DeAnna Patterson

Who made the rain?

Job 38:30 (MSG)
You don't for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you?

train up a child

Proverbs 22:6 (NASB)
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

I will never forsake you

Deuteronomy 31:6 (MSG)
"Be strong. Take courage. Don't be intimidated. Don't give them a second thought because god, your God, is striding ahead of you. He's right there with you. He won't let you down; he won't leave you."

spare the rod

Proverbs 13:24 (NLT)
Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children. Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.

sharing

Hebrews 13:16 (NLT)
And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.

go

Romans 10:14 (NLT)
But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?

Mighty man of Valor

Judges 6:12 (NKJV)
And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!

All things through Christ

Philippians 4:13 (NLT)
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

Joy

Philippians 4:4-9 (NLT)
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

Search me oh God

Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)
Search me, OGod, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Never Alone

Hebrews 13:5 (NLT)
Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”

No fear

2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

would you be disappointed if God came back

Philippians 3:13 (NLT)
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,

Philippians 3:20 (NLT)
But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.

forget the past

Philippians 3:13 (NLT)
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,

press on

Philippians 3:12 (NLT)
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.

Paul's view of human achievement

Philippians 3:4-9 (NLT)
though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!

whatever happens

Philippians 3:1 (NLT)
Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.

heart not in it

Isaiah 29:13 (NLT)
And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.

Joy, worry, & peace

Philippians 4:4-8 (NLT)
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

Philippians 4:13 (NLT)
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

Becoming neither Rich nor Poor

Proverbs 30:8-9 (NLT)
First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.

Fasting

Matthew 6:16-18 (NLT)
“And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.

mans reputation

Ruth 1:2 (NIV)
The man's name was Elimelek, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

quarrelsome wife

Proverbs 21:19 (NIV)
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

10 Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:6 (NIV)
"I am the lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.