Andrew DeShazo

Fruits of the Flesh and the Spirit

Galatians 5:19-26 (NIV)
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

Don't look lustfully at women

Job 31:1 (NIV)
"I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.

Walk By Faith, Not By Sight

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV)
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Don't Be Discouraged By The Trials You Face

John 16:33 (AMP)
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]

He loves me!!!

1 John 4:10 (NIV)
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Live in Christ

Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

God consoles me when my anxious thoughts creep up

Psalm 94:19 (NIV)
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

Cast Your Anxiety on the Lord

1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

The Lord will Never Leave You or Forsake You

Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)
The lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Honor God with Your Bodies

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NIV)
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

Jesus overcame the World

John 16:33 (NIV)
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Seeing God will be awesome!

Psalm 17:15 (NIV)
As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

God strengthens me and keeps my way secure

Psalm 18:32 (NIV)
It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.

God's Power is Made Perfect in Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
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.

We share in Christ's sufferings but our comfort is found through Him as well.

2 Corinthians 1:5 (NIV)
For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

God is an Awesome Creator

Amos 5:8 (NIV)
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the lord is his name.

Pray and Give Thanks Always

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
Rejoice always,

Blessed are those whose strength is in the Lord

Psalm 84:5-7 (NIV)
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

Creation is on His hand

Job 12:10 (NIV)
In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

Cast Your Anxiety on Him

1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Cast Your Cares Upon the Lord

Psalm 55:22 (NIV)
Cast your cares on the lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

Seek the Lord With all your Heart

Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Come to Jesus When You're Weary and Burdened

Matthew 11:28-29 (NIV)
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Seek to Know The Lord's Ways

Psalm 103:7 (NIV)
He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:

The Lord Prepares Us For The "Giants" We Will Face

1 Samuel 17:37 (NIV)
The lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and the lord be with you."