I told you that you wouldn’t want to miss this.
It may not be cash, but it’s $6,100 worth of books and Bibles and research…all for your computer (PC…sorry, mac people!)? This software costs $630 normally – so it’s a huge deal.? And it’s amazing software at that!!!!
I’m giving away a copy of the Logo’s Scholar’s Library! About it:
Scholar?s Library is a value-priced collection of texts and tools for serious Bible study using Greek, Hebrew, and English resources. It is the best value in Bible software today with more than 330 Bibles and Bible Reference titles worth over $6,100.00 in equivalent print editions!
The Scholar?s Library software doesn?t just “speed up” the process of studying with paper books, it actually acts as your personal research assistant, doing everything from looking up relevant articles and automatically collecting material to generating tailored reports and organizing content around your specific target passage. Logos Bible Software Series X is so easy to use and powerful that all you have to know how to do is type in a Bible reference, or a topic and click the ?Go!? button. Scholar?s Library provides an amazing wealth of resources at your fingertips, giving you everything you need for serious and comprehensive Bible Study, no matter what your focus. The value-packed Scholar?s Library makes digging deep into the truth of the Bible easier than ever!
You can read ALL that it has here.
HOW TO WIN!
Leave a comment with your most meaningful Bible verse or passage…THEN it would be great if you blogged about the giveaway from your blog.? Ask your readers to come and enter!? I’d really like to see how far this giveaway can go!? And I know there are a lot of pastors who don’t make tons of money or have the resources to purchase a $630 computer program.? Many of those pastors probably don’t read my blog so let’s make this a group effort!
This giveaway will run until midnight on Saturday (12:00 am Saturday AM CST). I will use random.org to randomly generate a comment number and that person will win as long as they followed the rules! Please don’t put your name in more than once!
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203 responses to “I’m Giving Away $6,100!”
so I would need to go buy a pc to be eligible :)
great give-a-way, love using blogs for a purpose.
can you just give the 6,100 dollars to those of us with macs?
I second Joe’s request!
.-= Jeff´s last blog ..Under-Promise, Over-Deliver =-.
Matthew 6:33-34 are my favorite verses. especially since i pastor a small church, it is a great reminder that God is there all i and we need to do is pursue Him.
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by Grace that you are saved.
The verse that has been most impactful on my life right now is Micah 6:8…
He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
If you don’t win it here. I’m giving it away tomorrow.
:)
Fight the good fight of the faith (1 Tim 6)
If I had a blog I would certainly pass along the message but alas I do not.
But in the chance that I do win this I would pass it along to my church. We are a relatively new church, about two years old, and I think all of the staff would find this astoundingly helpful in their work. Not to mention that I volunteer there on a regular basis and also would be able to benefit.
All the best!
C
Most meaningful? I would say Philippians 2:1-10– Christ’s Example of Humility.
Nice giveaway, Anne. I’m telling all my friends, and there will be a post up on MinistryLIVE.org very shortly.
AWWWW…I’m a MAC user. DANG.
Micah 7:7
But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.
Anytime I have doubt this verse comforts me and gets me through!
Philippians 3:10-11 lays down the incredible pattern of a life walk founded in Grace.
“I want to know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings becoming like Him in His death that by any means I may attain the resurrection from t he dead.”
A life based in Grace is dedicated to knowing Christ and allowing His life to flow out of us!
My favorite verse is:
“He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the Lord.”
This became my favorite verse way back in high school. I love that while the focus of our worship (and whole life really) is God, but that the net effect is that other people see it, want it, and are drawn to the Lord.
nehemiah 8:10
For the joy of the Lord is your strength.
If you’re a mac user…maybe you know a PC user!?
Matthew 5:13-16 Says we ARE the salt and the light of the world. Not that we ‘should be’ the salt and the light. The question is how salty and light are we? All too often I’m bland and dark.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
I just got saved last January and this verse helped me through a lot this past 12 months! Great opportunity Anne, thanks.
Psalm 73:25-26
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none on earth I desire besides You.
My heart and flesh fail
but You are the strength of my heart and my portion. Forevermore.
It is incredibly popular just to quote verse 25 and get that feel good feeling for the rest of the day.
When I quote it, I quote this passage and put emphasis on “My heart and flesh fail”. Exegetically speaking, I believe this is suppose to speak on your health as the NIV has translate it.
The way I take this verse is to say:
I suck. I am evil. I am wicked. I always want to do what I want to do and not what You want to do. However despite my faithlessness, God is always faithful. I lean into Him and He continues to be the strength of my heart. He is always my portion. Forever.
psalm 5:1-8…david is VERY bold in coming to God…points out how God detests murderers, but wants to DESTROY “those who tell lies”…but verses 7 is HUGE for me…
“because of Your unfailing love, i can enter your house; i will worship at Your temple with DEEPEST AWE.” (NLT + my own caps…)
anne…side note…i hope you’re not lying about the giveaway!!! that could be bad!!!
After the loss by miscarriage of our first child, this passage has always stood out for me..
