Deborrah Bedard

Mark 9:35

Mark 9:35 (MSG)
He sat down and summoned the Twelve. "So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all."

Mark 9:23

Mark 9:23 (MSG)
Jesus said, "If? There are no 'ifs' among believers. Anything can happen."

Matthew 26:54

Matthew 26:54 (MSG)
But if I did that, how would the Scriptures come true that say this is the way it has to be?"

Psalm 30:3

Psalm 30:3 (MSG)
God, you pulled me out of the grave, gave me another chance at life when I was down-and-out.

Matthew 23:11-12

Matthew 23:11-12 (MSG)
"Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you'll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you're content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty.

Matthew 23:11

Matthew 23:11 (MSG)
"Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you'll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you're content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty.

Matthew 22:39-40

Matthew 22:39-40 (MSG)
But there is a second to set alongside it: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.'

Psalm 27:4

Psalm 27:4 (MSG)
I'm asking god for one thing, only one thing: To live with him in his house my whole life long. I'll contemplate his beauty; I'll study at his feet.

Matthew 22:30

Matthew 22:30 (MSG)
At the resurrection we're beyond marriage. As with the angels, all our ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God.

Matthew 16:18

Matthew 16:18 (MSG)
And now I'm going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.

Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:7

Exodus 2:3 (MSG)
When she couldn't hide him any longer she got a little basket-boat made of papyrus, waterproofed it with tar and pitch, and placed the child in it. Then she set it afloat in the reeds at the edge of the Nile.

Exodus 2:7 (MSG)
Then his sister was before her: "Do you want me to go and get a nursing mother from the Hebrews so she can nurse the baby for you?"

Genesis 50:10, Genesis 50:19-21

Genesis 50:10 (MSG)
Arriving at the Atad Threshing Floor just across the Jordan River, they stopped for a period of mourning, letting their grief out in loud and lengthy lament. For seven days, Joseph engaged in these funeral rites for his father.

Genesis 50:19-21 (MSG)
Joseph replied, "Don't be afraid. Do I act for God? Don't you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good, as you see all around you right now—life for many people. Easy now, you have nothing to fear; I'll take care of you and your children." He reassured them, speaking with them heart-to-heart.

Matthew 13:19-23

Matthew 13:19-23 (MSG)
When anyone hears news of the kingdom and doesn't take it in, it just remains on the surface, and so the Evil One comes along and plucks it right out of that person's heart. This is the seed the farmer scatters on the road.