My Food

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. ~ John 4:34 (NIV)

Keep in Step with the Spirit

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. ~ Galatians 5:25 (NIV)

Life

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. ~ Romans 8:11 (NIV)

More than Conquerors

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ~ Romans 8:37 (NIV)

Freedom & Confidence

12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. ~ Ephesians 3:12 (NIV)

By the Blood of Christ

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ~ Ephesians 2:13 (NIV)

HE Chose Us

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. ~ Ephesians 1:4a (NIV)

New Has Come

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

Holiness and Redemption

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:30 (NIV)

Called Unto Holiness

2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours: ~ 1 Corinthians 1:2 (NIV)

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ~ Romans 8:1-2 (NIV)

Justified by HIS Grace

and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. ~ Romans 3:24 (NIV)

Know Him Better

17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ~ Ephesians 1:17-20 (NIV)

Sold Birthright

29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright.

~ Genesis 25:29-31, 33-34 (NIV)

One Can Help the Other

9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.

12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12 (NIV)

Taste and See

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

A New Thing

18 “Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.

~ Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)

Perseverance Produces a Crop

But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. ~ Luke 8:15 (NIV)

Wait Expectantly

1 Listen to my words, Lord,
consider my lament.
2 Hear my cry for help,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.
3 In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.

~ Psalm 5:1-3 (NIV)

Food They Craved

They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved. ~ Psalm 78:18 (NIV)