Carla Mickelson

Living by the law or Grace

Galatians 5:4 (NIV)
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Galatians 5:6 (NIV)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Living for Christ

Galatians 2:20-21 (NIV)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Justified by faith

Galatians 2:16 (NIV)
know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

Christ's great forgiveness brings about our great love and faith.

Luke 7:40-43 (NIV)
Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." "Tell me, teacher," he said.

Luke 7:47 (NIV)
Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little."

Luke 7:50 (NIV)
Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

Traditions of fathers

Galatians 1:14 (NIV)
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Christ's gospel

Galatians 1:11-12 (NIV)
I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

Pleasing people or God

Galatians 1:10 (NIV)
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Joshua 1:5

Joshua 1:5 (NLT)
No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.

Luke 10:16, Luke 10:41-42

Luke 10:16 (NIV)
"Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."

Luke 10:41-42 (NIV)
"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things,

Genesis 29:1

Genesis 29:1 (NIV)
Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.

Luke 8:1

Luke 8:1 (NIV)
After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,