Dean Peckham

Psalm 16:1-2

Psalm 16:1-2 (NLT)
Keep me safe, OGod, for I have come to you for refuge.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT)
A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

God is with you

Psalm 9:10 (NLT)
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, OLORD, do not abandon those who search for you.

Our Gifts to Give

1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

Overworked, Under-Rested

Psalm 127:2 (NLT)
It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.

Sinning by not doing

James 4:17 (NLT)
Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

How to Live a Life

Ephesians 4:22-24 (NLT)
throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.

Length of Life

James 4:14 (NLT)
How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

Quiet Before God

Zechariah 2:13 (NLT)
Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”

Job 31:2-12

Job 31:2-12 (NLT)
For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?

Controlling Lust

Job 31:1 (NLT)
“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.

Ephesians 1:4-5

Ephesians 1:4-5 (NLT)
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

Proverbs 4:23

Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Colossians 3:13

Colossians 3:13 (NLT)
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

2 Corinthians 2:7

2 Corinthians 2:7 (NLT)
Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement.

James 5:16

James 5:16 (NLT)
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews 11:6 (NLT)
And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

Odd Moment

Job 19:23-27 (NLT)
“Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,

John 3:20

John 3:20 (NLT)
All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

John 3:19-21

John 3:19-21 (NLT)
And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

Romans 8:38-39

Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.

Job 12:4

Job 12:4 (NLT)
Yet my friends laugh at me, for I call on God and expect an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.

Ephesians 3:18-19

Ephesians 3:18-19 (NLT)
And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

Luke 9:48

Luke 9:48 (NLT)
Then he said to them, “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me also welcomes my Father who sent me. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest.”

Matthew 20:28

Matthew 20:28 (NLT)
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”