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Purpose

Isaiah 1:17 (NLT)
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

Contentment

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (NLT)
Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Money

Ecclesiastes 5:13-15 (NLT)
There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.

Value of Community

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.

Eternity is planted in our hearts!

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

Parents

Proverbs 17:6 (NLT)
Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children.

Communion

1 Corinthians 11:23-29 (NLT)
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread

Communion

1 Corinthians 11:23-29 (NIV)
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,

Proverbs 14:4

Proverbs 14:4 (NIV)
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.

Proverbs 14:4

Proverbs 14:4 (NIV)
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.

Authenticity

Proverbs 11:3 (NIV)
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

Easter!

1 Corinthians 15:14 (NIV)
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

Second Chances!

Hosea 3:1 (NLT)
Then the LORD said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.”

We are not to judge unbelievers

1 Corinthians 5:11 (NLT)
I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people.

Judging unbelievers

1 Corinthians 5:10 (NLT)
But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that.

Testing!

Psalm 105:19 (NLT)
Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the LORD tested Joseph’s character.

Gods Faithfulness!

Psalm 89:31-35 (NLT)
if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

Amazing identity order!

Romans 4:17 (MSG)
We call Abraham "father" not because he got God's attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn't that what we've always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, "I set you up as father of many peoples"? Abraham was first named "father" and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, "You're going to have a big family, Abraham!"

My New Life Verse!

Romans 4:3 (MSG)
What we read in Scripture is, "Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own."

Wow!

Romans 3:27 (MSG)
So where does that leave our proud Jewish insider claims and counter-claims? Canceled? Yes, canceled. What we've learned is this: God does not respond to what we do; we respond to what God does. We've finally figured it out. Our lives get in step with God and all others by letting him set the pace, not by proudly or anxiously trying to run the parade.

Legalism and church rituals

Romans 2:25-29 (MSG)
Circumcision, the surgical ritual that marks you as a Jew, is great if you live in accord with God's law. But if you don't, it's worse than not being circumcised. The reverse is also true: The uncircumcised who keep God's ways are as good as the circumcised—in fact, better. Better to keep God's law uncircumcised than break it circumcised. Don't you see: It's not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you are. It's the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics.

Christians are sometimes the problem!

Romans 2:24 (MSG)
The line from Scripture, "It's because of you Jews that the outsiders are down on God," shows it's an old problem that isn't going to go away.

Those who've never heard the Gospel?

Romans 1:18-20 (NIV)
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

Foolishness of trusting in wealth

Psalm 49:12-15 (NIV)
People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:17-20 (NIV)
for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.

Dependence on the Lord

Psalm 33:16 (NIV)
No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.