Jon Ritner

preaching verse

Numbers 23:12 (NLT)
But Balaam replied, “I will speak only the message that the LORD puts in my mouth.”

Numbers 22:38

Numbers 22:38 (NLT)
Balaam replied, “Look, now I have come, but I have no power to say whatever I want. I will speak only the message that God puts in my mouth.”

jealousy in ministry

Numbers 11:29 (NLT)
But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit upon them all!”

jubilee

Leviticus 25:10 (NLT)
Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a jubilee year for you, when each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors and return to your own clan.

Psalm 44:7

Psalm 44:7 (NLT)
You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us.

wise and foolish

Proverbs 10:8 (NLT)
The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

preservation

Leviticus 2:13 (NLT)
Season all your grain offerings with salt to remind you of God’s eternal covenant. Never forget to add salt to your grain offerings.

amazing doubt

Matthew 28:17 (NLT)
When they saw him, they worshiped him—but some of them doubted!

find life

Proverbs 8:35-36 (NLT)
For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD.

covenant

Matthew 26:28 (NLT)
for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.

Proverbs 7:25-26

Proverbs 7:25-26 (NLT)
Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path.

Exodus 25:22

Exodus 25:22 (NLT)
I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.

heaven on earth

Psalm 27:4 (NLT)
The one thing I ask of the LORD— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.

Psalm 27:13 (NLT)
Yet I am confident I will see the LORD’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living.

one thing

Psalm 27:4 (NLT)
The one thing I ask of the LORD— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.

Exodus 17:6

Exodus 17:6 (NLT)
I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.

Exodus 16:20

Exodus 16:20 (NLT)
But some of them didn’t listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.

2/1/12

Psalm 26:2 (NLT)
Put me on trial, LORD, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart.

perseverance leads to faith

Exodus 14:13-14 (NLT)
But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.

Exodus 14:31 (NLT)
When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the LORD had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before him. They put their faith in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

Exodus 14:13-14

Exodus 14:13-14 (NLT)
But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.

Exodus 14:14

Exodus 14:14 (NLT)
The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”

Exodus 9:16

Exodus 9:16 (NLT)
But I have spared you for a purpose—to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth.

relief goes back

Exodus 8:15 (NLT)
But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had predicted.

Proverbs 5:19, Proverbs 5:21

Proverbs 5:19 (NLT)
She is a loving deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.

Proverbs 5:21 (NLT)
For the LORD sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.

Proverbs 5:19

Proverbs 5:19 (NLT)
She is a loving deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.

discretion over honesty

Matthew 17:9 (NLT)
As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”