<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523</id><updated>2011-09-10T16:19:07.899+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Topics  and Themes</title><subtitle type='html'>the themes of scriptures, as discovered through repetitive arising
an extension of brettsbiblenotes.blogspot.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>75</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-2016016441609071121</id><published>2011-05-20T15:12:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T15:12:21.749+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Woman in Labor</title><content type='html'>WOMAN In LABOR&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 48:6&lt;br /&gt;Trembling took hold of them there,anguish as of a woman in labor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 13:8&lt;br /&gt;They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.They will look aghast at one another;their faces will be aflame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 21:3&lt;br /&gt;Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me,like the pangs of a woman in labor;I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;I am dismayed so that I cannot see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:14&lt;br /&gt;For a long time I have held my peace;I have kept still and restrained myself;now I will cry out like a woman in labor;I will gasp and pant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 4:31&lt;br /&gt;For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor,anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands,"Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 6:24&lt;br /&gt;We have heard the report of it; our hands fall helpless;anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 13:21&lt;br /&gt;What will you say when they set as head over youthose whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you? Will not pangs take hold of youlike those of a woman in labor?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:23&lt;br /&gt;O inhabitant of Lebanon,nested among the cedars,how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 30:6&lt;br /&gt;Ask now, and see,can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every manwith his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor?Why has every face turned pale?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 49:24&lt;br /&gt;Damascus has become feeble, she turned to flee,and panic seized her;anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,as of awoman in labor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 50:43&lt;br /&gt;"The king of Babylon heard the report of them,and his hands fell helpless;anguish seized him,pain as of a woman in labor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 4:9&lt;br /&gt;Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished,that pain seized you like a woman in labor?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 4:10&lt;br /&gt;Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,like a woman in labor,for now you shall go out from the cityand dwell in the open country;you shall go to Babylon.There you shall be rescued; there the LORD will redeem youfrom the hand of your enemies.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-2016016441609071121?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/2016016441609071121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=2016016441609071121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/2016016441609071121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/2016016441609071121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/woman-in-labor.html' title='Woman in Labor'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-8624178256810965322</id><published>2011-05-20T15:10:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T15:10:25.743+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Wait</title><content type='html'>Wait:&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:3&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame;they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:5&lt;br /&gt;Lead me in your truth and teach me,for you are the God of my salvation;for you I wait all the day long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:21&lt;br /&gt;May integrity and uprightness preserve me,for I wait for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 27:14&lt;br /&gt;Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage;wait for the LORD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:24&lt;br /&gt;Be strong, and let your heart take courage,all you who wait for the LORD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 33:20&lt;br /&gt;Our soul waits for the LORD;he is our help and our shield.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:7&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:9&lt;br /&gt;For the evildoers shall be cut off,but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:34&lt;br /&gt;Wait for the LORD and keep his way,and he will exalt you to inherit the land;you will look on when the wicked are cut off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 38:15&lt;br /&gt;But for you, O LORD, do I wait;it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 39:7&lt;br /&gt;"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:1&lt;br /&gt;[ My Help and My Deliverer ] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD;he inclined to me and heard my cry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 52:9&lt;br /&gt;I will thank you forever,because you have done it.I will wait for your name, for it is good,in the presence of the godly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 56:6&lt;br /&gt;They stir up strife, they lurk;they watch my steps,as they have waited for my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 59:3&lt;br /&gt;For behold, they lie in wait for my life;fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:1&lt;br /&gt;[ My Soul Waits for God Alone ] To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence;from him comes my salvation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:5&lt;br /&gt;For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,for my hope is from him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69:3&lt;br /&gt;I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dimwith waiting for my God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 106:13&lt;br /&gt;But they soon forgot his works;they did not wait for his counsel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:95&lt;br /&gt;The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,but I consider your testimonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130:1&lt;br /&gt;[ My Soul Waits for the Lord ] A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130:5&lt;br /&gt;I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,and in his word I hope;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130:6&lt;br /&gt;my soul waits for the Lordmore than watchmen for the morning,more than watchmen for the morning.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 8:11&lt;br /&gt;[ Fear God, Wait for the LORD ] For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 8:17&lt;br /&gt;I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 25:9&lt;br /&gt;It will be said on that day,"Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 26:8&lt;br /&gt;In the path of your judgments,O LORD, we wait for you; your name and remembranceare the desire of our soul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:18&lt;br /&gt;[ The LORD Will Be Gracious ] Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you,and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 33:2&lt;br /&gt;O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you.Be our arm every morning,our salvation in the time of trouble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:31&lt;br /&gt;but they who wait for 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:4&lt;br /&gt;He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth;and the coastlands wait for his law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 49:23&lt;br /&gt;Kings shall be your foster fathers,and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,and lick the dust of your feet.Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 51:5&lt;br /&gt;My righteousness draws near,my salvation has gone out,and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me,and for my arm they wait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 64:4&lt;br /&gt;From of old no one has heardor perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you,who acts for those who wait for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 7:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Wait for the God of Salvation ] Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered,as when the grapes have been gleaned:there is no cluster to eat,no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 7:2&lt;br /&gt;The godly has perished from the earth,and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood,and each hunts the other with a net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 7:7&lt;br /&gt;But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation;my God will hear me.&lt;br /&gt;Zephaniah 3:8&lt;br /&gt;"Therefore wait for me," declares the LORD,"for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.For my decision is to gather nations,to assemble kingdoms,to pour out upon them my indignation,all my burning anger;for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:7&lt;br /&gt;so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 11:33&lt;br /&gt;So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 5:5&lt;br /&gt;For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 1:10&lt;br /&gt;and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 2:13&lt;br /&gt;waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:15&lt;br /&gt;And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:28&lt;br /&gt;so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:13&lt;br /&gt;waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 5:7&lt;br /&gt;[ Patience in Suffering ] Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 3:20&lt;br /&gt;because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 3:12&lt;br /&gt;waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 3:13&lt;br /&gt;But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 3:14&lt;br /&gt;[ Final Words ] Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jude 1:21&lt;br /&gt;keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-8624178256810965322?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/8624178256810965322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=8624178256810965322' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/8624178256810965322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/8624178256810965322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/wait.html' title='Wait'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-3919730218224377441</id><published>2011-05-20T15:07:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T15:07:56.494+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Things of Old</title><content type='html'>Isaiah 25:1&lt;br /&gt;[ God Will Swallow Up Death Forever ] O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name,for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:18&lt;br /&gt;"Remember not the former things,nor consider the things of old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 46:9&lt;br /&gt;remember the former things of old;for I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 48:3&lt;br /&gt;"The former things I declared of old;they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-3919730218224377441?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/3919730218224377441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=3919730218224377441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/3919730218224377441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/3919730218224377441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/things-of-old.html' title='Things of Old'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-2140359045083107891</id><published>2011-05-20T15:02:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T15:02:19.604+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Stake</title><content type='html'>God’s stake (theme) &lt;br /&gt;Genesis 13:13- Why does God care if we sin?  &lt;br /&gt;Do we connect their sins with God?  &lt;br /&gt;What business is it of his? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 20:6- His stake is that he somehow intervened to keep Abimilech from touching  Sara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 18:19- He hears prayers and we don’t know the whole story &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 2:29- God takes sin personally:  “contending against me”  (also like Jesus to Paul) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 6:14- directly connected to one another’s relationships (so much that Jesus places personal forgiveness in the balance) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43 (see notes):  all we bring to God is sin-- so he forgives us for his own name’s sake.  We live out the paradox that God’s reputation is relying on how we represent it-- but God’s reputation has nothing to do with my sinfulness.  (verses 21 &amp; 25 + Ezekiel 20:44, and Isaiah 48:9--- HIs stake is to CLEAR THE WAY FOR PRAISE.  sin dried us out, left us hungry and parched and he has returned life to us!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6- Sex and the spirit thing... is a pretty big stake.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-2140359045083107891?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/2140359045083107891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=2140359045083107891' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/2140359045083107891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/2140359045083107891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/stake.html' title='Stake'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-7301473413459624093</id><published>2011-05-20T14:57:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T14:57:29.226+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Slow to Anger</title><content type='html'>slow to anger abounding in love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 34:6&lt;br /&gt;And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 14:18&lt;br /&gt;‘The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nehemiah 9:17&lt;br /&gt;They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:15&lt;br /&gt;But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:8&lt;br /&gt;The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:8&lt;br /&gt;The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:13&lt;br /&gt;Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jonah 4:2&lt;br /&gt;He prayed to the LORD, “Isn’t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow toanger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nahum 1:3&lt;br /&gt;The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-7301473413459624093?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/7301473413459624093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=7301473413459624093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/7301473413459624093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/7301473413459624093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/slow-to-anger.html' title='Slow to Anger'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-1686771500972142524</id><published>2011-05-20T14:56:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T14:56:39.078+03:00</updated><title type='text'>See God</title><content type='html'>Those who saw God and did not die: Jacob- Genesis 32:30, Moses Deuteronomy 5:24 and the elders of Israel Exodus 24:10,  Gideon- Judges 6:23, and Manoah- Judges 13:22.  Notable Sarai in Genesis 16 who calls God (and names the well after) the one who sees me.  &lt;br /&gt;The New Testament talks about two aspects of this: 1- that no one has seen God and 2- that we shall see him.  1- Exodus 33:17-23, Revelation 1:17, John 1:18, 1 John 4:12 and 2- 3 John 1:11, Hebrews 12:14, Matthew 5:8, Psalm 17:15, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 John 3:2.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-1686771500972142524?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/1686771500972142524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=1686771500972142524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;2 Kings 19:30- root down/fruit up &lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 5:24- root/fruit&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 11:1, 27:6, 37:31, &lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah’s theme (see intro to book) &lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:8 (Psalm 1:3) &lt;br /&gt;Hosea 9:16&lt;br /&gt;Amos 2:9&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-8249456177947015191?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/8249456177947015191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=8249456177947015191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/8249456177947015191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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32:9&lt;br /&gt;And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 4:29-31 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;29(A) But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you(B) in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice. 31For the LORD your God is(C)a merciful God.(D) He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 7:2-4 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;2From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;Samuel Judges Israel&lt;br /&gt; 3And Samuel said to all the house of Israel,(A) "If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then(B) put away the foreign gods and the(C) Ashtaroth from among you and(D) direct your heart to the LORD(E) and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines." 4So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the LORD only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 30:5-7 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;5So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel,(A) from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed. 6(B) So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, "O people of Israel,(C) return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of(D)the kings of Assyria. 7(E) Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see.&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 30:8-10 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;8(A) Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God,(B) that his fierce anger may turn away from you. 9For(C) if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children(D) will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For(E) the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you,(F) if you return to him."&lt;br /&gt; 10(G) So the couriers went from city to city through the country of(H) Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but(I) they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 51:13&lt;br /&gt;Then I will teach transgressors your ways,and sinners will return to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:3&lt;br /&gt;You return man to dustand say, "Return, O children of man!"&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:2-4 (in Context) Psalm 90 (Whole Chapter)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:13&lt;br /&gt;Return, O LORD! How long?Have pity on your servants!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:20&lt;br /&gt;[ The Remnant of Israel Will Return ] In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:21&lt;br /&gt;A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:22&lt;br /&gt;For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them willreturn. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 19:22&lt;br /&gt;And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 23:17&lt;br /&gt;At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:15&lt;br /&gt;For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,"In returning and rest you shall be saved;in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."But you were unwilling,&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 35:1&lt;br /&gt;[ The Ransomed Shall Return ] The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 35:10&lt;br /&gt;And the ransomed of the LORD shall returnand come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;they shall obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:7&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'"&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:8&lt;br /&gt;The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:34&lt;br /&gt;By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:37&lt;br /&gt;Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:4&lt;br /&gt;Because you are precious in my eyes,and honored, and I love you,I give men in return for you,peoples in exchange for your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 44:22&lt;br /&gt;I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloudand your sins like mist;return to me, for I have redeemed you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:23&lt;br /&gt;By myself I have sworn;from my mouth has gone out in righteousnessa word that shall notreturn: 'To me every knee shall bow,every tongue shall swear allegiance.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 51:11&lt;br /&gt;And the ransomed of the LORD shall returnand come to Zion with singing;everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;they shall obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 52:8&lt;br /&gt;The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice;together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they seethe return of the LORD to Zion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:7&lt;br /&gt;let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts;let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:10&lt;br /&gt;"For as the rain and the snow come down from heavenand do not return there but water the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:11&lt;br /&gt;so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 63:17&lt;br /&gt;O LORD, why do you make us wander from your waysand harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants,the tribes of your heritage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:1&lt;br /&gt;"If a man divorces his wifeand she goes from himand becomes another man’s wife,will hereturn to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers;and would you return to me?declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:7&lt;br /&gt;And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:10&lt;br /&gt;Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the LORD."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:12&lt;br /&gt;Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel,declares the LORD.I will not look on you in anger,for I am merciful,declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:14&lt;br /&gt;Return, O faithless children,declares the LORD; for I am your master;I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,and I will bring you to Zion.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:22&lt;br /&gt;"Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.""Behold, we come to you,for you are the LORD our God.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 4:1&lt;br /&gt;"If you return, O Israel,declares the LORD, to me you should return.If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver,&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 8:4&lt;br /&gt;[ Sin and Treachery ] "You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again?If one turns away, does he not return?&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 8:5&lt;br /&gt;Why then has this people turned awayin perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit;they refuse to return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 14:3&lt;br /&gt;Her nobles send their servants for water;they come to the cisterns;they find no water;theyreturn with their vessels empty;they are ashamed and confoundedand cover their heads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 15:19&lt;br /&gt;Therefore thus says the LORD: "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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 18:11&lt;br /&gt;Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 'Thus says the LORD, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:10&lt;br /&gt;Weep not for him who is dead,nor grieve for him, but weep bitterly for him who goes away,for he shall return no moreto see his native land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:11&lt;br /&gt;[ Message to the Sons of Josiah ] For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: "He shall return here no more,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:27&lt;br /&gt;But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 24:7&lt;br /&gt;I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 30:10&lt;br /&gt;"Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD,nor be dismayed, O Israel;for behold, I will save you from far away,and your offspring from the land of their captivity.Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,and none shall make him afraid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:8&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I will bring them from the north countryand gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,among them the blind and the lame,the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;a great company, they shall return here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:21&lt;br /&gt;"Set up road markers for yourself;make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway,the road by which you went.Return, O virgin Israel,return to these your cities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 44:14&lt;br /&gt;so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, except some fugitives."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 44:28&lt;br /&gt;And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 46:27&lt;br /&gt;"But fear not, O Jacob my servant,nor be dismayed, O Israel,for behold, I will save you from far away,and your offspring from the land of their captivity.Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,and none shall make him afraid.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 50:9&lt;br /&gt;For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 3:40&lt;br /&gt;Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 7:13&lt;br /&gt;For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 16:43&lt;br /&gt;Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things, therefore, behold, I have returned your deeds upon your head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 16:55&lt;br /&gt;As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 17:19&lt;br /&gt;Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 21:30&lt;br /&gt;Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 22:31&lt;br /&gt;Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 23:49&lt;br /&gt;And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 46:9&lt;br /&gt;"When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 4:34&lt;br /&gt;[ Nebuchadnezzar Restored ] At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 4:36&lt;br /&gt;At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 10:20&lt;br /&gt;Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia; and when I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 11:9&lt;br /&gt;Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return to his own land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 11:28&lt;br /&gt;And he shall return to his land with great wealth, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. And he shall work his will and return to his own land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 11:29&lt;br /&gt;"At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but it shall not be this time as it was before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 2:7&lt;br /&gt;She shall pursue her loversbut not overtake them,and she shall seek thembut shall not find them. Then she shall say,'I will go and return to my first husband,for it was better for me then than now.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 3:5&lt;br /&gt;Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 5:4&lt;br /&gt;Their deeds do not permit themto return to their God.For the spirit of whoredom is within them,and they know not the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 5:15&lt;br /&gt;I will return again to my place,until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,and in their distress earnestly seek me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 6:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant ] "Come, let us return to the LORD;for he has torn us, that he may heal us;he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 7:10&lt;br /&gt;The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the LORD their God,nor seek him, for all this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 7:16&lt;br /&gt;They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow;their princes shall fall by the swordbecause of the insolence of their tongue.This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 8:13&lt;br /&gt;As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it,but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquityand punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 9:3&lt;br /&gt;They shall not remain in the land of the LORD,but Ephraim shall return to Egypt,and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 11:5&lt;br /&gt;They shall not return to the land of Egypt,but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 11:11&lt;br /&gt;they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,and like doves from the land of Assyria,and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 12:6&lt;br /&gt;"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice,and wait continually for your God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 14:1&lt;br /&gt;[ A Plea to Return to the LORD ] Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 14:2&lt;br /&gt;Take with you wordsand return to the LORD;say to him,"Take away all iniquity;accept what is good,and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 14:7&lt;br /&gt;They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow;they shall flourish like the grain;they shall blossom like the vine;their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:12&lt;br /&gt;[ Return to the LORD ] "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:13&lt;br /&gt;and rend your hearts and not your garments."Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful,slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 3:4&lt;br /&gt;"What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 3:7&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will returnyour payment on your own head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:6&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel Has Not Returned to the LORD ] "I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:8&lt;br /&gt;so two or three cities would wander to another cityto drink water, and would not be satisfied; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:9&lt;br /&gt;"I struck you with blight and mildew;your many gardens and your vineyards,your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:10&lt;br /&gt;"I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt;I killed your young men with the sword,and carried away your horses, and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:11&lt;br /&gt;"I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obadiah 1:15&lt;br /&gt;[ The Day of the LORD Is Near ] For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you;your deeds shall return on your own head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 1:7&lt;br /&gt;All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire,and all her idols I will lay waste,for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 5:3&lt;br /&gt;Therefore he shall give them up until the timewhen she who is in labor has given birth;then the rest of his brothers shall returnto the people of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zephaniah 2:10&lt;br /&gt;This shall be their lot in return for their pride,because they taunted and boastedagainst the people of the LORD of hosts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:1&lt;br /&gt;[ A Call to Return to the LORD ] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:3&lt;br /&gt;Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:4&lt;br /&gt;Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.' But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:16&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, thus says the LORD, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the LORD of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 8:3&lt;br /&gt;Thus says the LORD: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 9:12&lt;br /&gt;Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;today I declare that I will restore to you double.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 10:9&lt;br /&gt;Though I scattered them among the nations,yet in far countries they shall remember me,and with their children they shall live and return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 3:7&lt;br /&gt;From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?'&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:25&lt;br /&gt;For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-4184472432631292519?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/4184472432631292519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=4184472432631292519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/4184472432631292519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/4184472432631292519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/return.html' title='Return'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-6984641834005625057</id><published>2011-05-20T14:29:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T14:29:37.617+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Hiss</title><content type='html'>HISS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 9:8&lt;br /&gt;And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 29:8&lt;br /&gt;Therefore the wrath of the LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 27:23&lt;br /&gt;It claps its hands at himand hisses at him from its place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 18:16&lt;br /&gt;making their land a horror,a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrifiedand shakes his head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 19:8&lt;br /&gt;And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 25:9&lt;br /&gt;behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 25:18&lt;br /&gt;Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 29:18&lt;br /&gt;I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 49:17&lt;br /&gt;"Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 50:13&lt;br /&gt;Because of the wrath of the LORD she shall not be inhabitedbut shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,and hiss because of all her wounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 51:37&lt;br /&gt;and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing,without inhabitant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 2:15&lt;br /&gt;All who pass along the wayclap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their headsat the daughter of Jerusalem:"Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty,the joy of all the earth?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 2:16&lt;br /&gt;All your enemiesrail against you;they hiss, they gnash their teeth,they cry: "We have swallowed her!Ah, this is the day we longed for;now we have it; we see it!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 27:36&lt;br /&gt;The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful endand shall be no more forever.'"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 6:16&lt;br /&gt;For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab;and you have walked in their counsels,that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing;so you shall bear the scorn of my people."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-6984641834005625057?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/6984641834005625057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=6984641834005625057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/6984641834005625057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/6984641834005625057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/hiss.html' title='Hiss'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-2304330130193032769</id><published>2011-05-20T13:45:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T13:45:28.307+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Full End</title><content type='html'>Numbers 14:35&lt;br /&gt;I, the LORD, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:23&lt;br /&gt;For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 4:27&lt;br /&gt;For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 5:10&lt;br /&gt;"Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end;strip away her branches,for they are not the LORD’s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 5:18&lt;br /&gt;"But even in those days, declares the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 30:11&lt;br /&gt;For I am with you to save you,declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you,but of you I will not make a full end.I will discipline you in just measure,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 46:28&lt;br /&gt;Fear not, O Jacob my servant,declares the LORD,for I am with you.I will make a full end of all the nationsto which I have driven you,but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure,and I will by no means leave you unpunished."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 11:13&lt;br /&gt;And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 13:13&lt;br /&gt;Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath, and there shall be a deluge of rain in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to make a full end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 20:13&lt;br /&gt;But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned."Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 20:17&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-2304330130193032769?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/2304330130193032769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=2304330130193032769' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/2304330130193032769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/2304330130193032769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/full-end.html' title='Full End'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-5409864766169273901</id><published>2011-05-20T13:18:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T13:18:49.504+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Creator</title><content type='html'>Creator and Sustainer: &lt;br /&gt;God created the heavens and the earth.  &lt;br /&gt;It’s not a little thing.  Probably one of the main things about him being God.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 4:32&lt;br /&gt;[ The LORD Alone Is God ] "For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that Godcreated man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 32:6&lt;br /&gt;Do you thus repay the LORD,you foolish and senseless people?Is not he your father, who created you,who made you and established you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:47&lt;br /&gt;Remember how short my time is!For what vanity you have created all the children of man!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:18&lt;br /&gt;Let this be recorded for a generation to come,so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:30&lt;br /&gt;When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,and you renew the face of the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 148:5&lt;br /&gt;Let them praise the name of the LORD!For he commanded and they were created.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:26&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your eyes on high and see:who created these? He who brings out their host by number,calling them all by name,by the greatness of his might,and because he is strong in powernot one is missing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 41:20&lt;br /&gt;that they may see and know,may consider and understand together,that the hand of the LORD has done this,the Holy One of Israel has created it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:5&lt;br /&gt;Thus says God, the LORD,who created the heavens and stretched them out,who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on itand spirit to those who walk in it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel’s Only Savior ] But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob,he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:7&lt;br /&gt;everyone who is called by my name,whom I created for my glory,whom I formed and made."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:8&lt;br /&gt;"Shower, O heavens, from above,and let the clouds rain down righteousness;let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;let the earth cause them both to sprout;I the LORD have created it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:12&lt;br /&gt;I made the earthand created man on it;it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,and I commanded all their host.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:18&lt;br /&gt;For thus says the LORD,who created the heavens(he is God!),who formed the earth and made it(he established it;he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!):"I am the LORD, and there is no other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:22&lt;br /&gt;How long will you waver, O faithless daughter?For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth:a woman encircles a man."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 28:15&lt;br /&gt;You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created,till unrighteousness was found in you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 2:10&lt;br /&gt;[ Judah Profaned the Covenant ] Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 19:4&lt;br /&gt;He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 13:19&lt;br /&gt;For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 11:9&lt;br /&gt;Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:10&lt;br /&gt;For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:9&lt;br /&gt;and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:24&lt;br /&gt;and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:16&lt;br /&gt;For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:3&lt;br /&gt;who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:4&lt;br /&gt;For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 1:2&lt;br /&gt;but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also hecreated the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:3&lt;br /&gt;By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 4:11&lt;br /&gt;"Worthy are you, our Lord and God,to receive glory and honor and power,for you created all things,and by your will they existed and were created."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 10:6&lt;br /&gt;and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-5409864766169273901?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/5409864766169273901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=5409864766169273901' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/5409864766169273901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/5409864766169273901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/creator.html' title='Creator'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-4861723679805551118</id><published>2011-05-20T13:18:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T13:18:16.045+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Created</title><content type='html'>Topics: Created &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:1&lt;br /&gt;[ The Creation of the World ] In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:21&lt;br /&gt;So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:27&lt;br /&gt;So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 2:4&lt;br /&gt;[ The Creation of Man and Woman ] These are the generationsof the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 5:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Adam’s Descendants to Noah ] This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 5:2&lt;br /&gt;Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 6:7&lt;br /&gt;So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 34:10&lt;br /&gt;[ The Covenant Renewed ] And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 4:32&lt;br /&gt;[ The LORD Alone Is God ] "For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God createdman on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 32:6&lt;br /&gt;Do you thus repay the LORD,you foolish and senseless people?Is not he your father, who created you,who made you and established you?&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:12&lt;br /&gt;The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:47&lt;br /&gt;Remember how short my time is!For what vanity you have created all the children of man!&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:18&lt;br /&gt;Let this be recorded for a generation to come,so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:30&lt;br /&gt;When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,and you renew the face of the ground.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 148:5&lt;br /&gt;Let them praise the name of the LORD!For he commanded and they were created.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:26&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your eyes on high and see:who created these? He who brings out their host by number,calling them all by name,by the greatness of his might,and because he is strong in powernot one is missing.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 41:20&lt;br /&gt;that they may see and know,may consider and understand together,that the hand of the LORD has done this,the Holy One of Israel has created it.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:5&lt;br /&gt;Thus says God, the LORD,who created the heavens and stretched them out,who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on itand spirit to those who walk in it:&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel’s Only Savior ] But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob,he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:7&lt;br /&gt;everyone who is called by my name,whom I created for my glory,whom I formed and made."&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:8&lt;br /&gt;"Shower, O heavens, from above,and let the clouds rain down righteousness;let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;let the earth cause them both to sprout;I the LORD have created it.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:12&lt;br /&gt;I made the earthand created man on it;it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,and I commanded all their host.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:18&lt;br /&gt;For thus says the LORD,who created the heavens(he is God!),who formed the earth and made it(he established it;he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!):"I am the LORD, and there is no other.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 48:7&lt;br /&gt;They are created now, not long ago;before today you have never heard of them,lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 54:16&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I have created the smithwho blows the fire of coalsand produces a weapon for its purpose.I have also createdthe ravager to destroy;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:22&lt;br /&gt;How long will you waver, O faithless daughter?For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth:a woman encircles a man."&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 21:30&lt;br /&gt;Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 28:13&lt;br /&gt;You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond,beryl, onyx, and jasper,sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle;and crafted in gold were your settingsand your engravings. On the day that you were createdthey were prepared.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 28:15&lt;br /&gt;You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created,till unrighteousness was found in you.&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 2:10&lt;br /&gt;[ Judah Profaned the Covenant ] Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 19:4&lt;br /&gt;He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,&lt;br /&gt;Mark 13:19&lt;br /&gt;For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 11:9&lt;br /&gt;Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:10&lt;br /&gt;For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:9&lt;br /&gt;and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things,&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:24&lt;br /&gt;and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:16&lt;br /&gt;For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:3&lt;br /&gt;who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:4&lt;br /&gt;For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 1:2&lt;br /&gt;but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also hecreated the world.