Erik Peterson

count Gods gifts

Psalm 63:6 (NLT)
I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night.

antidepressant

Psalm 42:5 (NLT)
Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and

Psalm 51:17

Psalm 51:17 (NLT)
The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, OGod.

empathy

Psalm 30:5 (NLT)
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.

maturity

1 Corinthians 8:9 (NLT)
But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble.

patience

1 Timothy 1:16 (NLT)
But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.

Gods love will overflow to the children

Hebrews 5:13-14 (MSG)
Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways;

Romans 12:18

Romans 12:18 (MSG)
If you've got it in you, get along with everybody.

go all out in love

Colossians 3:19 (MSG)
Husbands, go all out in love for your wives. Don't take advantage of them.

how to be

Colossians 3:14 (MSG)
And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.

Colossians 3:5

Colossians 3:5 (MSG)
And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That's a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It's because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.

know God will be there

Exodus 4:12 (MSG)
So, get going. I'll be right there with you-with your mouth! I'll be right there to teach you what to say."

curage to trust God

Exodus 4:11 (MSG)
god said, "And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind? Isn't it I, god? So, get going. I'll be right there with you—with your mouth! I'll be right there to teach you what to say."