Bryant Byrd

be who you are

1 Peter 5:6 (MSG)
So be content with who you are, and don't put on airs. God's strong hand is on you; he'll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.

1st cor 4:20.

1 Corinthians 4:20 (MSG)
God's Way is not a matter of mere talk; it's an empowered life.

love keeps going.

1 Corinthians 13:7-8 (MSG)
Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.

Gal 5:16-17

Galatians 5:16-17 (MSG)
My counsel is this: Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness. For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel on any given day. Why don't you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence?

give myself fully to the work of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

the story of Gideon Judges chapter 6-8:31

Judges 6:1 (NIV)
The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.

Be confident.

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

learn to learn.

1 Peter 4:10-11 (NIV)
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.

read

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

meditation

James 1:2-4 (NIV)
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

James 1:12 (NIV)
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

James 1:22-25 (NIV)
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

the kingdom is worth everything

Matthew 13:44-46 (NIV)
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

the kingdom is worth everything

Matthew 13:44-46 (NIV)
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

understand

Matthew 13:11-13 (NIV)
He replied, "Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.