Joe Carson

Acts 14:23

Acts 14:23 (MSG)
Paul and Barnabas handpicked leaders in each church. After praying— their prayers intensified by fasting—they presented these new leaders to the Master to whom they had entrusted their lives. Working their way back through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia and preached in Perga. Finally, they made it to Attalia and caught a ship back to Antioch, where it had all started—launched by God's grace and now safely home by God's grace. A good piece of work.

Acts 13:2-3

Acts 13:2-3 (MSG)
One day as they were worshiping God-they were also fasting as they waited for guidance-the Holy Spirit spoke: "Take Barnabas and Saul and commission them for the work I have called them to do."

Matthew 10:5-10

Matthew 10:5-10 (MSG)
Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge: "Don't begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don't try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.

Job 29:25

Job 29:25 (MSG)
I was their leader, establishing the mood and setting the pace by which they lived. Where I led, they followed.

Job 29:11-16

Job 29:11-16 (NIV)
Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,

Matthew 25:34-40

Matthew 25:34-40 (NIV)
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

Luke 18:40-41

Luke 18:40-41 (MSG)
Jesus stopped and ordered him to be brought over. When he had come near, Jesus asked, "What do you want from me?"

James 1:2-8

James 1:2-8 (MSG)
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

Luke 4:18-21

Luke 4:18-21 (MSG)
God's Spirit is on me; he's chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor, Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, To set the burdened and battered free,

John 1:16

John 1:16 (AMP)
For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.

Matthew 10:5-8, Matthew 10:10

Matthew 10:5-8 (MSG)
Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge: "Don't begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don't try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.

Matthew 10:10 (MSG)
You don't need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day. Travel light.

Jude 1:22-23

Jude 1:22-23 (MSG)
Go easy on those who hesitate in the faith. Go after those who take the wrong way. Be tender with sinners, but not soft on sin. The sin itself stinks to high heaven.

Joshua 3:5

Joshua 3:5 (NIV)
Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the lord will do amazing things among you."

Colossians 3:12-17

Colossians 3:12-17 (AMP)
Clothe yourselves therefore, as God’s own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper].

Revelation 16:15

Revelation 16:15 (AMP)
Behold, I am going to come like a thief! Blessed (happy, to be envied) is he who stays awake (alert) and who guards his clothes, so that he may not be naked and [have the shame of being] seen exposed!

1 John 4:7-8

1 John 4:7-8 (AMP)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him].

Psalm 145:18

Psalm 145:18 (NIV)
The lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

1 Peter 5:5

1 Peter 5:5 (NIV)
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble."

2 Corinthians 8:7

2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

Proverbs 3:9-10

Proverbs 3:9-10 (NIV)
Honor the lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;

Romans 12:4-8

Romans 12:4-8 (NIV)
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,

Hebrews 12:1

Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

Proverbs 29:18

Proverbs 29:18 (NIV)
Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom's instruction.

1 John 1:9

1 John 1:9 (NIV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Romans 10:9-10

Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)
If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.