Brandon Donaldson

Real relationship with God

Job 13:15 (NASB)
"Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.

Joy set before Him endure pain

Hebrews 12:2 (NASB)
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Comfortable times can be dangerous

Nehemiah 9:28 (ESV)
But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, and many times you delivered them according to your mercies.

Effective prayer

2 Chronicles 34:27 (NASB)
Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the Lord.

Can't delegate spiritual responsibility

Numbers 7:9 (NASB)
But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

Seek God and He will and hear

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NASB)
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Worship bringing the presence of God

2 Chronicles 5:13-14 (NASB)
in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord saying, "He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting," then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

Israel give big for temple of God

1 Chronicles 29:9 (NASB)
Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly.

Choose who you serve

1 Kings 18:21 (NASB)
Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people did not answer him a word.

Jesus Prayer for Unity

John 17:21 (NASB)
that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

God delights in me

Psalm 37:23 (NLT)
The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.

Seeing God

Job 42:5 (NASB)
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;

Better

Proverbs 16:16 (NIV)
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!

Better

Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV)
Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

Better

Psalm 84:10 (NIV)
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

1 Corinthians 4:20

1 Corinthians 4:20 (NASB)
For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.

Life Verses

Romans 12:1-2 (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.

Romans 13:11-12

Romans 13:11-12 (NIV)
And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Acts 13:22

Acts 13:22 (NIV)
After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'

1 Corinthians 2:10

1 Corinthians 2:10 (NASB)
For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

Proverbs 31:31

Proverbs 31:31 (NIV)
Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

1 Peter 1:15

1 Peter 1:15 (NIV)
But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

Proverbs 22:6

Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Proverbs 21:30

Proverbs 21:30 (NIV)
There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the lord.

Proverbs 21:3

Proverbs 21:3 (NIV)
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the lord than sacrifice.