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 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. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together
Colossians 1: 15-17
My favorite passage is 2 Corinthians 5:11-21. I really feel this is a passage that defines my mission in life. God’s desire is for reconciliation to occur between humanity and deity. God asks us to join the effort by becoming his ambassadors. We do this as “new creations” in the likeness of our Creator. I think it’s a phenomenal passage worth committing my life to. And by the way, I would love to have the logos program for my Exegesis of Isaiah class this Spring, so I will drop a comment about your blog on my blog:)
“I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant” Galatians 1:10
This has become my life verse, because I’ve been SUCH a people-pleaser all my life. God is freeing me from that, though, and this is a great reminder to state to myself (to abandon my flesh) and to the enemy (who wants to trip me up).
Off to my blog now… I love how you do this!
I keep coming back to Micah 6:8 over and over again. It just sticks to me. :)
Isa 26:3 often gives me great comfort as God promises to give us perfect peace as we think thoughts of Him.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Romans 12:18
(I wanna win it and sell it on eBay).
For me right now, this is the verse that is resonating in my heart and life:
Psalm 66 is full of verses pertaining to worship. In light of my present circumstances, which seem so uncertain, I have been hanging on to this:
“Let the wohole world bless our God and sing aloud His praises. Our lives are in His hands and He keeps our feet from stumbling. ” (verse 8-9)
I can also relate to the verses following about being refined and tested but brought throught it all…..
I’ll try to keep it to two verses, one OT and one NT
Psalm 27:4
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: 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 inquire in His temple.”
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.
Titus 3:4-7…
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
That is the message of the gospel right there! And what a freeing and beautiful explanation of God’s greatest gift. Titus 3 rocks!!!!
And since I have such a strong desire to go to seminary in the fall… I want that software! (Mac users… little secret… it only $60 to crossgrade… I’d say that’s worth it!)
Wow, what a generous give-away!!
Most of my favorites are in the Corinthians and James, but right now my fav is this:
2 Corinthians 2:8,9 and 16-18
8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
“It was for freedom that Christ set us free…”
http://www.youversion.com/reader.php?startverse=Gal.5.1
I’m a messy Christian, but I’m no longer a slave to sin!!!
Finally! Having a PC pays off for once. Too bad my system will crash as soon as I load this software though =)
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Ps. 91:1,2
Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (It puts the focus on whats most important.)
@Billy Chia — I love that! “I’m a messy Christian, but I’m not longer a slave to sin!” Great words!
Ephesians 2:1-10 The gospel summed up in 10 verses by Paul.
I have a mac and a pc so I’m good with the pc thing. I’ll twitter about this.
It’s gotta be ,
Habakkuk 1:5 “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.”
We need to stop waiting to be told what to do and just live our faith.
I read 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 last year and it knocked me out. I’m now a church planter in Syracuse, NY. Paul talked about his speech and proclamation was not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and power. He did this so their faith will be on God’s power and not man’s wisdom.
This is what I want to see lived out.
Thanks for the huge give away. I have a mac, but run virtualbox. It will still work!
Ezekiel 3:17- The Lord calling Ezekiel as a watchman, which the Lord called me to about 4 years ago!
Romans 11:36 “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen”
I am from God – I do everything through God – I do everything for God; I want God to get all the glory!
Don’t really need the software myself, but I have a good friend in seminary who could really use it.
Romans 12:2:
“Do not be conformed to this world, but continually be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God’s will is-what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.”
Great giveaway!
What an awesome giveaway!
My favorite verse has always been Galatians 2:20. “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loves me and gave Himself for me.”
I once saw a bright orange t-shirt that read “Dead Man Walking” and had the scripture verse below. I think it is so important to remember that we are representatives of Christ in this world- not ourselves.
My favorite verse this past year has been Romans 5:1-5
It is a wonderful verse to inspire hope and perseverace in times of strife and strugle.
Awesome opportunity here!
The story of lavish grace within the Parable of The Lost Sons (Luke 15:11-32) is by far the most meaningful in my life right now!
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
(John 15:5 NIV)
This is the verse that is leading my life right now… I have given up on several battles that I have tried to fight and overcome, in my own strength, for so long. Once I tapped into the REAL source of my strength (Jesus Christ) and handed these burdens over to Him, I began to see amazing “fruit” being produced in my life.
All glory to God!
To help my pastor husband and I in the ministry….when it gets hard to remember that God still loves us and to encourage us to love even the difficult ones..
For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Hebrews 6:10 (KJV)
and
Don’t just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. Romans 12:9 (NLT)
It’s really hard to pick just one, but I’ll do my best…
2 Timothy 3:16-17
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (NIV)
Foundation for Scripture.
I want in sooo bad… I’ve been dreaming of a set of Logos software long time. If you gave me a set, you wouldn’t even have to ship it to Canada. I will drive to Nashville to get it if I have to!
The downside is I can’t pick a favorite verse. I keep accumulating them, with none standing above the others. Some people have life verses – I can’t imagine without the benefit of hindsight, encapsulating the adventure of life that I am God has given me in a dozen or two words.
