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1 John 1:9

1 John 1:9 (NIV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Zechariah 7:5-6

Zechariah 7:5-6 (MSG)
for all the people and for the priests: "When you held days of fasting every fifth and seventh month all these seventy years, were you doing it for me?

Zechariah 6:15

Zechariah 6:15 (MSG)
"People will come from faraway places to pitch in and rebuild the Temple of God. This will confirm that God-of-the-Angel-Armies did, in fact, send me to you. All this follows as you put your minds to a life of responsive obedience to the voice of your God."

Mark 11:12

Mark 11:12 (MSG)
As they left Bethany the next day, he was hungry. Off in the distance he saw a fig tree in full leaf. He came up to it expecting to find something for breakfast, but found nothing but fig leaves. (It wasn't yet the season for figs.) He addressed the tree: "No one is going to eat fruit from you again—ever!" And his disciples overheard him.

Mark 11:13

Mark 11:13 (MSG)
Off in the distance he saw a fig tree in full leaf. He came up to it expecting to find something for breakfast, but found nothing but fig leaves. (It wasn't yet the season for figs.)

Mark 11:14

Mark 11:14 (MSG)
He addressed the tree: "No one is going to eat fruit from you again-ever!" And his disciples overheard him.

Mark 11:15

Mark 11:15 (MSG)
They arrived at Jerusalem. Immediately on entering the Temple Jesus started throwing out everyone who had set up shop there, buying and selling. He kicked over the tables of the bankers and the stalls of the pigeon merchants. He didn't let anyone even carry a basket through the Temple. And then he taught them, quoting this text: My house was designated a house of prayer for the nations; You've turned it into a hangout for thieves.

Mark 11:16

Mark 11:16 (MSG)
He didn't let anyone even carry a basket through the Temple.

Mark 11:17

Mark 11:17 (MSG)
And then he taught them, quoting this text: My house was designated a house of prayer for the nations; You've turned it into a hangout for thieves.

Mark 11:18

Mark 11:18 (MSG)
The high priests and religion scholars heard what was going on and plotted how they might get rid of him. They panicked, for the entire crowd was carried away by his teaching.

Mark 11:19

Mark 11:19 (MSG)
At evening, Jesus and his disciples left the city.

Mark 11:20

Mark 11:20 (MSG)
In the morning, walking along the road, they saw the fig tree, shriveled to a dry stick. Peter, remembering what had happened the previous day, said to him, "Rabbi, look—the fig tree you cursed is shriveled up!"

Mark 11:21

Mark 11:21 (MSG)
Peter, remembering what had happened the previous day, said to him, "Rabbi, look-the fig tree you cursed is shriveled up!"

Mark 11:22

Mark 11:22 (MSG)
Jesus was matter-of-fact: "Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, 'Go jump in the lake'—no shuffling or shilly-shallying—and it's as good as done. That's why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything. And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it's not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive—only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins."

Mark 11:23

Mark 11:23 (MSG)
and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, 'Go jump in the lake'-no shuffling or shilly-shallying-and it's as good as done.

Mark 11:24

Mark 11:24 (MSG)
That's why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything.

Mark 11:25

Mark 11:25 (MSG)
And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it's not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive-only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins."

Psalm 97:11

Psalm 97:11 (MSG)
Light-seeds are planted in the souls of God's people, Joy-seeds are planted in good heart-soil.

Psalm 40:1

Psalm 40:1 (MSG)
I waited and waited and waited for god. At last he looked; finally he listened. He lifted me out of the ditch, pulled me from deep mud. He stood me up on a solid rock to make sure I wouldn't slip. He taught me how to sing the latest God-song, a praise-song to our God. More and more people are seeing this: they enter the mystery, abandoning themselves to god.

Isaiah 30:15

Isaiah 30:15 (MSG)
God, the Master, The Holy of Israel, has this solemn counsel: "Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me— The very thing you've been unwilling to do. You've said, 'Nothing doing! We'll rush off on horseback!' You'll rush off, all right! Just not far enough! You've said, 'We'll ride off on fast horses!' Do you think your pursuers ride old nags? Think again: A thousand of you will scatter before one attacker. Before a mere five you'll all run off. There'll be nothing left of you— a flagpole on a hill with no flag, a signpost on a roadside with the sign torn off."

Amos 5:21

Amos 5:21 (MSG)
"I can't stand your religious meetings. I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.

Proverbs 25:24

Proverbs 25:24 (MSG)
Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

Philippians 4:7

Philippians 4:7 (NASB)
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 21:9

Proverbs 21:9 (MSG)
Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

Proverbs 19:17

Proverbs 19:17 (MSG)
Mercy to the needy is a loan to god, and god pays back those loans in full.