Maren McPeak

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Acts 21:1 (MSG)
And so, with the tearful good-byes behind us, we were on our way. We made a straight run to Cos, the next day reached Rhodes, and then Patara. There we found a ship going direct to Phoenicia, got on board, and set sail. Cyprus came into view on our left, but was soon out of sight as we kept on course for Syria, and eventually docked in the port of Tyre. While the cargo was being unloaded, we looked up the local disciples and stayed with them seven days. Their message to Paul, from insight given by the Spirit, was "Don't go to Jerusalem."

Ecclesiastes 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:11

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV84)
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV84)
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV84)
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

Genesis 41:1-4

Genesis 41:1-4 (NIV84)
When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,

James 5:19

James 5:19 (MSG)
My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.

Romans 3:28

Romans 3:28 (NIV)
For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Ephesians 2:8

Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

John 4:33

John 4:33 (MSG)
The disciples were puzzled. "Who could have brought him food?"

John 3:36

John 3:36 (MSG)
That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that."

John 3:20

John 3:20 (MSG)
Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won't come near it, fearing a painful exposure.

John 3:17

John 3:17 (MSG)
God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.

James 4:11

James 4:11 (MSG)
Don't bad-mouth each other, friends. It's God's Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk. You're supposed to be honoring the Message, not writing graffiti all over it. God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others?

James 2:17

James 2:17 (MSG)
Isn't it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

James 1:19

James 1:19 (MSG)
Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God's righteousness doesn't grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.

James 1:14

James 1:14 (MSG)
The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us. We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust.

Ephesians 5:8

Ephesians 5:8 (MSG)
You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You're out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.

Matthew 5:41

Matthew 5:41 (MSG)
And if someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life.

Jonah 4:2

Jonah 4:2 (MSG)
He yelled at God, "God! I knew it-when I was back home, I knew this was going to happen! That's why I ran off to Tarshish! I knew you were sheer grace and mercy, not easily angered, rich in love, and ready at the drop of a hat to turn your plans of punishment into a program of forgiveness!

Genesis 28:9

Genesis 28:9 (ESV)
Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 28:17

Genesis 28:17 (ESV)
And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

Genesis 28:8

Genesis 28:8 (NIV84)
Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

Genesis 21:22

Genesis 21:22 (NIV84)
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.

Genesis 21:20

Genesis 21:20 (NIV84)
God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

Genesis 1:23

Genesis 1:23 (NIV84)
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

Genesis 2:20

Genesis 2:20 (NIV84)
So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.