De'Shaun Chestnut

Be humble...ask everything in Gods Will!!

James 4:1-17 (AMP)
WHAT LEADS to strife (discord and feuds) and how do conflicts (quarrels and fightings) originate among you? Do they not arise from your sensual desires that are ever warring in your bodily members?

The Lord's Instruction for Being a Righteous Person

Romans 12:1-21 (AMP)
I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.

Result of Righteousness

Isaiah 32:17 (AMP)
And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.

Unwavering Faith!

Romans 4:18-21 (AMP)
[For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be.

God's Understanding, Not Man's

Matthew 16:23 (AMP)
But Jesus turned away from Peter and said to him, Get behind Me, Satan! You are in My way [an offense and a hindrance and a snare to Me]; for you are minding what partakes not of the nature and quality of God, but of men.

Put Trust in the Lord

Psalm 37:4-6 (AMP)
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.

Lean Not on My Own Understanding

Proverbs 3:5-6 (AMP)
Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

Fear Not, The Lord is With Us

Numbers 14:8-9 (AMP)
If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Be Still, Faithful and Humble - God is in control

1 Peter 5:6-11 (AMP)
Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you,

Be Examples

1 Timothy 4:12 (KJV)
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Control Your Thoughts

2 Corinthians 10:4-6 (NKJV)
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,

Serve to Others for the Lord

Ephesians 6:5-8 (NKJV)
Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

New Things from the King

Isaiah 43:15 (NKJV)
I am the Lord, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.

Isaiah 43:18 (NKJV)
Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.

In the beginning there was God

John 1:1-5 (NKJV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Diligence

2 Peter 1:5-8 (NKJV)
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

His Thoughts Are Not My Thoughts

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NKJV)
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord.

By His Stripes We Are Healed

Isaiah 53:5 (NKJV)
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

Pray without Ceasing

1 Thessalonians 5:14-18 (NKJV)
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.

Rejoice! The Lord is Here!!

Philippians 4:4-9 (NKJV)
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Give THANKS to the Lord!!

Psalm 107:1-2 (NKJV)
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

I Choose You Lord, Your Commandments are Righteousness

Psalm 119:169-176 (KJV)
Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

Order My Steps

Psalm 119:133-136 (KJV)
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

My Hiding Place, My Shield, My Hope

Psalm 119:113-117 (KJV)
I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

Be Simple, Heaven is Better that Earth = Promise

Hebrews 10:34-36 (KJV)
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Judgment Will Come Again as Promised

Hebrews 10:30 (KJV)
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.