Lee Erickson

Gods punishment

Luke 13:2-3 (NLT)
“Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?” Jesus asked. “Is that why they suffered?

No worries

Luke 12:25-26 (NLT)
Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

Isaiah 55:8-12

Isaiah 55:8-12 (NLT)
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

2 John 1:5-9

2 John 1:5-9 (NLT)
I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning.

2 John 1:6

2 John 1:6 (NLT)
Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.

Revelation 2:4

Revelation 2:4 (NLT)
“But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!

2 Peter 3:17-18

2 Peter 3:17-18 (MSG)
But you, friends, are well-warned. Be on guard lest you lose your footing and get swept off your feet by these lawless and loose-talking teachers. Grow in grace and understanding of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. Glory to the Master, now and forever! Yes!

1 Peter 4:1

1 Peter 4:1 (MSG)
Since Jesus went through everything you're going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want.

1 Peter 4:8-11

1 Peter 4:8-11 (MSG)
Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything.

John 6:66

John 6:66 (AMP)
After this, many of His disciples drew back (returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied Him.

Colossians 1:29

Colossians 1:29 (MSG)
That's what I'm working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me.

Galatians 6:9

Galatians 6:9 (NLT)
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

Galatians 6:4-5

Galatians 6:4-5 (MSG)
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.

Galatians 6:18

Galatians 6:18 (MSG)
May what our Master Jesus Christ gives freely be deeply and personally yours, my friends. Oh, yes!

Galatians 5:22

Galatians 5:22 (MSG)
But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.

Matthew 7:21-23

Matthew 7:21-23 (MSG)
"Knowing the correct password—saying 'Master, Master,' for instance— isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience—doing what my Father wills. I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.' And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'

Matthew 7:14, Matthew 7:21

Matthew 7:14 (MSG)
The way to life-to God!-is vigorous and requires total attention.

Matthew 7:21 (MSG)
"Knowing the correct password—saying 'Master, Master,' for instance— isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience—doing what my Father wills. I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.' And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'

Proverbs 28:1

Proverbs 28:1 (MSG)
The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions.

James 1:19

James 1:19 (NLT)
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

Mark 7:30

Mark 7:30 (MSG)
She went home and found her daughter relaxed on the bed, the torment gone for good.

Romans 8:24-26

Romans 8:24-26 (MSG)
That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us.

Romans 8:15-16

Romans 8:15-16 (MSG)
This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what's coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him!

Psalm 9:9-10

Psalm 9:9-10 (MSG)
god's a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times. The moment you arrive, you relax; you're never sorry you knocked.

Matthew 6:30-34

Matthew 6:30-34 (MSG)
"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Hebrews 13:5

Hebrews 13:5 (MSG)
Don't be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you," we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I'm fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?