Jim Foxhall

refined as gold

Zechariah 13:9 (ESV)
And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

Controlling the passion in you

Proverbs 25:28 (NASB)
Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

where is your hope

Luke 12:34 (ESV)
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

focus on the prize

Philippians 3:12-16 (ESV)
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

I can do all things

Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Press on to know the Lord

Hosea 6:3 (NASB)
"So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."

He first loved us

1 John 4:19 (NASB)
We love, because He first loved us.

No fear in love

1 John 4:18 (NASB)
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.

Purpose Statement

Psalm 37:3 (ESV)
Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

do well angry II

Jonah 4:9-11 (ESV)
But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."

do you do well to be angry

Jonah 4:4 (ESV)
And the Lord said, "Do you do well to be angry?"

who God puts in charge

Daniel 4:17 (ESV)
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.'

just what I need

Proverbs 30:8-9 (NASB)
Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion,

wait on the Lord for your strength

Isaiah 40:31 (NASB)
Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.

child training

Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

the Lord is in control of leadership

Proverbs 21:1 (ESV)
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

fear the Lord

Proverbs 19:23 (ESV)
The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

friends

Proverbs 18:24 (ESV)
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

don't hide

Proverbs 18:1 (ESV)
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

listen to others thoughts

Proverbs 18:17 (ESV)
The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

listen to others

Proverbs 18:17 (ESV)
The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

afraid

Psalm 56:3 (NASB)
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.

be still and know I am God

Psalm 46:10 (NASB)
"Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

attitude of work

Colossians 3:22-25 (NASB)
Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

my work

Colossians 3:17 (NASB)
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.