Jason Platt

Good BSVM! How long?

Numbers 14:11 (NIV)
The lord said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?

What does God require?

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (NIV)
And now, Israel, what does the lord your God ask of you but to fear the lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

2 weak challenge #2

Isaiah 53:6 (NIV84)
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

High tree

Ezekiel 17:24 (ESV)
And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it."

Jkp wedding

Colossians 2:2 (NIV)
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

Fear of the lord

Psalm 96:4 (NIV)
For great is the lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

Wisdom

Proverbs 4:4-9 (NIV)
Then he taught me, and he said to me, "Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.

No longer sin?

1 John 3:9 (NIV)
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

Seek good

Amos 5:14 (NIV)
Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

Leadership

Hebrews 13:17 (NIV)
Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

Not my people

Hosea 2:23 (NIV)
I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one.' I will say to those called 'Not my people,' 'You are my people'; and they will say, 'You are my God.'"

Praise be to god!

Daniel 3:28 (NIV)
Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king's command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

Jkp wedding

Colossians 2:2 (MSG)
I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God's great mystery. All the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge are embedded in that mystery and nowhere else. And we've been shown the mystery! I'm telling you this because I don't want anyone leading you off on some wild-goose chase, after other so-called mysteries, or "the Secret."

Everlasting covenant

Ezekiel 37:26-27 (NIV)
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

New heart new spirit

Ezekiel 36:26-27 (NIV)
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Sheep

Ezekiel 34:31 (NIV)
You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign lord.'"

Love songs

Ezekiel 33:32 (NIV)
Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.

Gospel

1 Thessalonians 4:14 (NIV)
For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

Wedding verse

1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 (NIV)
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.

Thank god for and his Word

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NIV)
And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

Wedding?

Colossians 2:2 (NIV)
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

Lewdness

Ezekiel 23:35 (NIV)
"Therefore this is what the Sovereign lord says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution."

Love

Philippians 1:9-11 (NIV)
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Silver dross

Ezekiel 22:22 (NIV)
As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the lord have poured out my wrath on you.'"

Gods rod

Ezekiel 20:37 (NIV)
I will take note of you as you pass under my rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.