Natalli H.

1/8/2012

Isaiah 54:2-6 (MSG)
"Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep.

Isaiah 61:1

Isaiah 61:1 (MSG)
The Spirit of God, the Master, is on me because God anointed me. He sent me to preach good news to the poor, heal the heartbroken, Announce freedom to all captives, pardon all prisoners. God sent me to announce the year of his grace— a celebration of God's destruction of our enemies— and to comfort all who mourn, To care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion, give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes, Messages of joy instead of news of doom, a praising heart instead of a languid spirit. Rename them "Oaks of Righteousness" planted by God to display his glory. They'll rebuild the old ruins, raise a new city out of the wreckage. They'll start over on the ruined cities, take the rubble left behind and make it new. You'll hire outsiders to herd your flocks and foreigners to work your fields, But you'll have the title "Priests of God," honored as ministers of our God. You'll feast on the bounty of nations, you'll bask in their glory. Because you got a double dose of trouble and more than your share of contempt, Your inheritance in the land will be doubled and your joy go on forever.

Isaiah 61:2

Isaiah 61:2 (MSG)
God sent me to announce the year of his grace-a celebration of God's destruction of our enemies-and to comfort all who mourn,

Isaiah 61:3

Isaiah 61:3 (MSG)
To care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion, give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes, Messages of joy instead of news of doom, a praising heart instead of a languid spirit. Rename them "Oaks of Righteousness" planted by God to display his glory.

1 Corinthians 6:19

1 Corinthians 6:19 (MSG)
Or didn't you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit? Don't you see that you can't live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for? The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you.

1 Corinthians 6:20

1 Corinthians 6:20 (MSG)
God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body.

Psalm 118:15

Psalm 118:15 (MSG)
Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs in the camp of the saved? "The hand of God has turned the tide!

Psalm 118:16

Psalm 118:16 (MSG)
The hand of God is raised in victory! The hand of God has turned the tide!"

Luke 15:12

Luke 15:12 (MSG)
The younger said to his father, 'Father, I want right now what's coming to me.'

Luke 15:13

Luke 15:13 (MSG)
"So the father divided the property between them. It wasn't long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to hurt. He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs. He was so hungry he would have eaten the corncobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.

Luke 15:14

Luke 15:14 (MSG)
After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to hurt.

Luke 15:15

Luke 15:15 (MSG)
He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs.

Luke 15:16

Luke 15:16 (MSG)
He was so hungry he would have eaten the corncobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.

Luke 15:17

Luke 15:17 (MSG)
"That brought him to his senses. He said, 'All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death. I'm going back to my father. I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.' He got right up and went home to his father.

Luke 15:18

Luke 15:18 (MSG)
I'm going back to my father. I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you;

Luke 15:21

Luke 15:21 (MSG)
"When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him. The son started his speech: 'Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son ever again.'

Luke 15:22

Luke 15:22 (MSG)
"But the father wasn't listening. He was calling to the servants, 'Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a grain-fed heifer and roast it. We're going to feast! We're going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!' And they began to have a wonderful time.

Luke 15:23

Luke 15:23 (MSG)
Then get a grain-fed heifer and roast it. We're going to feast! We're going to have a wonderful time!

Luke 15:26

Luke 15:26 (MSG)
Calling over one of the houseboys, he asked what was going on.

Luke 15:27

Luke 15:27 (MSG)
He told him, 'Your brother came home. Your father has ordered a feast-barbecued beef!-because he has him home safe and sound.'

Luke 15:28

Luke 15:28 (MSG)
"The older brother stalked off in an angry sulk and refused to join in. His father came out and tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't listen. The son said, 'Look how many years I've stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends? Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!'

Luke 15:29

Luke 15:29 (MSG)
The son said, 'Look how many years I've stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends?

Luke 15:30

Luke 15:30 (MSG)
Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!'

Luke 15:31

Luke 15:31 (MSG)
"His father said, 'Son, you don't understand. You're with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours—but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he's alive! He was lost, and he's found!'"

Luke 15:32

Luke 15:32 (MSG)
but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he's alive! He was lost, and he's found!'"