Brian -

ways higher than your ways

Isaiah 55:8-9 (ESV)
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

Why fear man?

Isaiah 51:12-13 (ESV)
"I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,

Prophecy of Jesus / New covenant

Isaiah 35:1-10 (ESV)
The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;

Isaiah 33:22

Isaiah 33:22 (ESV)
For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Isaiah 28:13

Isaiah 28:13 (ESV)
And the word of the Lord will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

He does not delight in sacrifice but in a pure heart.

Micah 6:8 (ESV)
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Prophecy of God's anger being turned away

Isaiah 12:1-2 (ESV)
You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.

God's glory over human achievement

Isaiah 10:15 (ESV)
Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

Salvation through no one but Jesus.

Acts 4:12 (ESV)
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

answered prayer

Amos 7:2-3 (ESV)
When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, "O Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"

What is your view of God? Is he real? Is he real to you?

2 Kings 1:3 (ESV)
But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

God ordained

2 Chronicles 22:7 (ESV)
But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

Proof of prophecy

2 Chronicles 18:27 (ESV)
And Micaiah said, "If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me." And he said, "Hear, all you peoples!"

2 Chronicles 2:6

2 Chronicles 2:6 (ESV)
But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?

Planning for the church

Proverbs 15:22 (ESV)
Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.

Real love

Proverbs 14:21 (ESV)
Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Proverbs 6:6-11

Proverbs 6:6-11 (ESV)
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Proverbs 4:13

Proverbs 4:13 (ESV)
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 1:7

Proverbs 1:7 (ESV)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Election

John 6:37 (ESV)
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Marks of a true Christian

Romans 12:9-21 (ESV)
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

That God assigned...

Romans 12:3 (ESV)
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Romans 11:36

Romans 11:36 (ESV)
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Man's Responsibility

1 Kings 3:14 (ESV)
And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."

Sovereignty vs Responsibility

Psalm 37:4-6 (ESV)
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.