Kari Dickerson

Nehemiah 2:20

Nehemiah 2:20 (MSG)
I shot back, "The God-of-Heaven will make sure we succeed. We're his servants and we're going to work, rebuilding. You can keep your nose out of it. You get no say in this—Jerusalem's none of your business!"

Isaiah 43:25

Isaiah 43:25 (MSG)
"But I, yes I, am the one who takes care of your sins—that's what I do. I don't keep a list of your sins.

King had faith because of Daniel

Daniel 6:16 (MSG)
The king caved in and ordered Daniel brought and thrown into the lions' den. But he said to Daniel, "Your God, to whom you are so loyal, is going to get you out of this."

Daniel outshone the others

Daniel 6:3 (MSG)
But Daniel, brimming with spirit and intelligence, so completely outclassed the other vice-regents and governors that the king decided to put him in charge of the whole kingdom.

Christian benchmarks

Hebrews 5:12-14 (MSG)
By this time you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics on God again, starting from square one-baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago!

Lord's promises

Psalm 84:11 (NASB)
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

My life a road He travels

Psalm 84:5 (MSG)
And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel; They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks, discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain! God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!

Contrite spirit

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

Be quick to hear

James 1:19 (NASB)
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

Micah 6:8

Micah 6:8 (NIV)
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8

Micah 6:8 (NASB)
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?

Love well

Romans 12:9 (MSG)
Love from the center of who you are; don't fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.

Ephesians 1:13

Ephesians 1:13 (NASB)
In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Philippians 2:13

Philippians 2:13 (NKJV)
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Philippians 2:13

Philippians 2:13 (NKJV)
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Isaiah 49:6

Isaiah 49:6 (NASB)
He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29:11 (NASB)
For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

Romans 3:23

Romans 3:23 (MSG)
Since we've compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us,

1 Corinthians 9:22

1 Corinthians 9:22 (MSG)
the defeated, the demoralized-whoever. I didn't take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ-but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I've become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life.

Psalm 142:5

Psalm 142:5 (NASB)
I cried out to You, O Lord; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

Psalm 73:26

Psalm 73:26 (NASB)
My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Philippians 4:6

Philippians 4:6 (MSG)
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

Philippians 4:7

Philippians 4:7 (MSG)
Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

Philippians 3:12

Philippians 3:12 (MSG)
I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.

Philippians 3:15

Philippians 3:15 (MSG)
So let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you'll see it yet! Now that we're on the right track, let's stay on it.