&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:3&lt;br /&gt;By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 4:11&lt;br /&gt;"Worthy are you, our Lord and God,to receive glory and honor and power,for you created all things,and by your will they existed and were created."&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 10:6&lt;br /&gt;and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6750852899722971523-4861723679805551118?l=brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/4861723679805551118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6750852899722971523&amp;postID=4861723679805551118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/4861723679805551118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6750852899722971523/posts/default/4861723679805551118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brettstopicalindex.blogspot.com/2011/05/created.html' title='Created'/><author><name>B.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17664390031562745045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5n2PsX7JG-w/SCtT3U4hzOI/AAAAAAAAAhU/f2AQr3k3cFE/S220/DSC00056.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750852899722971523.post-8999896089122347274</id><published>2011-05-20T11:56:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T12:00:54.273+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;CHARSET=ISO-8859-1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Topic Name&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Notes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Action&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Action Principle:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Word&lt;br /&gt;Promise&lt;br /&gt;Gospel&lt;br /&gt;Belief&lt;br /&gt;(thoughts)&lt;br /&gt;Action&lt;br /&gt;Reward&lt;br /&gt;Obedience&lt;br /&gt;(actions)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:9-12- God s good on his promise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:19-35 KEY v. 35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(so do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:6- without faith it is impossible to please him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 1:13-15- Every sin happens twice:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the head&lt;br /&gt;in the behavior&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 1:13-15- Love with actions and truth&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Apostles &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Apostles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apostolic Tradition:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;established by the apostles in all the primitive churches&lt;br /&gt;life bound rather than culture bound&lt;br /&gt;they contain a spiritual subtext&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Corinthians 4:16-17 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 11:2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings, just as I passed them on to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1Corinthians 11:16If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice nor do the churches of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:33-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 3:17- Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 4:9- Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:15- So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:6-9- 6In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. 7For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, 8nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 9We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Bed and Sleep&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Bed and Sleep&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 3:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 4:4, 8&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 6:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 13:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 16:7&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 17:3, 15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 30:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 36:4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 41:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 63:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 77:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:55, 148&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 127:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 132:3-5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 139:3, 18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 149:5&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 57:1-2&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Bipolar Reversal &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;I started trying to figure out the Bible and all of God's mysteries only to begin to discover the element of mystery that I don't have the capacity to know/understand.  Even trying to put God into words, explanations some have called this putting God in a box, is audacious.  But God has man's audacity covered, we discover. &lt;br /&gt; You want to be the greatest?  Well, do something different than everyone else who is trying to get ahead in the world and start serving other people.  Does this even work?  So few people have modeled servant leadership in this life, we must believe that it works mostly by faith.&lt;br /&gt; God has chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith. James&lt;br /&gt;What is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God  Luke 16:15&lt;br /&gt;God and man can look at the same thing one of them sees foolishness and the other sees wisdom.  One sees weakness, the other sees strength.  (see 1 Corinthians 1)&lt;br /&gt;Remember the passage (Romans 4:21) that defines the perfect definition of faith?  Just before this, we read,  Romans 4:17- in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is this God we are believing in?  He is a God who breathes life into dead things and creates new existence out of nothing! &lt;br /&gt;Do we believe that God answers prayers?  Do we believe that He only does things in ways that make sense to us?  Or are we open to the option that maybe his ways are just plain hard to get? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of calling them trials, do we know how to experience pure joy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have we looked the other way from weakness while secretly admiring strength?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why are funerals of those who die in the Lord not more of a celebration?  Are they not transitioning into a better life?  Why do we not mourn instead for the people who being alive, are walking dead? &lt;br /&gt; Our identity in Christ begins by entering into death so that we may walk in a new life.  No one ever chose to be born until now.  (We should have mercy on Nicodemus for not tracking with Jesus he didn't grow up in a world where the phrase "born again" has etymologized into a life of its own, like we have.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God, please teach us to see things as you do.  This is very difficult for us we have read the Bible for years and we see that we should see things differently, but we're still stuck in this world and sometimes we are blinded by what we believe are firm and steady rules.  We know that you OVER-rule all these so-called natural laws, for you are SUPER-natural.  We ask that you draw us into your wisdom, which may look pretty stupid to those who don't understand your way they may call us fools. We will need strength in that hour to be humble enough not to let our pride try to defend itself.   People may kick us when we kneel down to serve them.  They may actually strike the OTHER cheek after we have turned it; in that hour give us the faith it will take to actually believe that turning the other cheek is really the right thing to do.  May we never say that we see, lest we become blind.  May your light shine in the darkness and bring life into these dead places in our heart. &lt;br /&gt; So many times we do what is right in our own eyes, and we don't have the discernment to know that it may be an abomination to you, our Holy Lord.  May we awake from our sleep and let Christ shine on us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a lot of name calling in the book of Hosea.  What can you expect if your mother is a whore?  "Your mama" jokes would be really hard to take if your mother was actually a prostitute.  Of course, if your own name was "Not My People" or "No Mercy," then you probably don't have enough time for mama-jokes between the fights from being picked on from your own name.  I can hear them now, "No-Mercy!, N0-Mercy!, Na-na, nee-No-Mercy!"  And that boy named Sue thought he had problems!&lt;br /&gt;It's bad enough that Hosea had to marry the prostitute to begin with and then have all the fighting on the playground because of the boys' names.  But it served to make a monumental object lesson.  That God shows mercy to the kid whose name is No Mercy.  The kid whose name is "Not My People" will be saved from the shame of his name by being embraced by God as one of his people.  &lt;br /&gt;There is hope for us yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further testimony of our hope:   This Hosea passage is quoted in Romans 9:25.  When we consider the context, we see that God's people have been tested with jealousy over being God's prized possessions in order to draw them back into relationship with God.  But there is a bonus that everyone else in the world now has the chance to receive him, believe him, and become children of God (John 1).  It's all for God's glory since everyone has become "Not God's Children" that God having any children at all is completely an act of his mercy (Romans 11:32).&lt;br /&gt; (title attributed to John York, by way of Steve Kinney)&lt;br /&gt;The idea that many things in discipleship and theology-- the teaching of Christ are completely flipped around than the world thinks they should be. That's why it's a faith perspective. Some are enable voluntarily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 15:2- reciprocal seeking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 12:8- world values differ from God's values&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 29- Give and recieve: beg and end of Psalm&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 30:11- Reversals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 29:14- world's wisdom will vanish&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:18- mutual waiting cf 29:1&amp;amp;11, Psalm 18:25-26&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:29&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 52:15 (same as 1 Corinthians 2)&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 65:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 8:9&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 1:9 etal-- name changes. see Isaiah 62:2-4 "new name" suite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 10:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 11:25-30- cf 1 Corinthians 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 11:30- easy/light yoke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 16:24-28- deny self &amp;amp; follow me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 23:11- greatest::servant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 7:37- blind see &amp;amp; deaf(mute) talks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 8:34ff- save/lose, lose/save. reciprocated shame&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:29-31- reciprocated sacrifices for the Lord's kingdom. Kingdom payback plan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:20-26- Blessings and woes are like the world expects&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 9:23-27- save/lose, rose/save. Plus reciprocated confession. See also Luke 12:8-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 10:21- hidden wisdom revealed to God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 11:39-41- outside/in inside/out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:8 (confession)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 13:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 14:7ff- humility is voluntary BPR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 15- value of sinner is big time BPR. Attributed value to the lost and rejected of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 16:15- we compete for appearances, God knows hearts. The world's highly admired is revolting to God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 17:33- No cross, no discipleship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:9-14 &amp;amp; 14:7-14- exalting::humbling (self imposed bpr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:17- kingdom is of children&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:22-30- Bipolar payback-- redefining "loser" and "poor" (see also "money")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 9:39- reversal of seeing. enacting the BPR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 12:24-26- Love/Lose. Hate/Keep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 3:26- God's job is transforming&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 17:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans and Hebrews- calling "my people" who were "not my people" ; Loving "unloved"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8:17- See also Luke 17:33, Mark 8:34-38, Luke 14:26-27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 10:20- Revelation of God, Mission&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:18-23- becoming foolish, a self imposed bipolar reversal. See also Luke 14:7-14&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 7:30-31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 3&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 4 esp 7-18 [ song: I'm Trading My Sorrows ]&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 12:9- weak/strong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:11-22: Love= Unity (Colossians 3:14-- the ministry of reconciliation)&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:28- replacement redemption&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:4-7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 reciprocal glorifying&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 1:9-11- voluntary BPR&lt;br /&gt;James 2:13- Mercy triumphs over judgment&lt;br /&gt;James 4:6-12- humble&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;************&lt;br /&gt;Not against flesh and blood&lt;br /&gt;LOVE AND CHOICE-- the reductions of the greatest wormhole, BR, of all time.  When love whens when it exists together only a choice of love can make this harmony occur A full out no strings attached all out-- there is nothing else.  Love. &lt;br /&gt;the eternal is now&lt;br /&gt;the cross is the meeting point between the will of evil men and the perfect will of God.  only for completely different reasons.  Man s reasons were that he was not looking for the type of king that God had offered.  instead of embracing him as sent from God, we rejected him because he pointed out our faults and held us to higher moral standards than the laws we were already keeping-- and thought they made us pleasing to God.  We had a different objective in mind for God s messiah:  we wanted increased wealth... he told us to sell what we have and give to the poor.  We wanted help in defeating our enemies, he told us to love our enemies. &lt;br /&gt;God allows the enemy to  perfect  faith by testing it.  (the secret of Job) &lt;br /&gt;Last-First, First-Last Matthew 19:30, 20:16&lt;br /&gt;Greatest Will serve John 13,1 Kings 12:7, Matthew 20:27, Luke 8:48&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:25- He blots out our sins for his own sake&lt;br /&gt;One for many: Isaiah 53.  Hate is so out of control it cannot be redeemed-- so God desires to recycle the good parts-- People.  Jesus on the cross did not PAY for anything-- it wrecks the whole system that the world (nations, leadership) relies upon and considers wise (1 Corinthians 1,2). Secured the downfall of the system.  But the system remains so that redemption, recycling, restoration might glorify God.   Will you take all the pieces that were pure and true and breathe new life into them, and set them free? --(Rich Mullins)&lt;br /&gt;Far and near Isaiah 55:8-11 and Exodus (Deuteronomy) the word is very near you.  John 1:14, Deuteronomy 6.&lt;br /&gt;Christ-Connection-- Pivot point between heaven and earth Matthew 10:32&lt;br /&gt;Exalt/Humble- Matthew 23:11-12&lt;br /&gt;all mystery: like Mark 8:11- they sought signs a  natural  antithesis of Bipolar Reversal is the exalting/humbling and wanting/desiring signs.  You ll only want more but it s not going to help what you would think it would (faith)&lt;br /&gt;With God all things are possible  and it makes a lot of sense that this God would have spiritual principles that opposed the wisdom of this age-- the PHYSICAL LIFE itself-- that the things that make the most sense to us will have to be polar opposites of the way we want them to be.  The turning the other cheek thing, and all behaviors, Loving your enemies. &lt;br /&gt;James: God has chosen those who are poor in the eyes to be rich in faith (could it be that wealth and faith are conversely proportionate?)&lt;br /&gt;Qualifies the called instead of calling the qualified&lt;br /&gt;If you think you are standing take heed lest you fall&lt;br /&gt;the dead shall rise&lt;br /&gt;you ll get what you want if you ask God for what he wants (14-17 John)&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:23 NO SECRETS- the secrets will be revealed and some open things will be hidden (by love)&lt;br /&gt;Life:  Take up your cross Gain the world, lose the soul, meek shall inherit the earth&lt;br /&gt;By emptying all, we feel fulfilled.  By holding onto everything makes us feel empty.  Luke 6&lt;br /&gt;John 11- Faith our way leaves Lazarus dead and us believing in what Jesus could have done.  Faith Christ s way makes dead people live. &lt;br /&gt;Paradox of freedom and service: John 13, 1 Kings 12, Romans 6, 1 Corinthians 9:9. &lt;br /&gt;Paradox of life and death Romans 14:8&lt;br /&gt;Given new sight 2 Corinthians 5-- seeing people like we see Christ, Matthew 25 seeing poor and helpless like they were Christ.   he who has eyes, let him see -- the blind leading the blind. &lt;br /&gt;Man can share the qualities of God (love, faithfulness, forgiveness) but that is the original lie Satan gave to man to lead him to the fall... that he could be like God. &lt;br /&gt;is that ain t&lt;br /&gt;CHOICE!  is a fundamental BP. Maybe that explains the sticky questions involved with it.   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;City of God &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;City of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 46:4- There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the Holy Place where the Most High dwells&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 48:1- Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise in the city of our God, his Holy Mountain. v 8- as we have heard so have we seen in the city of the Lord Almighty in the city of our God, God makes her secure forever&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 87 (87:3, 101:8, Revelation 3:12)&lt;br /&gt;Glorious things are said of you, O city of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 101:7-8- No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house&lt;br /&gt;no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence&lt;br /&gt;Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land&lt;br /&gt;I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Comfort&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Comfort&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also: Suffering (which is heavily themed in Hebrews)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also: Reciprocation/Bipolar Reversal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also: Humble/poor/ Afflicted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Flow of God's Comfort:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 1: Be Like God Christ connects with us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We connect with Christ through Comfort&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:35-38 Love your enemies (like God)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be merciful (like God); give (like God)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 16:2-3- killing as a favor from God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE KEY: + = relationship to Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;0- = relationship to others&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 2-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 4:10-15-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ we carry the death of Jesus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O- grace reaches more, causes thanksgiving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 11:16ff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O- my suffering for your glory&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ it is granted that you suffer for Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:10 + I want to know Christ and the power&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:24-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:13- Bear with each others grievances forgive as God forgives&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 2:10- ++ Christ perfect through suffering&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;++ v.18- suffered while tempted; can help sufferers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;++ 4:14-16- tempted as we are, without sin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;** 0, + 10:32-34 (YES!) Read it ALL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;o- 13:3- Remember prisoners as if you were and those mistreated as if you were&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;0- 2 Thessalonians 1:4- we boast of your trials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 3:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ - 1 Peter 2:19-21- suffer due to conscious of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4:12-19- suffered is done with sin, v13- _____, v. 19- commit to faithful, continue to do good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrew Words Translated comfort&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5162. nacham, naw kham'; a prim. root; prop. to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by impl. to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console, or (reflex.) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):  comfort (self), ease [one's self], repent ( er,  ing, self).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gen 5:29 (KJV) And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gen 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Sam 10:2 Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psa 119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5582. ca'ad, saw ad'; a prim. root; to support (mostly fig.):  comfort, establish, hold up, refresh self, strengthen, be upholden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gen 18:5 (KJV) And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gen 18:5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way  now that you have come to your servant." "Very well," they answered, "do as you say."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5165. nechamah, nekh aw maw'; from H5162; consolation:  comfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 6:10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1082. balag, baw lag'; a prim. root; to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction):  comfort, (recover) strength( en).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7502. raphad, raw fad'; a prim. root; to spread (a bed); by impl. to refresh:  comfort, make [a bed], spread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Song 2:5 (KJV) Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4010. mabliygiyth, mab leeg eeth'; from H1082; desistance (or rather desolation):  comfort self.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jer 8:18 (KJV) When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greek Words Translated comfort&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2293. tharseo, thar seh' o; from G2294; to have courage:  be of good cheer (comfort). Comp. G2292.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2292. tharrheo, thar hreh' o; another form for G2293; to exercise courage:  be bold, X boldly, have confidence, be confident. Comp. G5111.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5111. tolmao, tol mah' o; from tolma (boldness; prob. itself from the base of G5056 through the idea of extreme conduct); to venture (obj. or in act; while G2292 is rather subj. or in feeling); by impl. to be courageous:  be bold, boldly, dare, durst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mat 9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mat 9:22 (NIV) Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:49 (KJV) And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:49 (NIV) Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3888. paramutheomai, par am oo theh' om ahee; from G3844 and the mid. of a der. of G3454; to relate near, i.e. (by impl.) encourage, console:  comfort. John 11:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 11:19 (KJV) And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3874. paraklesis, par ak' lay sis; from G3870; imploration, hortation, solace:  comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 9:31 (KJV) Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3870. parakaleo, par ak al eh' o; from G3844 and G2564; to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation):  beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort ( ation), intreat, pray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eph 6:22 (KJV) Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 3:2 (KJV) And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 4:18 (KJV) Wherefore comfort one another with these words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 5:11 (KJV) Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 5:14 (KJV) Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2174. eupsucheo, yoo psoo kheh' o; from a comp. of G2095 and G5590; to be in good spirits, i.e. feel encouraged:  be of good comfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 2:19 (KJV) But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3931. paregoria, pay ay gor ee' ah; from a comp. of G3844 and a der. of G58 (mean. to harangue an assembly); an address alongside, i.e. (spec.) consolation:  comfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Col 4:11 (KJV) And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Confidence &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Confidence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Confidence&lt;br /&gt;(most are in ESV, Psalms in HCSB)&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 33:14-16- Presence of God see also Deuteronomy 30:14 (Exodus 17:7) Also Deuteronomy 7:21- for the Lord your God, a great and awesome God, is among you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 30:14&lt;br /&gt;Has been burning holes in my head the past few days  in a good way. The intimacy God allows! And incites, what love he has given us so that we can be called children of God! 1 John 3:1.&lt;br /&gt;CONFIDENCE word search Hebrews&lt;br /&gt;And see where Paul gets his confidence in 2 Corinthians&lt;br /&gt;THAT Jesus with us &amp;amp; the Spirit He send, and our very present father is why this whole life is a shot at something good . YOU CAN DO IT!&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:8-10 + Romans 10; John 1:14, Jeremiah 31:31 Emmanuel. Phillipians 4:13, see Leviticus 10:3- to those who are near me I will be sanctified before all people I will be glorified. Isaiah 46:12-13, Romans 10:8- the word of faith   (September 2, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See Deuteronomy 6:6; Exodus 33:14-16; Acts 17:27; Psalm 75:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joshua 1:6-9 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the lawthat Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 8This 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. 9Have 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."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 27:3 - Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:3-4: For You are my rock and my fortress; You lead and guide me because of Your name. You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for You are my refuge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:5- Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:34 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:12- For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 57:7- My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident. I will sing; I will sing praises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:1-2- I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will never be shaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:5-8- Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken. My salvation and glory depend on God;&lt;br /&gt;my strong rock, my refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:5- For You are my hope, Lord GOD , my confidence from my youth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:16- I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord GOD ; I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:7- so that they might put their confidence in God and not forget God's works, but keep His commandments&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 80:18 18- Confidence comes from the Lord who gives us life. And strength, the very ability for us to turn to him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 85:2- You took away Your people's guilt; You covered all their sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 108:1- My heart is confident, God; I will sing; I will sing praises with the whole of my being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 112:7-8- He will not fear bad news; his heart is confident, trusting in the LORD. 8 His heart is assured; he will not fear. In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 15:26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 23:10- and the Lord worked a great victory&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 27:6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:15 - For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,"In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength." But you were unwilling,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 32:17- And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 1:5  Trust God's Word: you can fool yourself, but God's word will always be reliable.&lt;br /&gt;Let your trust in Him and His word drive you to confidence and obedient faith (see v 12). Why confidence? because God is much more reliable than you are, anybody you know, or anything on this earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 12:6- For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:7- Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 18:31- Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 10:20 confidence comes through the Spirit-talk through you. Today, we should take a chance and preach the kingdom at hand.&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 28:20- And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."&lt;br /&gt;John 6:69- v. 69- Believed + come to know;  knowledge  or confidence in Christ sometimes comes after the choice to believe.&lt;br /&gt;John 16:33- 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."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 4:29, 31- And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, 30while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus." 31And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 23:1- And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 27:25- So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 2:15- They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them&lt;br /&gt;Romans 9:1- I am speaking the truth in Christ I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 8:8- Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.&lt;br /&gt;Phillippians 1:28- Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. 29For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, 30engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 1:15ff- Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace. 16I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. 17Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time? 18As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. 19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes. 20For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 21And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 2:3- And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 3:4-6- Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 4:1- Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 5:6-8- So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 7:4- I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 7:16- I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 8:13-16   The flow of Brotherly confidence&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 10:2- I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 10:7- Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ s, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ s, so also are we.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:11-13- according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. 13So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:12- ... and through faith ... we may approach God with freedom and confidence.  Hebrews 4:16: Confidence; Freedom Galatians 5:1&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:6	he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ (cf 10 Day of Christ). The gospel is an ongoing work.&lt;br /&gt;Confidence in God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit to complete the work of God in YOU.&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.&lt;br /&gt;18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.&lt;br /&gt;I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 3:3- give NO confidence in the flesh&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 4:4-8	Confidence&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:4- gather up your confidences.;  Obey the higher callings, not just your boss-man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:3- I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PROMISES from God from Hebrews 2.14- Confidence; no fear of dying&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 3:6- but Christ is faithful over God s house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.&lt;br /&gt;(Christ's faithfulness)  cf 10:21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 3:14  faithful in evidence with original confidence&lt;br /&gt;Companions  "Rest" = Psalm 95:8-11&lt;br /&gt;ORIGINAL confidence: Our confidence of hope is based on PROMISE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 4:16- Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.&lt;br /&gt;Confidence: 4:16: to boldly approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and help through grace; 10:19: to enter the most holy place; 10:35: Should not be disposed of!! It is redeemable!; 13:6: we say that the Lord is our helper! See Psalm 27 and Psalm suite.  1 John 2:18, 3:21.  Has the flavor of Romans 11:32.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:9- Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things things that belong to salvation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 7:19-(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:9- (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper.  &lt;br /&gt;Picture this Romans 12:1-2;  conscience and confidence: Psalm 16:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:14- how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:2- Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:19-25- 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24And 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.&lt;br /&gt;10:19- Confidence (still we can never get enough of this in our humility)&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:25	"not forsaking"= the outcome without the reason, see 19-25! We get together because we are saved, not to be saved! For support, love, encouragement, to share, hope, confidence, and faith cf. 12:28 worship   1A- stir up good works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:35-36- Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:16	He has prepared a city for them;  this is my confidence: Feb 17, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 13:5-6- Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 13:18- Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.&lt;br /&gt;James 1:2- our hearts do not condemn us and we have confidence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:19- For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:18&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:28- And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:1&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:18-22- Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.&lt;br /&gt;19By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.&lt;br /&gt;1 John 4:17- By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.&lt;br /&gt;1 John 5:14-15-And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.&lt;br /&gt;Prayer guide  This is our confidence: Hebrews 4:16  John 17:3; Matthew 6:15; Mark 11:24; Hebrews 4:16 ; (1 John ) 3:22; Jude 20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jude 20-21- But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 44:8 (see boasting suite)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Conscience &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;CONSCIENCE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister,' and didn't she also say, 'He is my brother'? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands." Genesis 20:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. Genesis 20:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afterward, David was conscience stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 1 Samuel 24:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my master will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD has brought my master success, remember your servant." 1 Samuel 25:31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David was conscience stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing." 2 Samuel 24:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. Job 27:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, "My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day." Acts 23:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man. Acts 24:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I speak the truth in Christ I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit Romans 9:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. Romans 13:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. 1 Corinthians 4:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 1 Corinthians 8:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols? 1 Corinthians 8:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 1 Corinthians 8:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 1 Corinthians 10:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. 1 Corinthians 10:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But if anyone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake 1 Corinthians 10:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience? 1 Corinthians 10:29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God's grace. 2 Corinthians 1:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Corinthians 4:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 2 Corinthians 5:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith. 1 Timothy 1:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience. 1 Timothy 3:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 2 Timothy 1:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. Hebrews 9:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. Hebrews 13:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 1 Peter 3:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 3:21&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Covenant &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;See HTML Document for chart content:&lt;br /&gt;WORD     PROMISE     GOSPEL     BELIEF&lt;br /&gt;                                                       (thoughts)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ACTION   REWARD                      OBEDIENCE&lt;br /&gt;                                                         (actions)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:9-12- God s good on his promise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:19-35 KEY v. 35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(so do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:6- without faith it is impossible to please him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 1:13-15- Every sin happens twice:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the head&lt;br /&gt;in the behavior&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 1:13-15- Love with actions and truth &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Created&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Topics: Created&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:1&lt;br /&gt;[ The Creation of the World ] In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:21&lt;br /&gt;So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:27&lt;br /&gt;So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 2:4&lt;br /&gt;[ The Creation of Man and Woman ] These are the generationsof the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 5:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Adam s Descendants to Noah ] This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 5:2&lt;br /&gt;Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 6:7&lt;br /&gt;So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 34:10&lt;br /&gt;[ The Covenant Renewed ] And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 4:32&lt;br /&gt;[ The LORD Alone Is God ] "For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God createdman on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 32:6&lt;br /&gt;Do you thus repay the LORD,you foolish and senseless people?Is not he your father, who created you,who made you and established you?&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:12&lt;br /&gt;The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:47&lt;br /&gt;Remember how short my time is!For what vanity you have created all the children of man!&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:18&lt;br /&gt;Let this be recorded for a generation to come,so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:30&lt;br /&gt;When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,and you renew the face of the ground.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 148:5&lt;br /&gt;Let them praise the name of the LORD!For he commanded and they were created.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:26&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your eyes on high and see:who created these? He who brings out their host by number,calling them all by name,by the greatness of his might,and because he is strong in powernot one is missing.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 41:20&lt;br /&gt;that they may see and know,may consider and understand together,that the hand of the LORD has done this,the Holy One of Israel has created it.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:5&lt;br /&gt;Thus says God, the LORD,who created the heavens and stretched them out,who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on itand spirit to those who walk in it:&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel s Only Savior ] But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob,he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:7&lt;br /&gt;everyone who is called by my name,whom I created for my glory,whom I formed and made."&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:8&lt;br /&gt;"Shower, O heavens, from above,and let the clouds rain down righteousness;let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;let the earth cause them both to sprout;I the LORD have created it.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:12&lt;br /&gt;I made the earthand created man on it;it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,and I commanded all their host.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:18&lt;br /&gt;For thus says the LORD,who created the heavens(he is God!),who formed the earth and made it(he established it;he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!):"I am the LORD, and there is no other.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 48:7&lt;br /&gt;They are created now, not long ago;before today you have never heard of them,lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 54:16&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I have created the smithwho blows the fire of coalsand produces a weapon for its purpose.I have also createdthe ravager to destroy;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:22&lt;br /&gt;How long will you waver, O faithless daughter?For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth:a woman encircles a man."&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 21:30&lt;br /&gt;Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 28:13&lt;br /&gt;You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond,beryl, onyx, and jasper,sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle;and crafted in gold were your settingsand your engravings. On the day that you were createdthey were prepared.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 28:15&lt;br /&gt;You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created,till unrighteousness was found in you.&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 2:10&lt;br /&gt;[ Judah Profaned the Covenant ] Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 19:4&lt;br /&gt;He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,&lt;br /&gt;Mark 13:19&lt;br /&gt;For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 11:9&lt;br /&gt;Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:10&lt;br /&gt;For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:9&lt;br /&gt;and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things,&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:24&lt;br /&gt;and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:16&lt;br /&gt;For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him.&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:3&lt;br /&gt;who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:4&lt;br /&gt;For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 1:2&lt;br /&gt;but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also hecreated the world.&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:3&lt;br /&gt;By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 4:11&lt;br /&gt;"Worthy are you, our Lord and God,to receive glory and honor and power,for you created all things,and by your will they existed and were created."&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 10:6&lt;br /&gt;and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Creator&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Creator and Sustainer:&lt;br /&gt;God created the heavens and the earth. &lt;br /&gt;It s not a little thing.  Probably one of the main things about him being God. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 4:32&lt;br /&gt;[ The LORD Alone Is God ] "For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that Godcreated man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 32:6&lt;br /&gt;Do you thus repay the LORD,you foolish and senseless people?Is not he your father, who created you,who made you and established you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:47&lt;br /&gt;Remember how short my time is!For what vanity you have created all the children of man!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:18&lt;br /&gt;Let this be recorded for a generation to come,so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:30&lt;br /&gt;When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,and you renew the face of the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 148:5&lt;br /&gt;Let them praise the name of the LORD!For he commanded and they were created.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:26&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your eyes on high and see:who created these? He who brings out their host by number,calling them all by name,by the greatness of his might,and because he is strong in powernot one is missing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 41:20&lt;br /&gt;that they may see and know,may consider and understand together,that the hand of the LORD has done this,the Holy One of Israel has created it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:5&lt;br /&gt;Thus says God, the LORD,who created the heavens and stretched them out,who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on itand spirit to those who walk in it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel s Only Savior ] But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob,he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:7&lt;br /&gt;everyone who is called by my name,whom I created for my glory,whom I formed and made."