The latest one I am working on sinking into my psyche is Romans 11:29 – “For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable…” it is very comforting to me. Especially in light of my quest for confirmation of calling.
My verse has been the same for 15 years now.
Col 3:2. “Set your affections on things above, not on earthly things.” I love it! It helps me keep my focus on Christ instead of getting caught up in everything that life brings each day!!
WOW on the give-away! I’ll be sure and pass it along!
Micah 6:8
“He has shown me what is good…”
I am currently learning what it means to celebrate and live in freedom with how God has created me to be and it is good.
The verse I’ve been holding onto during my year of anxiety: Psalm 27:1 – The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?
From the book of John chapter 11:
41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
The fact that a four day old cadaver was filled with life again is incredible and awe inspiring alone. However, it is what Jesus says next that moves me every time I read it. He says, ?Take off his grave clothes and let him go!?
The imagery created by this account is just insane. Can you imagine what Lazarus looked like as he struggled to walk out of the tomb because his head, torso, and legs were wrapped with linens? Can you imagine him trying to bust out of those grave clothes, realizing Jesus loved him enough to literally give him a second chance at life? What a picture of liberation. What a picture of true freedom.
A long time ago, someone encouraged me to ask God for a verse I could always go to as a foundation for major life changes/decisions.
I asked Him, and he lead me to John 15:16:
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you that you should bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain.”
My favorite passage is Psalms 84:11-12 1
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.
II Timothy 1:7
For the Lord has not given us a spirit of fear but of love and of power and of a strong mind.
Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
I grew up convinced that my own mother didn’t love me. I was certain that I had to earn love, and that I’d never measure up. And while I knew that God loved me, I never really “got” that He loved me unconditionally… that never clicked with me, because I had no basis for comparison that I could understand (until my niece was born, and I loved her unconditionally, and He whispered into my aching heart, “yes, Beloved, like that. Like that, only so much more… That is how I love you.”)
The idea that God loves me. God takes “great delight” in me. He will rejoice over me. The God who spoke the universe into being is going to sing a love song for me. Omnipotent God smiles at every thought of me.
That’s my favorite verse. Because it’s that sort of love that pulses through the rest of the Word, that motivates the rest of the Word. It’s that kind of love that put off glory and put on humanity, that sinlessly became sin for me and died in my place. It’s that kind of love that saw that would be the price necessary to pay to woo us back to Him… and created us anyway, knowing we would fall, knowing we would require His death to be reconciled. Because in that short verse, we get an idea of the stunning unconditional love of our God.
And for a woman who needed that – what better could I have asked for?
I think this is great, but there are some way more deserving pastors than me. I wish them well and hope this blesses someone greatly.
My favorite verse is Gal.2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ; It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
God used this verse to change my life.
This is an awesome giveaway and as a new pastor of a new, small congregation this kind of resource would be awesome. I will be blogging about this today!
$6100? Isn’t that about as much as a mac?
Philippians 2:13 “For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey Him and the power to do what pleases Him.”
That verse gives me hope…always!
psalm 37:4–“Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
Having had a lot of trouble with contentment issues, i resolved to memorize Psalm 37. I began to talk with Him about verse 4. Within 6 months, I met the lady with whom I have now been married 14+ years.
And, i’m a broke pastor, broken in more ways than 1.
favorite verse of the moment….
2 timothy 2:13 – when we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for He cannot disown Himself.
It’s great that your doing this! I hope I win so I can give it to one of our Seminary fellows!
Romans 8:18-30
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to futility-not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it-in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. And not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits-we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. Now in this hope we were saved, yet hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience. In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings. And He who searches the hearts knows the Spirit’s mind-set, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose. For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.
To God be all the Glory!
Galatians 3:3 (New International Version)
Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?
This verse is a reminder to me that I cannot do it on my own. I must remain focused on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith. When I take my eyes off Him – what a fool I am!
All of Psalm 103
I love that passage. What a God we have!
My two favorite bible verses are the most comforting I know of. I used to be a worrier, big time, and I have found such peace from these passages, especially in these troubled times:
“Be still, and know that I am God.” –Psalm 46:10
“Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.” –Matthew 6:24
God bless you all!
–Paul
Psalm 139 – After nearly half a year of study, I finally can believe these words. My seminary husband salivates over the Logos software, so I would love to win it for him. Thanks!
Romans 12:2 Love this verse and is one of my favorites. It always puts things in perspective.
2 Corinthians 5:15, “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”
Praise Him.
Philippians 1:15 – 18a
15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16 The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Chris Reeder
http://ChrisReeder.com
Acts 2:21 “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
What a blessing to know it’s that simple! All we have to do is call out to HIM and repent!
Anne, I will be posting about your give away on my blog!
My dad is a pastor and this would be great for him :)
One of my faves – Psalm 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Thank you so much for this giveaway!
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see
WOW. this would be huge.
verse – Acts 17:6 – “But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here”
I’m hoping this will be a local newspaper headline someday.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. – John 1:14a.
