Rob Stewart

Colossians 1:15

Colossians 1:15 (NCV)
No one can see God, but Jesus Christ is exactly like him. He ranks higher than everything that has been made.

Colossians 1:16

Colossians 1:16 (NCV)
Through his power all things were made—things in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen, all powers, authorities, lords, and rulers. All things were made through Christ and for Christ.

1 Peter 3:7

1 Peter 3:7 (MSG)
The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground.

1 Peter 2:13

1 Peter 2:13 (MSG)
Make the Master proud of you by being good citizens. Respect the authorities, whatever their level; they are God's emissaries for keeping order. It is God's will that by doing good, you might cure the ignorance of the fools who think you're a danger to society. Exercise your freedom by serving God, not by breaking the rules. Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. Revere God. Respect the government.

Titus 3:1

Titus 3:1 (MSG)
Remind the people to respect the government and be law-abiding, always ready to lend a helping hand. No insults, no fights. God's people should be bighearted and courteous.

Titus 3:14

Titus 3:14 (MSG)
Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives.

1 Timothy 5:19

1 Timothy 5:19 (MSG)
Don't listen to a complaint against a leader that isn't backed up by two or three responsible witnesses.

1 Timothy 2:1

1 Timothy 2:1 (MSG)
The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live.

1 Timothy 2:2

1 Timothy 2:2 (MSG)
Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation.

1 Timothy 2:3

1 Timothy 2:3 (MSG)
This is the way our Savior God wants us to live.

Lamentations 3:28

Lamentations 3:28 (MSG)
When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst.

Lamentations 3:29

Lamentations 3:29 (MSG)
Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear.

Lamentations 3:30

Lamentations 3:30 (MSG)
Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst.

Lamentations 3:31

Lamentations 3:31 (MSG)
Why? Because the Master won't ever walk out and fail to return. If he works severely, he also works tenderly. His stockpiles of loyal love are immense. He takes no pleasure in making life hard, in throwing roadblocks in the way:

Lamentations 3:32

Lamentations 3:32 (MSG)
If he works severely, he also works tenderly. His stockpiles of loyal love are immense.

Jeremiah 50:19

Jeremiah 50:19 (MSG)
But Israel I'll bring home to good pastures. He'll graze on the hills of Carmel and Bashan, On the slopes of Ephraim and Gilead. He will eat to his heart's content.

Jeremiah 50:8

Jeremiah 50:8 (MSG)
"But now, get out of Babylon as fast as you can. Be rid of that Babylonian country. On your way. Good sheepdogs lead, but don't you be led. Lead the way home! Do you see what I'm doing? I'm rallying a host of nations against Babylon. They'll come out of the north, attack and take her. Oh, they know how to fight, these armies. They never come home empty-handed. Babylon is ripe for picking! All her plunderers will fill their bellies!" God's Decree.

Jeremiah 9:23

Jeremiah 9:23 (MSG)
God's Message: "Don't let the wise brag of their wisdom. Don't let heroes brag of their exploits. Don't let the rich brag of their riches. If you brag, brag of this and this only: That you understand and know me. I'm God, and I act in loyal love. I do what's right and set things right and fair, and delight in those who do the same things. These are my trademarks." God's Decree.

Jeremiah 9:24

Jeremiah 9:24 (MSG)
If you brag, brag of this and this only: That you understand and know me. I'm God, and I act in loyal love. I do what's right and set things right and fair, and delight in those who do the same things. These are my trademarks." God's Decree.

2 Chronicles 30:18

2 Chronicles 30:18 (MSG)
There were a lot of people, especially those from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, who did not eat the Passover meal because they had not prepared themselves adequately. Hezekiah prayed for these as follows: "May god who is all good, pardon and forgive everyone who sincerely desires god, the God of our ancestors. Even—especially!—these who do not meet the literal conditions stated for access to The Temple."

2 Chronicles 30:19

2 Chronicles 30:19 (MSG)
everyone who sincerely desires God, the God of our ancestors. Even-especially!-these who do not meet the literal conditions stated for access to The Temple."

2 Chronicles 30:20

2 Chronicles 30:20 (MSG)
god responded to Hezekiah's prayer and healed the people.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Ecclesiastes 7:13 (MSG)
Take a good look at God's work. Who could simplify and reduce Creation's curves and angles To a plain straight line?

2 Chronicles 7:13

2 Chronicles 7:13 (MSG)
If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people,

2 Chronicles 6:34

2 Chronicles 6:34 (MSG)
When your people go to war against their enemies at the time and place you send them and they pray to god toward the city you chose and The Temple I've built to honor your Name, Listen from heaven to what they pray and ask for and do what is right for them.