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:8&lt;br /&gt;"Shower, O heavens, from above,and let the clouds rain down righteousness;let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;let the earth cause them both to sprout;I the LORD have created it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:12&lt;br /&gt;I made the earthand created man on it;it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,and I commanded all their host.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:18&lt;br /&gt;For thus says the LORD,who created the heavens(he is God!),who formed the earth and made it(he established it;he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!):"I am the LORD, and there is no other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:22&lt;br /&gt;How long will you waver, O faithless daughter?For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth:a woman encircles a man."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 28:15&lt;br /&gt;You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created,till unrighteousness was found in you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 2:10&lt;br /&gt;[ Judah Profaned the Covenant ] Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 19:4&lt;br /&gt;He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 13:19&lt;br /&gt;For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 11:9&lt;br /&gt;Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:10&lt;br /&gt;For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:9&lt;br /&gt;and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:24&lt;br /&gt;and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:16&lt;br /&gt;For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:3&lt;br /&gt;who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:4&lt;br /&gt;For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 1:2&lt;br /&gt;but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also hecreated the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:3&lt;br /&gt;By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 4:11&lt;br /&gt;"Worthy are you, our Lord and God,to receive glory and honor and power,for you created all things,and by your will they existed and were created."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 10:6&lt;br /&gt;and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Cycle&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;See HTML file for jpg&lt;br /&gt;Cycle of Faith&lt;br /&gt;The Story we find ourselves in&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Death &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Death&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grave and Death&lt;br /&gt;While reading Psalms, the reference to the grave caught my eye. Of course, Jesus gives us victory over the grave, which is a gift of life, which is no fear of death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 6:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 30:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 34:21&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 39:4ff, 11, 13&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 49&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 59:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 76:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:39&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 88:4, 5, 10, 11, 12&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:47, 48&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90 (esp 5-12)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:14, 15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 115:17-18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 116:15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:17-18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 141:8&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 146:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 25:8&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 28:14-22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habakkuk 1:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 9:31 [death as accomplishment]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 5:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:15&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Faith &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Jude 3  contend for the faith that God has once for all entrusted to the saints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 24:10-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At that time many will turn away from the THE FAITH and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 6:7  So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem ioncreased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 13:8  But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 16:5  So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 6:17-  But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 1:23 They only heard the report&amp;gt;:  the Man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 5:7- who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phillipians 1:7  It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God s grace with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phillipians 1:25-27 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me. Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will saved and that, by God. For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him, since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now heart that I still have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 3:17 Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 4:3&lt;br /&gt;Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Col 1:23   continue in your faith established and firm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Col 2:6-7 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Thess 3:2-3  We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God s fellow worker in spreading the gospel of Christ to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:6- if you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:12- Fight the good fight for the faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:21- By professing it some have deviated from the faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 4:7-I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 1:13- so, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 4:14- let us hold fast to the confession&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 5:9- Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being experienced by your brothers in the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:20- but you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:19- That is how we will know we are of the truth and will convince our hearts in his presences&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 5:4- This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 John 1:1- the truth remains in us and will be with us forever&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:4- I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.&lt;br /&gt;BROKE FAITH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do a word search on this phrase (ESV, since that is the version I was reading when I discovered it). Connection to the faithfulness to covenants, to being Kings faithful to God s (David s) ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 32:51 Broke Faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles Genealogies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2:7-  broke faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5:25- Equated with  whored after&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pistis word family&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The greek words-- B4FJgbTs B\FJ4ls B4FJ@Ts VB4FJ@ls VB4FJ\Vs @84(@B4FJ@Hs @84(@B4FJ\V&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;General English translations and defintitons--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;primarily, firm persuasion, a conviction based upon hearing (akin to Bg\2Ts to persuade), is used in the N.T. always of faith in God or Christ, or things spiritual.  Definition of faith--pistis Vine, W.E. An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1952.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Related English Words-- faith, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, belief, believe, believers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1- Meaning of the word in the passage, especially any specific nuances. Does philology bind our study to the definitions of the words?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2- Is the word concrete or is it figurative? What is the range of usage for this word? They all have mulitiple definitions and they all must be considered in their own context.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3- What about the cognate languages? What significance is the historical gap to these words?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4- General statement about the word s usage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5- Consult some sources as to the usage of this word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6- General, specific and particular meanings. (All the words are mulitfaceted.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FAITH AND POWER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are connected...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We show faith and God brings the power. The antithesis is when they ask for a sign (power) and Jesus rebukes them. For to witness an even does not take faith. And faith is necessary in Christianity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FROM MATTHEW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 8.10-13-- I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith... Go! It will be done as you believed it would.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 8.26-- you of little faith (rebuking the disciples for not trusting him to save them by his presence, so he calmed the winds)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 9:2-- Saw their faith... Take heart son, your sins are forgiven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 9.22-- your faith has healed you (the bleeding woman)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 9.29-- According to your faith will it be done to you (healing the blind)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 13.58- And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 14.2-- they believed that John had risen from the dead and that is the reason Jesus had powers, after all, it does take power to raise from the dead!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 15.28-- Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.  And her daughter was healed from that very hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 16.4-- A wicked and adultrous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given... (because power comes with the catalyst of faith, preceding the miracle)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 17.15-- Lord, have mercy on my son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 17.20-- (you can t drive out the demon) Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,  Move from here to there  and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 21.21,2-- ... 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 22.29-- (concerning the resurrection) You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FAITH AND POWER (Mark)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 2.5-- When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,  Son, your sins are fogiven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 4.40-- Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 5.7-- (even the demons believe)-- What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to me that you won t torture me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 5.33-- Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 5.36-- Don t be afraid; just believe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 6.6-- and he was amazed at their lack of faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 6.50-52-- They cried out because they all saw him and were terrified.... Take courage! It is I. Don t be afraid... They were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves; their minds were closed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 6.56-- They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 7.29-- For such a reply (FAITH) you may go; the demon has left your daughter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;POWER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 1.5-- you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 1.8-- you wil receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 3.12-- ...why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 3.16-- By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus  name and the faith that comes through him that has given complete healing to him, as you all can see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 4.7-- By what power or what name did you do this? (10) IT is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead that this man stands before you completely healed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 4. 23-31-- Prayer of the believers... Faith in God to ask, Praise to God, exaltation for who he is, his promises for what he has done and proven, his will be done already and to continue... Request for power... POWER COMES!!! (Filled with spirit and taught boldly).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 4.32-35-- Church Window: One in heart and in mind... shared... GREAT POWER... testify to the ressurection... much grace was upon them all.. No needy persons... possessions were distributed as anyone had need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 5.17-- A POWER JAILBREAK&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 6:8 Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 8:6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs he did, they all paid close attention to what he said. Acts 8:7 With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed. Acts 8:8 So there was great joy in that city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Acts 8:13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 9:17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord  Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here  has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 9:22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 9.34-- "Jesus Christ heals you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 10.34-48 (read this) this is a good sum of it all, too much to write.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 11:21 The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 11:24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 12.23-- Herod did not give praise to God, (His pride plus taking the credit for the power to God)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 14.1-- There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 14:3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 14:9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 14:10 and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 15:11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 15:12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 16:10 After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 16:14 One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· 16.18-- "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 19:8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 19:9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 19:10 This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord. 19:11 God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· POWERthat didn t work out right... 19.13-15... they were beat up naked and bleeding with the spirits they tried to cast out... with the power of God that did not know!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 19:20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 26:22 But I have had God's help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Acts 28:30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 28:31 Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FAITH AND POWER in other New Testament Books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Corinthians 4:20- For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Corinthians 5:4- When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Corinthians 6:14- by his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I corinthias 15:50- sown in weakness, it is raised in power&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 12:9-12-- But 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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in dif00ficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 13:3-4 he is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God s power we will live with him to serve you.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Freedom &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Freedom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 5:1- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"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 proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,    Luke 4:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 8:32- then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.    Acts 24:23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 6:16- slaves to the one you obey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.    Romans 8:21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Were you a slave when you were called? Don't let it trouble you  although if you can gain your freedom, do so.    1 Corinthians 7:21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.    1 Corinthians 8:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 9:19- I m free but I enslave myself to win as many as possible&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?    1 Corinthians 10:29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.    2 Corinthians 3:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.    Galatians 2:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.    Galatians 5:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.    Galatians 5:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.    Ephesians 3:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it  he will be blessed in what he does.    James 1:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,    James 2:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover up for evil; live as servants of God.    1 Peter 2:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity  for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.    2 Peter 2:19&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Full End&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Numbers 14:35&lt;br /&gt;I, the LORD, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:23&lt;br /&gt;For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 4:27&lt;br /&gt;For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 5:10&lt;br /&gt;"Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end;strip away her branches,for they are not the LORD s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 5:18&lt;br /&gt;"But even in those days, declares the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 30:11&lt;br /&gt;For I am with you to save you,declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you,but of you I will not make a full end.I will discipline you in just measure,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 46:28&lt;br /&gt;Fear not, O Jacob my servant,declares the LORD,for I am with you.I will make a full end of all the nationsto which I have driven you,but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure,and I will by no means leave you unpunished."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 11:13&lt;br /&gt;And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 13:13&lt;br /&gt;Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath, and there shall be a deluge of rain in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to make a full end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 20:13&lt;br /&gt;But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned."Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 20:17&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Glory&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Glory and Presence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An impressionable theme for me is the changing of the glories as referenced in 2 Cor 3. To notice the presence of the Glory of God (as in Exodus 33:18/34:29ff) and the way it SHINES makes me more confident of the glory that is ever increasing within me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 5:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 18:28&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 19:1, 5, 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm26:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 29:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:16 (face shine)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 36:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 41:12&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 43:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 44:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 46:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 50:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 57:5, 8, 11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 63:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 72:5, 19&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 73:24&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 84:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 85:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 87:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:15, 44&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:8&lt;br /&gt;(Psalm 91:6)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:3, 7&lt;br /&gt;(Psalm 97:2)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 97:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:15, 16&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:1, 2, 31&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:4, 28, 39&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 106:20&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 108:2, 5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 110:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 113:1-4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:24, 27&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:105, 130, 147&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130:4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 132:18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 136:6-9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 139:11-12&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 143:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:5, 11, 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:5&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:8&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:7&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 48:11&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 58:8&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 60:2, 19, 21&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 62:1, 2&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 66:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 2:11 (exchanged their glory)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 1:13, 14, 27ff&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 43&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 7:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 4:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 5:14-16&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 16:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 1:78, 79&lt;br /&gt;Luke 2:32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 3:19&lt;br /&gt;John 12:35&lt;br /&gt;John 17:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 13:47&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 3:7&lt;br /&gt;Romans 9:23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 10:31&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 15:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 4:1-6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:12&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 5:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:11-14&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:27&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:6&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:12&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:20&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 5:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:12&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:8&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 5:13&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 5:14&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 1:3&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 2:9, 10&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 3:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lyric: David Crowder song:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You are glorious, you make everything glorious, and I am yours, What does that make me?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glorified:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leviticus 10:3&lt;br /&gt;Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD has said, 'Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 4:2&lt;br /&gt;[ The Branch of the LORD Glorified ] In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 26:15&lt;br /&gt;But you have increased the nation, O LORD,you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 44:23&lt;br /&gt;Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it;shout, O depths of the earth;break forth into singing, O mountains,O forest, and every tree in it!For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 49:3&lt;br /&gt;And he said to me, "You are my servant,Israel, in whom I will be glorified."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:5&lt;br /&gt;Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 60:21&lt;br /&gt;Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,that I might be glorified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61:3&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 66:5&lt;br /&gt;Hear the word of the LORD,you who tremble at his word:"Your brothers who hate youand cast you out for my name s sakehave said, 'Let the LORD be glorified,that we may see your joy';but it is they who shall be put to shame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haggai 1:8&lt;br /&gt;Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 9:8&lt;br /&gt;When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 15:31&lt;br /&gt;so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 2:12&lt;br /&gt;And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorifiedGod, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 4:15&lt;br /&gt;And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 5:26&lt;br /&gt;And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 7:16&lt;br /&gt;Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 13:13&lt;br /&gt;And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 7:39&lt;br /&gt;Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 11:4&lt;br /&gt;But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 12:16&lt;br /&gt;His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 12:23&lt;br /&gt;And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 12:28&lt;br /&gt;Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 13:31&lt;br /&gt;[ A New Commandment ] When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 13:32&lt;br /&gt;If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 14:13&lt;br /&gt;Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 15:8&lt;br /&gt;By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 17:4&lt;br /&gt;I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 17:10&lt;br /&gt;All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 3:13&lt;br /&gt;The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 11:18&lt;br /&gt;When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 21:20&lt;br /&gt;And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8:17&lt;br /&gt;and if children, then heirs heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8:30&lt;br /&gt;And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 1:24&lt;br /&gt;And they glorified God because of me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:10&lt;br /&gt;when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:12&lt;br /&gt;so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:11&lt;br /&gt;whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 18:7&lt;br /&gt;As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen,I am no widow,and mourning I shall never see.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Gospel &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;GOSPEL&lt;br /&gt;English word found 91 times in the new testament.&lt;br /&gt;euaggelion, yoo ang ghel' ee on; from the same as G2097; a good message, i.e. the gospel: gospel.&lt;br /&gt;euaggelizo, yoo ang ghel id' zo ); from G2095 and G32; to announce good news ("evangelize") espec. the gospel: declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Word for Preach....kerusso, kay roos' so; of uncert. affin.; to herald (as a public crier), espec. divine truth (the gospel): preach ( er), proclaim, publish.&lt;br /&gt;John, Titus, James, Jude, and John s epistles only writers in new testament not containing gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elemental Facts of The Gospel&lt;br /&gt;Summed up: I Corinthians 15:1-4 and 23-4&lt;br /&gt;According to...&lt;br /&gt;Luke 24:27- all scriptures concerning himself (According to Moses and the Prophets)&lt;br /&gt;Luke 24:44- Everything must be fulfilled, according to Law, Prophets, and Psalms&lt;br /&gt;Acts 17:2- Proving from the Scriptures Christ had to suffer and raise from the dead.&lt;br /&gt;John 2:21,22- Scripture and words Jesus spoke&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:25, 30,31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life&lt;br /&gt;Death&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 53:5- the punishment that brought us peace&lt;br /&gt;Jn 1:29- takes away the sins of the world&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 1:4- gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age&lt;br /&gt;Acts 17:2- Proving from the Scriptures Christ had to suffer and raise from the dead.&lt;br /&gt;Burial&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 27:59,60&lt;br /&gt;Resurrection&lt;br /&gt;ON the third day Matthew 16:21, also Hosea 6:2&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:24- God raised him, impossible for death to hold him.&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 2:8- MY gospel (personalized)&lt;br /&gt;Acts 17:2- Proving from the Scriptures Christ had to suffer and raise from the dead.&lt;br /&gt;Reign&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Return&lt;br /&gt;John 5:27&lt;br /&gt;Romans 2:16&lt;br /&gt;Romans 9:28&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:28&lt;br /&gt;Titus 2:13&lt;br /&gt;Judgment&lt;br /&gt;Universality&lt;br /&gt;Acts 10:34-for all nations&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:2,3&lt;br /&gt;Responsorial: Jesus and Us&lt;br /&gt;The imitation of Christ--&lt;br /&gt;I Corinthians 15:1-4 and 23-4&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:17- obey the gospel (Christ was fully obedient to the Father)&lt;br /&gt;Phil 1:27- gospel-worthy conduct&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 9:13- obedience that accompanies your confessions, the gospel&lt;br /&gt;I peter 2:24- so we may die to sins and live for righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evangelism&lt;br /&gt;Gen 18:33&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 51:12 &amp;amp;13&lt;br /&gt;John 1:40-2&lt;br /&gt;John 12:2-6&lt;br /&gt;John 4:39&lt;br /&gt;Witness: Tell what God did for you&lt;br /&gt;Luke 8:39&lt;br /&gt;I Cor 9:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gospel Worthy Conduct&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:6,10-  live a life worthy of the Lord, pleasing him in every way&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:1- Live a life worthy of the calling&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:27-  Whatever happens  conduct yourselves . Manner worthy&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 2:14- Acting in line with truth of the gospel&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 2:15 (and 12) do your best to present yourself&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:11- worthy of his calling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 1:17- (worldly manner)&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 13:5- Be testing yourselves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;the following verses were originally in a chart, they lost their formatting&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mat 24:14 (NIV) And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mat 26:13 (NIV) I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark&lt;br /&gt;5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:1 (NIV) The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 8:35 (NIV) For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:29 (NIV) "I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 13:10 (NIV) And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 14:9 (NIV) I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 9:6 (NIV) So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 20:1 (NIV) One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts&lt;br /&gt;5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:25 (NIV) When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:40 (NIV) Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 15:7 (NIV) After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 16:10 (NIV) After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 20:24 (NIV) However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans&lt;br /&gt;12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 1:1 (NIV) Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 1:2 (NIV) the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 1:9 (NIV) God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 1:15 (NIV) That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 1:16 (NIV) 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 1:17 (NIV) 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."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 2:16 (NIV) This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 11:28 (NIV) As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 15:16 (NIV) to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 15:19 (NIV) by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 15:20 (NIV) It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 16:25 (NIV) Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor&lt;br /&gt;9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 1:17 (NIV) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 4:15 (NIV) Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 9:12 (NIV) If others have this right of support from you, shouldn't we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 9:14 (NIV) In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 9:16 (NIV) Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 9:18 (NIV) What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 9:23 (NIV) I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 15:1 (NIV) Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Cor 15:2 (NIV) By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2Cor&lt;br /&gt;9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 2:12 (NIV) Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 4:3 (NIV) And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 4:4 (NIV) The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 8:18 (NIV) And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 9:13 (NIV) Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 10:14 (NIV) We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 10:16 (NIV) so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man's territory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 11:4 (NIV) For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 11:7 (NIV) Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians&lt;br /&gt;11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 1:6 (NIV) I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 1:7 (NIV) which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 1:8 (NIV) But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 1:9 (NIV) As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 1:11 (NIV) I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 2:2 (NIV) I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 2:5 (NIV) We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 2:7 (NIV) On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 2:14 (NIV) When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 3:8 (NIV) The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 4:13 (NIV) As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians&lt;br /&gt;5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eph 1:13 (NIV) And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eph 3:6 (NIV) This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eph 3:7 (NIV) I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eph 6:15 (NIV) and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eph 6:19 (NIV) Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians&lt;br /&gt;8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 1:5 (NIV) because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 1:7 (NIV) It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 1:12 (NIV) Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 1:16 (NIV) The latter do so in love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 1:27 (NIV) Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 2:22 (NIV) But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 4:3 (NIV) Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 4:15 (NIV) Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossian&lt;br /&gt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Col 1:5 (NIV) the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Col 1:6 (NIV) that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Col 1:23 (NIV) if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1Thes&lt;br /&gt;6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 1:5 (NIV) because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 2:2 (NIV) We had previously suffered and been insulted in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in spite of strong opposition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 2:4 (NIV) On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 2:8 (NIV) We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 2:9 (NIV) Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Th 3:2 (NIV) We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God's fellow worker in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2Thes&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Th 1:8 (NIV) He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Th 2:14 (NIV) He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1Tim&lt;br /&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Tim 1:11 (NIV) that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Tim&lt;br /&gt;4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Tim 1:8 (NIV) So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Tim 1:10 (NIV) but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Tim 1:11 (NIV) And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Tim 2:8 (NIV) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philemon&lt;br /&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phile 1:13 (NIV) I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heb 4:2 (NIV) For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heb 4:6 (NIV) It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter&lt;br /&gt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Pet 1:12 (NIV) It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Pet 4:6 (NIV) For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Pet 4:17 (NIV) For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1-3 John&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jude&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation&lt;br /&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rev 14:6 (NIV) Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth to every nation, tribe, language and people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Great Assembly &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Great Assembly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 1:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 7:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 22:22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 82:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Green &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Green&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,-- Psalm 92:4 (also a great song by Steve Bell)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 44:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 65&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 67:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69:27, 28&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:6 Life cycles&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 72:6, 16&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 84:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 85:1, 11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:2, 5-6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 92:7, 12-15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 94:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 98:7-9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104 (whole psalm esp. 14-18)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:16, 24&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:37-38&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 115:18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 116:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:17&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:25, 37, 40, 50, 73, 93, 107, 149, 154, 159, 175&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 126:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 132:15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 136:25&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:7&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 143:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 144:12&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:15-16, 21&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 147:8-9, 14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 148 (whole psalm)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 150:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 11:1 ff&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 27:2-7&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40 (esp 6-8)&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:8&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:8-11&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 60:21&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 65:17-25&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 66:14, 22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 2:21&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 11:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 10:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 4- sower parable, growing seed, mustard seed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 10- harvest&lt;br /&gt;Luke 13:18-21- kingdom seed planted in worldly places&lt;br /&gt;Luke 20:38- He is not God of the dead but of the living-- because all are living to Him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 12:24ff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 3:21- Restoration of all things&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:5-16 (//to 1 Thessalonians 2:18-20)- People are the work of God. God gives the growth&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 8:2- more to be known&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 15- THE LIFE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 5:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 3:21- if law could give life, then...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:1-10 (v5)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 3:16- live up to what we've attained&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:6 growing and bearing fruit all over the world&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:28 presenting all mature in Christ&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:7- rooted, built up, established, flourishing&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:19- body nature of believers&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:9, 10- new man/old man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 1:9- living and true God&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:18-20 (// 1 Corinthians 3:5-16)- People are the work of God. spiritual offspring is our boast&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 3:8, 10 (growing faith) - we live if you stand firm in God, faith has growth to go&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:13ff (hope discourse)&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 5:10- we will live with Him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:3- flourishing faith&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:1- great harvest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:15- progress is modeled in front of believers&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:13-14- God gives life to all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 7:15-16- power of an indestructible life&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 7:24-25- Jesus always lives&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter- gradual increasing of faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:14- by love we pass from death to life&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Heart&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Heart: God's Territory&lt;br /&gt;the place of true conversion&lt;br /&gt;can be judged rightly by no man (Matthew 7:1)&lt;br /&gt;The focal point of the ministry of Christ (Ex: forgiveness, reconciliation, love)&lt;br /&gt;the place of sole truth before God&lt;br /&gt;Man can do anything to one's body, but if properly guarded, can do nothing to one's heart&lt;br /&gt;the very place of the turning of the world&lt;br /&gt;the place of the great bipolar reversal&lt;br /&gt;if the heart knows God, it knows peace&lt;br /&gt;if pure, singlemindedness can occur&lt;br /&gt;if the heart is convinced, obstacles are overcome&lt;br /&gt;God's Place of restoration because it is also the place of spiritual battle -- it is where the soul and the body are lost-- or won!!&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 14:4- et al hardening Pharoah's heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 35:4-5 - heart connection to $&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 6:5-6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 5:29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 8:2, 14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 30:6 (and 16)- circumcised heart; love with all heart, you will live&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 16:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 7:3 [Nathan to David] Go and do all that is on your heart, for the Lord is with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 3:9- Solomon's prayer: give your servant an OBEDIENT heart to judge your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 8:39- Another Solomon's prayer: (please answer prayers and do right) according to all his ways since you know his heart, for you alone know every human heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 18:37- Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Kings 16:10- let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 29:17-19- (David's prayer for temple): I know my God that you test the heart and that you are pleased with uprightness. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to you. Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the hearts of your people and confirm their hearts toward you. Give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and to carry out all our commandments, your decrees, your statutes, and to build the temple for which i have made provisions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 1:11- God said to Solomon "Because this was in your heart... I will also give you..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 6:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 15:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 16:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 32:31- God left (Hezekiah) to test him and discover what was in his heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 34:27- (God's word to Josiah) because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezra 9:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(see the green Psalms book for additional notes-- as of 9-2-08, it's still in Kyiv-- plus the notes on the proverbs are not exhaustive)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 4:23- Guard your heart above all else for it is the source of life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 16:1- the reflections of the heart belong to man but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 16:9- a man's heart plans his ways but the Lord determines his steps&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 24:12- If you say, "But we didn't know about this" Won't He who weighs hearts consider it? Won't He who protects your life know? Won't He repay a person according to his work?