Still wrapping my brain and my heart around that concept…
Awesome give-away!! My hubby sure could use these!! ;-)
(no matter what I once was) I have been washed, I have been sanctified, adn I have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God!
I Corinthians 6:11 (from a scripture prayer card… I review this one A LOT when the devil tries to remind me of my past!)
Thanks for doing this!
Hebrews 11:8-10
Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
This verse has been an amazing help as I’ve watched several members battle cancer the last few years.
One of my all time favorite verses is Psalm 25:14, “The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he make known to them His covenant.”
I’ve witnessed first hand God intimately speaking in my heart His will. He instructed me to pray over someone and I watch this person become a spiritual giant that God used to usher in revival in our community. I am grateful for God sharing his will with me. I long to hear his voice again!
Prov. 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding…
I love 1 Peter 4:10. Since I started in creative ministry, that has always been one of the verses that drives me.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Philippians 4:4-8
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to
do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him
who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
~ these are the words of Jesus found in John 6:37-39 (NIV)
***I am so very thankful for Jesus! I recently did a 2 part posting called , To tell “me.” In part 2, I listed one of my all time favorite verses in that post. If one should wonder why, just copy and paste the link below and I’d be so happy to share so with with you!
http://insidedeannasdiary.blogspot.com/2009/01/to-tell-me-part-2.html
Thanks a bunch, and what a neat give-a-way :O)!
Blessings, Deanna
Can’t wait to get your book for my mom who is really burnt out working in her church.
I truly love Psalms 139 all of it, it really helps me to think and get through my own troubles because God already knows them all.
Psalm 139
1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
5 You hem me in?behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to [b] me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.
19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
I will post this to my blog tomorrow. I am a pastor’s daughter and this could be very useful to our body or for my dad!
My favorite verse right now is from Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strenghth and my song; He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him.
This is very meaningful to my heart as I seem to be in one of Life’s storms presently.
Thank you for the giveaway!
I have so many favorites, it is indeed hard to choose.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. Plans for good and not evil, plans to give a future and a hope.
That gives me great encouragement to take the next step when it seems that there is no way.
Thank you.
~Blessings
“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”
James 1:12
Thanks for the give-away!
James 1:27
“Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
Heb.12
1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Colossians 3:23
Always reminds me of Who I serve.
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There are a couple of verses that I have clung to the past fourteen months. My son almost died from viral ensephalitis and now has epilepsy left from the virus going to his brain. He suffers almost daily from seizures that medicine can’t control. He also has some brain damage done from the medication/seizures. But I still have my son and am grateful that the Lord spared his life. He has given his heart back to God and is working through what has happened. For that we are grateful.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Extended Paraphrase—Throw yourself completely upon the Lord–that is, cast all your present and future needs on Him who is your intimate Savior-God…finding in Him your security and safety. Do this with all your mind and feeling and will. In order to make this possible, you must refuse to support yourself upon the crutch of human ingenuity. Instead, recognize His presence and concern in each one of your circumstances. Then He (having taken full control of the situation) will smooth out and make straight your paths, removing each obstacle along the way.
Psalm 91 (I love the whole chapter but won’t put it all here.) He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
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Sorry about the length but there is not one part of this Psalm that does not resonate with me in some way. One day I will truly live this out in it’s fullness, of this I am confident! Right now I am learning to wait.
Psalm 27
1The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold[a] of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
2When evildoers assail me
to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.
3 Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
yet I will be confident.
4 One thing have I asked of the LORD,
that will I seek after:
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 inquire in his temple.
5For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will lift me high upon a rock.
6And now my head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud;
be gracious to me and answer me!
8You have said, “Seek my face.”My heart says to you,
“Your face, LORD, do I seek.”
9 Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
O God of my salvation!
10For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the LORD will take me in.
11 Teach me your way, O LORD,
and lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.
12 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they breathe out violence.
13I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living!
14 Wait for the LORD;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the LORD!
Romans 8:28 — “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose for them.”
This verse has helped me through some really tough times and kept me from asking, “why?”!
James 1:12-14
“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, ?I am being tempted by God,? for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”
“We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand?out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory…Romans 5:2”
This verse reminds me daily of the Freedom I have by choosing Christ.
John 15:13
“Greater love has no man than this, than to lay down his life for his friends.”
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Phil 3:12
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
Did I win?
Zephaniah 3:17
For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.
Joshua 1:8-9
“8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for th Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
I love this message that God gives to Joshua. He tells him to be strong and courageous three times in the first 9 verses of Joshua chapter 1 because it is not going to be easy leading God’s people into the promised land. But the encouragement God gives is to meditate on His word. To return to the voice and breath of God in scripture is what sustains our strength.
The Great Commission at the end of Matthew has been a guiding verse for me, specifically the end of verse 20: “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
In the many transitions I have had in my life, and the many blunders I have…blundered into, it is extremely comforting to know that God is with me.
It is also a great source of confidence. I am not the most confident of persons, and it is good to know that God has given me everything I need for my entire life.
