Shannon Williams

Encouragement

2 Corinthians 4:4-12 (NLT)
Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

2 Corinthians 4:14-18 (NLT)
We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you.

Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:12-13 (NLT)
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

don't worry

Matthew 6:25-26 (NLT)
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:28-34 (NLT)
“And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing,

Romans 8:5-39

Romans 8:5-39 (MSG)
Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn't pleased at being ignored.

Matthew 7:2

Matthew 7:2 (NIV)
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Ephesians 3:16-19

Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

Matthew 5:27-30

Matthew 5:27-30 (TNIV)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28 (NIV)
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:24-25

Romans 8:24-25 (MSG)
That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us.

2 Peter 3:9

2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

2 Peter 3:9 (MSG)
God isn't late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want anyone lost. He's giving everyone space and time to change.

Psalm 38:9

Psalm 38:9 (NIV)
All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

Psalm 37:4

Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
Take delight in the lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Matthew 7:19, Matthew 7:21-22

Matthew 7:19 (NIV)
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:21-22 (NIV)
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Acts 4:12

Acts 4:12 (NIV)
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."

1 Timothy 3:2

1 Timothy 3:2 (NIV)
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 3:3

1 Timothy 3:3 (NIV)
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

1 Timothy 3:3

1 Timothy 3:3 (NIV)
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

1 Timothy 3:10

1 Timothy 3:10 (NIV)
They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.

Proverbs 31:25

Proverbs 31:25 (ESV)
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

Proverbs 31:30

Proverbs 31:30 (ESV)
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Proverbs 31:31

Proverbs 31:31 (ESV)
Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.

Proverbs 30:4

Proverbs 30:4 (ESV)
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!

Proverbs 1:7

Proverbs 1:7 (ESV)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Ephesians 4:31

Ephesians 4:31 (NIV)
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.