Dustin Arceneaux

Matthew 14:20-21

Matthew 14:20-21 (MSG)
They all ate their fill. They gathered twelve baskets of leftovers.

Readiness to receive

Matthew 13:12 (MSG)
Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears.

Matthew 10:39

Matthew 10:39 (MSG)
If your first concern is to look after yourself, you'll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you'll find both yourself and me.

Once saved always saved?

Matthew 10:32-33 (MSG)
"Stand up for me against world opinion and I'll stand up for you before my Father in heaven. If you turn tail and run, do you think I'll cover for you?

God didn't give up on judas he gave up on himself

Matthew 10:4 (MSG)
Simon, the Canaanite, Judas Iscariot (who later turned on him).

Romans 8:38-39

Romans 8:38-39 (MSG)
I'm absolutely convinced that nothing-nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow,

Reminder

James 1:5 (MSG)
If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who "worry their prayers" are like wind-whipped waves. Don't think you're going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.

Great reminder for future

Proverbs 3:5-6 (MSG)
Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don't, dear friend, resent God's discipline; don't sulk under his loving correction. It's the child he loves that god corrects; a father's delight is behind all this.

Contentment

Philippians 4:13 (MSG)
Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.

Sacrificial giving

2 Corinthians 8:2 (MSG)
Fierce troubles came down on the people of those churches, pushing them to the very limit. The trial exposed their true colors: They were incredibly happy, though desperately poor. The pressure triggered something totally unexpected: an outpouring of pure and generous gifts.

Emotions

Jonah 4:10-11 (MSG)
God said, "What's this? How is it that you can change your feelings from pleasure to anger overnight about a mere shade tree that you did nothing to get? You neither planted nor watered it. It grew up one night and died the next night. So, why can't I likewise change what I feel about Nineveh from anger to pleasure, this big city of more than 120,000 childlike people who don't yet know right from wrong, to say nothing of all the innocent animals?"

Contentment

Proverbs 30:7-9 (MSG)
And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me— Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God."

Proverbs 30:5

Proverbs 30:5 (MSG)
The believer replied, "Every promise of God proves true; he protects everyone who runs to him for help. So don't second-guess him; he might take you to task and show up your lies."

Proverbs 28:20

Proverbs 28:20 (MSG)
Committed and persistent work pays off; get-rich-quick schemes are ripoffs.

Proverbs 28:9

Proverbs 28:9 (MSG)
God has no use for the prayers of the people who won't listen to him.

Proverbs 28:2

Proverbs 28:2 (MSG)
When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it— But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out.

Proverbs 25:2

Proverbs 25:2 (MSG)
God delights in concealing things; scientists delight in discovering things.

Proverbs 23:13-14

Proverbs 23:13-14 (MSG)
Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them. A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.

Proverbs 23:1-3

Proverbs 23:1-3 (MSG)
6 When you go out to dinner with an influential person, mind your manners: Don't gobble your food, don't talk with your mouth full. And don't stuff yourself; bridle your appetite.

Gambling

Proverbs 22:26 (MSG)
Don't gamble on the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hocking your house against a lucky chance. The time will come when you have to pay up; you'll be left with nothing but the shirt on your back.

Proverbs 22:6

Proverbs 22:6 (MSG)
Point your kids in the right direction— when they're old they won't be lost.

Giving

Proverbs 21:26 (MSG)
Sinners are always wanting what they don't have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.

Proverbs 21:5

Proverbs 21:5 (MSG)
Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.

Proverbs 21:3

Proverbs 21:3 (MSG)
Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to god than religious performance.

Leadership

Proverbs 21:1 (MSG)
Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by god; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.