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My favorite is Matthew 7:21 – “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”
This verse really hit me as a young Christian, kind of scared me, but I like it.
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Psalms 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood…
“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.”
John 15:5 HCSB
my kids and i have been memorizing psalm 100: “shout for joy to the LORD all the earth. worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.”
I was married to a man who stole my whole life from me. He was abusive & while I consider myself to be a fairly strong woman I was sucked into a black hole where I was separated from any friends and family. To top it all off he was a minister & attending Seminary so while I was being abused at home, I also had to create the perfect ?minister?s wife? fa?ade in public. We eventually got divorced due to marital unfaithfulness & shockingly enough I was so broken. I had made him my entire life & breaking the hold that he had on me was painful & not a pretty picture. I truly look back on that time of my life as my death. I couldn?t continue to live as an abused woman who had nothing so I had to let her die.
It was terrible? but throughout that entire ordeal, I never walked alone. None of my emotions surprised God. He did not sit in my room with me and gasp in horror while I prayed for Him to take me home. He did however, wait patiently knowing all along that these were demons that He had already beaten for me. He waited for me to realize that He had already overcome everything that I mourned. I was not weak. I was not lost. I was not helpless because through the Holy Spirit I had overcome this tragedy too.
My verse is John 16:33 ?I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble, but be courageous-I have overcome the world!”
Psalm 56:3-4.
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“I wish above all things that you may prosper.” III John 2
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I think it has to be Job 38, most deliciously verse 7 … “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” The utter joy and wholeness of it, a tiny glimpse of heaven and what God intended for the earth. What it will be again too :). Until then, “Lo, I am with you always” in Matthew gets me thru the day.
Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Philippians 1:1-11 by far rocks my socks everytime I read it! It’s so easy to go on sometimes when you’re in the mode of pointing fingers at others to read the first few verses and say, “Man, I wish _______(name of person who you think you are more holy than) would just get this.” Then you get to the part of Jesus, and it just rocks ya!
Lord, I have heard of your fame.
I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord;
renew them in our day, in our time make them known, in wrath remember mercy.
-Habakkuk 3:2
Perseverance must finish it’s work, so that you may be mature and complete not lacking anything.
James 1:4
I have spent so much time in the last few months trying to remind myself not to limit what God can do in my life and the life of the ministries in which I am involved, this verse reminds me daily that He can do more than I can even fathom… so why limit Him.
“God can do anything, you know?far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us…..” – Ephesians 3:20 (The Message)
Romans 12:21
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Actually, the entire chapter is amazing, but this is the key verse for me.
1 Timothy 1:15, “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners ? of whom I am the worst.”
Jesus had a singular focus. One purpose. One directive. “Save sinners.” That’s it. If I ever wonder if I am doing what I am suppose to be doing as a pastor, I can always ask myself, “does this lead to that goal?”
“For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?” (Matthew 5:46-47)
I am continually challenged by this passage. I want to live and love in a way that is not just for my own comfort and benefit.
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So many of my favs have been mentioned :)
But my personal favorite is still Psalm 73:25-26
Whom have I in heaven but Thee?
And besides Thee, I desire nothing on earth
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
No matter what grief or pain I have in this world and in this flesh, I know the Lord is my portion forever.
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I think this – http://www.logos.com/mac/engine – is away to take the PC product and run it on your MAC.
My favorite verse for almost 20 years has been Acts 20:24, “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.”
God called me to preach. I’ve embraced that calling at times. I’ve run from that calling at other times. What God has to teach me over and over is that NOTHING is as important as testifying to the gospel. When I forget this, my life is empty. I haven’t figured out why God would call me to such an amazing task, but I’m humbled that he uses me to bring grace into people’s lives.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Too often we forget that who we do life with (friends, buddies, pals whatever you call your group) has an immediate impact on our character. We need to be in the world, but separate from it.
Psalm 51—Changed the way that I live and look at my depravity. Preached my first sermon over this passage.
Romans 12&13—changed my views on a lot of things and am still learning from these chapters.
Thanks for the offer and really excited about reading your book.
I am a son of a burn out minister and am interested to see your perspective.
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this would be really expensive on a mac… because i would have to buy the software and the mac…
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
I’ve admired the Logos software from afar… ahh, to dream. My memory verse for the half of the month is Romans 8:26. It was chosen because of a difficult situation my family is facing – it’s big and scary and so much out of our hands. Here’s the verse, my paraphrase: The Spirit is here for me in my weakness; I don’t know what to pray for or even how, but the Spirit Himself goes before me and pleads on my behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.
Psalm 36:7-9 (NIV)
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret – it leads only to evil.
For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.”
2008 (and into ’09) has been a season of needing to be reminded not to fret.
May the software go to the person God has in mind!
The verses with the biggest impact on my life.
1 John 3:1-3
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears,we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
The verses are encouraging but also gives a challenge “The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.” It then gives us the hope of what is to come for those who are children of God.