&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 27:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah (Davidic King) He will not judge by what He sees with his eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 59:13- conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 63:17- Israel's prayer: "Why Lord do you make us stray from your ways? You harden our hearts so we do not fear you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 4:18-19 (your punishment) ... has reached your heart... oh the pain of my heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 5:23- stubborn and rebellious hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 7:24- following your own heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 11:8- followed the stubborness of hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 11:20 - But Lord of Hosts who judges righteously who tests hearts and mind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 12:3- As for You, You know me Lord, You see me. You test whether my heart is with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 16:12- evil heart, not obeying Him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:1- engraved on the tablet of their heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:5- cursed is the one who... turns his heart from the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:9- The heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately sick-- who can understand it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 20:12- Lord of Hosts testing the righteous and seeing the heart and mind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 23:9- My heart is broken within me and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard like a man overcome by wine because of the Lord because of his Holy Words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 23:17- Stubborn hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 24:7- I will give them a heart to know Me that I am the Lord. They will be My people and I will be their God because they will return to Me with all their heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 29:13- You will seek Me and find Me when you search for me with all your heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:31- body based covenant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:7- hard hearted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:10- take the words of Lord to heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 18:31- Throw off all the transgressions you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:12-13- tear your hearts not just clothes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 10:7- Their children will see it and be glad, their hearts will rejoice in the Lord&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 12:34- mouth from overflow of heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 18:35- forgive your brother from your heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 3:5- hardness of hearts brought Jesus anger and sorrow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 6:52- hearts were hardened&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:41-45- completely for self assessment, not to judge; you speak from the overflow of your heart-- good or bad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 11:41-Give to charity what is within and then everything is clean for you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 16:15- You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God's sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 7:24- Stop judging according to outward appearances rather judge according to righteous judgment&lt;br /&gt;John 14:1- Do not let your hearts be troubled, believe in God believe also in me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 14:27- Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled of fearful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 1:24- (while choosing apostle replacements) "Lord you know the hearts of all-- show which you have chosen" (before they rolled dice)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:37- When they heard this they were pierced to the heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:46- They ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 7:39- (Steven's testimony) Our forefathers were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 7:51- reference to Steven to Deuteronomy references to heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 7:54- when they heard these things they were enraged in their hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:23-repentance from heart's intent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:37- Phillip said (to the eunuch) if you believe with all your heart you may (be baptized)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 11:23- remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 13:22- David-- after God's own heart&lt;br /&gt;Acts 14:8, 15-17- part of God's testimony to mankind is happiness of heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 14:22- encouragement and assured troubles strengthens hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 15:8- "God who knows the heart..." gave also Gentiles the Holy Spirit. He made no distinctions between us and them. v. 9- cleansing their hearts by faith. The heart is cleansed by faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 16:14- The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul s message&lt;br /&gt;Acts 28:27- callous hearts (c Isaiah 6:9-10)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 2:15- law written on hearts foreshadowing of further secret-sharing of body-based covenant reality&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 4-more heart circumcision (cf Acts 7:51)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 10:9- ... believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 4:5- the Lord (will) bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 7:37- a decision in the heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:25- (testimony of Christian worship to outsiders) The secrets of his heart will be revealed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 2:22- the Holy Spirit is a down payment in our hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 3- letters written on the heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 6:11- our hearts have been opened wide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 4:6- God has sent the Spirit of his Son in our hearts&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:18- eyes of your heart enlightened&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:14- that the Messiah dwells in your hearts through faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 5:19- sing in your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 6:6- do God's will from your heart&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:7- Paul had the people in his heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:2- hearts to be joined together in love&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:1(4)- set your hearts on things above&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:15- may the peace of the Messiah control your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 4:8- purpose to encourage your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:4- we seek to please God who examines our hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:17- may God encourage your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:5- May God direct your hearts to God's love and Christ's endurance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 2:22- ... with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philemon 7- Philemon has refreshed the hearts of the saints&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philemon 20- Paul requests him to refresh his own heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 3:8, 9, 15, 4:7- do not harden your hearts (Psalm 95:7-11)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 3:12- watch out brothers so that there won't be any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 4:12- the word of God is a judge of the IDEAS and THOUGHTS of the heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 13:9- it is good for the heart to be established by grace&lt;br /&gt;James 1:2- Our hearts do not condemn and we with confidence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 4:8- purify your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 5:8- strengthen your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:19-21- our hearts are at rest, and condemn us; if our hearts condemn us GOD IS GREATER THAN OUR HEARTS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 3:15- in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 6:11,13- open wide our hearts to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:17- encourage your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:5- Lord direct your hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now for some quotes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"they say just follow your heart, well but what if it lies?" Paul Colman- from the song "Run"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I will never doubt His promise, though I doubt my heart, I doubt my eyes"- Rich Mullins from the song "My Deliverer"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Hiss&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;HISS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 9:8&lt;br /&gt;And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 29:8&lt;br /&gt;Therefore the wrath of the LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 27:23&lt;br /&gt;It claps its hands at himand hisses at him from its place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 18:16&lt;br /&gt;making their land a horror,a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrifiedand shakes his head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 19:8&lt;br /&gt;And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 25:9&lt;br /&gt;behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 25:18&lt;br /&gt;Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 29:18&lt;br /&gt;I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 49:17&lt;br /&gt;"Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 50:13&lt;br /&gt;Because of the wrath of the LORD she shall not be inhabitedbut shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,and hiss because of all her wounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 51:37&lt;br /&gt;and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing,without inhabitant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 2:15&lt;br /&gt;All who pass along the wayclap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their headsat the daughter of Jerusalem:"Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty,the joy of all the earth?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 2:16&lt;br /&gt;All your enemiesrail against you;they hiss, they gnash their teeth,they cry: "We have swallowed her!Ah, this is the day we longed for;now we have it; we see it!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 27:36&lt;br /&gt;The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful endand shall be no more forever.'"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 6:16&lt;br /&gt;For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab;and you have walked in their counsels,that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing;so you shall bear the scorn of my people."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Humble Poor Afflicted&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Humble/Poor/Afflicted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 4:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 9:9, 12, 18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 10:2, 8, 9 , 10, 12, 17, 18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 12:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 14:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 22:24, 26&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:16-18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 30:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:7-10&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 34:2, 6, 18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 35:10-14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 39:12&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:17&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 41:1-3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:9 (forgotten)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 43:2 (rejected)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69:8, 29, 32, 33&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 70:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 72:2, 4, 12-14 (all of psalm)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74:21&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 76:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 82:2-4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:1, 7&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 94:6, 13&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:13, 17, 20&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:3-6, 12-14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:12-15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:2, 9, 17, 39, 41&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:10-22 (prisoners)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 108:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 109:22, 31&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 111:4, 5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 112:4, 9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 113:7, 8&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 116:1, 3, 5-6, 10&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:77, 107, 134, 156&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 120 (whole psalm)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 123:2-3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 124:6-7&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 125:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 129 (whole psalm)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130:7-8&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 135:14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 136:23, 24&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 142:1, 2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:8-9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 146:6-9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 147:2-3, 6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 149:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 11:3, 4&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 25:4&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 26:6&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 29:19&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 32:7&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:7&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 58:6, 7&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61:1-3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 2:34&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 5:28&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 7:6, 7&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 20:13&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:15, 16&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 49:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 14:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:1&lt;br /&gt;Amos 5:11, 12&lt;br /&gt;Amos 5:24&lt;br /&gt;Amos 8:4-6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zephaniah 3:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 7:8-10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:41&lt;br /&gt;Mark 2:25&lt;br /&gt;Mark 9:22&lt;br /&gt;Mark 12:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 4:18, 19&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:35 [our foundation]&lt;br /&gt;Luke 7:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 12:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:5-8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 4:6-12&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Idol &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;dol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 20:3-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 7:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 32:12, 17, 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 33:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 34:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 16:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 18:31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 77:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:58&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 81:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 82:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:8, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 95:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:4,5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 97:7,9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 101:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 106:19-21, 28, 36-39&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 115:4-8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 135:15-18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Isaiah]&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 44&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 48:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Jeremiah]&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 1:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 2:5, 11, 28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 8:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 10:8,14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 11:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 16:13, 18, 20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 18:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 19:4, 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 44:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 3:16-18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 10:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[mammon]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 19:26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 10:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 8:8&lt;br /&gt;[1 Corinthians 8]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 6:15-16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 4:8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Justice and Mercy &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Justice and Mercy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also Included: Judgment, Righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also Humble/poor/Afflicted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God always wanted his people to show compassion to their own kind AND to others. Jesus emphasized this in his personal ministry, pointing out that though they had followed the law, they had missed the point. The point was justice and mercy. Those who are suffering will not care what the people of God have to say if they don t DO something to relieve their suffering. There is a definite connection between justice and mercy with the second commandment of loving others. We want justice when we re right, and mercy when we re wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 18:19 God reveals his desire to pass on justice and righteousness through families; fathers, mothers, sons, daughters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 22:22&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 23:1-9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leviticus 19:9-10; v 15; v33&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 1:16-17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 10:12-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 14:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 16:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 33:19,21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Kings 3:9- distinguish between right and wrong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 22:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 4:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 5:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 7:3, 8, 9, 11, 17&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 9:4 and 7-9, 16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 11:5-7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 33:4, 5, the Lord loves it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 35:24, 28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 36:5, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:28, 30, 32, 39&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:9, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 45:4,6,7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 48:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 50:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 51:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 58:1, 2, 10, 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 65:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 68:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:2, 15, 16, 19, 24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 72 (1-3), 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 75:2, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 82:2-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 85:10-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 88:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:14- the foundation of his throne. Also v 16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 92:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 94 (whole psalm: key v 15)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:10, 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 97:2, 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 98:2, 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 99:4 (and 8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 101:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:6, 10-- not justice only, but mercy (v17)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:42&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 109:16- the evil side of anti-justice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 111:3,4, 6, 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 113:7-9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:7, 40, 62, 75, 76, 106, 137-138, 142, 144, 149, 164, 172&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 125:3-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 129:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 132:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 140: 12, 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 143:1, 2, 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 146:6-9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 147:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 2:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 31:8-9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ecclesiastes 3:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah (the theme is heavy throughout this book-- Especially 9:7 10:2 11:3,4 28:17 32:8 56:1-2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 9:7 (and notes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 11:3, 4, 5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 16:5- throne established in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 32:16-17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 46:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 48:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 54:14, 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 58:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 59:9, 11, 14-17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 60:17, 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61:8, 10, 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 62:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 4:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 5:4, 5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 7:6, 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 9:23-24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 10:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 11:20&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 20:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 21:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:3, 5, 6 &amp;amp; 15-16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:20-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 18:19-28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;v. 25- Who is man to judge God s version of Righteousness? Our mind would have never reasoned out the  justice  the true justice of Christ s cross!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 9:7, 14, 16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 2:19-20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 6:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 10:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 12:6-8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 5:14-15 5:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 6:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 6:8- Loving Mercy is having been set free, I want others to have freedom from  justice.  (see Mt 7:1) Walking humbly is an all guilty jury pool in the hands of a judge who knows my guilt the fear of being judged justly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habakkuk 2:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zephaniah 2:3, 3:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 7:8-10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 3:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 7:1- ACT justly, not judge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 12:18-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 23 (esp 23)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 10:37 (mercy is the point)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 11:42&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:1-8- she sought justice from her adversary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 24:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 1:32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 2:1-16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 3:10ff&lt;br /&gt;Romans 3:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 5:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 9:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 10:3, 6, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 14:1-3, 14-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 9:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 3:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 3:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 1:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 3:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 5:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:23-24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 1:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 3:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 1:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How will I get all the passages together and make them look like I really studied them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1800 9704446&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The greek word--*\60s *\6V4@ls *\6V4@Fb&amp;lt;0s&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Related English Words-- just, justly, justification, justifier, justify, righteous, righteousness, righteously&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;General english translations and defintitons-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Justice (*\60)-came to denote what is right&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just, Justly, Right (*\6V4@l)- In the N.T. it denotes righteous, a state of being right, of right conduct, judged whether by the Divine standard, or according to human standards, of what is right. Said of God, it designates the perfect agreement between His nateure and His acts (in which He is the standard for all men).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Justification, Justifier, Justify (*\6V4TF4H)- denotes the act pronouncing righteousness, justification, acquittal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(*\6V4T:V)-  a concrete expression of righteousness;  it is a declaration that a person ot thing is righteous, and hence, broadly speaking, it represents the expression and effect of *\6V4TF4H.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(*\6V4@T)- Primarily, deem to be right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Righteous, Righteously (*\6V4@l)- signifies  just,  without prejudice or partiality (of the judgement of God)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Righteousness (*\6V4@Fb&amp;lt;0)- is the character or quality of being right or just.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1- Meaning of the word in the passage, especially any specific nuances. Does philology bind our study to the definitions of the words?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2- Is the word concrete or is it figurative? What is the range of usage for this word? They all have mulitiple definitions and they all must be considered in their own context.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3- What about the cognate languages? What significance is the historical gap to these words?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4- General statement about the word s usage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5- Consult some sources as to the usage of this word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6- General, specific and particular meanings. (All the words are mulitfaceted.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;usage of word in the Bible and specific usage by Paul in Romans&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;why does this apply to  how is one Juetified by faith?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JUDGMENT:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 2-  each according to his works ; no favoritism. Based on God s truth, not man s;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:8- Christ will confirm you to the end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 4:13- nothing is hidden from God; ALL IS EXPOSED and naked; we are all accountable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:5- everyone will face God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4:17   will begin with God s household. Terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God s good news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 3:7- present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, kept for the day of judgment when ungodly people will be destroyed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 2:9- godly people are rescued from their trials and the wicked are kept for final judgment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:28   he will return and those who know him will either face him with courage or shame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 4:17   we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RIGHTEOUSNESS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Key Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 10:4- Christ has accomplished the purpose of the law-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:30   Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy and he freed us from sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 2:21   keeping the law could not make us right with God otherwise, why did Christ die?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 3:13   Christ rescued us from the curse of the law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:24   he personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right; by his wounds you are healed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 3:17   suffer for doing good rather than suffer for doing wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted by B. at 11:29 PM &lt;br /&gt;1 comments:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alan said...&lt;br /&gt;Have you considered the flip side? What does God say about the rich and the powerful? Obviously these will be warnings to them. I guess there is a bit of the prophet in me who wants to see God's vengeance extracted on those who oppress the poor and who live high on the hog with little regard for the poorer of God's children.&lt;br /&gt;It is interesting to study Proverbs about this topic. There seem to be two types of poor people. The Lazy fool who earns his own reward, and the unfortunate man who is stepped on, taken advantage of and scorned by his rich neighbor&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Kingdom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Kingdom&lt;br /&gt;Kingdom&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 7:16- And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 45:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 72:10, 11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74:12&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:18, 27, 36, 39&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 93:1, 2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 94:20&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 95:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:12&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:19&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 110 (whole psalm)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:46&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 123:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 132:11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:1, 12, 13&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 149:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61- The Planting of the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew&lt;br /&gt;4:17- At hand accompanied healing of every disease &amp;amp; affliction v, 23; also 9:35, also 10:7&lt;br /&gt;5:3- of the poor in spirit&lt;br /&gt;5:10- of the persecuted&lt;br /&gt;5:19- on the foundation of the law, the Prophets, and their completion&lt;br /&gt;5:20- a different kind of law keeping than legalism&lt;br /&gt;5:44, 6:1, 6:6, 6:14, 6:17, -- a kingdom of sons and daughters.&lt;br /&gt;6:20 Treasure= heart=heaven (cf Luke 17:21) plus the fact that God has always more greatly treasured PEOPLE. This passage apparently about  resources  (finances) may be considered according to God s treasures people. God never needed  materials  to love people. Do we? Cf. vv 32-33.&lt;br /&gt;7:21- mysterious/integrity call depth of heart as criteria.&lt;br /&gt; Not calling on his name only (or calling on the name of the Lord)&lt;br /&gt; Not only prophecy&lt;br /&gt; Not only demon casting&lt;br /&gt; Not only many mighty works&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8:12- {FAITH} sonship alone does not secure a place at the banquet table (see also Humility)&lt;br /&gt;9:8 Power of God given to men&lt;br /&gt;9:35-  gospel of  kingdom&lt;br /&gt;10:7- Sent his disciples to preach it&lt;br /&gt;11:11- superior to John the Baptist&lt;br /&gt;11:12- suffering violence&lt;br /&gt;12:25- kingdom principle unity&lt;br /&gt;12:28- a conditional if/rhetorical that the K. of hun. Has come because healings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MORE NOTES FROM MATTHEW REDUNDANT&lt;br /&gt;Kingdom of Heaven&lt;br /&gt;the message of Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 3.2- (John the Baptist) Repent for ____ is near.&lt;br /&gt; 4.17- Repent for __ is at hand.&lt;br /&gt; 4.23- Jesus went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.&lt;br /&gt; 5.3- Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven&lt;br /&gt; 5.10- Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven&lt;br /&gt; 5.16- In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven.&lt;br /&gt; 5.19- There is least and great and  no entries  according to what one teaches and practices (the commandments of God)    Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of heaven.&lt;br /&gt; 5:48- Be perfect therefore as your heavenly Father is perfect.&lt;br /&gt; 6:9-10- (Lord s Prayer) Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.&lt;br /&gt; 6:20- Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. . .&lt;br /&gt; 6.33- Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness&lt;br /&gt; 7.21- Not everyone who says to me,  Lord, Lord  shall enter ___ but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven&lt;br /&gt; 8.10-12- When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him,  I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. (this is a faith issue)&lt;br /&gt; 9.35--teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every kind of disease and sickness&lt;br /&gt; 10.7-- (To the disciples) preach this message: The kingdom of heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.&lt;br /&gt; 10.32-3- whoever acknowledge me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.&lt;br /&gt; 11.11- I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist, yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he (implying the SPIRITUAL birth)&lt;br /&gt; 11.12-14 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophecied until John And if you are willing to aaccept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. He who has ears, let him hear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 12.28-- But if I drive our demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.&lt;br /&gt; 13.11-- the knowledge of the SECRETS of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you... (in parables) but not to them 12- Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This is why I speak to them in parables. . . v 15- for this people s heart has become calloused they hardly hear wit the thieir ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with THEIR HEARTS AND TURN AND I WOULD HEAL THEM. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your east because they hear. For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous menlonged to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. (SEE 1 Peter 1:10-12) v19 Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understanding it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. Not understanding the seed Satan does not want it to take root later. What anti-pneumonic devices does he use? Does the word slip out quickly at his behest? Maybe he spoils our memory? Maybe he allows us to make provisions to allow the word to escape quickly. Perhaps we are fools not to speak the worlds fo the kidngosm all the time  since the chances are stacked against the people who may hear to understand anyway! God have mercy! V20 What was sown on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receive it with joy. But since he has no root. He lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. What was sown amon gthe throns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitful ness of watlth choke it, making it unfrituful. But what was sown on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundered sixty or thirty times what was sown (THE SEED PRINCIPLE).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 13.24-- like the good seed and weeds among them-- the kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemey came and sowed weeds among the wheat, wand went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. The owner s servants came to him and said,  Sir, didn t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?  An enemy did this, he replied. The sdervants asked him, Do you want us to go and pull them up? No, he answered because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the what with them. Let both grow together until the har vest. At that time I will tell the harvesters; First collect the weeds and tie them in budnels to be burned, then gather the what and bring it tinto my barn. There are many of the weeds.. they are choking out the true whate of the world--- they are cruel and they are also the  devil in the red dress.  They can also be churches who preaching wealth instead of sacrifice. They are building structures for themselves rather than lavishing gifts on the poor.&lt;br /&gt; 13.31-- like yeast that works through the dough The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches the kingdom produces so much fruit, it s amazing, exceeding expectations, and like the seed, only is produced by a fruitful God.&lt;br /&gt; 13.44-- like a treasure hidden in a field The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in o a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough. Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables and he did not say anything to them without using a parable  I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.  (see also 1 tim 3:16 the mystery of godliness)- v 36 then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said,  Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the fireld.  He answered, The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world and the good seed stand for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one. And the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and harvesters are the angels. As the weeds are pulled up and brned in the fire, so it will be at the ened of the age. The son of Man will send out his angles and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that casues sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace where there will bee weeping and gringind of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their father. He who has ears, let him hear.&lt;br /&gt; 44- The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.&lt;br /&gt; 13.45-- like a merchant looking for pearls Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.&lt;br /&gt; 13.47-- like a net that was let down and caught all kinds of fish When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Have you understood all these things? Jesus asked?. Yes they replied. He said to them, therefore, every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.&lt;br /&gt; 13.52-- every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings our of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.&lt;br /&gt; 15.10-20- Jesus called crowd to him and said, Listen and understand. What goes into a man s mouth does not make him  unclean but what comes out of his mouth this is what makes him unclean. Then the disciples came to him and asked, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this? He replied, every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave them, they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit. Peter said, explain this parable to us. Are you still so dull? Jesus asked them. Don t you see that whatever enteres the mough goes into the stomach and thon out of the body? But the things that come out of the mough come from the heart, and these make a man unclean. For out of the heart come evil thoughs, murder, adultery, sexual immoraility, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man, unclean but eating with unwashed hands does not make him unclean.&lt;br /&gt; 16.19-- I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven...(binding and loosing)&lt;br /&gt; 16.28- some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom&lt;br /&gt; 18.1-- Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large milolstone hunb around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things athat cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! If yuou r hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it offand thr4ow it away. It is better for you to enter life maminmed or cripped than to have two hands or two feet and be threon into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is ibeter for you to enter life with one eue than to have two eyes and be thrown in to the fire of hell.&lt;br /&gt; 18.3-5-- I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.&lt;br /&gt; I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in hearn, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Agains, I tell you that if thwo of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.&lt;br /&gt; Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, Lord how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? UP to seven times? Jesus answered I tell you not seven times, but seventy-seven times. There the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, man who owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. The servant fell on his knees before him. Be patient with me, he begged and I will pay back everything. The servant s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. But when that servant went out, he found one of tis fellow servants who owed him a 100 denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke hium. Pay back what you owe me! He demanded. His fellow servant fell to his knees and bged him, be patiente with me, and I will pay you back. But he refused. Instad, he went off and had the man thrown in prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told ther master everything things had happened. Then the mast claeed the servant in. You wicked servant, he said, I canceledalll that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn t you have had mercy on the your fellow servant just as I had on you? In anger his master turned him over to the joilers until he paid back all he owed. Thi is how my hearnbly gather will treat each of yuyou unless you forgive your brother from you r heart. We ar going to be juege according to the mecty that we show. How humbling. I can think of a time when people whent forwards and repented in front of other . Asking God to forgive them. By the nature of this sort of repentance, it obligates him in front of all these poeopel to be the one who forgvbies. He stand in front of people saying that I am taking apledge that I will fogive you so many times that I will never hold a deby against you! You cannot offend me too much that will allow me to indebyt myself to my master again! AMEN AMEN AMEN! Tuesday, February 18, 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 19.12- some renounce marriage (make eunuchs) because of the kingdom&lt;br /&gt; 19.14-- Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.&lt;br /&gt; 19.23, 24-- It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.... It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.&lt;br /&gt; 19.28-30- Jesus said to them, I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his throne in heavely glory, you who have followed me will also sit on 12 thrones jundging the 12 tribes of Isarael. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sistwsers or father or maother or children of ffireld for my sake will receive a 100 times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be alst, and many who are last will be first.&lt;br /&gt; 20.1ff-- Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went our early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. Teaching the subjects of the kingdom not do be envious of the way that the master is so generous, even if it looks like others are getting a better deal than us!! Tuesday, February 18, 2003&lt;br /&gt; 20.21-- (Mrs. Zebedee to Christ) her sons to sit at either side  in YOUR kingdom. NOTE: Mark adds the baptism he will be baptized with to the  cup he will drink&lt;br /&gt; 21.31-- (parable of the two sons in light of refusal to answer John s call to faith and repentance) tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. It is because they are acting like the true sonms of God  their actions speak louder than their words, which contradiceted their final actions  and they were said to have entered before. REPENT AND BELIEVE!!!&lt;br /&gt; 21.43-- I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit&lt;br /&gt; 23.13-- (to the Pharisees and teachers of the law) You shut the kingdom of heaven in men s faces. You yourselves do not enter, not will you let those enter who are trying to.&lt;br /&gt; 24.14-- And this gospel of the kingdom will preached to the whole world as a testimony to all the nations...&lt;br /&gt; 25:1 At the time, the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps,. The bridgrewwom was late and they all became drowsy and fell asleep NOTE THEY WERE ALL ASLEEP, WISE AND FOOLISH. At midnight, the cry rang out: HERE S THE BRIDGROOM! COME OUT TO MEET HIM! Then all the vvirgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise Give us some of your oil, our lamps are going out. No they replied there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves. But while they were on their way to buy the oil. The bridgroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet and the dorr was shut. Later the others also came. Sir, Sir! They said. Open the dorr for us! But he replied, I tell you the truh I don t know you. There keep watch because you do not know the day or the hour.&lt;br /&gt; 25 Again, IT (the kingdom of God) will be like a man going on a journey who called his servant and entrusted his property to them. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whowever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. And throw that worthless servant outside, in to the darkness, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 25.34-- Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.