Brian Holtin

Modesty

1 Timothy 2:9-10 (ESV)
likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

Confession

1 John 1:9 (ESV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Offering a costly sacrifice

2 Samuel 24:24 (ESV)
But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Jesus is Unchanging

Hebrews 13:8 (ESV)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

We are God's Children

1 John 3:1 (ESV)
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Taming the Tongue

James 3:2-6 (ESV)
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Raising Children

Ephesians 6:4 (ESV)
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Rebellion Against God

Hosea 11:1-2 (ESV)
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Mystery of God's Work

Ecclesiastes 11:5 (ESV)
As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Love and Discipline

1 John 4:18 (ESV)
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Wise Man Built His House

Luke 6:47-49 (ESV)
Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

Value of Wisdom

Proverbs 2:1-11 (ESV)
My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,

Proverbs 2:20-21 (ESV)
So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.

A Father's Teaching

Proverbs 6:20-23 (ESV)
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Spiritual growth

Hebrews 5:12-14 (ESV)
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,

Life over Death

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (ESV)
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

Strength

Deuteronomy 31:6 (ESV)
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."

Strong

Joshua 1:9 (ESV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

Paul's Contentment

Philippians 4:11-13 (ESV)
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

Hope in Trial

Romans 5:1-5 (ESV)
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Troubles nothing compared to Glory...

Romans 8:18 (ESV)
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Discipline in Love

Numbers 14:18 (ESV)
'The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.'

Hope in the Unseen

Romans 8:24-25 (ESV)
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

Discipline 2

Hebrews 12:5-11 (ESV)
And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.

Discipline 1

Proverbs 3:11-12 (ESV)
My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof,

The Way of Wisdom (Prov. 9)

Proverbs 9:7-10 (ESV)
Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.