Melody Joyce

Grace and strength in weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9 (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.

Temptation of Jesus

Luke 4:5 (NIV)
The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Freedom and Healing

Isaiah 61:1 (NIV)
The Spirit of the Sovereign lord is on me, because the lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,

Fear

2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Election

Romans 9:6-29 (NIV)
It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Why important???

Acts 16:1 (NIV)
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek.

Jesus the good shepherd

John 10:1-5 (NIV)
"Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.

John 10:7-18 (NIV)
Therefore Jesus said again, "Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

John 10:27-28 (NIV)
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

The adulterous woman not judged

John 8:3-11 (NIV)
The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group

Questions

John 3:18-21 (NIV)
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

Drinking

Proverbs 23:13 (NIV)
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

Proverbs 23:29-35 (NIV)
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Kids

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.

Raising kids

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.

Grey hair

Proverbs 16:31 (NIV)
Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.