--- Then they will go away to eternal punichsment but the righteious to eternal life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 26.29-- I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until I that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father s kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark&lt;br /&gt;10:15- Receiving (implication of one s own inner self) the kindom like a child&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke&lt;br /&gt;Luke 4:43&lt;br /&gt;Luke 8:1&lt;br /&gt;Luke 13:18-21&lt;br /&gt;Luke 16:16&lt;br /&gt;Luke 17:20-37 esp 21- within/among you. Jesus Proclamation of his own kingdom s self.&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:15-30&lt;br /&gt;Luke 19:11&lt;br /&gt;Luke 22-4- v. 42- How did the criminal know about the kingdom?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 1:3, 6&lt;br /&gt;Acts 3: 1-10 Healing is a definition of the kingdom&lt;br /&gt;We re God s people how come we haven t seen anyone healed?&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:12&lt;br /&gt;Acts 14:22&lt;br /&gt;Acts 19:8&lt;br /&gt;Acts 28:23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Corinthians 15:50- I declare to you brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, not does the perishable inherit the imperishable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 12:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 2:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 1:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chruch and kingdom-- is there a difference? Is the kingdom wider than the church? Where is the salvation? Is the kingdom those who are just near?&lt;br /&gt;Church and the Kingdom&lt;br /&gt;*  There is a common belief among the Jehovah s witnesses that the kingdoms will be perpetuated here on the earth and that the Lord will set up his kingdom in one of their halls.&lt;br /&gt;*  If the church and the kingdom were two different things, then why are they called by different names? This is not a watertight argument in that the new testament uses a lot of interchangeable language.&lt;br /&gt;Kingdom&lt;br /&gt;least in the kingdom is greater than John. The kingdom will not be occupied by those less pious than the Pharisees and lawyers.&lt;br /&gt;GREAT QUOTE&lt;br /&gt;KINGDOM OF HEAVEN HAD BEEN FORCEFULLY ADVANCING AND FORCEFUL MEN TAKE HOLD OF IT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kingdom&lt;br /&gt;Where does it say that flesh and blood cannot inherit?&lt;br /&gt;What about what Jesus did? What is the significance of what Jesus in the flesh and the translation into the spirit? What does the Bible say about it as a whole?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*********************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;NEGATIVE ENTRANCE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Make a list of the things in Luke that he said you can t enter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 9:59 62 He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." 60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good by to my family." 62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;****************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;NOT ENTER&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 23:13 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 21:21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 10:1 "I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 18:28 Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a man made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**********************************************************&lt;br /&gt;NOT SEE&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 13:13 This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 13:17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 8:17 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 8:10 He said, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, "'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 13:35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 17:22 Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not seeing is a thought that there are certain things that all disciples of Christ should be doing in light of their overall purpose... all of us have the same characteristics, but we all have different expressions of service to others. There are things that we DO for the kingdom, there are things that one musn t do as kindgom members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;********************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a faith element of NOT SEEING&lt;br /&gt;John 14:19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 2:8 and put everything under his feet." In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Key  to the kingdom:&lt;br /&gt;The seed is the word of the kingdom&lt;br /&gt;WHEAT AND WEEDS:  good and bad will grow together until then&lt;br /&gt;MUSTARD SEED: give the small a chance to grow before it s worth is judged&lt;br /&gt;i.e. the final outcome is the best measure of growth&lt;br /&gt;i.e. what it grows to is more important than how it started&lt;br /&gt;YEAST:  A little goes a long way.  small things can have great value if they are worked in properly &amp;amp; the worker knows how to use it&lt;br /&gt;TREASURE AND PEARLS: worth selling everything for, the value of what you are attaining exceeds the value of what you are giving up. &lt;br /&gt;THE NET: the kingdom is the great filter of all people of the earth to give the suffering departure from their suppressors, the ragamuffins separation from landlords, bosses, &amp;amp; politicians, sin-causers, and lawlessness &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Lords House&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Lords House&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;house of the Lord&lt;br /&gt;1. Most Popular--- Psalm 23- And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever&lt;br /&gt;2. Good song-- Psalms 27:4 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple&lt;br /&gt;3. Poular-- Psalms 122:1 A song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord."&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 23:19 "Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 34:26 "Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 23:18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judges 19:18 He answered, "We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the Lord. No one has taken me into his house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 1:7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 1:24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three year old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 12:20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 6:31 These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 9:23 They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord the house called the Tent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, "The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 22:11 "Now, my son, the LORD be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezra 1:5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites everyone whose heart God had moved prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezra 2:68 When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezra 3:8 In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work, appointing Levites twenty years of age and older to supervise the building of the house of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezra 3:11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: "He is good; his love to Israel endures forever." And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezra 7:27 Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the king's heart to bring honor to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezra 8:29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nehemiah 10:35 "We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 5:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 11:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 18:6, 9, 13, 16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 20:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 24:3 (place)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 26:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 27:4(-6) One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 29:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 36:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 48:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 52:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 54:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 60:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 61:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 63:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 65:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 66:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 68:16, 17, 24, 35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 73:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74:3-8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 76:2, 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:60, 69&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 84:1, 4, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 91:9, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 92:13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 93:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 100:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 101:2, 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 108:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 114:1-2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 116:19 in the courts of the house of the Lord in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 118:(15) 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the Lord we bless you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 122:1 A song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 122:9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 127:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 132:5-8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 134:1 A song of ascents. Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalms 135:2 you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 142:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 150:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 56:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 60:7, 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 63:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 66:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 7:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 12:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:26 People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings, incense and thank offerings to the house of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 23:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 26:2 "This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the Lord's house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the Lord. Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 26:7 The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 26:9 10 Why do you prophesy in the Lord's name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?" And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord. 10 When the officials of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate of the Lord's house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 27:18 If they are prophets and have the word of the LORD, let them plead with the LORD Almighty that the furnishings remaining in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 27:21 yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 28:1 In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 29:26 'The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the Lord; you should put any madman who acts like a prophet into the stocks and neck irons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 35:2 "Go to the Recabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 35:4 I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God. It was next to the room of the officials, which was over that of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 36:6 So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll the words of the LORD that you wrote as I dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 41:5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary. He has handed over to the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed feast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 3:50&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 5:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 8:14 Then he brought me to the entrance to the north gate of the house of the Lord, and I saw women sitting there, mourning for Tammuz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 8:16 He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 11:1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the Lord that faces east. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 48:35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 8:1 "Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the Lord because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 1:9 Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haggai 1:14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 6:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 7:3 by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, "Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 8:9 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "You who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were there when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord Almighty, let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 11:13 And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter" the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to the potter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 14:21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord Almighty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 2:49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 11:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 13:35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:46&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 5:42&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 7:47-48&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 17:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 20:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 16:5, 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 6:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:19, 21-22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 3:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 3:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philemon 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 13:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 1:14&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Love&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Love Principle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 22:37-40 - Love God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love your neighbor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 24:12 Love grows cold when wickedness increases&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 13:34-35 Love one another&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 13 service was the full extent of his love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 15:9-17 Christ like love = life giving love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 13:8 ff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:7 Accept = love; accept like Christ did&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 5:14 His love compels us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 5:6 Only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 5:13 serve in love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 5:20 love covers sins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Peter 1:22 all your heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Peter 4:8 Love deeply&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love principles:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Serve in Love Gal 5:13 and Jn 13 (the full extent of Christ love)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life of Love Eph 5:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 John 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love above all Colossians 3:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Corinthians 13:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and light I John 2:9,10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taught by God I Thess 4:9,10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faithful Love (of God)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 5:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 6:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 13:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 17:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 21:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 23:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:6, 7, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 26:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:7, 16, 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 32:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 33:5, 18, 22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 36:7, 5, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:10, 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 44:26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 48:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 51:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 52:1,8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 57:3, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 59:10, 16, 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 61:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 63:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 66:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69:13, 16, 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 77:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 85:7, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:5, 13, 15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 88:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:1-2, 5, 8, 14, 24, 28, 33, 49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm Psalm 90:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 92:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 94:14, 18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 98:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 100:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 101:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:4, 11, 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 106:1, 7, 45&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:1, 8, 15, 21, 31, 43&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 108:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 109:21, 26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 115:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 117:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:1-4, 29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:41, 88, 124, 159&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 136&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:2, 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 141:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 143:1, 8, 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 144:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 146:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 147:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 11:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 63:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 9:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 16:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 32:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 33:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 10:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 7:8-10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 28:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8:39&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Ministry &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Ministry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MINISTRY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 3:23 (NIV) Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 1:17 (NIV) he was one of our number and shared in this ministry."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 1:25 (NIV) to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 6:2 (NIV) So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 6:4 (NIV) and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:21 (NIV) You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 21:19 (NIV) Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 11:13 (NIV) I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 3:3 (NIV) You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 3:7 (NIV) Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 3:8 (NIV) will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 3:9 (NIV) If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 4:1 (NIV) Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 5:18 (NIV) All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 6:3 (NIV) We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 2:8 (NIV) For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Tim 4:5 (NIV) But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Tim 4:11 (NIV) Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heb 8:6 (NIV) But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heb 9:6 (NIV) When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Miracle&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Miracle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miracles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 5&lt;br /&gt;I want to believe more than I do now. If God is who I believe He is, then I must be open to the fact that he may operate in a way that is beyond the capacity to wrap my brain around. There are things we cannot know, figure out, or explain.&lt;br /&gt;ACCEPT:&lt;br /&gt;DECLINE:&lt;br /&gt;Why do people let stories of modern miracles die/fade away? Is it because some people won t believe or don t believe? Because it s not now and not proveable or testable, then it cannot be?&lt;br /&gt;BELIEF: (Caveats? But  If . )&lt;br /&gt;UNBELIEF:&lt;br /&gt;1. Non-believers&lt;br /&gt;2.  miracles have ceased &lt;br /&gt;3. See Caveats above&lt;br /&gt;4. Explaining by  reason  what some describe as miracle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do I want to believe God more? To know and to see God, to experience him in the deepest way. Our faith glorifies God because it is his reflection through our bodies.&lt;br /&gt;God is doing active awesome things whether we  see  it or not!&lt;br /&gt;1. Everyday God works miracles&lt;br /&gt;2. He is involved in our lives&lt;br /&gt;3. He chooses the manners of miracle   even if our eyes can be closed to them&lt;br /&gt;Example:  The guy who  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Mission &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Mission&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mission of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Body Based Covenant&lt;br /&gt;First, we must consider God s original purpose for mankind: He has always wanted all people to dwell together in peace and love, with good things being done motivated by pure hearts. When Moses received the law, God said,  The Word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.  Deut 30:14. Obedience is what God desires, His greatest pleasure: people being good to people, people watching out for one another, taking care of the weak, and we mustn t sin because sin just hurts people and people hurting is counteractive to the best life God designed for his created people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The obedience thing didn t really work out. No one accomplished it perfectly, even though some may get pretty close. But this is not about achievement or even discipline. If following the law was a means to an end, the end never ended up giving man a pure heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So God decided to directly inject his wills, intentions, justice, and primarily LOVE into the heart of man. It just didn t work by writing it on a stone. It had to be written on the fleshly hearts of men for it to work right. It seems that people can tell when someone else is trying to be nice because they feel like they have to. It simply  feels better  to receive charity from a loving heart, a cheerful giver. This cannot be brought about by rule-keeping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever heard the hypothetical question:  Can God make a stone he cannot lift? ? Let s make a new question:  Can God make a heart he cannot move?  CHOICE is actually a realm where man has the power to actually trump God s will and do whatever the hell he wants. And that s just where it leads to is hell into a life where man is his own god. Something had to happen to break this pride of man God himself had to come down and prove that the Spirit of God can  work  in the heart of man and it will not work unless man himself chooses to let God live in his heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah spoke of the suffering servant, in whom the Spirit of God is, who took on the sin of the world, who made the whole evil thing backfire-- we find out on this side of prophecy that this servant/shepherding-sheep is the Christ, Jesus. (Isaiah 40-66, conspicuous in 49:8- I will keep YOU and give YOU as a covenant to the people; also Isaiah 30:19-21 + John 14:6)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah (31, and 24:7; Ezekiel 36:26-27) spoke of a day when the Word would be in the hearts and minds of the people. This was quoted from Joel 2 at Pentecost as a foundation for the gospel. The body-based-covenant, i.e. spirit-filled flesh is quoted from the writer of the book of Hebrews as the present reality of Christians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an EDUCATOR.&lt;br /&gt;If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a SCIENTIST.&lt;br /&gt;If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an ECONOMIST.&lt;br /&gt;If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an ENTERTAINER.&lt;br /&gt;But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a SAVIOR.&lt;br /&gt;- Roy Lessin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Greatest need was help from God to dwell in the same place as the Holy Word. God provides our needs. (see also 2 Corinthians 3-5).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you, God for entrusting us with your Word in our hearts. We believe that the glory that can be seen in us solely belongs to you. We believe that since we have proven ourselves to be sinners so many times, that we can only diminish our pride and point to the beautiful glory you have graced us with by increasing your characteristics in our lives as we have the seed of love growing within us. It blooms our joy, grows in peace, patience is the process, it buds in kindness, the fruit is good, and faithfully, you increase within us your kindness and gentleness until our self is under your control. Thank you, God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;********************************************************&lt;br /&gt;Witness to the World/Generations: There are things that God wants the world to know... whether they believe it or not. And these messages are to be carried out to all generations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 16:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 9:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 11:15 [God examines the good and wicked]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 12:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 15:2 [values/cost]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 17:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 19:1,3,4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 22:27-33 [universal bow]&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 22:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 24:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 28:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 33:5, 8, 11-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:3, 5, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 46:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 50:16 [God speaks to the wicked]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 61:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 64:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 65:2,5, 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 66:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 67:2-3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69:6, 34&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:15, 18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 72:5, 19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 73:21-22, 28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 75:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 76:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 77:8, 14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:4-7, 69&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 82:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 83:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Psalm 85:5)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:8, 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:1, 4, 11, 37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 95:4-5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:1-3, 6-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 97:1-6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 98:2, 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 100:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:12, 18, 21-22, 24-26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:5, 24-28, 33&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:1, 2, 7, 16 (esp 8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 106:2, 31, 35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 108:3,5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 109:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 112:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 113:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 117:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:64, 90&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 135:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 136:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:4-7, 10, 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 146:2, 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all of Psalm 148&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 28:19 (see Psalm 19:40 [et al Isaiah 28, esp. the end]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:10-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 51:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 1:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 25:30-38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 2:4,5,7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:16-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habakkuk 1:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zephaniah 3:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 3:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 10:26-31 [universal revelation]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 11:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 24:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 25:31-32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 28:6-7 [come, see, go, tell]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:54-56&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 17:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:17, 24-30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 20:38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 21:35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 1:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 3:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 7:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 14:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 1:22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 4:19-20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 14:15,17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 17:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 17:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 26:22-23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 28:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 1:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 3:19,29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 2:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 4:5 [revealed secrets, universal bow]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 10:26 [ God owns the world]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Christ, regardless of perception:} 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 (and maybe next two)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 4:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 8:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 10:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 6:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 4:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 4:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:11-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:1-2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 3:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 5:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:1-2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:17-19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:11 (comparing)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 1:27b&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 4:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 3:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:7-11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two ways to see the world: With God or without God&lt;br /&gt;This is a kingdom vision--&lt;br /&gt;walking by faith-- is not confiding in the things that are seen&lt;br /&gt;"Them's got ears let 'em hear"-- Jesus by way of Woody Guthrie&lt;br /&gt;And God will reveal all things, "Faith will be sight"&lt;br /&gt;Mark 7:21-22 the inside/out&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:29-31- Kingdom sacrifice payback plan trading seen for the unseen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:1-3- universal revelations&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:13-21- not about the money!-- &amp;lt;&amp;gt; be rich toward God&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:54-56- interpreting times &amp;lt; style="font-weight: bold;"&amp;gt;Luke 16:15 &amp;lt; men see with eyes, but God sees the heart&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:15-19- children&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:24-30-- $, values, possibilities-- different than &amp;lt;&amp;gt;foolish news&lt;br /&gt;The Cross is the very place where the will of God and the will of evil all wanted the same thing... but for different reasons.&lt;br /&gt;So here before us, we have the cross, whether we believe or not.&lt;br /&gt;Same cross-- different outcome&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 2:14-17- Christ, regardless of perceptions&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 4:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 1:4- Jesus to rescue from present evil age&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:1-10- two lives concurrent cf Galatians 2:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:15- be children of God in a crooked and perverted generation&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 3:19-20 &amp;lt;&amp;gt; citizenship heaven&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:8 &amp;lt;&amp;gt; based on Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:20- life in Christ is death to the world (also Galatians 2:20)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:4-6&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:13- God message not a human message&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 5:1-11- "they" don't know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:16- no one can or has seen God&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:17-19- take hold of life that is real&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:3- the seen made by the unseen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 1:27- keep unstained by world&lt;br /&gt;James 4:4- friend with the world = enemy of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:1-6- two worlds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 3:1-6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UNIVERSAL BOW &amp;amp; REVELATIONS&lt;br /&gt;One day every knee will bow before the Lord... best to do it now while its' still choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 22:27&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 33:6-9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 2:7ff&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:13&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 4:5&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 8:2&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:14&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 5:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:9-11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:12&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 3:13&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:16-18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 5:24ff&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:13-14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 4:13&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 12:25&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Money &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 25:1-2 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 35:4ff- "from what you have..."; "all who are skilled..."; "everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments"; "everyone who was willing, men and women alike..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 18:21-24 "I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the Tent of Meeting. 22 From now on the Israelites must not go near the Tent of Meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die. 23 It is the Levites who are to do the work at the Tent of Meeting and bear the responsibility for offenses against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites. 24 Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the LORD. That is why I said concerning them: 'They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.' "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 5:33- Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 8:10-18- When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15 He led you through the vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. 16 He gave you manna to eat in the desert, something your fathers had never known, to humble and to test you so that in the end it might go well with you. 17 You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." 18 But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[ Remember the poor: Deut 10:17-19, 15:7-11, 16:17, 24:17-18, 26:6 and Romans 12:16, Nehemiah 5 and Psalms 35:10, 41:1, 69:30-33, 72:4, 82:3-4 ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 14:27- And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 16:17- Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the LORD your God has blessed you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 9:7-8- Saul said to his servant, "If we go, what can we give the man? The food in our sacks is gone. We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?"8 The servant answered him again. "Look," he said, "I have a quarter of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us what way to take."&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 17:1-16- Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word." 2 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: 3 "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there." 5 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. The Widow at Zarephath 7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the LORD came to him: 9 "Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food." 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?" 11 As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a piece of bread." 12 "As surely as the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die." 13 Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.' " 15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 29:3- Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 29:12-16- Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. 13 Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. 14 "But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. 15 We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. 16 O LORD our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nehemiah 2:1-8- In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before; 2 so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid, 3 but I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"4 The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven, 5 and I answered the king, "If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my fathers are buried so that I can rebuild it." 6 Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?" It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.7 I also said to him, "If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah? 8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?" And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 10:13-15-Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"? 14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 15:5-who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 34:6-This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 34:10-The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 36:8- They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:9-For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:11- But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:16- Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:21-2- The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously; 22 those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:25-6- I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. 26 They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 39:6- Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 47:4- He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 49:11- Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 52:7- Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 61:5- For you have heard my vows, O God; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:10- Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 68:10- Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69:4- Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 72:3- The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 73:2-12- But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. 5 They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. 7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity ; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits. 8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. 9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. 10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. 11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge? 12 This is what the wicked are like  always carefree, they increase in wealth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74:2-Remember the people you purchased of old, the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed  Mount Zion, where you dwelt.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74:16-The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:1- O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 85:1- You showed favor to your land, O LORD; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 94:5- They crush your people, O LORD; they oppress your inheritance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:8- Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:2- Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:11- To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 106:40- Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:2- Let the redeemed of the LORD say this  those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:4-6-Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. 5 They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. 6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:9- for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:39-41- Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow; 40 he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste. 41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 111:6- He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 112:3-Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 112:5- Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 112:9- He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever;&lt;br /&gt;his horn will be lifted high in honor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 115:12-15- The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel,&lt;br /&gt;he will bless the house of Aaron, 13 he will bless those who fear the LORD  small and great alike. 14 May the LORD make you increase, both you and your children. 15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 116:12- How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me?&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 116:15- Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:14- I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:36-Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:72- The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:111- Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:127- Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:162- I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 125:3- The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous,&lt;br /&gt;for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 126:1-6- When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. 2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." 3 The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. 4 Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negev. 5 Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. 6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 127:3-4- Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. 4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 128- Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways. 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. 4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. 5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem, 6 and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 133:3- It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 134:3- May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 135:4- For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 136:21- and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 140:12- I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 142:7- Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 144:13-15- Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; 14 our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. 15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:14-16- The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. 16 You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 147:10-11- His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man; 11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 147:13-14- for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you. 14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 32:7- The scoundrel's methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 33:18-In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: "Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?"&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:13- I will raise up Cyrus in my righteousness: I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price or reward, says the LORD Almighty."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 56:3-6- Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say, "The LORD will surely exclude me from his people." And let not any eunuch complain, "I am only a dry tree." 4 For this is what the LORD says: "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant- 5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. 6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to serve him, to love the name of the LORD, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61:1- The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61:7- Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 6:13- From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 29:14- I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 12:7-8- The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud. 8 Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 3:7-12Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?' 8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse the whole nation of you because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. 12 "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 6:33- But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 10:5-15- These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. 9Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts; 10take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep. 11"Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave. 12As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 10:29-31- Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 16:26- What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:20-22- "Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy." 21Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." 22At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:29-31- "I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. 31But many who are first will be last, and the last first."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 12:40- They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 12:41-44- esus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. 43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything all she had to live on."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 14:3-11- While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? 5It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly. 6"Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." 10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. 11They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:30- Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:34-36- And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. 35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 7:41-42- "Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 8:1-3- After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 9:23-27- Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. 25What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? 26If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 9:57-59- As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." 59He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 10:1-8- After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road. 5"When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. 7Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. 8"When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set before you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 11:5-13- Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.' 7"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' 8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 9"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:6-7- Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:13-21- Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." 14Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?" 15Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." 16And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' 18"Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." 20"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 21"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:22-34-Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 26Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? 27"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 28If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. 32"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 14:28-30- "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'&lt;br /&gt;Luke 15- great value God attributes to lost and rejected in the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 16:15- He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 16 (all of it)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:22- When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:24-30- Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! 25Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." 26Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?" 27Jesus replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." 28Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!" 29"I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 21:1-4- As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3"I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 22:35-38- Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 37It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment." 38The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 12:3-7- Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5"Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages. " 6He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. " It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:44-47- All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 4:32-37- All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. 33With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. 34There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need. 36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), 37sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles' feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:20- Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:27- So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 10:2-3- He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, "Cornelius!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 11:29- The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 12:25- When Barnabas and Saul had finished their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 16:16- Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. Acts 16:19- When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 18:3-5- and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. 5When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 19:27- There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 20:33-35- I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. 34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. 35In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "&lt;br /&gt;Romans 1:28- Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 4:4- Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 5:13- for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:21-22- So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future all are yours,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 4:7- For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6:20- you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 7:7- I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 7:23- You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 11:12- For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 16:2- On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 1:15-16- Because I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. 16I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 12:13- How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 6:6- Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1- "inheritance"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:15-from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:7- But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 3:8- What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 4:10-20- I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12I 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. 13I can do everything through him who gives me strength. 14Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. 15Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need. 17Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. 18I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. 20To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:3- Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:9- Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:6- and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:11-12- Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:8-9- nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 9We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 5:3-10- Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. 4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God. 5The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. 6But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. 7Give the people these instructions, too, so that no one may be open to blame. 8If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 9No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, 10and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the saints, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 5:17-18- The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. 18For the Scripture says, "Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain," and "The worker deserves his wages."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:5-10- and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. 6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 6:17-19- Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 1:11- They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach and that for the sake of dishonest gain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philemon 17-18- So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. 18If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 13:5 - 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."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 1:9-11- The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. 10But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. 11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 2:1-7- My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism. 2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. 3If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet," 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 5:1-6- Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. 2Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 6You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:4- As you come to him, the living Stone rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 3:4- Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:9-11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 1:11- and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:17- If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Mystery &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;MYSTERY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of Godliness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 3:16-   Is Great: He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken into glory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 13:25- Utter things hidden since creation of the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Psalm 78:2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 8:10- knowledge of the secret of the kingdom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 4:1- Christ entrusted with the secret things of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13:2- If I can fathom all mysteries and not have love, I am nothing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15:51-I tell you a mystery, we will not all sleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3- The Mystery of Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:19-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:3- Christ, the mystery of God in whom are hidden all the treasures and knowledge&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;New Life &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;New Life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 2:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 15:31- I die every day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 5:15- he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 4:19- until Christ is formed in you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 12:1- be transformed by the renewing of your minds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:3- for you died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:2- he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires but rather for the will of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONFIDENCE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 3:12  we have such a hope, we are very bold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also throughout Hebrews&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:28- continue in him so that we may have confidence unto the end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:21   if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;One Another &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;There are 58 One another s in the New Testament&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trust in the People:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 14:19- we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:14- Now, my brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:26- Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a[nother] language, or an interpretation. All things must be done for edification.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 2:3-   I am confident about all of you that my joy is yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 7:6- But God, who comforts the humble&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 8:22- even more diligent because his great confidence in you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 5:10- In the Lord I have confidence in you that you will not accept any other view&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 5:19- speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music to the Lord in your heart v. 21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:16- Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the Father through Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 3:12-14- Exhort one another daily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:9- we are confident of the better things connected with salvation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:24-25- and let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works, not staying away from our meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 5:11 therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:4- we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do what we command.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FELLOWSHIP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breaking Bread: Basic elements, available to all, like Christ s humanity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 11:20-21, 33; Acts 2:42&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love Feast: 2 Peter 2:13; Jude 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proclaim (present)&lt;br /&gt;Lord s Death (past)&lt;br /&gt;Until he comes (future)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Table- a full square meal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A theme of Luke (22:14) 1 Corinthians 10:21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Wedding feast:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christ the Bridegroom, the church the Bride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 22:1-14; 26:29; Luke 12:35-38; 15:22-32; Revelation 19:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HOUSE CHURCH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:46- House to House&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(2:2, 9:11, 10:32, 12:12, 16:5,34,40, 17:5, 18:7, 21:8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 8:3- Saul searched every house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 16:3,5- Priscilla and Aquilla House   I Corinthians 16:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 4:15- Laodicea, Nymphas  Church&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philemon 2- Apphia and Archippus  House Church&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Indwells People, Not Buildings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Home natural Setting for ONE ANOTHERING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be it Ever so Humble- Christ s simplicity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Home shows the family nature of the church&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Home Models spiritual authenticity you can t fake it at home.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Parables &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;the following text were in a chart originally, losing their formatting for this sheet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;PARABLE	REFERENCES	TYPE	TOPIC	LESSON&lt;br /&gt;	Matt. 13:1-8;			Productivity within the&lt;br /&gt;Sower and			kingdom depends on the&lt;br /&gt;the seed	Mark 4:3-8;	Didactic	Kingdom	kind of response to the&lt;br /&gt;	Luke 8:5-8			Word one makes.&lt;br /&gt;				Until the kingdom&lt;br /&gt;Weeds	Matt. 13:24-30	Didactic	Kingdom	dominates, it will coexist&lt;br /&gt;in the world with the&lt;br /&gt;				kingdom of Satan.&lt;br /&gt;	Matt. 13:31-32;			Though the kingdom&lt;br /&gt;Mustard seed	Mark 4:30-32;	Didactic	Kingdom	begins small, it will be&lt;br /&gt;	Luke 13:18-19			large at the end.&lt;br /&gt;	Matt. 13:33;			Though beginning small,&lt;br /&gt;Yeast	Luke 13:20-21	Didactic	Kingdom	the kingdom will dominate&lt;br /&gt;			the earth one day.&lt;br /&gt;				Total commitment to the&lt;br /&gt;Hidden treasure	Matt. 13:44	Didactic	Kingdom	kingdom should be given&lt;br /&gt;				because of its infinite worth.&lt;br /&gt;Pearl of				Total commitment to the&lt;br /&gt;great price	Matt. 13:45-46	Didactic	Kingdom	kingdom should be given&lt;br /&gt;			because of its infinite worth.&lt;br /&gt;				Until the kingdom&lt;br /&gt;Dragnet	Matt. 13:47-50	Didactic	Kingdom	dominates, it will coexist&lt;br /&gt;in the world with the&lt;br /&gt;				kingdom of Satan.&lt;br /&gt;				God will bring about His&lt;br /&gt;Growing seed	Mark 4:26-29	Didactic	Kingdom	kingdom apart from&lt;br /&gt;				human effort.&lt;br /&gt;Workers in				God grants grace to the&lt;br /&gt;the vineyard	Matt. 20: 1-16	Didactic	Service	undeserving out of His&lt;br /&gt;			generosity.&lt;br /&gt;				One must be prepared for&lt;br /&gt;Talents	Matt. 25: 14- 30	Didactic	Service	the coming of Christ by&lt;br /&gt;				commitment to service.&lt;br /&gt;				Disciples of Jesus are to&lt;br /&gt;Ten minas	Luke 19:11-27	Didactic	Service	remain faithful until&lt;br /&gt;				He returns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Pleasing &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;PLEASING HIM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 11:20, 12:22, 15:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 5:9- So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COLOSSIANS 1:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Thess 4:1 Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I John 3:22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8:8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 14:18 - because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 5:10 and find out what pleases the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heb 13:21- equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Timothy 5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOSPEL-WORTHY CONDUCT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:6,10-  live a life worthy of the Lord, pleasing him in every way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:1- Live a life worthy of the calling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:27-  Whatever happens  conduct yourselves . Manner worthy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 2:14- Acting in line with truth of the gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 2:15 (and 12) do your best to present yourself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:11- worthy of his calling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 1:17- (worldly manner)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 13:5- Be testing yourselves&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Power &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Power&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 14:31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 19:46&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 9:11- [power in you not seeing Him]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 54:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 59:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 65:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 68:35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:16, 18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 77:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:42&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 80:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:8, 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 92:4, 5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 96:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 97:3-5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:27-37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 106:8, 33&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:23-27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 111:3, 4, 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:15-16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 136:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 144:5-6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:4-7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 147:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 25:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 51:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 66:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 16:21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 13:26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 4:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 3:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 4:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 11:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 14:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:13 [power to the people]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:20-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 2:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthinans 4:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 5:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:20-23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:14-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:11, 29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 3:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Prayer &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 6:5-18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 7:7-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:35&lt;br /&gt;Mark 11:24 believe it and receive it&lt;br /&gt;Mark 14:32-42 Gethsemanae&lt;br /&gt;Luke 11:1-13- whole discourse&lt;br /&gt;Luke 18:1-8- persit&lt;br /&gt;John 17- the Lord s Prayer for Unity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What to Pray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;each of these references on prayer are straight from the scriptures&lt;br /&gt; God have mercy on me, a sinner.&lt;br /&gt; Pray to depart from wickedness, not be bitter, nor to be captive to sin.&lt;br /&gt; Pray for those who mistreat you&lt;br /&gt; Thank God for the church, remembering before God your work produced by faith, labor prompted by love, endurance inspired by Hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt; Pray that God may count you worthy of His calling and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in Him according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt; Release your anxieties to God by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving make requests.&lt;br /&gt; We have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask because we obey his command s and do what pleases him.&lt;br /&gt; We have this assurance in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have asked of him.&lt;br /&gt; 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.&lt;br /&gt; Build yourselves up on your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit, Keep yourselves in God s love, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.&lt;br /&gt; Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it will be yours and when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him. So that your Father in heaven my forgive you your sins.&lt;br /&gt; Pray for faith in Jesus, love for all the saints, never stop giving thanks, remember the church in your prayers, pray God give a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that we may know him better. Pray the eyes of our heart be enlightened to know the hope of the riches of Christ s glorious inheritance and his incomparably great power for us who believe!&lt;br /&gt; Requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made for everyone--- for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.&lt;br /&gt;PRAYERS FOR THE PERPETUATION OF THE GOSPEL&lt;br /&gt; Pray to speak the word of God more boldly&lt;br /&gt; Pray and fast when you are sent to preach, when appointing elders&lt;br /&gt; Pray in a struggle pray that the evangelists are rescued from unbelievers and their service to be acceptable to the saints.&lt;br /&gt; Pray for the saints, and for preachers  wherever I open my mouth words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel. . . pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should.&lt;br /&gt; Pray the Lord of harvest to send workers into the fields&lt;br /&gt; Pray for the completion of the work of the gospel within us&lt;br /&gt; Pray that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored in other places like it us here with you. Pray the God s servants may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith.&lt;br /&gt; Having love and faith in the Lord Jesus and loving all the saints, pray to be active in sharing your faith so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.&lt;br /&gt; Devote yourselves to prayer being watchful and thankful. . . pray that God may open a door for our message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christa. . . that we may proclaim it like we should.&lt;br /&gt;EXPECT TO FIND A PLACE OF PRAYER like Jesus did&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Always pray and don t give up&lt;br /&gt; Trust God, Trust Jesus Because he said,  I will do whatever you ask in my name so that the son may bring glory to the Father.&lt;br /&gt; Devote yourselves to prayer: pray regularly, be faithful in prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PRAYER PRINCIPLES And you beloved, building yourselves up, on your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God waiting for the mercy of your Lord Jesus Christ, unto eternal life.&lt;br /&gt; A.S.K.--- Ask, Seek, and Knock Ask and it will be given, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened.&lt;br /&gt; Pray with others, voices raised in prayer to God with faith to shake the walls. Pray in people s homes in groups; Pray at the church meeting; pray on the beach with men, women, and children.&lt;br /&gt; Pray in the Spirit in all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.&lt;br /&gt; Pray Continually&lt;br /&gt; Men Everywhere should lift up holy hands in prayer without anger or disputing&lt;br /&gt; Pray in times of trouble&lt;br /&gt; 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.&lt;br /&gt; Believe and Receive&lt;br /&gt; Prayers and others: Prayers are affected by our relationships.&lt;br /&gt;Some prayer Don ts&lt;br /&gt; Do not pray to be seen by others&lt;br /&gt; Do not pray with vain repetitions&lt;br /&gt; Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. "Are you praying for quickening in your own life, in the life of your fellow-workers, and in the Church?"&lt;br /&gt;2. "Are you longing for greater power of the Holy Spirit in your own life and work, and are you convinced that you cannot go on without this power? "&lt;br /&gt;3. "Will you pray that you may not be ashamed of Jesus?"&lt;br /&gt;4. "Do you believe that prayer is the great means for securing this spiritual awakening?"&lt;br /&gt;5. "Will you set apart one half-hour each day as soon after noon as possible to pray for this awakening, and are you willing to pray till the awakening comes?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crying out/Calling out to God&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 12:8&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 16:34&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 3:4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 4:1,3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 5:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 6:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 14:4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 17:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 18:3, 6 [41]&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 20:9&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 22:24&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:5, 21&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 26:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 27:7, 14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 28:1, 2, 6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 30:8&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:6, 14, 17, 22&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:4- Wait&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:9 - Hope&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:4- Wait&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 39:7 hope/wait&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:1, 16&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 50:15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 55:16&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 56:3,4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 61:1,2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:8&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 64:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 69&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 77:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:34&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 80:18&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 81:7&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 84:2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:5,7&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 88:1-2, 13&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 89:26&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 91:2, 15&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 99:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 102:1,2&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:6, 13, 19, 28&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 109:26&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 115:9, 11&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 116:2, 4&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 116:13&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:5, 25&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:169&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 120:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 125:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130:1-2, 5-6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 131:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 140:6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 141:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 142:1, 5, 6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 143:8&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:18, 19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:6&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 66:4, 7&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 65:12, 24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 10:25&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 32:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 1:19&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 10:49&lt;br /&gt;Luke 6:46&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:21&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:39&lt;br /&gt;Acts 22:16&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:20&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:2&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:26&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 7:17&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 2:12&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 2:19&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 5:4&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 11:16&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Promise &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Promise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE PROMISES OF GOD&lt;br /&gt;2 Pet 1:3&lt;br /&gt;His divine power&lt;br /&gt;Eph 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, (18) may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, (19) and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Cor 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eph 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, (21) to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;has given us&lt;br /&gt;John 3:16 "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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everything we need&lt;br /&gt;Mat 6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mat 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.&lt;br /&gt;Phil 4:12 (KJV) I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 4:12 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;Heb 4:16 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. for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5485. charis, khar' ece; from G5463; graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstr. or concr.; lit., fig. or spiritual; espec. the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude): acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace ( ious), joy liberality, pleasure, thank ( s, worthy).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(4) Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,&lt;br /&gt;so that through them you may&lt;br /&gt;participate in the divine nature and&lt;br /&gt;Sarx =flesh&lt;br /&gt;phusis=the natural way of things the one used in Peter&lt;br /&gt;morph=the form of something&lt;br /&gt;Heb 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:&lt;br /&gt;Heb 6:17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.&lt;br /&gt;Heb 6:17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.&lt;br /&gt;James 1:21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.&lt;br /&gt;James 2:4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?&lt;br /&gt;Rom 12:9 (NIV) Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 12:17 (NIV) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 12:21 (NIV) Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 2:6-10 God "will give to each person according to what he has done."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Promise #1&lt;br /&gt;Condition (7) To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality,&lt;br /&gt;Reward he will give eternal life. (10) but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Promise #2&lt;br /&gt;Condition (8) But for those who are self seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,&lt;br /&gt;Reward there will be wrath and anger. (9) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Promise #3&lt;br /&gt;James 1:12&lt;br /&gt;Condition Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test,&lt;br /&gt;Reward he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Promise #4&lt;br /&gt;James 2:5&lt;br /&gt;Condition those who love him&lt;br /&gt;Reward Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Purpose &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Purpose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pop-religious book has been Purpose Driven Life. This is just a popular reflection of a Biblical truth. We are all built purposefully: Psalm 57:2; Ps 138:8; Jeremiah 27:6, 32:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OUR PURPOSE SPRINGS FROM HIS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:10, 15- God S workmanship, works prepared in advance, HIS PURPOSE was to make a man of peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:13-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accomplished in Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Based upon Promise (a Predetermined purpose)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:17- Purpose=unchanging, based on promise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 8 &amp;amp; 10- The PROMISE of indwelling in hearts and minds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 9:12- God s purpose in election  not by works but by Him who calls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 33:10-11- God s has a purpose and it stands firm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:1-11- PURPOSE as both a noun and a verb. Purpose of his will which he PURPOSED in Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is God s good pleasure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 11:26- Father s good pleasure to reveal the hidden things to children&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:9- Mystery of his will His good pleasure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It involves RECONCILIATION with God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:15- Peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Response&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To Obey: 1 Peter 2:8 obeying the message, which  what they were destined for&lt;br /&gt;Or Reject: Luke 7:30-  rejected God s purpose for themselves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has a Result&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:10, 18, 3:11:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Access to God, Glory to Him, Reconciliation, To do good works&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holiness: Psalm 57:2; 2 Timothy 1:9-2:21 Called us to a holy life because of his purpose, an instrument for holy purposes; 1 Corinthians 3:5-8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swallowing up death in life 2 Corinthians 5:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Role-Playing: Imitation of God and of godly men&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 13:22 &amp;amp; 36&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God s heart&lt;br /&gt;Do his will&lt;br /&gt;For your generation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KEY WORDS: predestined, pleasure, praise, purposed, plan, power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ETERNAL PURPOSE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was compiling some Bible notes in 2005, I wrote in my notebook, that it was taking too long to record all the thoughts flowing from the PURPOSE of God, that I got the feeling that it was all summed up anyway in Ephesians 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His Purpose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be conformed into the likeness of his Son (Rom 8:28,9)&lt;br /&gt;Christ formed in you (Galatians 4:19&lt;br /&gt;Built together, dwelling which God lives by his Spirit- Ephesians 2:21-22&lt;br /&gt;Body of Christ, built up  become mature, attaining the whole measure of the fullness of Christ --Ephesians 4:12-13&lt;br /&gt;Radiant Church  Holy and blameless Ephesians 5:25-7&lt;br /&gt;Bringing many sons to glory   Hebrews 2:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TEXTUAL EXAMINATION (NEW TESTAMENT) OF THE WORD PURPOSE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:23 This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 5:38 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 13:36 "For when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David is an example of fulfilling purposes. He was a king, he filled the throne, he always praised the Lord...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8:28 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1- The general purpose of God was to make his name known by his people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2- The specific purpose of God is individualized in each of his people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 9:11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad  in order that God's purpose in election might stand:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God s purposes are accomplished not only through his people but through other means as well. WhY? Because he is the ruler of all, all things are under his subjection. None of his plans will be thwarted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This shows the unified efforts of the works of the church... this shows that each of our parts matter in the big picture... your work relies upon me and my work relies upon you... yet all of us are called to make the best of our work... some of us may have a bigger chasm to cross... we may feel like our parents performed the biggest battles in the church... each generation must catch a vision of the direction God wants them to go... as his people... must we wander through the desert for our lives, or are we the Joshua generation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe that we are called to be the Joshua generation. I can walk through the Christian bookstores and see titles that I have thought about... my assumption is that we are a part of a spiritual movement that we can choose how much we will be involved in it... the spirit is stirring the waters and those who want to plunge into healing will be healed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commercial Christianity has so many opportunities to be bad, but no worse than the SECOND GREAT AWAKENING from whence our movement grew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 5:5 Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The purpose is so that the moral body may be SWALLOWED UP IN LIFE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 3:19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 4:18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:11 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,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:11 according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 6:22 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:2 then make my joy complete by being like minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:2 My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 4:8 I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The guidance of our faith to do good things in the world is promoted by the spirit of God. We are allowed to be creative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 2:7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle  I am telling the truth, I am not lying  and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As God said earlier... he wants all men to be saved, and he has appointed people to proclaim.... to reveal the true faith to people so that they can be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:9 who has saved us and called us to a holy life  not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the Old Testament, God said that he would do things for his name sake. Many people pleaded with God on his name s sake. If it s not all about God, it means nothing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 3:10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The promise came first to Abraham... the promise was maintained in the heart of Abraham by his believing faith. God s promises are kept and man s faith meets God s promises to make them matter to man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 17:13 They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 17:17 For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's words are fulfilled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Job 9:12, 32, 14, 29, 32)- unconfirmed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 40:5&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 4:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 20:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:4, 23, 24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 21:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 33:11, 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:3,5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 40:8-10- I delight to do Your will, my God; Your instruction resides within me." 9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; see, I do not keep my mouth closed  as You know, LORD. 10 I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart; I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation; I did not conceal Your constant love and truth from the great assembly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 44:21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 51:12-14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 57:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 138:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 139:16&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:8-10- The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever." 9 Zion, herald of good news, go up on a high mountain. Jerusalem, herald of good news, raise your voice loudly. Raise it, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!" 10 See, the Lord GOD comes with strength, and His power establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His gifts accompany Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:6, 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 46:10-11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 56:3-6, 7, 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 62:2 &amp;amp; Isaiah 65:15 [name]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah {obey}&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 2:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 7:23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 9:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 11:3 (obey) 4-11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 12:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 19:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:4, 5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 25:7, 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 30:22, 24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 32:38-42&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 12:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 18:31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 9:12 [called by God's name]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habakkuk 2:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:14 [ Jesus' purpose where purpose and witness meet]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 4:43&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 5:32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 7:29-30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 19:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 10:16 [unity]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:23-24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 4:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 13:36, 46&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 20:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 26:16-18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 26:22-23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 1:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 6:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8:29-30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 12:1-2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 14:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 1:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 2:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:18, 24, 28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:5, 12, 19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 5:14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 3:19-26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 4:19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:3-14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:11-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 3:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 1:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 2:3-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 2:11-14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 3:4-7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 12:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:8, 15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Questions &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Questions about the Scriptures or in the Scriptures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 8:4 How in future generations would men be distinguished between the ones who follow God s ways and the ones who are living by the earth s way?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 12 Why Abraham? God could have chose seed from anyone. Was he experimenting with seed principles?   ensuring that whatever glory came from it, must be credited to Him, not some man trying to bring himself glory?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 13:13 Why does God care if we sin? Do you suppose they connected their sins with it being against God? What business is it of his? (see Gen 20:6)&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 14:18 Where did this PRIEST come from? The King of Peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Circumcision&lt;br /&gt;What was this about?   it s not really about obedience. It would be a test of obedience to tell a full grown man to cut a piece of flesh off his penis. But since it is administered to babies, the act of faithfulness is on the father.&lt;br /&gt;Dad, why does my thing look like this? &lt;br /&gt;Well son  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 18:4ff What do you do when the Lord visits? Show hospitality, feed him your best, hear from him, converse. Maybe it is because God has experienced hospitality that he wants his children to practice it He know that the conversation and the preparation better the hosts and the hosted.