Jay Howell

Exchanged for Idols

Hosea 4:7 (NLT)
The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the shame of idols.

Parenting 1

Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Teach It!

Deuteronomy 11:18-21 (NIV)
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Fatherless

Deuteronomy 10:17-18 (NIV)
For the lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

Obey

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (NIV)
And now, Israel, what does the lord your God ask of you but to fear the lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Bread Alone

Deuteronomy 8:3 (NIV)
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the lord.

Deuteronomy 6:5-7

Deuteronomy 6:5-7 (NLT)
And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

Obey

Deuteronomy 4:6 (NLT)
Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. When they hear all these decrees, they will exclaim, ‘How wise and prudent are the people of this great nation!’

Atonement by Shedding of Blood

Leviticus 17:11 (NLT)
for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.

My Strength is Insufficient

Job 40:14 (NLT)
Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.

Galatians 2:20

Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

2 Corinthians 5:17

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Exodus 34:6-7

Exodus 34:6-7 (NIV)
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The lord, the lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

Exodus 22:25

Exodus 22:25 (MSG)
"If you lend money to my people, to any of the down-and-out among you, don't come down hard on them and gouge them with interest.

Exodus 23:1

Exodus 23:1 (MSG)
"Don't pass on malicious gossip. "Don't link up with a wicked person and give corrupt testimony. Don't go along with the crowd in doing evil and don't fudge your testimony in a case just to please the crowd. And just because someone is poor, don't show favoritism in a dispute.