Chervelle Richards

Run With Endurance

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

Satisfied for What is Good

Proverbs 16:2 (MSG)
Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; god probes for what is good.

God in Charge

Proverbs 16:1 (MSG)
Mortals make elaborate plans, but god has the last word.

Proverbs 16:3 (MSG)
Put god in charge of your work, then what you've planned will take place.

Matthew 24:50

Matthew 24:50 (NLT)
The master will return unannounced and unexpected,

Keep Watch, Be Ready

Matthew 24:42-44 (NLT)
“So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.

Love Your Neighbour

Matthew 22:39 (NLT)
A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Galatians 5:1

Galatians 5:1 (NLT)
So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.

The Last First

Matthew 20:26-28 (NLT)
But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

Plans Established and Succeeded

Proverbs 16:3 (AMP)
Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.

Psalm 16:3

Psalm 16:3 (AMP)
As for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight.

Gather As His Followers

Matthew 18:20 (NLT)
For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”

The Lost Are Found

Matthew 18:12-14 (NLT)
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

Sin and Temptation

Matthew 18:7-9 (NLT)
“What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.

Matthew 14:29-31

Matthew 14:29-31 (NLT)
“Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.

Take Courage

Matthew 14:27 (NLT)
But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”

Matthew 13:17

Matthew 13:17 (NLT)
I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.

Matthew 13:16

Matthew 13:16 (NLT)
“But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

Focus

Matthew 13:13 (NLT)
That is why I use these parables, For they look, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.

Understanding

Matthew 13:11-12 (NLT)
He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.

Seeds

Matthew 13:8-9 (NLT)
Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!

Effective Prayer

Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT)
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

The Golden Rule

Matthew 7:12 (NLT)
“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.

Scales, Weights, Measure

Ezekiel 45:10 (MSG)
Use honest scales-honest weights and honest measures.

Listen and Hear

Mark 7:16 (AMP)
If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening [and let him perceive and comprehend by hearing].

Profits to the Lord

Isaiah 23:18 (AMP)
But her gain and her hire [the profits of Tyre’s new prosperity] will be dedicated to the Lord [eventually]; it will not be treasured or stored up, for her gain will be used for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord [the ministers], that they may eat sufficiently and have durable and stately clothing [suitable for those who minister at God’s altar].