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 18:20 Where did the outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah come from? Through there were not even 10 righteous people, people still experience unjust things. The difference is that when people try to take justice into their own hands, it continues the cycle of sin, hate, revenge, etc  (see 19:13)&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 26:15 Why did the Philistines fill in the wells? Spite? Jealousy? Didn t want to share the water?&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 33:4 Who s serving who? The prophecy said they younger will be served by the oldest.&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 33:10 Why would he say such a thing after actually encountering God? (Gen 32:30ish)&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 2:16 Priest of Midian (Reuel= Jethro?)&lt;br /&gt;What kind of priesthood was Reuel?&lt;br /&gt;v. 17 Shepherds did not honor the priests, maybe they wanted a sheep monopoly? V. 18 Dad knew his daughters would have to battle the shepherds!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notes Exodus 4:24--&lt;br /&gt;(1.) Omissions are sins, and must come into judgment, and particularly the contempt and neglect of the seals of the covenant; for it is a sign that we undervalue the promises of the covenant, and are displeased with the conditions of it. He that has made a bargain, and is not willing to seal and ratify it, one may justly suspect, neither likes it nor designs to stand to it.&lt;br /&gt;(from Matthew Henry's Commentary)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What deals have I made with God?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What deals has he made with me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1.) That when God discovers to us what is amiss in our lives we must give all diligence to amend it speedily, and particularly return to the duties we have neglected.&lt;br /&gt;(from Matthew Henry's Commentary)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever noticed that Moses was almost killed by God? He would have found another person to work through, but we would have lost our hero, Moses. Zipporah is a true heroine here. The scene was gross, bloody and weird, which may be why you haven t heard a sermon on this one yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have to give it to Zipporah, she tried to make the wrong get right real fast with God. Those of us who follow God often get comfortable with our relationship with God so much that we forget how  great and terrible  he is. We would rather talk about the Love of God and that God is love rather than to face the truth behind the FEAR of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A misunderstanding of grace motivated Paul s question in Romans 6  shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interesting how Adam Clarke made it seem like she was just putting off service to the Lord. Was it her responsibility from the beginning?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This act of Zipporah, evidently repugnant to her and delayed until it almost cost her husband's life, may have decided Moses to leave her and the children in Midian. Nothing was to hinder his service for the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;(from Wycliffe Commentary)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, God wanted to kill Moses because he had neglected to circumcise his boy. If he was going to lead the people, he could not leave off this rite from his obedience toward God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was the circumcision that was the barrier between Moses and God. Once it happened, then the Lord withdrew his sword.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 6:14-27 PP5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In vv. 28-30 the thread of the history, which was broken off at v. 12, is again resumed. [diber (heb 1696) bªyowm (heb 3117)], on the day, i. e., at the time, when God spake. [yowm (heb 3117)] is the construct state before an entire clause, which is governed by it without a relative particle, as in (vid., Ewald, §286i). Moses' last difficulty (, repeated in v. 30) was removed by God with the words: "See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet" (). According to ch. &amp;lt;4:16&amp;gt;, Moses was to be a god to Aaron; and in harmony with that, Aaron is here called the prophet of Moses, as being the person who would announce to Pharaoh the revelations of Moses. At the same time Moses was also made a god to Pharaoh; i. e., he was promised divine authority and power over Pharaoh, so that henceforth there was no more necessity for him to be afraid of the king of Egypt, but the latter, notwithstanding all resistance, would eventually bow before him. Moses was a god to Aaron as the revealer of the divine will, and to Pharaoh as the executor of that will.-- In vv. 2-5 God repeats in a still more emphatic form His assurance, that notwithstanding the hardening of Pharaoh's heart, He would bring His people Israel out of Egypt. [wªshilach (heb 7971)] (v. 2) does not mean ut dimittat or mittat (Vulg. Ros.; "that he send," Eng. ver.); but [w] is vav consec. perf., "and so he will send." On v. 3 cf. .&lt;br /&gt;(from Keil &amp;amp; Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A scripture that for some has turned into a symbolism &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 13:1-16 PP12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The correctness of the latter is obvious from the words themselves, which do not say that the commands are to be written upon scrolls, but only that they are to be to the Israelites for signs upon the hand, and for bands between the eyes, i. e., they are to be kept in view like memorials upon the forehead and the hand. The expression in , "Thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes," does not point at all to the symbolizing of the divine commands by an outward sign to be worn upon the hand, or to bands with passages of the law inscribed upon them, to be worn on the forehead between the eyes; nor does the "advance in from heart to word, and from word to hand or act," necessarily lead to the peculiar notion of Schultz, that "the sleeve and turban were to be used as reminders of the divine commands, the former by being fastened to the hand in a peculiar way, the latter by an end being brought down upon the forehead."&lt;br /&gt;(from Keil &amp;amp; Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, it s really about this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 13:1-16 PP12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The line of thought referred to merely expresses the idea, that the Israelites were not only to retain the commands of God in their hearts, and to confess them with the mouth, but to fulfil them with the hand, or in act and deed, and thus to show themselves in their whole bearing as the guardians and observers of the law. As the hand is the medium of action, and carrying in the hand represents handling, so the space between the eyes, or the forehead, is that part of the body which is generally visible, and what is worn there is worn to be seen. This figurative interpretation is confirmed and placed beyond doubt by such parallel passages as , "Bind them (the commandments) about thy neck; write them upon the tables of thine heart" (cf. vv. 21, 22, ).&lt;br /&gt;(from Keil &amp;amp; Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, what I want to know is what s the deal with the murmurings?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 4:2 What s that in your hand? See also Judges 3:31&lt;br /&gt;Every man has tools that God can use to show his glory through an encounter with him. I m holding a pen, What s in your Hand?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People always  require  multiple signs from God. God doesn t have to prove his power, but believers choose HOW POWERFUL DO YOU BELIEVE GOD TO BE? (vv.9-10)&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 6:7- Where do your longings meet with Gods?&lt;br /&gt;Your desire to be free from bondage does not exceed God s desire to have his own people. The place where your longings are exactly what God longs for is a wonderful place. Pray for that exact meeting point  seek what God s desires are and your wishes will come true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8:19- Sometimes even the finger of God cannot move the heart of man.&lt;br /&gt;Fear of the curse a motivating factor. Like the fear of hell, when the curse of the plagues were taken away, it took away some of the motivation to follow God. If hell was not a factor, who would follow God? If no one on earth followed God, would it not be hell already?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 14:17-18 Gotten Glory Over (NKJV- gain honor)&lt;br /&gt;Is a nation any better than the god they serve? The Egyptian gods, i.e. the Egyptian religion somehow passed into obscurity. THIS god however adopted/adapted these slave people into a nation and became like them in perfect form (Jesus) then invited the world to belong to Him. I ll be His!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 17:7 AND THE REAL TEST: IS THE LORD AMONG US OR NOT? The real test is do you believe in God s presence?&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 33:16 Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?&lt;br /&gt;Leviticus 23 Keeping Calendars&lt;br /&gt;The Jews had a moon-oriented calendar. Their months marked their histories and celebrations and memorials. I think we take for granted our days and the way we mark them and consider them. The Orthodox calendar arose from a different tradition than the Christian (Catholic) calendar. And many Protestant groups eschew entirely an liturgical hint. This is a mistake. Even though the Holy Spirit through Paul recollected that days can be considered each according to his own beliefs, this opens up a world not only to honor Jewish calendars, respect liturgical calendars, but for every believer maintain and create their own holidays (holy days).&lt;br /&gt;Which days are you setting apart from the others to honor God? 2-6-07&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 9:15ff God s Leading&lt;br /&gt;No doubt God led the people. I wonder what his criteria of movement was? Toward sustenance? Away from dangers? INTO dangers? (so he could show his power to protect them?) Random wanderings?&lt;br /&gt;The children didn t get the benefit of  why , only Where.&lt;br /&gt;And you shall be saved from your enemies&lt;br /&gt; Numbers 14 Do Christians any more  deserve  God s goodness?   Isaiah 43:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 16 v. 9   Leadership crisis: Pride to rise above your calling. Is it too small a thing what God did for you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this story an example of God  learning  leadership from man s errors? He sets up this test to show His CHOICE. (cf. 16:7)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 18:19 What does  covenant of salt  mean?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 22 Is it crazier that God speaks through a donkey or that Balaam speaks back?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 4:2 Adding to&lt;br /&gt;If no adding, then why did the Talmud even arise? Maybe they didn t even  see  that it was adding. Men adds all the time. Jesus Himself said that two commandments were importantest of all. Do you you know them? Is that the ones you talk about at school? At Church? At home where it counts? Have I kept those ones well?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 8 God s Perogative: To Do You Good in the End&lt;br /&gt;v. 15-16 Everywhere is wilderness   the same place God s providence is for all the basics we worry about most.&lt;br /&gt;IN the END? Begs the question, what about now? During the hard times and trials?&lt;br /&gt;NOW&lt;br /&gt; God still provides&lt;br /&gt; Where s my pride? v. 2&lt;br /&gt; Where s my heart? v. 2&lt;br /&gt; If this is a test &lt;br /&gt;o  What s the score, here, man?  Dr. Gonzo from F&amp;amp;LnLV&lt;br /&gt;o How am I being graded?&lt;br /&gt;o Am I passing?&lt;br /&gt;o Am I following the rules? (i.e. Have I been caught cheating?)&lt;br /&gt; Look where God brought me from  count my blessings.&lt;br /&gt; Look what I ve survived under God s protection.&lt;br /&gt; Look how God has fed me&lt;br /&gt; Have I fed on God s word?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 9:28 Namesake&lt;br /&gt;Moses  appeals before God What does man have as a bargaining chip with God?&lt;br /&gt;(See Psalm 50:7-14; 51:16-17)&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 15:9 Crying out to the Lord against you&lt;br /&gt;See also James 5:4&lt;br /&gt;This passage really got to me one time when I was thinking,  Am I doing something that would cause someone to complain to God about me?  During the same period, I was being troubled by issues in the church and the people standing behind the issues. A buddy of mine suggested when these people complain about what your are doing, ask them to pray that you ll be defeated in it (if it s not of God). The lesson is, whatever my actions, they are already before God and I should be able to talk about everything before him and be honest. I have to view people as the children of the same God I ask for mercy from. I imagine what God has to hear from their hearts and how it may relate to the way I treat them or don t treat them. As if God were going to sit us down someday and have a conference over things that were said or done, or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 22:22 Where s the man?&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 23:10 Can you believe this is in the Bible?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joshua 7:9   What will you do for your Great Name? GET UP!&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 7:18 Thankfulness prayer&lt;br /&gt;Who am I that you have brought me thus far?&lt;br /&gt; That God pays attention&lt;br /&gt; Knows us v 20&lt;br /&gt; Promises v 21&lt;br /&gt; Allows us to know it v 21&lt;br /&gt; Makes his people great v 23&lt;br /&gt; BECAME THEIR GOD. Sure, he was God-of-all already but this shows the CHOOSING God to-us-ward. He chose us, we did not choose him. John 15:16, Romans 5:8,9&lt;br /&gt;Gives us courage to pray v. 27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 12:20 Why not worship?&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 12:28- Is it too much?&lt;br /&gt;2 Kings 3:13- Other gods&lt;br /&gt;The prophets did not allow for or even consider the other  gods  are they really gods? Is there something to them? IF THEY STEAL THE HEARTS OF MEN, even if they are creations of men, then they are gods. And God and his children should not consider them.&lt;br /&gt;2 Kings 5:11 The Baptism of Naaman&lt;br /&gt;Was Naaman a man of great faith for dipping in the Jordan? Or was it his servants who coerced his obedient act? (v. 11)&lt;br /&gt;Growing up, I heard this story compared to baptism but Naaman wasn t really a believer in it. He did the act under coercion by others. When he came out clean, THEN he believed! People getting baptized under coercion are only going to come out wet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 21 What s so bad about counting?&lt;br /&gt;21:3-4 &amp;amp; 27:23-24- Joab and David s roles switch.&lt;br /&gt;21:30- but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord (Illus. Sword over Jerusalem. Caption: Jerusalem almost bit it)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 1:7 -- Just ask&lt;br /&gt; What are you asking for?&lt;br /&gt; What has God already given you?&lt;br /&gt;What do you think God would be most pleased to give you if only you would ask?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 2:5-7 Building buildings for God&lt;br /&gt;v. 5- drives the building of so many church buildings&lt;br /&gt;v.6- often ignored&lt;br /&gt;v. 7- Does he need or want any of the sacrifices we give? What does he really want? (Rom 12:1-2) Who was the first example? John 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 14:6,11 Do we still believe God shapes history among his people?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JOB-&lt;br /&gt;Job has so many questions inherent in the text and I think the narrative point of the text is that God is God and our questions are always small.&lt;br /&gt;Job is a book that brings up many, many theological questions. Why did God have to point out Job as being righteous to Satan? Why did Satan have to ask permission (did he ask permission for Adam and Eve?)? What was God thinking when the men were arguing back and forth contradicting themselves in their theological arguments? Were Job s friends actually sent from Satan as part of the torment (for they certainly were no comfort!)? Is Job 14:14 a reference to a theory of reincarnation or a true view of life after death?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7:20- Have I sinned? Unsurety? Did he know he was just?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4:18 ??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A word to those misrepresenting God s Word&lt;br /&gt;Job 13:7-12 Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him? Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God? Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive men? He would surely rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality. Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you? Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 16:4&lt;br /&gt;Why does God make evil beings when he punishes?&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10&lt;br /&gt;v. 5- Romans 13:1-6&lt;br /&gt;This is LEVELING principles. Who can boast before God? Are not all leaders placed or deposed by His hands? For His Purpose?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUESTIONS from Matthew&lt;br /&gt;What is the significance of the star that that Magi saw?&lt;br /&gt;How did they know it was special to the Christ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the baptism with fire?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8:10-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10:23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15:21-28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19:28 ff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 16:18- One focus in the church   to probe Jesus came to build a church. Was this his main purpose for an effect of his cause?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His Purpose: 1:21- He will save people from their sins convert people to the Lord, not the Church&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 12:7- I desire mercy, not sacrifice. Is there condemnation of the innocent going on here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LUKE&lt;br /&gt;From the sending out of the disciples and the seventy-two:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Hard questions: If disciples no longer possess the power to cast out demons and cure diseases, and heal the sick, then why must we still preach the kingdom of God?&lt;br /&gt;Do we still preach the kingdom of God?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 10:34- Very Unusual Passage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 14:12- What are the works that Jesus did?&lt;br /&gt;Acts 3: 1-10 Healing is a definition of the kingdom&lt;br /&gt;We re God s people how come we haven t seen anyone healed?&lt;br /&gt;Acts 4:32-37 Can such wonderful community be replicated?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 10- The shift of the Holy Spirit. Into the world of the Gentiles... why did the baptism get delayed? Every other place in Acts, the baptism facilitated the coming of the Spirit. Not in this case. This event seems to weaken the case for the Holy Spirit coming with the baptism. Up to this point, the Jews thought they owned salvation. They owned it all... from the baptismal rites, the right to be heard in prayer, atonement, and the Holy Spirit. They owned it all. This plays into the Pharisaical doctrine of control -- Only they could not control the Spirit... its like a wind that blows where it wants to... no one can contol the spirit. There are people like Simon who coveted the spirit. But he didn t get it by paying for it. Money, fame, nationality, NOTHING can buy the Holy Spirit. Just like Annanias and Saphira, the spirit can be taken away (like it was with Saul the first king of Israel). Like the Ethiopian Eunuch...  what hinders me to be baptized  Did he know that there might have been people who might not have wanted him to be saved by joining into the body of Christ by the rite of baptism ? So when we come to Acts 10, the Spirit came first to show the Jews the same lesson that Peter had just learned... you can t stop what God wants to have happen... he wants all mankind to be saved!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts 19:20 Word of the Lord&lt;br /&gt;What does this mean here?&lt;br /&gt; More books of the Bible were added?&lt;br /&gt; A better understanding?&lt;br /&gt; Jesus Himself increased?&lt;br /&gt; His Body, the church increased?&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 2:9b- The word of God is not bound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big Fat Questions: Love God, Love your neighbors.&lt;br /&gt;What shall we do? -- Salvation (Man s relationship to God)&lt;br /&gt;Implies the teaching of the gospel. The guilt of sin. The connectivity of the cross in both guilt and salvation. Once the connectivity is established, the fullness of the gospel is answered in the question,  What shall we do?  (To come into the body of Christ?)&lt;br /&gt;What do we know about the nature of God?&lt;br /&gt;Power&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How shall we then live?  -- Edification/ Worship (Man relationship Man)&lt;br /&gt;What does the book of Acts teach us about the everyday life of body-living?&lt;br /&gt;How do Christians worship? (The people in Acts weren t asking this question) Let s drag out the question... how can I show my appreciation to God? HOW DO I WORSHIP?!-- A God so good? How could I possibly show him back AFTER ALL GOD S DONE FOR ME?&lt;br /&gt;Maybe this leads to the question-- how shall we live in Christ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does it mean to be a witness? (Direct connection to both God and man) -- the wonders of God is not just something that had to be seen with eyes of flesh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 10:1 Why pray if they were saved? See 3:22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rom 16:17- who s dividing? Contrary to what doctrine?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cor 1:10- emp on speak same thing/total conformity; contextual partyism&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 10:22 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy?&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 2:14-17- Do you smell like Christ? Life? Death?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gal 1:6-9- Another gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHURCH&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:11-18 Foundation of Church What?&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:19-22 Nature of Church How?&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:1-11 Purpose of Church Why?&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:11 How can  the church  only be the one in my community when its function is  eternal purpose ?&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:14- What would the world look like if everyone who claimed to know Christ simply did everything without complaining? 2-15-07&lt;br /&gt;Phil 2:12-13- emp on work and fear emp on God s anointing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What about new revelations?&lt;br /&gt;If God were to come down and speak to you directly, would you do what he said anyway? He gave Jesus. And if he were to never even promise to answer prayer in his name (which he does promise) JESUS WOULD BE ENOUGH. The  golden rule  is a moral standard adequate for world peace and worldwide reconciliation. Have we as Christians been faithful to these? [1 John 2:4] Are we looking for  something new  or just what is already here? What about building relationship through listening to God and praying (when necessary) Listening to his word. Being his word.&lt;br /&gt;September 24, 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thess 3:6- corporate or individual withdrawal?&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 1:8 Who is the Law for? I used to think it was for  other people  until I realized how many of these sins in my past&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 3:1-8 A great change has taken place in us! All good that we do is from the change God enacts in our hearts. We were once   bad    fill in the blankety blanks! And notice verse 8:&lt;br /&gt;These things are excellent and profitable for people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHO IS YOUR RELIGION GOOD FOR?&lt;br /&gt;If it is only good for you &lt;br /&gt;If it is only good for your favorite people &lt;br /&gt;If it is only good for your church &lt;br /&gt;Then something is wrong and it may not be good for anyone.&lt;br /&gt;For Christianity to be valid genuine it must be also good for everyone, not just its adherents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  FROM HEBREWS: How do we hold fast our confession?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:24-5 Previously emp. On law. Should be emp on Love and good works&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:18 Hard to be saved? 1 Corinthians 15:3&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I jn 1:9- Light as doctrine or light as love?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:2 Is God  our  Father or eveybody s in the world? How do you define  our ? See also Matthew 6:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I John 2:12&lt;br /&gt;Why does it benefit God s name if a sorry lot of sinners walk around saved?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rev 22:18-20- emp on whole Bible emp on Rev. as a book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rev 20   Milleneal controversy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has anyone ever been saved who has not been prayed for?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Does the New Testament contain a complete functional theology for us today?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  What about the idea that the church has a progressive relationship in its growth as does the society?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Define New Testament theology:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  How does the first century identify itself with Christ s ministry and thus the plan of God for  his people  throughout time? And what about the 20th century church?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  What makes a church  acceptable  in God s sight? Does he accept anyone who calls on his name regardless of theological stance?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  What distinguishes personal from collective responsiblities and/or freedoms in the body of Christ? What about preacher/member differences?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  God is the god of all creation... what are promises/ blessings that are strictly for His people? What are the same benefits such as the rain promise (on the just and the unjust) and the rainbow of promise?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Fellowship: Antis to Christian Church. What makes someone an erring brother we cannot felllowship with even if they are brothers in Christ by a burial into Christ? Intentions to do/or not to do what we can agree on? Like worship one way and then go about and believe in another way. What about the restoration movement where they came from different backgrounds where they reallly had to swallow their denominational pride? Is that what it takes or does it take those who have an honest hermenutic to stand strong in the world, even in their pride?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Literary Review: Celestine Prophecy reflecting the spiritual yearning and awakening happening in the world... seeking an answer to the spiritual things in life... spiritual meaning things of the spirit and not just God s things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  New Testament Theology:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Harmony of Paul s Epistlatory Doctrine (considering one way conversations)&lt;br /&gt;Theology of CHRIST secondary Ap. Import.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  A 20th Century ministerial theology... a look into the 21st century&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*   They called it the 21st century restoration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Ministry Moving toward (?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Pastors from biblical&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Refuge&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Refuge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 2:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 5:11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 7:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 8:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 9:9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 11:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 12:5 [safe place]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 14:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 16:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 17:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 18:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:19-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 34:8, 22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 37:39, 40&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 43:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 46:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 52:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 57:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 59:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 61:3-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:7-8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 71:1, 3, 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 73:28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 91:4, 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:8, 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 121:5, 7, 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 141:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 144:2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 57:13&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Return&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Return:&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 31:3&lt;br /&gt;Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 32:9&lt;br /&gt;And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 4:29-31 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;29(A) But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you(B) in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice. 31For the LORD your God is(C)a merciful God.(D) He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 7:2-4 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;2From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;Samuel Judges Israel&lt;br /&gt; 3And Samuel said to all the house of Israel,(A) "If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then(B) put away the foreign gods and the(C) Ashtaroth from among you and(D) direct your heart to the LORD(E) and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines." 4So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the LORD only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 30:5-7 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;5So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel,(A) from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed. 6(B) So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, "O people of Israel,(C) return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of(D)the kings of Assyria. 7(E) Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see.&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 30:8-10 (English Standard Version)&lt;br /&gt;8(A) Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God,(B) that his fierce anger may turn away from you. 9For(C) if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children(D) will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For(E) the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you,(F) if you return to him."&lt;br /&gt; 10(G) So the couriers went from city to city through the country of(H) Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but(I) they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 51:13&lt;br /&gt;Then I will teach transgressors your ways,and sinners will return to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:3&lt;br /&gt;You return man to dustand say, "Return, O children of man!"&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:2-4 (in Context) Psalm 90 (Whole Chapter)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 90:13&lt;br /&gt;Return, O LORD! How long?Have pity on your servants!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:20&lt;br /&gt;[ The Remnant of Israel Will Return ] In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:21&lt;br /&gt;A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 10:22&lt;br /&gt;For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them willreturn. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 19:22&lt;br /&gt;And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 23:17&lt;br /&gt;At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:15&lt;br /&gt;For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,"In returning and rest you shall be saved;in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."But you were unwilling,&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 35:1&lt;br /&gt;[ The Ransomed Shall Return ] The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 35:10&lt;br /&gt;And the ransomed of the LORD shall returnand come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;they shall obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:7&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'"&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:8&lt;br /&gt;The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:34&lt;br /&gt;By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 37:37&lt;br /&gt;Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 43:4&lt;br /&gt;Because you are precious in my eyes,and honored, and I love you,I give men in return for you,peoples in exchange for your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 44:22&lt;br /&gt;I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloudand your sins like mist;return to me, for I have redeemed you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 45:23&lt;br /&gt;By myself I have sworn;from my mouth has gone out in righteousnessa word that shall notreturn: 'To me every knee shall bow,every tongue shall swear allegiance.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 51:11&lt;br /&gt;And the ransomed of the LORD shall returnand come to Zion with singing;everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;they shall obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 52:8&lt;br /&gt;The voice of your watchmen they lift up their voice;together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they seethe return of the LORD to Zion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:7&lt;br /&gt;let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts;let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:10&lt;br /&gt;"For as the rain and the snow come down from heavenand do not return there but water the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:11&lt;br /&gt;so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 63:17&lt;br /&gt;O LORD, why do you make us wander from your waysand harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants,the tribes of your heritage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:1&lt;br /&gt;"If a man divorces his wifeand she goes from himand becomes another man s wife,will hereturn to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers;and would you return to me?declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:7&lt;br /&gt;And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:10&lt;br /&gt;Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the LORD."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:12&lt;br /&gt;Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel,declares the LORD.I will not look on you in anger,for I am merciful,declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:14&lt;br /&gt;Return, O faithless children,declares the LORD; for I am your master;I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,and I will bring you to Zion.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 3:22&lt;br /&gt;"Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.""Behold, we come to you,for you are the LORD our God.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 4:1&lt;br /&gt;"If you return, O Israel,declares the LORD, to me you should return.If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver,&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 8:4&lt;br /&gt;[ Sin and Treachery ] "You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again?If one turns away, does he not return?&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 8:5&lt;br /&gt;Why then has this people turned awayin perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit;they refuse to return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 14:3&lt;br /&gt;Her nobles send their servants for water;they come to the cisterns;they find no water;theyreturn with their vessels empty;they are ashamed and confoundedand cover their heads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 15:19&lt;br /&gt;Therefore thus says the LORD: "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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 18:11&lt;br /&gt;Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 'Thus says the LORD, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:10&lt;br /&gt;Weep not for him who is dead,nor grieve for him, but weep bitterly for him who goes away,for he shall return no moreto see his native land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:11&lt;br /&gt;[ Message to the Sons of Josiah ] For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: "He shall return here no more,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 22:27&lt;br /&gt;But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 24:7&lt;br /&gt;I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 30:10&lt;br /&gt;"Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD,nor be dismayed, O Israel;for behold, I will save you from far away,and your offspring from the land of their captivity.Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,and none shall make him afraid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:8&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I will bring them from the north countryand gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,among them the blind and the lame,the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;a great company, they shall return here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 31:21&lt;br /&gt;"Set up road markers for yourself;make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway,the road by which you went.Return, O virgin Israel,return to these your cities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 44:14&lt;br /&gt;so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, except some fugitives."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 44:28&lt;br /&gt;And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 46:27&lt;br /&gt;"But fear not, O Jacob my servant,nor be dismayed, O Israel,for behold, I will save you from far away,and your offspring from the land of their captivity.Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,and none shall make him afraid.&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 50:9&lt;br /&gt;For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 3:40&lt;br /&gt;Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 7:13&lt;br /&gt;For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 16:43&lt;br /&gt;Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things, therefore, behold, I have returned your deeds upon your head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 16:55&lt;br /&gt;As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 17:19&lt;br /&gt;Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 21:30&lt;br /&gt;Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 22:31&lt;br /&gt;Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 23:49&lt;br /&gt;And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 46:9&lt;br /&gt;"When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 4:34&lt;br /&gt;[ Nebuchadnezzar Restored ] At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 4:36&lt;br /&gt;At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 10:20&lt;br /&gt;Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia; and when I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 11:9&lt;br /&gt;Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return to his own land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 11:28&lt;br /&gt;And he shall return to his land with great wealth, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. And he shall work his will and return to his own land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 11:29&lt;br /&gt;"At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but it shall not be this time as it was before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 2:7&lt;br /&gt;She shall pursue her loversbut not overtake them,and she shall seek thembut shall not find them. Then she shall say,'I will go and return to my first husband,for it was better for me then than now.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 3:5&lt;br /&gt;Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 5:4&lt;br /&gt;Their deeds do not permit themto return to their God.For the spirit of whoredom is within them,and they know not the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 5:15&lt;br /&gt;I will return again to my place,until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,and in their distress earnestly seek me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 6:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant ] "Come, let us return to the LORD;for he has torn us, that he may heal us;he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 7:10&lt;br /&gt;The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the LORD their God,nor seek him, for all this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 7:16&lt;br /&gt;They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow;their princes shall fall by the swordbecause of the insolence of their tongue.This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 8:13&lt;br /&gt;As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it,but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquityand punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 9:3&lt;br /&gt;They shall not remain in the land of the LORD,but Ephraim shall return to Egypt,and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 11:5&lt;br /&gt;They shall not return to the land of Egypt,but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 11:11&lt;br /&gt;they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,and like doves from the land of Assyria,and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 12:6&lt;br /&gt;"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice,and wait continually for your God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 14:1&lt;br /&gt;[ A Plea to Return to the LORD ] Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 14:2&lt;br /&gt;Take with you wordsand return to the LORD;say to him,"Take away all iniquity;accept what is good,and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 14:7&lt;br /&gt;They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow;they shall flourish like the grain;they shall blossom like the vine;their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:12&lt;br /&gt;[ Return to the LORD ] "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:13&lt;br /&gt;and rend your hearts and not your garments."Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful,slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 3:4&lt;br /&gt;"What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 3:7&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will returnyour payment on your own head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:6&lt;br /&gt;[ Israel Has Not Returned to the LORD ] "I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:8&lt;br /&gt;so two or three cities would wander to another cityto drink water, and would not be satisfied; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:9&lt;br /&gt;"I struck you with blight and mildew;your many gardens and your vineyards,your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:10&lt;br /&gt;"I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt;I killed your young men with the sword,and carried away your horses, and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos 4:11&lt;br /&gt;"I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obadiah 1:15&lt;br /&gt;[ The Day of the LORD Is Near ] For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you;your deeds shall return on your own head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 1:7&lt;br /&gt;All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire,and all her idols I will lay waste,for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Micah 5:3&lt;br /&gt;Therefore he shall give them up until the timewhen she who is in labor has given birth;then the rest of his brothers shall returnto the people of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zephaniah 2:10&lt;br /&gt;This shall be their lot in return for their pride,because they taunted and boastedagainst the people of the LORD of hosts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:1&lt;br /&gt;[ A Call to Return to the LORD ] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:3&lt;br /&gt;Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:4&lt;br /&gt;Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.' But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 1:16&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, thus says the LORD, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the LORD of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 8:3&lt;br /&gt;Thus says the LORD: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 9:12&lt;br /&gt;Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;today I declare that I will restore to you double.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 10:9&lt;br /&gt;Though I scattered them among the nations,yet in far countries they shall remember me,and with their children they shall live and return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 3:7&lt;br /&gt;From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?'&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:25&lt;br /&gt;For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Root Down/Fruit Up &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Root down fruit up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 29:18- bitter root see Hebrews 12:15&lt;br /&gt;2 Kings 19:30- root down/fruit up&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 5:24- root/fruit&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 11:1, 27:6, 37:31,&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah s theme (see intro to book)&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 17:8 (Psalm 1:3)&lt;br /&gt;Hosea 9:16&lt;br /&gt;Amos 2:9&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 3&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sacrifice&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sacrifice: &lt;br /&gt;Notes from Mark 10 (2011) &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Satan&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;See God &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;See God:&lt;br /&gt;Those who saw God and did not die: Jacob- Genesis 32:30, Moses Deuteronomy 5:24 and the elders of Israel Exodus 24:10,  Gideon- Judges 6:23, and Manoah- Judges 13:22.  Notable Sarai in Genesis 16 who calls God (and names the well after) the one who sees me. &lt;br /&gt;The New Testament talks about two aspects of this: 1- that no one has seen God and 2- that we shall see him.  1- Exodus 33:17-23, Revelation 1:17, John 1:18, 1 John 4:12 and 2- 3 John 1:11, Hebrews 12:14, Matthew 5:8, Psalm 17:15, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 John 3:2.   