Category: Scripture

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“”Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly. “Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may You be praised forever and ever! Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory , the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and earth are Yours, O Lord, and this is Your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. Wealth and honor come from You, alone, for You rule over everything. Power and might are in Your hand, and at you discretion people are made great and given strength.

O our God, we thank You and praise Your glorious name! But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to You? Everything we have has come from You, and we give You only what You first gave us! We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are soon without a trace.””

1 Chronicles 29 10-15

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Excepts from 1 Chronicles 16. David’s Song of Praise after returning the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem.

“”Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.

Give the Lord the glory He deserves! Bring your offering and come into His presence. Worship the Lord in all His holy splendor.

Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice! Tell the nations, “The Lord reigns! ” Let every sea and everything in it shout His praise! Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise for the Lord is going to judge the earth.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His faithful love endures forever.

Praise the Lord, The God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! And all the people shouted “Amen!”” 1 Chronicles 16:25,29,31-34, 36 NLT

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Excerpts from 2 John.

“Grace, mercy and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ – the son of the Father- will continue to be with us who live in truth and love.” 2 John 1:3 NLT

“I am writing to remind you , dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. Love means doing what God has commanded us, and He has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.

I say this to you because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. With out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.

Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son.

If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don’t invite that person into your home or give any kind of encouragement. Anyone who encourages such people becomes a partner in their evil work.” 2 John 1:5-11 NLT

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In Paul’s leter to the Romans in Chapter 8, he writes about God’s love.

“What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us, won’t He also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for His own? No one – for God Himself has given us right standing with Himself. Who then will condemn us? No one – for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and He is sitting at the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither or fears for today or our worries about tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below – indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us fro the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus, Our Lord.” Romans 8: 31-39 NLT

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This is a wonderful passage in the New Testament as Paul speaks to the people in the church in Corinth, Greece.

“”Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive His new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.

So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know Him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone, a new life has begun!

And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to Himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to Him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. God is making His appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin so that we could be made right though Christ.”” 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 (NLT)

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After Jesus taught the crowds on the at the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, He taught, many other lessons that day. In one of these sermons, His topic was about worry.

In Matthew Chapter 6, Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cant serve both God and money.

This is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life – whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you more valuable to Him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

And why worry about our clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow.They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all is glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for the wildflowers that are here today and thrown in to the fire tomorrow, He will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?

So don’t worry about these things, saying ‘What will we eat: What will we drink” What will we wear? ‘ These things dominate the minds of unbelievers , but your heavenly Father already knows your needs. See the Kingdom of God and He will give you everything you need.

So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” Matthew 6:24-34
(New Living Translation)

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Here are a few excerpts from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians where he discusses unity in the body of Christ and living as children of light.

“Therefore, I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, been you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because our your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, biding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism and one God and Father, who is one all and in all and living through all. ” Ephesians 4:1-6 (NLT)

“Stop telling lies. Let us all tell our neighbors the truth, for we all are parts of the same body. And don’t let the son go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.” Ephesians 4:25-26 (NLT)

“An do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, He has identified you as His own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.

Git rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all type of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God though Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 30-32 (NLT)

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The following passages are found in Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians in Chapter 4.

“Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us the new way, we never give up. We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest knows this.”

“For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness, has made this light shine in our hearts so we cold know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This make it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.”

“That is why we never give up. Tough our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last vey long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them an will last forever. So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the thing we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.”

2 Corinthians 4:1-2; 6-7; 16-18 (New Living Translation)