Joyce Furlough

the law gives sin its power

1 Corinthians 15:29 (NLT)
If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?

1 Corinthians 15:56 (NLT)
For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.

mothers

Genesis 3:16 (KJV)
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

envy

James 4:5 (NLT)
What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy?

wisdom

James 3:14-15 (NLT)
But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying.

wisdom

James 3:13 (NLT)
If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.

mocked

Galatians 6:7 (ESV)
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

singles

Proverbs 18:22 (ESV)
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

clean heart

Psalm 51:10-12 (ESV)
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:17 (ESV)
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

clean heart

Psalm 51:10-12 (ESV)
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

steps ordered

Psalm 37:23 (ESV)
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way;

be still

Psalm 37:7 (ESV)
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

the pulpit- God`s presence

Exodus 19:12 (NLT)
Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people, ‘Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death.

1 John 4:18

1 John 4:18 (ASV)
There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

reject Jesus!

Luke 10:16 (NLT)
Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”

Luke 10:19 (NLT)
Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.

Mark 16:11

Mark 16:11 (CEV)
Even though they heard that Jesus was alive and that Mary had seen him, they still would not believe it.

God's anointed

Mark 14:16 (CEV)
The two disciples went into the city and found everything just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover meal.

Mark 14:21 (CEV)
The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But it is going to be terrible for the one who betrays me. That man would be better off if he had never been born.”

Own hands

1 Thessalonians 4:11 (KJV)
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

God will

1 Thessalonians 4:3 (KJV)
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Godly sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10 (NIV)
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Matthew 9:37

Matthew 9:37 (ASV)
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

Matthew 9:17

Matthew 9:17 (ASV)
Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.

Losing self

Matthew 16:23-26 (NLT)
Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

Human point

Matthew 16:23 (NLT)
Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

Matthew 16:19

Matthew 16:19 (NLT)
And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

I AM

John 4:26 (NLT)
Then Jesus told her, “I AM the Messiah!”