Brenna

Win him without words

1 Peter 3:1 (NIV)
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,

The Lost

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV)
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

sow in tears

Psalm 126:5 (NIV)
Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

still be light.

Matthew 5:14-15 (MSG)
"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

blessed when persecuted

Matthew 5:10-12 (MSG)
"You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.

broad and narrow

Matthew 7:13-14 (NLT)
“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.

pour out my spirit!

Acts 2:17-18 (NKJV)
And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.

Acts 2:21 (NKJV)
And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved.

Adrenaline!!

Hebrews 12:1-17 (MSG)
Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

Hebrews 12:24 (MSG)
You've come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel's-a homicide that cried out for vengeance-became a proclamation of grace.

Hebrews 12:26-29 (MSG)
His voice that time shook the earth to its foundations; this time-he's told us this quite plainly-he'll also rock the heavens: "One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern."

if unwilling, God will use someone else / place

Esther 4:14 (NIV)
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?"

Get right

Proverbs 2:6-9 (NIV)
For the lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.