Isaac Downing

Yours is the Kingdom

1 Chronicles 29:11 (ESV)
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

Saved because Christ first called us to save us

John 6:65 (ESV)
And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."

Ethan

1 Chronicles 6:44 (ESV)
On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

Parenting/spousal application?

1 Samuel 12:23-24 (ESV)
Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Sermon: Starting Strong

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (ESV)
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

Philippians 1:21

Philippians 1:21 (ESV)
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Revelation 21:22

Revelation 21:22 (ESV)
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

Psalm 119:71

Psalm 119:71 (ESV)
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.

Ezekiel 36:26

Ezekiel 36:26 (ESV)
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

1 Peter 5:2

1 Peter 5:2 (ESV)
shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

1 Peter 2:20

1 Peter 2:20 (ESV)
For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

1 Peter 1:15

1 Peter 1:15 (ESV)
but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

James 4:4

James 4:4 (ESV)
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Ezekiel 18:20

Ezekiel 18:20 (ESV)
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Ezekiel 16:49

Ezekiel 16:49 (ESV)
Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 11:19

Ezekiel 11:19 (ESV)
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

Hebrews 12:2

Hebrews 12:2 (ESV)
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1

Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Lamentations 3:23

Lamentations 3:23 (ESV)
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22

Lamentations 3:22 (ESV)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

Psalm 16:11

Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 24:4

Psalm 24:4 (ESV)
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

Psalm 24:7

Psalm 24:7 (ESV)
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

Hebrews 4:12

Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.