I think I’d have to say Phillipians 2: 1-10. A beautiful passage.
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Gal. 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
It’s all about HIM. I am no longer of this world and I cannot seek or be driven by man’s approval (Galatians 1:10). I am His and my desire is for Him to be glorified in all things
John 10.10 – A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they an have real and eternal life, more an better life than they ever dreamed of.
“Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love so that we may sing for joy to the end of our days….Let us see your miracles again. Let our children see your glory as work.” Ps. 90:14,16
Isaiah 43:1-3 (NIV)
1 But now, this is what the Lord says– he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
3 For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
Passing through waters… walking through fire… seems to be the story of my life! But, The Lord, He is my God, and my Savior!
Zephaniah 3:17
“The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”
This promise holds a special place in my heart. The fact that not only does God DELIGHT in me, but He is WITH me, can SAVE me, QUIET me and REJOICES over me brings hope and healing to my soul.
Matthew 12:34b
For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
I no longer serve on staff because it was impeding my ability to express joy and contentment, it was affecting how I loved on my family and I felt like I had honestly stopped filling my heart – I was giving out way more than I had in me and it was not a pretty picture. I’m sure I needed to be in a different place. I was too busy to sit and have my soul nourished.
So many wonderful scriptures that have comforted me, and have inspired me. It’s so hard to pick just one, but here goes:
Ephesians 3:20
Now to HIM who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.
Our God is so awesome!!!
Anne, your generosity and love astound me,
In Christ,
Barbara D
Ephesians 2:4-6 “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”
I read Ephesians dozens of times as a young Christian and this section impacted me the most. I am not saved by my works but by His GRACE and seated in Christ in heaven. Now that’s some serious truth to feed the soul.
I am a church planter and will be moving to Chicago in a couple of months. This software package would be no small thing for me right now!
Psalm 106:6-8
“Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.”
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 34:7
One of my heart’s desires is to NOT burnout. I am a pastor, and I just read about your book today. I will definitely have to get me a copy. Maybe a copy for everyone on our team! Thanks.
I’m also working on my Masters in Pastoral Ministry, so research and study is definitely something I need to do more of!
I’m an Exodus 3 fan.
In the story Moses notices a bush on fire but not burning up. How long did it take for him to realize that this dry bush in the hot, hot desert was not being consumed by the flames? Did he see the first time? After an hour? After a couple days? A whole week?
Because God is always there – burning bushes are all around – only we don’t always notice.
And then the story continues, and YHWH tells Moses to take off his sandals because he is on holy ground. But when did the ground become holy? Was it at that moment? (As in one moment, ‘normal ground’, and then – presto! – holy ground?) Or was the ground holy the entire time, only Moses didn’t know.
There is holy ground everywhere, always below us and all around us. Only we never notice.
So take off your shoes. Because the ground your’e on right now (for me it’s my favorite coffee shop) is holy ground; God is here.
Love #2 (Joe’s) comment, and I second it!
LOVE. My. Mac.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” This is one of my “life verses” and it will probably take me the rest of my life to really “get it.”
Also love this: “I must decrease, that He might increase.”
Mt. 23:15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son off hell as you are.”
(I don’t have a blog.)
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for those who believe, first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.”
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Psalm 63
even when things in life and God don’t make sense, there is still HOPE.
because of this, my prayer for my family and those who seek hope is Eph. 3:16-18
“I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God?s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God?s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. “
My life has centered around the verse;
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.– Philippians 4:6-7
It reminds us to “Hand It Over”. Our lives, our futures, and our plans are in God’s hands and this verse reminds me to put my full and complete hope and trust in the Lord.
Habakkuk 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Life’s circumstances don’t stand a chance!
so many verses….
” beccause God has said, ‘Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’”
Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
This is my favorite verse because it reminds me that He is faithful to complete what He has started!
Micah 7:8-9
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy.
When I fall, I will arise.
When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
I will bear the indignation of the Lord
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my case
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light,
And I will see His righteousness.
Two life-redeeming verses the Lord showed me in the wake of my own “Mad Church” experience.
Thanks for doing this!
“Thus saysteh Lord God of Israel: ‘I annointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.I gave you your master’s house and your mastere’s wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel, and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more!”. 2Samuel 12:7-8
Several reasons I love this verse..but right now it reminds me that we settle for so little of what God has to offer and that how greedy we are at the same time. we have so much, yet it’s not enough, we still want “bathsheba”.
For a while now, Rev. 3:15 & 16 has been at the forefront of my thoughts;
15″‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot.Would that you were either cold or hot! 16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.”
It seems so easy to not be completely sold out when life events get overwhelming.
Hebrews 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
IF you keep your foecus right the rest just kind falls into place!
