Andrea Garza

Laziness vs Work

Proverbs 15:19 (NIV)
The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Laziness = Poverty

Proverbs 10:4 (NIV)
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Don't be lazy

Proverbs 24:33-34 (NIV)
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

If you do not work you do not eat

2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 (NIV)
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

Work hard and depend on no one

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (NIV)
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,

Laziness

Proverbs 6:6-11 (NIV)
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven

Romans 4:8 (NIV)
Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them."

Loving your enemies and sinners

Luke 6:35 (NIV)
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Pray

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
Rejoice always,

Bless those that curse you

Romans 12:14 (NIV)
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

Revenge

Romans 12:19-21 (NIV)
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.

Gay is a sin as any other sin

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV)
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men

Peace via God

Psalm 4:8 (NIV)
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, lord, make me dwell in safety.

Following the Law is not salvation but our consciousness

Romans 3:20 (NIV)
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

The key to salvation

Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)
If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Bearing good spiritual fruit

Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Love your neighbor is no laughing matter

1 John 4:19-21 (NIV)
We love because he first loved us.

Love is God living in us

1 John 4:12 (NIV)
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Knowing love means you know God

1 John 4:7-8 (NIV)
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Becoming one with God

John 17:23 (NIV)
I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Finding honor

Proverbs 21:21 (NIV)
Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

Grace or works or dies Faith require works?

Matthew 16:27 (NIV)
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

Pray for others and a sin that leads to death

1 John 5:16 (NIV)
If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that.

The Lord's Prayer v.2

Luke 11:2-4 (NIV)
He said to them, "When you pray, say: "'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

The Lord's Prayer v.1

Matthew 6:9-13 (NIV)
"This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,