Leigh Turpin

Break free of bitterness

Genesis 27:41 (NLT)
From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”

An option to be blessed

Genesis 27:40 (NLT)
You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”

It's God who creates a space for us.

Genesis 26:22 (NLT)
Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the LORD has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”

What you do not what you say.

Ezekiel 33:20 (NLT)
Opeople of Israel, you are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right.’ But I judge each of you according to your deeds.”

Hope for the wicked.

Ezekiel 33:15 (NLT)
For instance, they might give back a debtor’s security, return what they have stolen, and obey my life-giving laws, no longer doing what is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.

Once saved always saved not true.

Ezekiel 33:13 (NLT)
When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their righteous acts will be remembered. I will destroy them for their sins.

Gods call and responsibility to answer.

Ezekiel 33:8 (NLT)
If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

Ezekiel 31:14

Ezekiel 31:14 (NLT)
Let the tree of no other nation proudly exult in its own prosperity, though it be higher than the clouds and it be watered from the depths. For all are doomed to die, to go down to the depths of the earth. They will land in the pit along with everyone else on earth.

Devos 9.5.11

Ezekiel 29:20 (NLT)
Yes, I have given him the land of Egypt as a reward for his work, says the Sovereign LORD, because he was working for me when he destroyed Tyre.

Gods love is amazing

Ezekiel 16:8 (NLT)
And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

Isaiah 33:24

Isaiah 33:24 (NLT)
The people of Israel will no longer say, “We are sick and helpless,” for the LORD will forgive their sins.

Isaiah 33:24

Isaiah 33:24 (NLT)
The people of Israel will no longer say, “We are sick and helpless,” for the LORD will forgive their sins.

Journal 6/5/11

Psalm 33:7 (NLT)
He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.

Psalm 33:17-18 (NLT)
Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory— for all its strength, it cannot save you.

journal 6/5/11

Ephesians 1:13 (GNT)
And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised.

1 Chronicles 29:14

1 Chronicles 29:14 (GNT)
“Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything, because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.

1 Chronicles 29:17

1 Chronicles 29:17 (GNT)
I know that you test everyone's heart and are pleased with people of integrity. In honesty and sincerity I have willingly given all this to you, and I have seen how your people who are gathered here have been happy to bring offerings to you.

1 Kings 2:3

1 Kings 2:3 (GNT)
and do what the LORD your God orders you to do. Obey all his laws and commands, as written in the Law of Moses, so that wherever you go you may prosper in everything you do.

2 Corinthians 4:1

2 Corinthians 4:1 (GNT)
God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged.

Judges 3:2

Judges 3:2 (NLT)
He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.

Judges 2:3

Judges 2:3 (NLT)
So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”

Judges 1:19

Judges 1:19 (NLT)
The LORD was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they failed to drive out the people living in the plains, who had iron chariots.

1 Corinthians 7:23

1 Corinthians 7:23 (NLT)
God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.

Deuteronomy 21:18

Deuteronomy 21:18 (NLT)
“Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.

Deuteronomy 21:18

Deuteronomy 21:18 (NLT)
“Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.

Deuteronomy 21:20

Deuteronomy 21:20 (NLT)
The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’