Nicole Ledesma

Jesus the true vine

John 15:1 (NLT)
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.

Enjoy prosperity and also hard times

Ecclesiastes 7:14 (NLT)
Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life.

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 (NLT)
Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride.

Loving others

Romans 12:9-10 (NLT)
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

Be an instrument of God

Romans 6:13 (NLT)
Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.

Blessings of obedience

Deuteronomy 28:1 (NLT)
“If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.

Ephesians 3:14-20

Ephesians 3:14-20 (WEB)
For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

God showed how much he loved us...

1 John 4:9 (NLT)
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.

Why God loves us

1 John 3:1 (NLT)
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.

Psalm 146:2

Psalm 146:2 (NKJV)
While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Joshua 1:9

Joshua 1:9 (NLT)
This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Proverbs 19:17

Proverbs 19:17 (NLT)
If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD— and he will repay you!

Proverbs 18:24

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

Matthew 17:20

Matthew 17:20 (NLT)
“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”

Proverbs 3:30

Proverbs 3:30 (NLT)
Don’t pick a fight without reason, when no one has done you harm.

Proverbs 3:25

Proverbs 3:25 (NLT)
You need not be afraid of sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked,

Philippians 4:6

Philippians 4:6 (NLT)
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

Philippians 4:7

Philippians 4:7 (NLT)
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:9

Romans 8:9 (NLT)
But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)

Romans 8:10

Romans 8:10 (NLT)
And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God.

Romans 8:11

Romans 8:11 (NLT)
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

Colossians 3:1

Colossians 3:1 (NLT)
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand.

Matthew 7:13

Matthew 7:13 (NLT)
“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.

Psalm 18:2

Psalm 18:2 (NLT)
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.

Psalm 19:14

Psalm 19:14 (NLT)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, OLORD, my rock and my redeemer.