Marvin Smith

Believers prayer for courage

Acts 4:23-31 (NLT)
As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said.

Psalm 122:1

Psalm 122:1 (NLT)
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

John 20:29

John 20:29 (NLT)
Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”

Proverbs 16:8-9

Proverbs 16:8-9 (NLT)
Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.

Proverbs 16:1-3

Proverbs 16:1-3 (NLT)
We can make our own plans, but the LORD gives the right answer.

John 14:6

John 14:6 (NLT)
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Psalm 118:24

Psalm 118:24 (NLT)
This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

John 12:32

John 12:32 (NLT)
And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.”

John 12:25

John 12:25 (NLT)
Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.

John 10:10

John 10:10 (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Proverbs 15:17

Proverbs 15:17 (NLT)
A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate.

Proverbs 15:4

Proverbs 15:4 (NIV)
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

John 7:18

John 7:18 (NIV)
Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.

Proverbs 14:23

Proverbs 14:23 (NLT)
Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!

John 3:17

John 3:17 (NLT)
God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

John 1:1

John 1:1 (NIV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Joshua 24:15

Joshua 24:15 (NIV)
But if serving the lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the lord."

The lost son

Luke 15:11 (NLT)
To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.

Luke 15:7

Luke 15:7 (NLT)
In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!

Luke 14:11

Luke 14:11 (NLT)
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Proverbs 31:28-29

Proverbs 31:28-29 (NLT)
Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her:

Deuteronomy 8:12-14, Deuteronomy 8:17

Deuteronomy 8:12-14 (NLT)
For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,

Deuteronomy 8:17 (NLT)
He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’

Proverbs 18:24

Proverbs 18:24 (NLT)
There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

Mark 10:45

Mark 10:45 (NLT)
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Psalm 40:1

Psalm 40:1 (NLT)
I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.