Benito Luciano

We are a fragrance to God

2 Corinthians 2:15-16 (NASB)
For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

Be slow to wrath

James 1:19 (KJV)
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Does God take pleasure in disaster?

Joel 2:13 (ESV)
and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.

Does God take pleasure in disaster?

Joel 2:13 (GWT)
Tear your hearts, not your clothes.Return to the lord your God.He is merciful and compassionate,patient, and always ready to forgiveand to change his plans about disaster.

It is your glory to overlook an offense

Proverbs 19:11 (ESV)
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Slow to anger

Proverbs 19:11 (ESV)
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Slow to anger

Proverbs 15:18 (ESV)
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Grace, mercy, slow to anger, steadfast love

Psalm 145:8 (ESV)
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Know a person by their fruit

Matthew 7:15-20 (ESV)
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Galatians 5:22-23

Galatians 5:22-23 (ASV)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

I give them eternal life

John 10:28-29 (ASV)
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

1 Peter 3:4

1 Peter 3:4 (ASV)
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Value in God's Sight

1 Peter 3:4 (ESV)
but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Complete in Him

Colossians 2:9-10 (NASB)
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

Ezekiel 20:15-17

Ezekiel 20:15-17 (NIV)
Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—

Hebrews 3:10-14

Hebrews 3:10-14 (KJV)
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

John 11:32-37

John 11:32-37 (NIV)
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

Ephesians 4:30-32

Ephesians 4:30-32 (NASB)
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

2 Timothy 3:1-9

2 Timothy 3:1-9 (KJV)
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Genesis 6:5-8

Genesis 6:5-8 (KJV)
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

John 20:26-29

John 20:26-29 (NIV)
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"

Worship

Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

In the womb

Jeremiah 1:4-5 (NIV)
The word of the lord came to me, saying,

Reasons to Praise

Psalm 139:13-14 (NASB)
For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.

2 Corinthians 8:20-21

2 Corinthians 8:20-21 (NIV)
We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift.