Love Your Enemies...

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. 

~ Matthew 5:44 (NIV)

May the Words of My Mouth...

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. 

~ Psalm 19:14 (NIV)

Directed by HIS Love...

By day the Lord directs His love,
at night His song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life. 

~ Psalm 42:8 (NIV)

He is Faithful...

The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. (NIV)

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (KJV)

Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. (NASB)

God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful. (NLT)

Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]. (AMPC)

~ 1 Thessalonians 5:24

Teaching Fall Like Rain...

Let my teaching fall like rain
    and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
    like abundant rain on tender plants.

~ Deuteronomy 32:2 (NIV)

Don't Wage War as the World Does...

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (NIV)

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (AMPC)

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (KJV)

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, (NASB)

~ 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Advocate...

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. 

~ John 14:16-17 (NLT)

Don't Be Afraid...

So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. (NIV)

So have no fear of them; for nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, or kept secret that will not become known. (AMPC)

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. (KJV)

Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. (NASB)

~ Matthew 10:26

Keep HIS Commands

Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” (NIV)

 The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.] (AMPC)

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. (KJV)

He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” (NASB)

~ John 14:21

Resist the Devil

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (NIV)

So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you. (AMPC)

So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you. (KJV)

Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. (NASB)

~ James 4:7

Whole Armor

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. (NIV)

10  In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].

11 Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. (AMPC)

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (KJV)

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. (NASB)

~ Ephesians 6:10-11

Seek HIM

I seek you with all my heart;
    do not let me stray from your commands. (NIV)

With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. (NASB)

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. (AMPC)

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. (NASB)

~ Psalm 119:10

Peace with Everyone

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. ~ Romans 12:18

Saved and Called...

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, (NIV)

[For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]; [He did it] not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago]. (AMPC)

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (KJV)

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, (NASB)

~ 2 Timothy 1:9

No Eye Has Seen - No Ear Has Heard...

However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
    the things God has prepared for those who love him— (NIV)

But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed]. (AMPC)

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (KJV)

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (NASB)

~ 1 Corinthians 2:9