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
How much more straightforward can it be?
this verse keeps popping up in my readings for the past 2 weeks & has been especially meaningful to me.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies…” (Psalm 103:1-4) if you don’t mind, i’d like to add a little commentary that went with it–i think it came from the John McArthur yearly reading Bible. “King David learned the powerful habit of telling himself the truth. “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” That’s a good thing to tell yourself, isn’t it? “And all this is within me bless His holy name.” That’s a habit worth practicing. Train your soul to bless God. And how do you do that? By not forgetting His benefits. Whatever might be going wrong in your life, whatever might be a disappointment, even a serious illness or death, does not affect God’s eternal blessing on you as His child. He has redeemed your life from destruction, & He crowns you with loving-kindness, which means grace & mercy. He pours out all His tenderness. He heals all your diseases, not necessarily in time, but in eternity. And He forgives all your iniquities. Don’t ever forget His benefits: forgiveness, absolute perfection in heaven, freedom from all sickness & death, abundant mercy, & everything you need. May everything that is in you bless His holy name!”
1 Peter 5:7
It tells me to cask all of my anxiety on God…because HE CARES FOR ME.
How. Amazing. Is. That??? Especially since I’ve been going through some stressful situations lately…and that one little verse shows that God cares, and wants to hear about my problems…in fact he wants me to GIVE Him my problems and worries!
Eph. 3:16-19 is a prayer I pray over my children every night:
I pray out of Your glorious riches you would strengthen them through the power of your Spirit in their inner being so that Christ may dwell in their hearts through faith. And I pray that they, being rooted and established in love, would have the power, together with all the Saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–so that they may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of You (Go).
Amen!
Thanks for this great opportunity!
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Proverbs 4:23
I’ve always loved the verses from Daniel 3;17-18 …
God is able to save us … but even if He doesn’t we will not serve your gods …
Radical faith/”bottom-line faith”!
John 7:16
So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.”
I LOVE this verse because it’s Jesus talking, the best teacher to ever live, and He says His teaching comes from GOD not HIMSELF. It reminds me that when i teach or preach, my words aren’t doing anything but making noise, but the Spirit is doing the work and teaching hearts.
I love Isaiah 55 right now…here is a snipet-
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
My favourite scripture right now is
1 John 4:10.
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (ESV)
Christ didn’t just die for our sins, he took the wrath of God for all of mankind’s sin so we didn’t have to. And then was reconciled back to God in a new covenant so we could be back in right standing with God through Christ.
And the Lord said to Paul l one night in m a vision, ?Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.? (Acts 18:9-10)
Matt 22:37-39 –
“And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
The most meaningful verse for me is Romans 8:1. When I was in college, I was really wrestling with the sin in my life. I was wondering if I really was saved when I had accepted the gift of Jesus when I was eight years old. I came to cling to a number of verses, but this one always seemed to encourage me to maintain hope in those dark days.
Thanks, Anne!
John 21:22…”You follow me.”
Lately, I keep coming back to Acts 20:24 – it has meant a lot to me.
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.
Psalms 25:21
“May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
for I wait for you.” (ESV)
“To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.” 1 Corinthians 4:11-13
There are many to love but this one seems to be the primary point of meditation for this particular season of life. I speaks to the suffering I have endured an continue to see in the lives of others around me.
Not officially a blogger (yet) but would love the resource to use in the classes that I teach. What a blessing that would be.
Philippians 3.7-14, to me, paints a picture of the Christ-follwer’s life very vividly. Everything we count as achievements in this physical life can be counted as nothing compared to the overwhelming desire to know Christ. We may have achieved grandeur in this life, but that actually holds us back from what’s truly important and what will truly satisfy.
My favorite verse:
2 Timothy 1:12
I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Nice giveaway, Anne. I too will tell my friends.
Psalms 143:8
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
My starving Youth Pastor husband would LOVE this!
1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.
Wow is all I can say every time I read that verse. I am convicted at my lack of trust, excited by the hope I have, fearful of the hurt I have caused, humbled by the favor I have been entrusted, thankful I am forgiven, respectful to a God that deserves it, resting in the promise of His presence, and generally awe struck by our God and the scope of His power and might.
My new bride and I have been dealing with things life has thrown our way this week. We are three months pregnant, just got a new car payment, and my wife got laid off from her job on Monday. This verse is what keeps rolling around in my head.
Phillipians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
From memory. We’re studying it right now on Sundays. :)
Romans 12:1-2 These verse seem to cover it all – be renewed, transformed, a living sacrifice. I love how Eugene Peterson puts it in the Message, your everyday, sitting down, standing up, eating, sleeping, everything life – my paraphrase of his paraphrase.
My favorite verse? Hmm… Gen 3:8-9 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
Too me, that is a haunting question. It also shows the heart God has for us…
For I have a great sense of obligation to people in our culture and to people in
other cultures?? Romans 1:14
“The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zeph 3.17
Ephesians 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,[a] 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height? 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Psalm 103: 8-13
“The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our trangressions from us.
As a father has compassion to his children,
so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.”
My favorite verse (out of the whole host of verses):
Jn 11:35-Jesus wept.
This is probably the shortest of all the verses in the bible. It’s meaningful to me because this is where divinity wrapped in/with humanity showed the face of compassion, indignation, pain, anguish, and horror of humanity struggle with sin and death. I find this a constant reminder that God did have a face to show he cared…the picture of God feeling our anguish.
