Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word. Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, you ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. § I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart. § O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.
Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. § Not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified. § If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. § To him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Matt. 6:10; Ps. 103:20–21; John 6:38; Ps. 40:8;
Matt. 26:42; 7:21; Rom. 2:13; John 13:17; James 4:17; Rom. 12:2
The ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. § Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment. § I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. § Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says. § He who is spiritual judges all things. § Take heed what you hear. § I know your works. You have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars. § Test all things; hold fast what is good.
He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.
Job 34:3; 1 John 4:1; John 7:24; 1 Cor. 10:15; Col. 3:16;
Rev. 2:29; 1 Cor. 2:15; Mark 4:24; Rev. 2:2; 1 Thess. 5:21; John 10:3–5
The Christian life is motivated, not by a list of do’s and don’ts, but by the gracious outpouring of God’s love and blessing. We want to live our lives to please God because before Jesus “the law was given through Moses” (John 1:17a, NIV). Think of the law as summed up in the Ten Commandments.
The law didn’t make us feel better. It made us feel worse.
The law didn’t help us to be good. It revealed how bad we were.
The law didn’t give us joy or peace. It made us feel guilty.
The law didn’t help us measure up. It showed us we fall short.
The apostle Paul said the law was like our schoolmaster, teaching us how much we need a Savior. But “grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17b, NIV) because He perfectly fulfills the law. His life measures up to the standard established by the law, and when we receive Him by faith, His righteousness is credited to us. Therefore in Christ we too fulfill the law.
Out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaks.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. § Death and life are in the power of the tongue. § The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. § Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. § I believed, therefore I spoke.
Whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. § With the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Matt. 12:34; Col. 3:16; Prov. 4:23; Prov. 18:21; Ps. 37:30-31;
Eph. 4:29; Acts 4:20; Ps. 116:10; Matt. 10:32; Rom. 10:10
I hope to see you shortly,
and we shall speak face to face.
Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! § As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? § Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. § Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. § God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope. § Whom having not seen you love.
He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! § It will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
3 John v. 14; Isa. 64:1; Ps. 42:1–2; Song 8:14; Phil. 3:20;
Titus 2:13; 1 Tim. 1:1; 1 Peter 1:8; Rev. 22:20; Isa. 25:9
Separation from the world is logical, since we operate on a totally different level in every area of our lives. But separation is also a command we are to obey for our own benefit, lest we be pressed into the world’s mold. However, separation from the world requires a certain amount of courage, because the world often views our separation as an indictment of itself and resents us for it.
Jesus underscored our separation from the world when He said, “You do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”
Hates you? Do you doubt this? Then I suggest you take a strong public stand for the uniqueness of Who Jesus is, for the truth of the Bible from cover to cover, for the necessity of living a life of integrity and purity and humility in order to please God. Then count the seconds before someone labels you an extreme fanatical element of the religious right! But while the world may mock you, heaven applauds you!
I am my beloved’s, and his
desire is toward me.
I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. § I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. § Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost.
The Lord takes pleasure in His people. § My delight was with the sons of men. § His great love with which He loved us. § Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
You were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. § If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
Song 7:10; 2 Tim. 1:12; Rom. 8:38–39; John 17:12;
Ps. 149:4; Prov. 8:31; Eph. 2:4; John 15:13; 1 Cor. 6:20; Rom. 14:8
Search from the book of the Lord.
Lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. § This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. § By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer. § Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
We have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. § That we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
Isa. 34:16; Deut. 11:18; Josh. 1:8; Ps. 37:31;
17:4; 119:11; 2 Peter 1:19; Rom. 15:4
