Savannah Barrera

2 Corinthians 7:4, 2 Corinthians 7:10

2 Corinthians 7:4 (MSG)
I have, in fact, the greatest confidence in you. If only you knew how proud I am of you! I am overwhelmed with joy despite all our troubles.

2 Corinthians 7:10 (MSG)
Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.

2 Corinthians 7:4

2 Corinthians 7:4 (MSG)
I have, in fact, the greatest confidence in you. If only you knew how proud I am of you! I am overwhelmed with joy despite all our troubles.

Matthew 4:10

Matthew 4:10 (NIV)
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"

James 1:14

James 1:14 (MSG)
The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us. We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust.

1 Chronicles 29:15

1 Chronicles 29:15 (MSG)
As far as you're concerned, we're homeless, shiftless wanderers like our ancestors, our lives mere shadows, hardly anything to us.

1 Chronicles 29:16

1 Chronicles 29:16 (MSG)
God, our God, all these materials-these piles of stuff for building a house of worship for you, honoring your Holy Name-it all came from you! It was all yours in the first place!

1 Chronicles 29:12

1 Chronicles 29:12 (MSG)
Riches and glory come from you, you're ruler over all; You hold strength and power in the palm of your hand to build up and strengthen all.

John 9:38

John 9:38 (MSG)
"Master, I believe," the man said, and worshiped him.

John 9:5

John 9:5 (MSG)
For as long as I am in the world, there is plenty of light. I am the world's Light."

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Ecclesiastes 9:8 (MSG)
Dress festively every morning. Don't skimp on colors and scarves.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Ecclesiastes 9:7 (MSG)
Seize life! Eat bread with gusto, Drink wine with a robust heart. Oh yes—God takes pleasure in your pleasure! Dress festively every morning. Don't skimp on colors and scarves. Relish life with the spouse you love Each and every day of your precarious life. Each day is God's gift. It's all you get in exchange For the hard work of staying alive. Make the most of each one! Whatever turns up, grab it and do it. And heartily! This is your last and only chance at it, For there's neither work to do nor thoughts to think In the company of the dead, where you're most certainly headed.

Galatians 1:6

Galatians 1:6 (NIV)
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

1 Corinthians 4:1

1 Corinthians 4:1 (NIV)
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.

2 Samuel 8:6

2 Samuel 8:6 (MSG)
David set up a puppet government in Aram-Damascus. The Arameans became subjects of David and were forced to bring tribute. God gave victory to David wherever he marched.

Joshua 1:9

Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:7

Joshua 1:7 (NIV)
"Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

2 Samuel 9:8

2 Samuel 9:8 (MSG)
Shuffling and stammering, not looking him in the eye, Mephibosheth said, "Who am I that you pay attention to a stray dog like me?"

2 Corinthians 1:7

2 Corinthians 1:7 (MSG)
When we see that you're just as willing to endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you're going to make it, no doubt about it.

2 Corinthians 1:6

2 Corinthians 1:6 (MSG)
When we suffer for Jesus, it works out for your healing and salvation. If we are treated well, given a helping hand and encouraging word, that also works to your benefit, spurring you on, face forward, unflinching. Your hard times are also our hard times. When we see that you're just as willing to endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you're going to make it, no doubt about it.

2 Corinthians 1:5

2 Corinthians 1:5 (MSG)
We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort-we get a full measure of that, too.

2 Corinthians 1:3

2 Corinthians 1:3 (MSG)
All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too.

Psalm 103:12

Psalm 103:12 (NIV)
as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Luke 23:34

Luke 23:34 (NIV)
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

Matthew 6:26

Matthew 6:26 (NIV)
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Luke 12:24

Luke 12:24 (NIV)
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!