Simon Faisandier

The two sons

Matthew 21:28-32 (NIV84)
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

Jesus – The Vine

John 15:1 (NIV84)
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

Hardship and looking at the world

Psalm 73:1 (NIV)
A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

1 Peter 2:13

1 Peter 2:13 (NIV)
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,

2 Corinthians 3:1

2 Corinthians 3:1 (MSG)
Does it sound like we're patting ourselves on the back, insisting on our credentials, asserting our authority? Well, we're not. Neither do we need letters of endorsement, either to you or from you. You yourselves are all the endorsement we need. Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God's living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it.

1 Samuel 12:22

1 Samuel 12:22 (NIV84)
For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.

Isaiah 40:28

Isaiah 40:28 (NIV)
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

2 Corinthians 6:14

2 Corinthians 6:14 (NIV84)
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

2 Corinthians 6:2

2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV84)
For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.

Job 36:16

Job 36:16 (NIV84)
“He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

Psalm 144:3

Psalm 144:3 (NIV)
lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

2 Corinthians 4:18

2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV84)
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Psalm 128:3

Psalm 128:3 (NIV84)
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.

Psalm 127:1

Psalm 127:1 (NIV84)
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

Psalm 126:5

Psalm 126:5 (NIV84)
Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.

Isaiah 60:18

Isaiah 60:18 (NIV)
No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Isaiah 59:1

Isaiah 59:1 (NIV)
Surely the arm of the lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

Psalm 119:100

Psalm 119:100 (NIV)
I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

Psalm 119:105

Psalm 119:105 (NIV)
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

2 Corinthians 3:17

2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV)
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

1 Corinthians 16:18

1 Corinthians 16:18 (NIV84)
For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.

Isaiah 55:11

Isaiah 55:11 (NIV84)
so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Psalm 119:32

Psalm 119:32 (NIV84)
I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.

Isaiah 54:17

Isaiah 54:17 (NIV)
no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the lord, and this is their vindication from me," declares the lord.

Isaiah 54:2

Isaiah 54:2 (NIV)
"Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.