The Lord spoke to me this Scripture the other day in Luke 11:13 which says – “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?” He then specifically charged me to – “Pray for the Holy Spirit.” Oh! How we need the Holy Spirit in our lives, ministries, churches, and world. We cannot do anything without Him. He is the One Who enables us to read and study the Bible and to pray. He enables us to live right and talk right,. He enables us to teach and preach the Word of God. He enables us to reach out to this lost and dying world for Jesus.
Galatians 6:14 – “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” (ESV)
My favorite is Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
It just proves how much we need each other to grow in Christ.
Thanks for the contest!
2 Cor. 21 (ESV)
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.
2 Corinthians 6:10
It was great to scroll through and read all of those verses!
Mark 3:14.
This “with him” principle displayed by Jesus has deeply affected how I look at life and ministry.
earthly discontent: eternal decisions
Revelation 20:11 11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, F109 and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. F110 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Jeff Lilley at Hume Lake mentioned this passage at a retreat years ago. He spoke about what a ?sobering? thought it was that the earth and the heaven fled from the very face of God, but that we will all be there?and we will not be able to leave. I think about what it will be like on that day and I wonder about people that I know that would be cast into the lake of fire (especially those that I failed to share the gospel with). I think about this passage just about every single weekend, every single service. I think about this passage?during altar call. I look into the eyes of people and I wonder: do you know Jesus? Do you really know Him? I see the look on someone?s face as they contemplate the most important decision they could ever make. I pray that I did my best preaching. I pray for the Holy Spirit to move their heart. I pray for them to make a wise decision?and I pray that I will be more effective preaching next week.
Blessings y’all!
Dave
http://www.davidmacer.com
Although these verses are from two separate books, they almost join together into one awesome glimpse into the heart of God. They are Isaiah 1:17 and Hosea 6:6:
“… cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow…. For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”
Yikes! Just *one*?!
I’ll have to go with Jer 31:31-34, because His promise is so extravagent, simple, comforting, and real…
33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the LORD. “I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people.
34 “And they will not need to teach their neighbors, now will they need to teach their family, saying, ‘You should know the LORD’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest will already know the LORD. “And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins”
I don’t have a blog to post this on, but I’ll link to it in twitter.
Psalm 13:5-6
But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing to the LORD,
for he has been good to me.
Isaiah 33:6
“And He will be the STABILITY of your times, a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is His treasure.”
I have been struggling of late with not trusting Him in every area of my life…the stability is definitely what I need to be reminded of daily!
((Reposted from my blog entry on Jan 8th ))
So a friend of mine posted on her blog about choosing a Bible verse as a “life verse” or “anchor scripture” for the year. What a wonderful idea! Since I’ve been asking God to make me who He wants me to be I googled “Bible verses about being like Jesus”. I found quite a few and stumbled upon this site and in particular, this thread. I was lead to these verses which sum up things for me perfectly.
(Galations 5: 22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (24)Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. (25)Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
This verse is an awesome description of what we need from God and how graciously he gives it.
Parallels software guys. LOL.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
I find so often people give up just before there is a breakthrough… just keep swimming! (as Dory says…) lol!
He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
This verse is a summary of how we should live our lives!
John 11:35 “Jesus wept”
In his humanity Jesus wept for Lazarus; in his divinity he raised him from the dead. May it be so with us
Thanks for the give away Anne!
psalm 90:17
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us
establish the work of our hands for us-
yes, establish the work of our hands.
i think about this verse almost every day on the way to work. i pray not only my work will be established, but that people would see Christ through it. it puts lots of things into perspective for me and helps remind that all i do, all i have and all i hope to be belongs to God and God alone!
Philippians 3:13-15… “One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way…”
I have so much baggage and junk that hang on to me from my past/childhood/etc that it often keeps me from looking forward and being the person/doing the things God called me to do/be. This verse encourages me to strain forward (yes, that requires a posture of leaning forward, etc) and press on toward God. It’s a hard journey, but a good one!
Blessings!
larryboatright
Ephesians 2:8 (I’m with Chad on that one)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith?and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Wow. I got on here to try to win some free stuff, but I have been blown away by reading these comment posts. Y’all rock, folks! Anyway–
Acts 17:24-28 turns my world upside down. Go read all of it, but here’s one little excerpt. Want to know the meaning of life? Why are we here? Acts says this–
“…He made from one man every nation of mankind… that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us…”
There it is- we exist to seek God. Nothing more, nothing less. I need to do more of it.
Philippians 3:13 – 14
“No dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for wich God, through Jesus Christ, is calling us up in heaven.”
1.) The verse that has meant a lot to me recently is found in 2 Cor. 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2.) I do not have a blog to post this on.
psalm 16:8 – i have set the lord always before me. because he is at my right hand, i will not be shaken.
2 corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Revelation 5:12-13
12In a loud voice they sang:
“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”
13Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
If this is still available…my favorite verse is in Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for streams of water,so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
nino