Brian Cline

Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-27 (ESV)
Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,

Luke 9:23

Luke 9:23 (ESV)
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Your Body A Temple

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV)
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Not a spirit of fear

2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

God has a plan for you

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

Abram's Faith

Genesis 15:6 (ESV)
And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

Anchor of the soul

Hebrews 6:19 (ESV)
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,

God's Promise

1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Live with your wife

1 Peter 3:7 (ESV)
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Give Him your all

Deuteronomy 6:5 (ESV)
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Who I am

Galatians 2:20 (ESV)
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

What to look at

Psalm 119:37 (NKJV)
Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.

Flesh

Romans 13:14 (ESV)
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Isaiah 43:2

Isaiah 43:2 (NCV)
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you cross rivers, you will not drown. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, nor will the flames hurt you.

Luke 9:23

Luke 9:23 (ESV)
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

1 Chronicles 4:10

1 Chronicles 4:10 (NLT)
He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.

Matthew 10:39

Matthew 10:39 (HCSB)
Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.

James 1:14

James 1:14 (HCSB)
But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

James 4:8

James 4:8 (ESV)
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Colossians 3:15

Colossians 3:15 (ASV)
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

James 1:14

James 1:14 (HCSB)
But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

Job 42:12

Job 42:12 (MSG)
god blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Darkeyes. There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.

Matthew 28:19

Matthew 28:19 (MSG)
Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

John 1:50

John 1:50 (MSG)
Jesus said, "You've become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven't seen anything yet! Before this is over you're going to see heaven open and God's angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again."