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restoring life 5/20

Daniel 3:19 (GNT)
Then Nebuchadnezzar lost his temper, and his face turned red with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.

Daniel 3:28 (GNT)
The king said, “Praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel and rescued these men who serve and trust him. They disobeyed my orders and risked their lives rather than bow down and worship any god except their own.

restoring life 5/20

Daniel 3:19 (GNT)
Then Nebuchadnezzar lost his temper, and his face turned red with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.

restoring life 5/20

1 Peter 4:12-13 (GNT)
My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.

strength

Zechariah 4:6 (GNT)
The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the LORD: “You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit.

prevent ill words from my mouth

Psalm 141:3 (GNT)
LORD, place a guard at my mouth, a sentry at the door of my lips.

prevent ill words from my mouth

Psalm 141:3 (GNT)
LORD, place a guard at my mouth, a sentry at the door of my lips.

forever

Zephaniah 3:15 (GNT)
The LORD has stopped your punishment; he has removed all your enemies. The LORD, the king of Israel, is with you; there is no reason now to be afraid.

idle speech

2 Timothy 2:16 (KJV)
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

worship god

Deuteronomy 11:18-19 (KJV)
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

John 1:45, John 1:50-51

John 1:45 (MSG)
Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, "We've found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It's Jesus, Joseph's son, the one from Nazareth!" Nathanael said, "Nazareth? You've got to be kidding." But Philip said, "Come, see for yourself."

John 1:50-51 (MSG)
Jesus said, "You've become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven't seen anything yet! Before this is over you're going to see heaven open and God's angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again."

faith without sight

John 1:45 (MSG)
Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, "We've found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It's Jesus, Joseph's son, the one from Nazareth!" Nathanael said, "Nazareth? You've got to be kidding." But Philip said, "Come, see for yourself."

humility

Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (GNT)
So then, you must never think that you have made yourselves wealthy by your own power and strength.

light

Ephesians 1:18 (NLT)
I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.

sin, perfect in Christ

Romans 8:5 (NLT)
Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

idle words

Matthew 12:36 (KJV)
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

gossip

Proverbs 26:22 (KJV)
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

gossip

Proverbs 16:28 (NIV)
A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

god above politics

Psalm 46:10 (MSG)
"Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything."

live as if Jesus were still amongst us.

Philippians 2:12 (MSG)
What I'm getting at, friends, is that you should simply keep on doing what you've done from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive obedience. Now that I'm separated from you, keep it up. Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure.

God's love

Romans 8:28 (MSG)
That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

ascension

Luke 24:51 (MSG)
and while blessing them, took his leave, being carried up to heaven.

Ephesians 4:15

Ephesians 4:15 (NIV)
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

samson

Judges 16:28 (NIV)
Then Samson prayed to the lord, "Sovereign lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes."

quick to listen slow to speak

James 1:19-20 (NIV)
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

Mary's song

Luke 1:46-49 (NIV)
And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord