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Psalm 119:92

Psalm 119:92 (NIV)
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

Isaiah 45:4-5

Isaiah 45:4-5 (NIV)
For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor, though you do not acknowledge me.

John 15:1-17

John 15:1-17 (NIV)
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

Matthew 11:28-30

Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

John 7:37-38

John 7:37-38 (NIV)
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.

Ezekiel 36:24-32

Ezekiel 36:24-32 (NIV)
"'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.

Hosea 11:1-11

Hosea 11:1-11 (NIV)
"When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Psalm 119:129-136

Psalm 119:129-136 (NIV)
Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.

Psalm 119:96

Psalm 119:96 (NIV)
To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.

Psalm 119:94

Psalm 119:94 (NIV)
Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.

Psalm 119:37

Psalm 119:37 (ESV)
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Psalm 119:32

Psalm 119:32 (TNIV)
I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.

Ephesians 5:2

Ephesians 5:2 (MSG)
Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

Ephesians 4:30

Ephesians 4:30 (MSG)
Don't grieve God. Don't break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don't take such a gift for granted.

Ephesians 4:29

Ephesians 4:29 (MSG)
Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.

Ephesians 4:15-24

Ephesians 4:15-24 (MSG)
God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love-like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do.

Ephesians 4:14-15

Ephesians 4:14-15 (MSG)
No prolonged infancies among us, please. We'll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are an easy mark for impostors. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.

Ephesians 1:17-18

Ephesians 1:17-18 (MSG)
But I do more than thank. I ask-ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory-to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally,

Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:11

Ephesians 1:4 (MSG)
Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love.

Ephesians 1:7 (MSG)
Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.

Ephesians 1:11 (MSG)
It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.

Galatians 6:15

Galatians 6:15 (MSG)
Can't you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do-submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life!

Galatians 3:3

Galatians 3:3 (MSG)
Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people would think they could complete by their own efforts what was begun by God. If you weren't smart enough or strong enough to begin it, how do you suppose you could perfect it?

Galatians 3:2

Galatians 3:2 (MSG)
Let me put this question to you: How did your new life begin? Was it by working your heads off to please God? Or was it by responding to God's Message to you? Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people would think they could complete by their own efforts what was begun by God. If you weren't smart enough or strong enough to begin it, how do you suppose you could perfect it? Did you go through this whole painful learning process for nothing? It is not yet a total loss, but it certainly will be if you keep this up!

Galatians 3:1

Galatians 3:1 (MSG)
You crazy Galatians! Did someone put a hex on you? Have you taken leave of your senses? Something crazy has happened, for it's obvious that you no longer have the crucified Jesus in clear focus in your lives. His sacrifice on the cross was certainly set before you clearly enough.

Galatians 3:3

Galatians 3:3 (NIV)
Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

Psalm 109:26

Psalm 109:26 (NIV)
Help me, lord my God; save me according to your unfailing love.