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From zero to a masterpiece

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Why the scriptures encourage

Romans 15:4 (NIV)
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

God singing for us

Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
The lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

Feeding the poor

Isaiah 58:7-8 (NASB)
"Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Healing from God

Psalm 147:3 (NIV)
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

God knows our weakness

Romans 8:26-27 (NIV)
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

The most important commandment

Mark 12:30-31 (NIV)
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

Be strong and courageous

Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV)
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

The purpose of the cross

Ephesians 2:14-16 (NIV)
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

Everything is reconciled on the cross

Colossians 1:19-20 (NIV)
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

Why Jesus is enough for us

Hebrews 7:24-26 (NIV)
but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.

Submission like Christ

Philippians 2:6-7 (NIV)
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

Jesus appeared to Peter

Luke 24:34 (NIV)
and saying, "It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon."

Jesus appeared to Peter

1 Corinthians 15:5 (NIV)
and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.

The sting of death is gone

1 Corinthians 15:56-57 (NIV)
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

4 things you get due to the resurrection

1 Peter 1:3-5 (NIV)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:8-9 (NIV)
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

God met with Jeremiah

Jeremiah 1:9 (NIV)
Then the lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I have put my words in your mouth.

Jeremiah 1:19 (NIV)
They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the lord.

God's presence is usually connected with His desire to bless those who honor Him

Proverbs 15:29 (NIV)
The lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Conformed to His image

Romans 8:29 (NIV)
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

In glory

Colossians 3:4 (NIV)
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Great marriages require clarity of roles

Ephesians 5:22-30 (NIV)
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Are you car ally minded

1 Corinthians 3:3 (NIV)
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

Walk in the spirit

Galatians 5:16 (NIV)
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Live like this

1 John 3:7-10 (NIV)
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

Leave sin

1 John 3:4-6 (NIV)
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.