Melanie L

The way that seems right

Proverbs 14:11-12 (KJV)
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Broad/Narrow Gate

Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

FREE

Galatians 5:1 (KJV)
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Body is a temple

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

We forget God

Jeremiah 2:32 (MSG)
Young women don't forget their jewelry, do they? Brides don't show up without their veils, do they? But my people forget me. Day after day after day they never give me a thought.

Fully Persuaded of Gods Promise

Romans 4:20-21 (NIV)
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Fully Persuaded of Gods Promise

Romans 4:20-21 (NIV)
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Hope Against Hope

Romans 4:18-25 (MSG)
When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, "You're going to have a big family, Abraham!"

Seek God First!

Matthew 6:33-34 (AMP)
But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.

HOPE in the Lord

Lamentations 3:21-26 (AMP)
But this I recall and therefore have I hope and expectation:

Patience Renewed: God is at Work!

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (MSG)
So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever.

God is a PROMISE KEEPER!

Numbers 23:19-20 (MSG)
God is not man, one given to lies, and not a son of man changing his mind. Does he speak and not do what he says? Does he promise and not come through?

Gods Strength

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (MSG)
and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.

Obedience is Better Than Sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:1-35 (NIV)
Samuel said to Saul, "I am the one the lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the lord.

Abraham and Isaac

Genesis 22:1-18 (NIV)
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.

IT WILL PAY OFF

Hebrews 10:35-36 (MSG)
So don't throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It's still a sure thing!

Living a sacrifice life

Romans 12:1-2 (MSG)
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Give over getting

Acts 20:35 (NKJV)
I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

According to your faith

Matthew 9:29 (KJV)
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

Gods Grace

2 Corinthians 12:9 (MSG)
and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.

CHOOSE LIFE OVER DEATH

Matthew 8:22 (MSG)
Jesus refused. "First things first. Your business is life, not death. Follow me. Pursue life."

My Soul Prospers

3 John 1:2 (MSG)
We're the best of friends, and I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health-that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul!

Christ is my LIFE

Colossians 3:1-17 (MSG)
So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from his perspective.

Why are you a Christian??

1 Peter 3:15-18 (MSG)
Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you're living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy.

1 Corinthians 2:9

1 Corinthians 2:9 (MSG)
That's why we have this Scripture text: No one's ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it-What God has arranged for those who love him.