Brandon Best

God hears us in desperation

Jonah 2:2 (NIV84)
He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.

Prayer means power

Mark 9:29 (NIV84)
He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”

Faith

Daniel 3:28 (NIV84)
Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king's command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

Matthew 9:13

Matthew 9:13 (MSG)
Go figure out what this Scripture means: 'I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders."

Matthew 9:13

Matthew 9:13 (MSG)
Go figure out what this Scripture means: 'I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders."

Mercy

Luke 6:36 (NIV84)
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

We all stumble

James 3:2 (NASB)
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

We all stumble

James 3:2 (NASB)
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

National Day of Prayer 2012

Acts 17:23-27 (NIV84)
For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: "To an Unknown God". Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.

Help from the Maker

Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV84)
I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from?

Psalm 90

Psalm 90:1-17 (NIV)
A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

Isaiah 43:3

Isaiah 43:3 (NIV84)
For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.

James 5:7-8

James 5:7-8 (NIV84)
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.

Peacemaker

James 3:18 (NIV84)
Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

John 13:1

John 13:1 (NIV84)
It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.

John 1:1-5

John 1:1-5 (NIV84)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 Timothy 2:1

2 Timothy 2:1 (NIV)
You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:2

2 Timothy 2:2 (NIV)
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

John 3:30

John 3:30 (NIV)
He must become greater; I must become less."

John 3:31

John 3:31 (NIV)
The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

John 3:32

John 3:32 (NIV)
He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

John 3:33

John 3:33 (NIV)
Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful.

John 3:34

John 3:34 (NIV)
For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

John 3:35

John 3:35 (NIV)
The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.

John 3:36

John 3:36 (NIV)
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them.