devil. For wherever there is jealousy or selfish ambition, there will be disorder and every other kind of evil.” James 3:15-16 (TLB)
“LORD, Your Word stands firm in heaven. (And Your sons & daughters by the sinless blood of Jesus establish Your Word on earth.) For Your Words are a flashlight to light the path ahead of me, and keep me from stumbling.” Psalm 119:89,105
“So give yourselves humbly to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you.” James 4:7-8 (TLB)
“as for you (of the Family of God by the blood of Jesus) who are waiting for the Lord Jesus’ return, be patient . . . . Yes, be patient. And take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.” James 5:7-8