Tim Watson

Fast

Isaiah 58:6-12 (MSG)
"This is the kind of fast day I'm after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I'm interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am.'

Deuteronomy 10:12-13

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (MSG)
So now Israel, what do you think god expects from you? Just this: Live in his presence in holy reverence, follow the road he sets out for you, love him, serve god, your God, with everything you have in you, obey the commandments and regulations of god that I'm commanding you today—live a good life.

Matthew 26:41

Matthew 26:41 (MSG)
Stay alert; be in prayer so you don't wander into temptation without even knowing you're in danger. There is a part of you that is eager, ready for anything in God. But there's another part that's as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire."

Whole and Holy

Psalm 86:11 (MSG)
Train me, god, to walk straight; then I'll follow your true path. Put me together, one heart and mind; then, undivided, I'll worship in joyful fear. From the bottom of my heart I thank you, dear Lord; I've never kept secret what you're up to. You've always been great toward me—what love! You snatched me from the brink of disaster! God, these bullies have reared their heads! A gang of thugs is after me— and they don't care a thing about you. But you, O God, are both tender and kind, not easily angered, immense in love, and you never, never quit. So look me in the eye and show kindness, give your servant the strength to go on, save your dear, dear child! Make a show of how much you love me so the bullies who hate me will stand there slack-jawed, As you, god, gently and powerfully put me back on my feet.

Mutual Love

Ephesians 5:22-33 (MSG)
Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.

Hard Work

Proverbs 14:2 (MSG)
An honest life shows respect for god; a degenerate life is a slap in his face.

Proverbs 14:18 (MSG)
Foolish dreamers live in a world of illusion; wise realists plant their feet on the ground.

Proverbs 14:23 (MSG)
Hard work always pays off; mere talk puts no bread on the table.

Proverbs 14:35 (MSG)
Diligent work gets a warm commendation; shiftless work earns an angry rebuke.

Proverbs 12:8, Proverbs 12:13-16, Proverbs 12:23

Proverbs 12:8 (MSG)
A person who talks sense is honored; airheads are held in contempt.

Proverbs 12:13-16 (MSG)
The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble; the conversation of good people keeps them out of it.

Proverbs 12:23 (MSG)
Prudent people don't flaunt their knowledge; talkative fools broadcast their silliness.

Heart is the answer

Psalm 119:1 (ESV)
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!

Psalm 119:7 (ESV)
I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.

Psalm 119:10-11 (ESV)
With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!

Psalm 119:32 (ESV)
I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!

Gift thanks to God only, commend the giver

2 Corinthians 9:12-13 (ESV)
For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

Daniel fast

Daniel 10:2-3 (MSG)
"During those days, I, Daniel, went into mourning over Jerusalem for three weeks. I ate only plain and simple food, no seasoning or meat or wine. I neither bathed nor shaved until the three weeks were up.

Daniel fast

Daniel 10:2-3 (ESV)
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks.

Die to yourself every day!

Galatians 5:19-21 (ESV)
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Die to yourself every day!

Galatians 5:19-21 (ESV)
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Die to yourself every day!

Galatians 5:19-21 (ESV)
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Colossians 1:3-6

Colossians 1:3-6 (ESV)
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (ESV)
"See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

Proverbs 24:30-34

Proverbs 24:30-34 (ESV)
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,

James 5:19-20

James 5:19-20 (MSG)
My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.

James 5:19-20

James 5:19-20 (MSG)
My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.

Abundant Love promise

Isaiah 61:1-7 (ESV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:9-11 (ESV)
Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.

Abundant Love promise

Isaiah 61:1-7 (ESV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:9-11 (ESV)
Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.

Abundant Love promise

Isaiah 61:1-7 (ESV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:9-11 (ESV)
Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.

Abundant Love promise

Isaiah 61:1-7 (ESV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:9-11 (ESV)
Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.

Abundant Love promise

Isaiah 61:1-7 (ESV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:9-11 (ESV)
Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.

Abundant Love promise

Isaiah 61:1-7 (ESV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:9-11 (ESV)
Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.