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Cling to the Lord

Joshua 23:8 (NLT)
Rather, cling tightly to the LORD your God as you have done until now.

Genesis 28:16

Genesis 28:16 (NLT)
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!”

Stubbornness of sin prevents people to repent.

Revelation 9:20-21 (NLT)
But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk!

Purity allows us to be used by God. It sets us apart.

2 Timothy 2:20-21 (NLT)
In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.

Living sacrificially

2 Corinthians 6:3-5 (NLT)
We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.

Repentance

2 Corinthians 7:10-11 (NLT)
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.

Jesus' resurrected body

Luke 24:39 (NLT)
Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”

Friend of God

John 15:12-17 (NLT)
This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

John 7:24

John 7:24 (NLT)
Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.”

Luke 6:38

Luke 6:38 (NLT)
Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”

John 1:51

John 1:51 (NLT)
Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.”

Ezekiel 36:25-27

Ezekiel 36:25-27 (NLT)
“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.

Ezekiel 11:19-20

Ezekiel 11:19-20 (NLT)
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,

Lamentations 3:39-40

Lamentations 3:39-40 (NLT)
Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?

Lamentations 3:26

Lamentations 3:26 (NLT)
So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.

Jeremiah 46:28

Jeremiah 46:28 (NLT)
Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, for I am with you,” says the LORD. “I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”

Jeremiah 29:10-11

Jeremiah 29:10-11 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.

Jeremiah 6:16

Jeremiah 6:16 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’

Jeremiah 2:11

Jeremiah 2:11 (NLT)
Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones, even though they are not gods at all? Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols!

2 Chronicles 32:8

2 Chronicles 32:8 (NLT)
He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah’s words greatly encouraged the people.

Isaiah 65:1

Isaiah 65:1 (NLT)
The LORD says, “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name.

Isaiah 50:7

Isaiah 50:7 (NLT)
Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will. And I know that I will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 49:16

Isaiah 49:16 (NLT)
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.

Isaiah 49:3-4

Isaiah 49:3-4 (NLT)
He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory.”

Isaiah 48:10

Isaiah 48:10 (NLT)
I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.