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sheep &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sheep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 49:14&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 74: 1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 77:20&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 78:52&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 79:13&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 80:1&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 95:7&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 100:3&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 119:176&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 9:36&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;SIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deception&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 6:3,7- Deceives himself thinking none of himself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don t be deceived  principle of sowing and reaping&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 5:6- Let no one deceive you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:18- Don t deceive yourselves   become as fools&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:9- Don t be deceived, wicked won t inherit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15:33- don t be mislead, bad company spoils good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 3:13- deceiving and being deceived&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 1:8- if we claim no sin, we deceive ourselves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 John 7- many deceivers have gone out into the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SIN CYCLE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sin&lt;br /&gt;Captivity&lt;br /&gt;Repentance&lt;br /&gt;Freedom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deathly Pattern of Sin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:17-19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Futile thoughts&lt;br /&gt;Darkened understanding&lt;br /&gt;Excluded from the life of God&lt;br /&gt;Ignorance&lt;br /&gt;Hardness of heart&lt;br /&gt;Callous&lt;br /&gt;Promiscuity&lt;br /&gt;Desire for more and more&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Slow to Anger Abounding in Love &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;slow to anger abounding in love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 34:6&lt;br /&gt;And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming,  The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 14:18&lt;br /&gt;The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nehemiah 9:17&lt;br /&gt;They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 86:15&lt;br /&gt;But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 103:8&lt;br /&gt;The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 145:8&lt;br /&gt;The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:13&lt;br /&gt;Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jonah 4:2&lt;br /&gt;He prayed to the LORD,  Isn t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow toanger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nahum 1:3&lt;br /&gt;The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Songs &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Passage	Song Title	Where I know it from	First line/quote&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 4:26	The creation of those who play instruments.		&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 15	The song of Moses.		&lt;br /&gt;Leviticus 23:9	 Bringing in the Sheaves 		&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy	God uses song to teach/remind people		&lt;br /&gt;Exodus	The song of Moses		&lt;br /&gt;	The song of Miriam		&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 21:5,6	Pierce My ear		&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 6:24-26	Benediction	Every Christian college who has a chorus always ends with this piece	The Lord bless you and keep you&lt;br /&gt;Deut 4:24	Consuming Fire	3rd Day	&lt;br /&gt;Deut 6:1	Hear O Israel	Devotional	And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all of thy heart&lt;br /&gt;Joshua 1:9			&lt;br /&gt;2:06:22	All this for A king	David Crowder Band	And I ll become even more undignified than this.&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 22	David s Song of Praise		&lt;br /&gt;"2 Kings 3:15&lt;br /&gt;Bring me a musician  and when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him."&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 6:31-32	v. 39- Asaph mentioned frequently in the Psalms see also 16:5	Professionally hired musicians&lt;br /&gt;1:09:33			Full time singing duties&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 15:16 Hired Professional Religious Musicians   v 28 the music was loud, the King danced and rejoiced&lt;br /&gt;"I Chronicles 16:8-10(36)&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:1-3&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 12:4"	Glory to His Name	Acapella	Give thanks to the Lord, Call on His name, make know upon the nations what he has done&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 25			David organizes the musicians&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 5			"The temple was dedicated with much music&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;2:05:21			"Songs after the battle won&lt;br /&gt;; battle won in the midst of worship"&lt;br /&gt;2:29:25			&lt;br /&gt;"2 Chronicles 6:14&lt;br /&gt;I Kings 8:23"	Covenant of Love	Acapella	 O Lord God of Israel&lt;br /&gt;2:30:21			&lt;br /&gt;"I Chronicles 16:34&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 107:1, 118, 136"	Give Thanks	Acapella	Give thanks to the Lord for he is good&lt;br /&gt;"I Chronicles 16:8-10&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 105:1-3&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 12:4"	Glory to His Name	Acapella	Give thanks to the Lord, Call on His name, make know upon the nations what he has done&lt;br /&gt;Nehemiah 12:43-46: The joy of Jerusalem was heard from far away. They were living out the heritage of David and Asaph.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 2:1-4			Why do the Nations rage?&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 2:12-14			&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 8:9	O Lord our Lord	Devotional	How Majestic is your name&lt;br /&gt;Ps 10			&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 11:1	Flee as a Bird	Traditional Hymn	One of the only books in the old song books in minor key&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 18:46	I will call upon the Lord		&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 19:14	Let the words of my mouth 		&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 22:7,8			&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 24:10	Who is this King of Glory?	3rd Day	His name is Jesus&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 25:1-2	Unto thee O Lord	Devotionals	Unto thee O Lord, Do I lift up my soul&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 27			&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 27:4	One thing I ask	Acapella	  this is what I seek&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 30:11-12	I Love to be in your presence	Matt Elliot	You turned my feet to dancing&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 36:5-6		3rd day	&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:1-2	As The Deer	Traditional/Devotional	 panteth for the water so my soul longeth after thee&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 42:1-2	As The Deer	Matt Elliot	  and I pour out my soul deep within me&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 47:1	Clap your hands all you people	Matt Elliot	Singing hallelujah&lt;br /&gt;"Psalm 36:5-6&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 57:10"	Your Love O Lord	3rd Day	Your Love O Lord reaches to the heavens&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 61:2	Higher than I	Ricky Skaggs	Lead me to the Rock&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 62:1,6,7	In God We Trust	Acapella	My soul finds rest in God alone&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 63:1-4	Better Than Life	Acapella	In a dry and weary land where there is no water&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 66:1-5	Sing To The Glory	Acapella	Shout with Joy to God all the earth&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 68:1-2	Igza Ebeher	Peter Tosh	Let Jah be praised&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 80-	A choral arrangement	Verses 3, 7, 19	&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 84:1	Lord God Almighty	Acapella	How lovely is your dwelling place&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 92:4	Shout to the Lord		I sing for joy at the works of your hand&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 95:1-3	O Come let us sing with joy 		&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 95:6-7	Come let us worship 	Devotional	  and bow down; let us kneel before&lt;br /&gt;"Psalm 113&lt;br /&gt;Malachi 1:11"	From the rising	Campus ministry seminar 2003, Rick Atchley	  of the sun, to the going down of the same&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 118:24	This is the day	Louisiana, every day	 This is the day &lt;br /&gt;Psalm 124	If The Lord Had Not been on our side	Promise Keepers	  all our enemies would have swallowed us alive&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 125:2		NCMS	 As the mountains surround Jerusalem &lt;br /&gt;Psalm 137:1-4	Rivers of Babylon	Sublime/Bradley Nowell/Jimmy Cliff	  where we sat down&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 139:7-10	You are there	Acapella	Where can I go from your spirit&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 148	Let Them Praises Give Jehovah	Sacred Selections	&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 150	Let Every Thing that has breath	Praise/worship	&lt;br /&gt;Ecclesiastes 3:1-8	Turn Turn Turn	The Byrds	To everything there is a season&lt;br /&gt;"Isaiah 8:14&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 2:8"	Stones in my Passway	Robert Johnson	There s a stone in my passway, and my road seems dark at night&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 12 ff	Finally, the music shall be heard&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 14:7	The whole earth is at rest and quiet, they burst forth into singing&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 26	The song of Judah		&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:29	A song as in the night of the holy feast, a flue on the mountain of the Lord&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 35:10 	&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42:10 	Sing to the Lord a new song		&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 44:23	Sing O heavens for the Lord has done it&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:12	The trees of the field clap their hands&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 57 reminds me of a song by Woodie Guthrie I liked called Mountain Bed. Here the  Mountain Bed  is idolatry for Woody, it was remembering a lover with whom he was adulterous. Not a good song to like no matter how pretty the melody or how smooth Jeff Tweedy sang it.&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61:10	I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61:10	I Delight in the Lord	Acapella	  my soul rejoices in my God&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 3:22-24	The Stedfast Love of the Lord	Devotional	 never ceases; his mercies never come to an end&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 26:13-14	I will stop the music of your songs and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more&lt;br /&gt;Daniel 7:9,14	Ancient of Days	Matt Elliot	Blessings and Honor, glory and power, be unto the ancient of days&lt;br /&gt;Obadiah 4	Reminds me of that Follow For Now song  Time    I ll bring you down, I am time.&lt;br /&gt;Habakkuk 2:20	The Lord is in His Holy Temple	Devotional (call to worship)	 let all the earth keep silent before him&lt;br /&gt;Habakkuk 3:19			&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 2:10	Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and will dwell in you midst, declares the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 8:20	You Did not have a home	Rich Mullins	&lt;br /&gt;Mark 4 Them s Got Ears Let em Hear Woody Guthrie (starts in Isaiah 6)&lt;br /&gt;Luke 9:28-36	Listen to Him	Acapella	Peter went with James and John&lt;br /&gt;John 6:54	The Just Shall Live	Rich Mullins	&lt;br /&gt;John 17:3-5	Life Eternal	Acapella (BW addendum)	(scripture quote from King James)&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 5:16- That song from Casting Crowns, Love them Like Jesus&lt;br /&gt;2:05:21	So That We Might Become His Righteousness	Acapella	Scripture Quote&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 2:20	I ve Been Crucified with Christ	Devotional	  nevertheless I live&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:9-11	Hallal Jesu (Bridge only)	Promise Keepers	Scripture quote&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:20-21	To Him	Acapella	Scripture quote&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 4:4	Rejoice	Devotional	Quote from the KJV&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 4:19-20	God Will Meet All your Needs	Acapella	  to our God and Father be glory forever&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:16-18	Last Days	Brett White	Scripture Quote&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:3-12	Angels Long to Look Into these Things	Acapella	Scripture Quote&lt;br /&gt;2:01:03	Everything We Need	Acapella	Scripture Quote&lt;br /&gt;			&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Spirit&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SPIRIT&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1: 2- The spirit makes an early show in the Bible and in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:3- Then the Lord said, My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh. His days shall be 120 years. : The Spirit shall not abide . Flesh and blood have been corrupted. God implements a system change toward perfection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 6:3- Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 41:39- here Pharoah, the multi-godded leader of Egypt recognizes the spirit of God within Joseph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 28:3- The spirit of skill&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 31:3- inspiring spirit of artisanship&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 35:10 - 35:30- craftsmanship&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 35:20- everyone whose heart stirred him, everyone whose spirit moved him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 11:17- the sharing of the spirit with leaders&lt;br /&gt;Numbers 11:26-30-  spirit also rested  and they prophecied: see also Mark 9:38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judges 3:10- to war &amp;amp; judge&lt;br /&gt;Judges 6:34- Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.&lt;br /&gt;Judges 14:6, 19- Power &amp;lt; id="lu2r21"&amp;gt;Judges 15:14- As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 16:13- then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brother. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon Davide from that day forward. 14- (next verse)- Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and evil spirt from the Lord tormented him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 19:20- Saul and his men&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 23- the Spirit of the Lord speaks by me, his word is on my tongue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kings 18:12 and as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Kings 2:16 it may be that the Spirit of the Lord has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Chronicles 12:18-&lt;br /&gt;Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty and he said,&lt;br /&gt;We are yours, O David, and with you O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you.&lt;br /&gt;Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 15:1-2 The spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Obed  the Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. (the same thing that David told to Solomon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Chronicles 20:14- the Spirit of the Lord came upon  in the midst of the assembly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nehemiah 9:19 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 33:4- The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 51:11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 104:30- When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 139:7- Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 11 esp. v. 2   and 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 the fear of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 12 And finally, the music shall be heard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 14:7 the whole earth is at rest and quiet they break forth into singing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:1   Alliance with God s Spirit His dream for His children&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 31:3- the Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 32:15- until the Spirit from heaven is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 34:16   Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of them will be missing, none will be lacking its mate, because He has ordered it by my mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 40:13- Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or who gave Him His counsel?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 42- (one of the major one  the Spirit/Servant) 42:1- "This is My Servant; I strengthen Him, [this is] My Chosen One; I delight in Him. I have put My Spirit on Him; He will bring justice to the nations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 44- Pour out my Spirit on your offspring (see Joel and Acts 2)   44:3- For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants and My blessing on your offspring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 48:16   now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 59:21- and as for me, this is my covenant with them. says the Lord. My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children s offspring, says the Lord, from this time forth and forevermore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 61- the spirit of the Lord is upon me  Jesus read this at the synagogue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 63:10, 11 but they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit, therefore he turned to be their enemy and himself fought against them.   Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit? 14- Like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make a glorious name for Yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 2:1 - the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet &lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:12, 14- The Spirit lifted me up and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake  the Spirit lifted me up and took me away &lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 3:24- entered, set me on my feet, spoke to me and said&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 8:3- He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner gate that faces north, where the offensive statue that provokes jealousy was located.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 11:1- The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the LORD's house...&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 11:5- Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and He told me, "You are to say: This is what the LORD says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 11:24- The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea and to the exiles in a vision from the Spirit of God. After the vision I had seen left me,&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 37:1- The hand of the LORD was on me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 37:14- I will put My Spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I am the LORD. I have spoken, and I will do [it]." [This is] the declaration of the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;Ezekiel 39:29- I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel." [This is] the declaration of the Lord GOD .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel 2:28 ff&lt;br /&gt;After this&lt;br /&gt;I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;&lt;br /&gt;then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,&lt;br /&gt;your old men will have dreams,&lt;br /&gt;and your young men will see visions.&lt;br /&gt;29 I will even pour out My Spirit&lt;br /&gt;on the male and female slaves in those days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30 I will display wonders&lt;br /&gt;in the heavens and on the earth:&lt;br /&gt;blood, fire, and columns of smoke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;31 The sun will be turned to darkness&lt;br /&gt;and the moon to blood&lt;br /&gt;before the great and awe-inspiring Day of the LORD comes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;32 Then everyone who calls&lt;br /&gt;on the name of Yahweh will be saved,&lt;br /&gt;for there will be an escape&lt;br /&gt;for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,&lt;br /&gt;as the LORD promised,&lt;br /&gt;among the survivors the LORD calls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haggai 1:13-14 Haggai, the LORD's messenger, delivered the LORD's message to the people, "I am with you"  the LORD's declaration. The LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They began work on the house of Yahweh of Hosts, their God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haggai 2:5- My Spirit remains in your midst, do not fear. (where the spirit of the lord is there is freedom)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 2:11- And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 4:6 Not by might, nor by power but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zechariah 6:8   set my Spirit at rest in the north country&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 1:18- The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 3:11- he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 3:16- and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 4:1- Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 10:20- For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 12:18- Here is My Servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul delights; I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 12:28- if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is upon you&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 12:31- Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 12:32- whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or the age to come.&lt;br /&gt;Matthew 23:43- how is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying &lt;br /&gt;Matthew 28:18-20   baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:8- baptize you with the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:10- the Spirit descending like a dove&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:12- the Spirit drove him into the wilderness&lt;br /&gt;Mark 1:23- an unclean spirit. Also 3:11, 3:30, 5:2&lt;br /&gt;Mark 2:8- Jesus perceived in his spirit&lt;br /&gt;Mark 3:29- blasphemes against the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;Mark 12:35- David in the Holy Spirit Declared&lt;br /&gt;Mark 13:11- for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke 1:35-  the Holy spirit will come upon you  Gabriel to Mary&lt;br /&gt;Luke 1:41- When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;Luke 2:25-27- There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel's consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he saw the Lord's Messiah. 27 Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple complex. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for Him what was customary under the law,&lt;br /&gt;Luke 3:16 John answered them all, "I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.&lt;br /&gt;Luke 3:22- HS descended on him in bodily form&lt;br /&gt;Luke 4:1- Jesus, Full of the holy spirit, led by the spirit, and tempted by the devil&lt;br /&gt;Luke 4:14- Jesus Returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee&lt;br /&gt;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 proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed&lt;br /&gt;Luke 11:9-13- Seek and find  the HOLY SPIRIT will be given unto you.&lt;br /&gt;Luke 12:10-12 The Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say&lt;br /&gt;Luke 24:49 - And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 1:32-33 I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove and it remained on him.&lt;br /&gt;John 3:1-15 (esp 6 &amp;amp; 8)- Major discourse on baptism of the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;John 3:32ff Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.&lt;br /&gt;John 6:62- Spirit gives life WORDS defined Spirit &amp;amp; LIFE&lt;br /&gt;John 7:39- He said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been received, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.&lt;br /&gt;John 14:16- He will be with you forever&lt;br /&gt;John v. 26- Teach you and remind you&lt;br /&gt;John 15:26-27- Bear witness of Christ&lt;br /&gt;John 15:7 Help&lt;br /&gt;John 15:8-&lt;br /&gt;Convict the world&lt;br /&gt; Sin&lt;br /&gt; Righteousness&lt;br /&gt; Judgment&lt;br /&gt;John 15:13- Guide disciples into all truth&lt;br /&gt;John 15:14- Glorify Christ&lt;br /&gt;John 15:15- Declare Christ s possession to Disciples&lt;br /&gt;John 15:23- Give disciples what they ask the Father in Jesus  name [fulfill joy]&lt;br /&gt;John 16:8- When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:&lt;br /&gt;John 20:22- Receive and be sent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acts&lt;br /&gt;The Holy Spirit is named about 57x in 28 chapters maybe we should call it  Acts of the Holy Spirit &lt;br /&gt;1. Acts 1:2&lt;br /&gt;until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.&lt;br /&gt;2. Acts 1:5&lt;br /&gt;For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."&lt;br /&gt;3. Acts 1:8&lt;br /&gt;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."&lt;br /&gt;4. Acts 1:16&lt;br /&gt;and said, "Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus&lt;br /&gt;5. Acts 2:1&lt;br /&gt;[ The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost ] When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.&lt;br /&gt;6. Acts 2:4&lt;br /&gt;All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.&lt;br /&gt;7. Acts 2:17&lt;br /&gt;" 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:17 See Isaiah 30:1 Alliance with God s Spirit&lt;br /&gt;8. Acts 2:18&lt;br /&gt;Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.&lt;br /&gt;9. Acts 2:33&lt;br /&gt;Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.&lt;br /&gt;10. Acts 2:38&lt;br /&gt;Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;Acts 2:38- We are no longer waiting on the spirit, the Holy Spirit is waiting on us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. Acts 4:8&lt;br /&gt;Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people!&lt;br /&gt;12. Acts 4:25&lt;br /&gt;You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: " 'Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?&lt;br /&gt;13. Acts 4:31&lt;br /&gt;After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.&lt;br /&gt;14. Acts 5:3&lt;br /&gt;Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?&lt;br /&gt;15. Acts 5:9&lt;br /&gt;Peter said to her, "How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."&lt;br /&gt;16. Acts 5:16&lt;br /&gt;Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed.&lt;br /&gt;17. Acts 5:32&lt;br /&gt;We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."&lt;br /&gt;18. Acts 6:3&lt;br /&gt;Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them&lt;br /&gt;19. Acts 6:5&lt;br /&gt;This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.&lt;br /&gt;20. Acts 6:10&lt;br /&gt;but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.&lt;br /&gt;21. Acts 7:51&lt;br /&gt;"You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit!&lt;br /&gt;22. Acts 7:55&lt;br /&gt;But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.&lt;br /&gt;23. Acts 7:59&lt;br /&gt;While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."&lt;br /&gt;24. Acts 8:7&lt;br /&gt;With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed.&lt;br /&gt;25. Acts 8:15&lt;br /&gt;When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,&lt;br /&gt;26. Acts 8:16&lt;br /&gt;because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;27. Acts 8:17&lt;br /&gt;Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;28. Acts 8:18&lt;br /&gt;When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money&lt;br /&gt;29. Acts 8:19&lt;br /&gt;and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."&lt;br /&gt;30. Acts 8:29&lt;br /&gt;The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."&lt;br /&gt;31. Acts 8:39&lt;br /&gt;When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.&lt;br /&gt;32. Acts 9:17&lt;br /&gt;Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."&lt;br /&gt;33. Acts 9:31&lt;br /&gt;Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;34. Acts 10:19&lt;br /&gt;While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, three men are looking for you.&lt;br /&gt;35. Acts 10:38&lt;br /&gt;how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.&lt;br /&gt;36. Acts 10:44&lt;br /&gt;While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.&lt;br /&gt;37. Acts 10:45&lt;br /&gt;The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.&lt;br /&gt;38. Acts 10:47&lt;br /&gt;Then Peter said, "Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."&lt;br /&gt;39. Acts 11:12&lt;br /&gt;The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.&lt;br /&gt;40. Acts 11:15&lt;br /&gt;"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.&lt;br /&gt;41. Acts 11:16&lt;br /&gt;Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'&lt;br /&gt;42. Acts 11:24&lt;br /&gt;He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;43. Acts 11:28&lt;br /&gt;One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)&lt;br /&gt;44. Acts 13:2&lt;br /&gt;While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."&lt;br /&gt;45. Acts 13:4&lt;br /&gt;[ On Cyprus ] The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.&lt;br /&gt;46. Acts 13:9&lt;br /&gt;Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,&lt;br /&gt;47. Acts 13:52&lt;br /&gt;And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;48. Acts 15:8&lt;br /&gt;God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.&lt;br /&gt;49. Acts 15:28&lt;br /&gt;It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:&lt;br /&gt;50. Acts 16:6&lt;br /&gt;[ Paul's Vision of the Man of Macedonia ] Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.&lt;br /&gt;51. Acts 16:7&lt;br /&gt;When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.&lt;br /&gt;52. Acts 16:16&lt;br /&gt;[ Paul and Silas in Prison ] Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.&lt;br /&gt;53. Acts 16:18&lt;br /&gt;She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.&lt;br /&gt;54. Acts 19:2&lt;br /&gt;and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."&lt;br /&gt;55. Acts 19:6&lt;br /&gt;When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.&lt;br /&gt;56. Acts 19:12&lt;br /&gt;so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.&lt;br /&gt;57. Acts 19:13&lt;br /&gt;Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out."&lt;br /&gt;58. Acts 19:15&lt;br /&gt;(One day) the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"&lt;br /&gt;59. Acts 19:16&lt;br /&gt;Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.&lt;br /&gt;60. Acts 20:22&lt;br /&gt;"And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.&lt;br /&gt;61. Acts 20:23&lt;br /&gt;I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.&lt;br /&gt;62. Acts 20:28&lt;br /&gt;Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.&lt;br /&gt;63. Acts 21:4&lt;br /&gt;Finding the disciples there, we stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;64. Acts 21:11&lt;br /&gt;Coming over to us, he took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, "The Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.' "&lt;br /&gt;65. Acts 23:8&lt;br /&gt;(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)&lt;br /&gt;66. Acts 23:9&lt;br /&gt;There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up and argued vigorously. "We find nothing wrong with this man," they said. "What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"&lt;br /&gt;67. Acts 28:25&lt;br /&gt;They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your forefathers when he said through Isaiah the prophet:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROMANS&lt;br /&gt;Romans 1:4 - and was established as the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.&lt;br /&gt;Romans 2:29- On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit, not the letter. His praise is not from men but from God.&lt;br /&gt;Romans 5:5- This hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.&lt;br /&gt;Romans 7:6- but now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code, but in the new life of the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8 (the whole thing)  God s Spirit Isaiah 40:13; Numbers 11:29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 8 The Spirit s Work: I Cor 6:17, 1 Sam 10:6&lt;br /&gt;Guidance: also inspiration&lt;br /&gt; v.9- controlled by the spirit not the flesh&lt;br /&gt; v. 14- Led by the spirit = sons of God&lt;br /&gt; Galatians 5:18- led by spirit, not under law&lt;br /&gt; Acts 20:22,3- compels and warns&lt;br /&gt; Acts 21:4- urged&lt;br /&gt; 1 Peter 1:12- preached the gospel by spirit&lt;br /&gt; 2 Peter 1:21- spirit carried along Scripture writers&lt;br /&gt;Testifies/ Deposit-Guarantee:&lt;br /&gt; v. 9- Belong to Christ&lt;br /&gt; v. 16   we are God s children&lt;br /&gt; 2 Timothy 1:14 - He is and Guards the deposit&lt;br /&gt; Ephesians 1:14- marked with a seal, a deposit&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 5:5   Spirit a deposit, guarantor of  life &lt;br /&gt;Helps in our weakness:&lt;br /&gt; v. 26&lt;br /&gt; Acts 9:31- strengthened and encouraged the church&lt;br /&gt; Ephesians 3:16- saints strengthened through the spirit with power&lt;br /&gt; Philippians 1:11,19- help given, prayer accessible delivery&lt;br /&gt; 1 Peter 1:5- through faith you are shielded by God s power until the coming salvation&lt;br /&gt;Searches Hearts and Intercedes for saints:&lt;br /&gt; v. 27&lt;br /&gt; Romans 9:11- conscience confirmed&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 gives us understanding of God s gifts&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 12:3- speaking by spirit&lt;br /&gt; 1 John 4:3- that Jesus is the Christ&lt;br /&gt; Jude 20- pray in the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;Sanctifying work:&lt;br /&gt; 1 Peter 1:2&lt;br /&gt; 2 Thess 2:13&lt;br /&gt;Indwelling:&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 6:17- uniting with Lord s spirit&lt;br /&gt; 2 Cor 1:22- Spirit put in our hearts&lt;br /&gt; Gal 5- fruit of and in step with the spirit&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 6:19 and Ephesians 2;22- body is the temple&lt;br /&gt; Ephesians 5:18- be filled with the spirit&lt;br /&gt; Hebrews 6:4- Shared in the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt; Hebrews 8 &amp;amp; 10 law in mind, written in hearts&lt;br /&gt; 1 John 4:4- you have overcome: he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.&lt;br /&gt;More on the spirit:&lt;br /&gt; Luke 11:13- Given upon request&lt;br /&gt; John 3:8- variable&lt;br /&gt; John 7:39- streams of living water&lt;br /&gt; Ephesians 4:30- can be grieved&lt;br /&gt; 1 John 4:1- others tested&lt;br /&gt; Matthew 12:32- blaspheme against&lt;br /&gt; John 4:24; 2 Corinthians 3:17- the Lord is spirit&lt;br /&gt;Unity in the Spirit&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 6:17&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 12:13   baptized and drink of the same spirit&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 13:13- fellowship&lt;br /&gt; Ephesians 2 and 4&lt;br /&gt;Other Spirit:&lt;br /&gt; War and judging (leadership) Judges 3:10, 6:34&lt;br /&gt; Saul and his men- I Samuel 19:20&lt;br /&gt; Came in Power   Judges 14:6, 15:14&lt;br /&gt; Craftsmanship- Exodus 31:3, 35:30&lt;br /&gt; Spirit also rested on others-- Num 11:26-30&lt;br /&gt; Ezekiel s prophetic ministry&lt;br /&gt; Spirit is promised to all sexes and nations- Joel 2:28f&lt;br /&gt; Baptism of the Holy Spirit- Acts 1:5&lt;br /&gt;Note:&lt;br /&gt;Truly the spirit of God is mysterious yet so much information exists upon him  but the Spirit is not  about  information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 14:17- For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:13- May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:16- to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romans 15:18-19- For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, by the power of sign and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 CORINTHIANS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2:4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men, but the power of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2:10- these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2:11- For who knows a person s thoughts except the spirit of that person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 2:3-5 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:6 [ Wisdom from the Spirit ] Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:10&lt;br /&gt;these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:11&lt;br /&gt;For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:12&lt;br /&gt;Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:13&lt;br /&gt;And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:14&lt;br /&gt;The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 2:15&lt;br /&gt;The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 3:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Divisions in the Church ] But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 3:16&lt;br /&gt;Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 4:21&lt;br /&gt;What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 5:3&lt;br /&gt;For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 5:4&lt;br /&gt;When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 5:5&lt;br /&gt;you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6:11&lt;br /&gt;And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6:17&lt;br /&gt;But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 6:19&lt;br /&gt;Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 7:34&lt;br /&gt;and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 7:40&lt;br /&gt;Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 9:11&lt;br /&gt;If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 10:3&lt;br /&gt;and all ate the same spiritual food,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 10:4&lt;br /&gt;and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Spiritual Gifts ] Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:3&lt;br /&gt;Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:4&lt;br /&gt;Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:7&lt;br /&gt;To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:8&lt;br /&gt;To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:9&lt;br /&gt;to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:10&lt;br /&gt;to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:11&lt;br /&gt;All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 12:13&lt;br /&gt;For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EMPOWERS&lt;br /&gt;APPORTIONS&lt;br /&gt;SO COMPOSED the BODY APPOINTED&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:1&lt;br /&gt;[ Prophecy and Tongues ] Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:2&lt;br /&gt;For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:12&lt;br /&gt;So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:14&lt;br /&gt;For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:15&lt;br /&gt;What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Corinthians 14:16&lt;br /&gt;Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 14:32&lt;br /&gt;and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 14:37&lt;br /&gt;If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 15:44&lt;br /&gt;It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 15:45&lt;br /&gt;Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 15:46&lt;br /&gt;But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 Corinthians 16:18&lt;br /&gt;for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 1:22&lt;br /&gt;and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 1:22 Spirit a deposit what is to come Genesis 38:18; Ezekiel 9:4; Haggai 2:23; 2 Corinthians 5:5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 2:13&lt;br /&gt;my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 3:3&lt;br /&gt;And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 3:6&lt;br /&gt;who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 3:8&lt;br /&gt;will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 3:17&lt;br /&gt;Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 3:18&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 4:13&lt;br /&gt;Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 5:5&lt;br /&gt;He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 6:6&lt;br /&gt;by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 7:1&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 7:13&lt;br /&gt;Therefore we are comforted.And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 11:4&lt;br /&gt;For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 12:18&lt;br /&gt;I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Corinthians 13:14&lt;br /&gt;The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians&lt;br /&gt;3:3-5- Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now going to be made complete by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so much for nothing if in fact it was for nothing? 5 So then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 3:14- The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 4:6- and because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying,  Abba! Father! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 4:29- But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 5:5- For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 5:16-26 WALKING IN THE SPIRIT.&lt;br /&gt;I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don't do what you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar, about which I tell you in advance as I told you before that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit. 26 We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.&lt;br /&gt;Galatians 6:8- because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 1:13- In him you also when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:18- For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 2:22- n whom you also are being built together for God's dwelling in the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:5- the mystery of Christ which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 3:16- [I pray] that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:1-6&lt;br /&gt;I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, 3 diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds [us]. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope at your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 4:30 do not grieve the Holy Spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 5:18 don't get drunk with wine, but be filled with the Spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 6:17- Sword of the spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ephesians 6:18- With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and stay alert in this, with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 1:19- because I know this will lead to my deliverance through your prayers and help from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 2:1- If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippians 3:3- For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 1:8- and he has told us about your love in the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colossians 2:5 - For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the strength of your faith in Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 1:5-6- For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we were among you for your benefit, 6 and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with the joy from the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:8- Therefore, the person who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who also gives you His Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 5:19- Don't stifle the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:13 - But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 3- Mystery of Godliness, Christ was vindicated by the Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 4:1 The Spirit expressly says/ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:7- God did not give us a spirit of fear&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 1:14- By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Timothy 4:22- The Lord be with your spirit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titus 3:5-6- He saved us  not by works of righteousness that we had done but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This [Spirit] He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philemon&lt;br /&gt;v. 25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 2:4- God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 3:7 - So, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 6:4- Sharing in the Holy Spirit It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, (impossible to restore again to repentance )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:8- The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 9:14- How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:15- The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 10:29-30 - (The spirit of grace can be outraged)&lt;br /&gt;How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people.&lt;br /&gt;Hebrews 12:9- Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James 4:5- Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:2- who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:11- trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 1:12- preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 2:1-5- spiritual milk, spiritual house&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 3:18- Christ  being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he proclaimed to the spirits in prison &lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:6- For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.&lt;br /&gt;1 Peter 4:14- If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Peter 1:21- men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 John 2:20- But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.&lt;br /&gt;1 John 3:24- Whoever keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.&lt;br /&gt;1 John 4:1-6   This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God...&lt;br /&gt;1 John 4:13- But this we know that we abide in him and him in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;Jude 20,21- Holy spirit prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation&lt;br /&gt;3:22-4 - the Holy Spirit did the speaking to the churches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebrew Words translated spirit&lt;br /&gt;7307. ruwach, roo' akh; from H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; fig. life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extens. a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (includ. its expression and functions): air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit ([ ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl ]) wind ( y).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greek Words translated spirit&lt;br /&gt;4151. pneuma, pnyoo' mah; from G4154; a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by anal. or fig. a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by impl.) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit: ghost, life, spirit ( ual, ually), mind. Comp. G5590.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4152. pneumatikos, pnyoo mat ik os'; from G4151; non carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concr.), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religious: spiritual. Comp. G5591.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4153. pneumatikos, pnyoo mat ik oce'; adv. from G4152; non physically, i.e. divinely, figuratively: spiritually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4154. pneo, pneh' o; a prim. word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze: blow. Comp. G5594.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5590. psuche, psoo khay'; from G5594; breath, i.e. (by impl.) spirit, abstr. or concr. (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Heb. H5315, H7307 and H2416): heart (+ ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5591. psuchikos, psoo khee kos'; from G5590; sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from G4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446, which is the lower or bestial nature): natural, sensual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5594. psucho, psoo' kho; a prim. verb; to breathe (voluntarily but gently; thus differing on the one hand from G4154, which denotes prop. a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of G109, which refers prop. to an inanimate breeze), i.e. (by impl. of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (fig.): wax cold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5326. phantasma, fan' tas mah; from G5324; (prop. concr.) a (mere) show ("phantasm"), i.e. spectre: spirit. (Matthew 14:26; Mark 6:49)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5324. phantazo, fan tad' zo; from a der. of G5316; to make apparent, i.e. (pass.) to appear (neut. part. as noun, a spectacle): sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5316. phaino, fah'ee no; prol. for the base of G5457; to lighten (shine), i.e. show (trans. or intrans., lit. or fig.): appear, seem, be seen, shine, X think&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greek Words related to the spirit&lt;br /&gt;Flesh&lt;br /&gt;4561. sarx, sarx; prob. from the b
