In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. Psalm 47:8 The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. Psalm 145:9 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. Colossians 2:9-10 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. Romans 6:4 The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Cor3:17 It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Philippians 2:13 If you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:1-5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make you righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Psalm 37:5-6 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-13 What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 29:13-14 |