Angus Suter

Giving thanks is a sacrifice

Psalm 50:23 (NLT)
But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”

Deuteronomy Blessing

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 (MSG)
If you listen obediently to the Voice of god, your God, and heartily obey all his commandments that I command you today, god, your God, will place you on high, high above all the nations of the world. All these blessings will come down on you and spread out beyond you because you have responded to the Voice of god, your God: god's blessing inside the city, god's blessing in the country; god's blessing on your children, the crops of your land, the young of your livestock, the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks. god's blessing on your basket and bread bowl; god's blessing in your coming in, god's blessing in your going out.

Keeping the law

Galatians 6:14-16 (MSG)
For my part, I am going to boast about nothing but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ. Because of that Cross, I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate. Can't you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do—submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life! All who walk by this standard are the true Israel of God—his chosen people. Peace and mercy on them!

Philippians 4:6

Philippians 4:6 (NKJV)
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Philippians 4:7

Philippians 4:7 (NKJV)
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:7

Colossians 3:7 (MSG)
It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better.

Colossians 3:7

Colossians 3:7 (MSG)
It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better.

Colossians 3:9

Colossians 3:9 (MSG)
Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.

Colossians 3:10

Colossians 3:10 (MSG)
Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete.

Colossians 3:12

Colossians 3:12 (MSG)
So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.

Colossians 3:13

Colossians 3:13 (MSG)
Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.

Ephesians 5:25

Ephesians 5:25 (MSG)
Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ's love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They're really doing themselves a favor—since they're already "one" in marriage.

Ephesians 5:26

Ephesians 5:26 (MSG)
Christ's love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her,

Ephesians 5:27

Ephesians 5:27 (MSG)
dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness.

Ephesians 5:27

Ephesians 5:27 (MSG)
dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness.