Scott McKenna

Salt of the world

Mark 9:50 (ESV)
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Gain the world, lose your soul

Mark 8:34-36 (ESV)
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Love God or money?

Matthew 6:24 (ESV)
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Help the sick

Matthew 9:12-13 (ESV)
But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Help those in need

Matthew 25:45 (ESV)
Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'

Care for the sick

Mark 2:17 (ESV)
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

A Promise is a Promise

Matthew 23:16 (MSG)
"You're hopeless! What arrogant stupidity! You say, 'If someone makes a promise with his fingers crossed, that's nothing; but if he swears with his hand on the Bible, that's serious.' What ignorance! Does the leather on the Bible carry more weight than the skin on your hands? And what about this piece of trivia: 'If you shake hands on a promise, that's nothing; but if you raise your hand that God is your witness, that's serious'? What ridiculous hairsplitting! What difference does it make whether you shake hands or raise hands? A promise is a promise. What difference does it make if you make your promise inside or outside a house of worship? A promise is a promise. God is present, watching and holding you to account regardless.

Commandment

Matthew 22:37 (NIV)
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

Matthew 22:39 (NIV)
And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Less of us, more of God

Matthew 5:3 (MSG)
"You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.

Money

Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (NIV)
You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me."

Proverbs 3:5

Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Love

Romans 12:9 (NIV)
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Romans 10:13

Romans 10:13 (NIV)
for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Gods Love

Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

Hope

Romans 8:24-25 (NIV)
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?

Helping Others

1 John 3:17 (NIV)
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be that person?

Content

1 Timothy 6:8 (NIV)
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Love

1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Hebrews 12:14

Hebrews 12:14 (NIV)
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28 (NIV)
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

2 Corinthians 1:4

2 Corinthians 1:4 (NIV)
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Romans 3:27

Romans 3:27 (NIV)
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.

Sacrifice

Romans 5:8 (NIV)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

Romans 5:8 (NIV)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Job 31:1

Job 31:1 (NIV)
"I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.