Jill Overturf

Tamar and the Twins

Genesis 38:28-29 (NLT)
While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child’s wrist, announcing, “This one came out first.”

Spiritually Mature

1 Corinthians 3:1 (MSG)
But for right now, friends, I'm completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You're acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast. Well, then, I'll nurse you since you don't seem capable of anything more. As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything's going your way? When one of you says, "I'm on Paul's side," and another says, "I'm for Apollos," aren't you being totally infantile?

1 Corinthians 3:5 (MSG)
Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It's not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God's field in which we are working.

Jesus was Human!!!

John 1:35 (MSG)
The next day John was back at his post with two disciples, who were watching. He looked up, saw Jesus walking nearby, and said, "Here he is, God's Passover Lamb."

John 1:37 (MSG)
The two disciples heard him and went after Jesus. Jesus looked over his shoulder and said to them, "What are you after?" They said, "Rabbi" (which means "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

John 1:39 (MSG)
He replied, "Come along and see for yourself." They came, saw where he was living, and ended up staying with him for the day. It was late afternoon when this happened.

Jesus was human!!!

1 John 1:1 (MSG)
From the very first day, we were there, taking it all in—we heard it with our own ears, saw it with our own eyes, verified it with our own hands. The Word of Life appeared right before our eyes; we saw it happen! And now we're telling you in most sober prose that what we witnessed was, incredibly, this: The infinite Life of God himself took shape before us.

1 John 1:3 (MSG)
We saw it, we heard it, and now we're telling you so you can experience it along with us, this experience of communion with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. Our motive for writing is simply this: We want you to enjoy this, too. Your joy will double our joy!

1 John 1:5 (MSG)
This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there's not a trace of darkness in him.

Blessing for Israelites

Numbers 6:24-26 (NLT)
‘May the LORD bless you and protect you.

Scapegoat

Leviticus 16:10 (NLT)
The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.

We are saved....

Acts 15:11 (NLT)
We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”

Psalm 15:1-5

Psalm 15:1-5 (MSG)
god, who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list?

Salvation

Romans 10:9 (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.

1 Samuel 16:23

1 Samuel 16:23 (MSG)
After that, whenever the bad depression from God tormented Saul, David got out his harp and played. That would calm Saul down, and he would feel better as the moodiness lifted.

Acts 2:42

Acts 2:42 (MSG)
They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers.

Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14 (MSG)
"So now: Fear god. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship god.

Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14 (MSG)
"So now: Fear god. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship god.

Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14 (MSG)
"So now: Fear god. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship god.

Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14 (MSG)
"So now: Fear god. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship god.

Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14 (MSG)
"So now: Fear god. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship god.

Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14 (MSG)
"So now: Fear god. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship god.