Sebastian Taphanel

Jesus was tired!

John 4:6 (NLT)
Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.

Sons of Korah

Psalm 44:1-4 (NLT)
OGod, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago:

Old Man Prayer

Psalm 71:17-18 (NLT)
OGod, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.

Devo - Addiction day 7

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NLT)
Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

Devo - Addiction day 6

Romans 8:26-27 (NLT)
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.

Devo - Addiction day 5

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NLT)
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Devo - Addiction day 4

Isaiah 43:1-2 (NLT)
But now, OJacob, listen to the LORD who created you. OIsrael, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.

Devo - Addiction day 3

1 John 2:15-17 (NLT)
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.

Devo - Addiction day 2

Psalm 121:1-3 (NLT)
I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there?

Devo - Addiction day 1

1 Thessalonians 5:11-12 (NLT)
So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

Devo - Addiction

Isaiah 43:1-2 (NLT)
But now, OJacob, listen to the LORD who created you. OIsrael, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.

Addiction - Day 1

1 Thessalonians 5:11-12 (NLT)
So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

1 Peter 1:22-25

1 Peter 1:22-25 (ESV)
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

1 Peter 2:1-3

1 Peter 2:1-3 (ESV)
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Light vs. Darkness

John 1:4-5 (ESV)
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Failure

Proverbs 24:16 (ESV)
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

Ananias and Sapphira struck dead for lying

Acts 5:1-11 (ESV)
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

Jesus last recorded words...

Revelation 22:20 (NLT)
He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!

This is the crowd I want to be in!

Revelation 7:9-17 (NLT)
After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands.

Jesus is Worshipped in Heaven

Revelation 5:9-13 (NLT)
And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

Heavenly Worship

Revelation 4:8 (NLT)
Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

Revelation 4:11 (NLT)
“You are worthy, OLord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

Church Finding: Indifference / Lukewarm

Revelation 3:15-19 (NLT)
“I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!

Church Finding: Persevere

Revelation 3:10-11 (NLT)
“Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.

Church Finding: Not alive

Revelation 3:1-3 (NLT)
“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: “I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead.

Not the shortest route...

Exodus 13:17-18 (NLT)
When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”