Chris Knudsen

Psalm 131:2

Psalm 131:2 (NIV84)
But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Scoffing Friends

Jude 1:18 (NET)
For they said to you, “In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”

Friends

Proverbs 18:24 (NIV)
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Friends

2 Samuel 1:26 (NIV)
I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.

Friends

1 Samuel 23:18 (NIV)
The two of them made a covenant before the lord. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 (NIV)
The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.

Enough

Proverbs 3:9-10 (NIV)
Honor the lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;

Enough

Hebrews 13:5-6 (NIV)
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Enough

Colossians 3:5 (NIV)
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

Enough

Matthew 6:19 (NIV)
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Enough

1 Timothy 6:19 (NIV)
In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

Job Skills

Proverbs 22:29 (NET)
Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.

These men have been with Jesus

Acts 4:13 (NIV84)
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

2 Kings 7:9

2 Kings 7:9 (NET)
Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. If we wait until dawn, we’ll be punished. So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”

Avoid Temptation

Genesis 39:10 (NIV)
And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

Acts 26:20

Acts 26:20 (NIV84)
First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.

Acts 26:19

Acts 26:19 (NIV84)
“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.

Psalm 46:10

Psalm 46:10 (NIV84)
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Finish your Work

Colossians 4:17 (NIV)
Tell Archippus: "See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord."

Acts 2:38

Acts 2:38 (NIV)
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19

Matthew 28:19 (NIV)
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Mark 1:10

Mark 1:10 (NIV)
Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Colossians 2:12

Colossians 2:12 (NIV)
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Acts 8:12

Acts 8:12 (NIV)
But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Romans 6:4

Romans 6:4 (NIV)
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.