Brian Armstrong

Strength of Heart

Psalm 73:26 (NASB)
My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Signs of a New Heart

Psalm 73:25 (NASB)
Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

It Takes Two Together to Be Crowned and Strong

Proverbs 12:4 (NASB)
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Root of Integrity

Proverbs 12:3 (NASB)
A man will not be established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous will not be moved.

A Chosen People

Deuteronomy 7:6 (NASB)
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Proper Attitude for the Persecuted

Luke 6:22-23 (NASB)
Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

God Encourages the Sorrowful

Luke 6:21 (NASB)
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

God Feeds the Hungry

Luke 6:21 (NASB)
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

God blesses the poor

Luke 6:20 (NASB)
And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

The Lord Fights for You

Deuteronomy 3:22 (NASB)
Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the one fighting for you.'

Satisfied with the Lord's Company

Psalm 65:4 (NASB)
How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

The One Who Hears Prayer

Psalm 65:2 (NASB)
O You who hear prayer, To You all men come.

Willing to Heal

Luke 5:13 (NASB)
And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." And immediately the leprosy left him.

Defiled Dwelling Place

Numbers 35:34 (NASB)
You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.'"

Holy Spirit Baptizer

Luke 3:16-17 (NASB)
John answered and said to them all, "As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Tears in a Bottle

Psalm 56:8 (NASB)
You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?

Trust in God Cures Fear

Psalm 56:3 (NASB)
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.

Let Go and Let God Sustain

Psalm 55:22 (NASB)
Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

Endure to the end

Mark 13:13 (NASB)
You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

Strange fire

Numbers 3:4 (NASB)
But Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

God is present in troubled times

Psalm 46:1 (NASB)
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Mark 11:22-25

Mark 11:22-25 (NASB)
And Jesus *answered saying to them, "Have faith in God.

God Forgives Foregivers

Mark 11:25-26 (NASB)
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

God remembers and keeps His covenant

Leviticus 26:44-45 (NASB)
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God.

When the Lord takes no pleasure in yoour offerings

Leviticus 26:31 (NLT)
I will make your cities desolate and destroy your places of pagan worship. I will take no pleasure in your offerings that should be a pleasing aroma to me.