Jon Morris

1 Corinthians 6:12

1 Corinthians 6:12 (MSG)
Just because something is technically legal doesn't mean that it's spiritually appropriate. If I went around doing whatever I thought I could get by with, I'd be a slave to my whims.

We are God's Temple

1 Corinthians 3:16-18 (MSG)
You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple.

Luke 11:33-36

Luke 11:33-36 (NKJV)
No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.

Matthew 5:5-16

Matthew 5:5-16 (NIV)
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

1 Peter 5:5-7

1 Peter 5:5-7 (ESV)
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

Romans 14:23

Romans 14:23 (MSG)
But if you're not sure, if you notice that you are acting in ways inconsistent with what you believe-some days trying to impose your opinions on others, other days just trying to please them-then you know that you're out of line. If the way you live isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong.

Psalm 51:16-17

Psalm 51:16-17 (MSG)
Going through the motions doesn't please you, a flawless performance is nothing to you. I learned God-worship when my pride was shattered. Heart-shattered lives ready for love don't for a moment escape God's notice.

Philippians 1:10-11

Philippians 1:10-11 (NLT)
For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.

Philippians 1:11

Philippians 1:11 (NLT)
May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.

Ephesians 3:10-11

Ephesians 3:10-11 (NLT)
God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

Genesis 2:24

Genesis 2:24 (NIV)
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Psalm 4:5

Psalm 4:5 (NLT)
Offer sacrifices in the right spirit, and trust the LORD.

Matthew 5:5

Matthew 5:5 (NIV)
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Proverbs 1:7

Proverbs 1:7 (NLT)
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Genesis 1:28

Genesis 1:28 (NLT)
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

2 Peter 3:9

2 Peter 3:9 (ESV)
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Psalm 18:20

Psalm 18:20 (MSG)
god made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start. Now I'm alert to god's ways; I don't take God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works; I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. god rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.

Psalm 11:4

Psalm 11:4 (MSG)
But god hasn't moved to the mountains; his holy address hasn't changed. He's in charge, as always, his eyes taking everything in, his eyelids Unblinking, examining Adam's unruly brood inside and out, not missing a thing. He tests the good and the bad alike; if anyone cheats, God's outraged. Fail the test and you're out, out in a hail of firestones, Drinking from a canteen filled with hot desert wind.

Psalm 11:7

Psalm 11:7 (MSG)
god's business is putting things right; he loves getting the lines straight, Setting us straight. Once we're standing tall, we can look him straight in the eye.

Psalm 16:11

Psalm 16:11 (MSG)
Now you've got my feet on the life path, all radiant from the shining of your face. Ever since you took my hand, I'm on the right way.

Psalm 71:23

Psalm 71:23 (MSG)
When I open up in song to you, I let out lungsful of praise, my rescued life a song.

Genesis 39:12

Genesis 39:12 (NKJV)
that she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.

Psalm 44:21

Psalm 44:21 (NKJV)
Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 145:4

Psalm 145:4 (NKJV)
One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.

Acts 10:15

Acts 10:15 (NKJV)
And a voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed you must not call common.