Richard Stevens IV

2 Timothy 2:22

2 Timothy 2:22 (MSG)
Run away from infantile indulgence. Run after mature righteousness—faith, love, peace—joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get involved in inane discussions; they always end up in fights. God's servant must not be argumentative, but a gentle listener and a teacher who keeps cool, working firmly but patiently with those who refuse to obey. You never know how or when God might sober them up with a change of heart and a turning to the truth, enabling them to escape the Devil's trap, where they are caught and held captive, forced to run his errands.

Luke 18:2-14

Luke 18:2-14 (MSG)
He said, "There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people.

Proverbs 28:9

Proverbs 28:9 (NCV)
If you refuse to obey what you have been taught, your prayers will not be heard.

Proverbs 14:29-33

Proverbs 14:29-33 (MSG)
Slowness to anger makes for deep understanding; a quick-tempered person stockpiles stupidity.

Proverbs 6:20-24

Proverbs 6:20-24 (MSG)
Good friend, follow your father's good advice; don't wander off from your mother's teachings. Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck. Wherever you walk, they'll guide you; whenever you rest, they'll guard you; when you wake up, they'll tell you what's next. For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.

Psalm 143:1

Psalm 143:1 (MSG)
Listen to this prayer of mine, god; pay attention to what I'm asking. Answer me—you're famous for your answers! Do what's right for me. But don't, please don't, haul me into court; not a person alive would be acquitted there.

Psalm 55:16-17

Psalm 55:16-17 (MSG)
I call to God; god will help me. At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh deep sighs—he hears, he rescues. My life is well and whole, secure in the middle of danger Even while thousands are lined up against me. God hears it all, and from his judge's bench puts them in their place. But, set in their ways, they won't change; they pay him no mind.

Psalm 88:1-2

Psalm 88:1-2 (MSG)
God, you're my last chance of the day. I spend the night on my knees before you. Put me on your salvation agenda; take notes on the trouble I'm in. I've had my fill of trouble; I'm camped on the edge of hell. I'm written off as a lost cause, one more statistic, a hopeless case. Abandoned as already dead, one more body in a stack of corpses, And not so much as a gravestone— I'm a black hole in oblivion. You've dropped me into a bottomless pit, sunk me in a pitch-black abyss. I'm battered senseless by your rage, relentlessly pounded by your waves of anger. You turned my friends against me, made me horrible to them. I'm caught in a maze and can't find my way out, blinded by tears of pain and frustration.

Nehemiah 1:11

Nehemiah 1:11 (NCV)
Lord, listen carefully to the prayer of your servant and the prayers of your servants who love to honor you. Give me, your servant, success today; allow this king to show kindness to me.” I was the one who served wine to the king.

Jeremiah 42:1-12

Jeremiah 42:1-12 (MSG)
All the army officers, led by Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, accompanied by all the people, small and great, came to Jeremiah the prophet and said, "We have a request. Please listen. Pray to your God for us, what's left of us. You can see for yourself how few we are! Pray that your God will tell us the way we should go and what we should do."

Luke 11:1-12

Luke 11:1-12 (MSG)
One day he was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said, "Master, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."

Psalm 37:3-4

Psalm 37:3-4 (NCV)
Trust the Lord and do good. Live in the land and feed on truth.

Job 31:1

Job 31:1 (MSG)
"I made a solemn pact with myself never to undress a girl with my eyes. So what can I expect from God? What do I deserve from God Almighty above? Isn't calamity reserved for the wicked? Isn't disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong? Isn't God looking, observing how I live? Doesn't he mark every step I take?

Nehemiah 8:10

Nehemiah 8:10 (NCV)
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy good food and sweet drinks. Send some to people who have none, because today is a holy day to the Lord. Don’t be sad, because the joy of the Lord will make you strong.”

1 Peter 2:2-3

1 Peter 2:2-3 (NCV)
As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can mature in your salvation,

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NCV)
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.

Romans 5:7-8

Romans 5:7-8 (NCV)
Very few people will die to save the life of someone else. Although perhaps for a good person someone might possibly die.

John 15:13-15

John 15:13-15 (NCV)
The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends.

John 15:13-15

John 15:13-15 (NCV)
The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends.

Mark 12:28-34

Mark 12:28-34 (NCV)
One of the teachers of the law came and heard Jesus arguing with the Sadducees. Seeing that Jesus gave good answers to their questions, he asked Jesus, “Which of the commands is most important?”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NCV)
Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together.

Jeremiah 29:11-14

Jeremiah 29:11-14 (NCV)
I say this because I know what I am planning for you,” says the Lord. “I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future.

Romans 8:31-32, Romans 8:35

Romans 8:31-32 (NCV)
So what should we say about this? If God is for us, no one can defeat us.

Romans 8:35 (NCV)
Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings or hunger or nakedness or danger or violent death?

Romans 6:20-23

Romans 6:20-23 (MSG)
As long as you did what you felt like doing, ignoring God, you didn't have to bother with right thinking or right living, or right anything for that matter. But do you call that a free life? What did you get out of it? Nothing you're proud of now. Where did it get you? A dead end.

Proverbs 15:2

Proverbs 15:2 (MSG)
Knowledge flows like spring water from the wise; fools are leaky faucets, dripping nonsense.