"Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge over pure gold. For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can be compared with it."
-Proverbs 8:10
"Happy are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home! For whoever finds me finds life and wins approval from the LORD. But those who miss me have injured themselves. All who hate me love death."
-Proverbs 8:34-36
"You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments"
-Matthew 22:37-40
"The greatest among you must be a servant. But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
-Matthew 23:11,12
"Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. So be prepared, because you don't know what day your Lord is coming."
-Matthew 24:40-42
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Proverbs 7, Matthew 19,20,21 (May 7)
"Listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to my words. Don't let your hearts tray away toward her. Don't wander down her wayward path. For she has been the ruin of many; numerous men have been her victims. Her house is the road tot he grave. Her bedroom is the den of death."
-Proverbs 7:24-27
"Jesus' disciples then said to him, 'Then it is better not to marry!'. 'Not everyone can accept this statement,' Jesus said. 'Only those whom God helps. Some are born as eunuchs, some have been made that way by others, and some choose not to marry for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone who can, accept this statement."
-Matthew 19:10-12
"Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these."
-Matthew 19:15
"I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. I say it again - it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God."
-Matthew 19:23,24
"The disciples were astounded. 'Then who in the world can be saved?' they asked. Jesus looked at them intently and said, 'Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.'"
-Matthew 19:25,26
"But many who seem to be important now will be the least important then, and those who are considered least here will be the greatest then."
-Matthew 19:30
"But among u it should be quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must become your slave. For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many."
-Matthew 20:26-28
Matthew 21:18-22?
-Proverbs 7:24-27
"Jesus' disciples then said to him, 'Then it is better not to marry!'. 'Not everyone can accept this statement,' Jesus said. 'Only those whom God helps. Some are born as eunuchs, some have been made that way by others, and some choose not to marry for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone who can, accept this statement."
-Matthew 19:10-12
"Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these."
-Matthew 19:15
"I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. I say it again - it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God."
-Matthew 19:23,24
"The disciples were astounded. 'Then who in the world can be saved?' they asked. Jesus looked at them intently and said, 'Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.'"
-Matthew 19:25,26
"But many who seem to be important now will be the least important then, and those who are considered least here will be the greatest then."
-Matthew 19:30
"But among u it should be quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must become your slave. For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many."
-Matthew 20:26-28
Matthew 21:18-22?
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Proverbs 6, Matthew 16,17,18
"A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - and poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber."
-Proverbs 6:10,11
"There are six things the Lord hates - no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers."
-Proverbs 6:16-19
"You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. Now I say to you that you are peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you lock on earth will be locked in heaven, and whatever you open on earth will be opened in heaven."
-Matthew 16:17-19
"Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, and not from God's"
-Matthew 17:23
"If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life. And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul? For I, the Son of Man, will come in the glory of my Father with his angels and will judge all people according to their deeds. And I assure you that some of you standing here right now will not die before you see me, the Son of Man, coming in my Kingdom."
-Matthew 16:24-28
"Beware that you don't despise a single on of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father."
-Matthew 18:10,11
"That's what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters in your heart."
-Matthew 18:35
-Proverbs 6:10,11
"There are six things the Lord hates - no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers."
-Proverbs 6:16-19
"You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. Now I say to you that you are peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you lock on earth will be locked in heaven, and whatever you open on earth will be opened in heaven."
-Matthew 16:17-19
"Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, and not from God's"
-Matthew 17:23
"If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life. And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul? For I, the Son of Man, will come in the glory of my Father with his angels and will judge all people according to their deeds. And I assure you that some of you standing here right now will not die before you see me, the Son of Man, coming in my Kingdom."
-Matthew 16:24-28
"Beware that you don't despise a single on of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father."
-Matthew 18:10,11
"That's what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters in your heart."
-Matthew 18:35
Friday, May 4, 2007
Proverbs 5, Matthew 13,14,15
"The lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil But the result is as bitter as poison, sharp as a double-edged sword."
-Proverbs 5:3-4
"Drink water from your own well - share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in public, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Don't share it with strangers.
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. She is a loving doe, a graceful dear. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love. Why be captivated, my son, with an immoral woman, or embrace the breasts of an adulterous woman?"
-Proverbs 5:15-20
"'Don't you understand?' Jesus asked him. 'Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes out of the body. But evil words come from an evil heart and defile the person who says them. For from the heart comes evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all other sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands could never defile you and make you unacceptable to God!'"
-Matthew 15:16-20
"So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he looked around at the high waves, he was terrified and began to sink. 'Save me, Lord!' he shouted.
Instantly, Jesus reached out his hand and grabbed him. 'You don't have much faith,' Jesus said. 'Why did you doubt me'?
-Matthew 13:29-31*
*I think it is really interesting in the NOOMA videos, Rob Bell explains this passage that Peter was not doubting the Lord, Peter was doubting himself. And because he doubted himself, he lost faith in what the Lord could do.
**While I was reading through these passages, I was confused at Matthew 15:21-28. If Jesus loves everyone the same, why did he call the Gentiles 'dogs', and refer to the Jews as 'children'. Why did he come to only save the Jews, and not the Gentiles?
-Proverbs 5:3-4
"Drink water from your own well - share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in public, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Don't share it with strangers.
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. She is a loving doe, a graceful dear. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love. Why be captivated, my son, with an immoral woman, or embrace the breasts of an adulterous woman?"
-Proverbs 5:15-20
"'Don't you understand?' Jesus asked him. 'Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes out of the body. But evil words come from an evil heart and defile the person who says them. For from the heart comes evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all other sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands could never defile you and make you unacceptable to God!'"
-Matthew 15:16-20
"So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he looked around at the high waves, he was terrified and began to sink. 'Save me, Lord!' he shouted.
Instantly, Jesus reached out his hand and grabbed him. 'You don't have much faith,' Jesus said. 'Why did you doubt me'?
-Matthew 13:29-31*
*I think it is really interesting in the NOOMA videos, Rob Bell explains this passage that Peter was not doubting the Lord, Peter was doubting himself. And because he doubted himself, he lost faith in what the Lord could do.
**While I was reading through these passages, I was confused at Matthew 15:21-28. If Jesus loves everyone the same, why did he call the Gentiles 'dogs', and refer to the Jews as 'children'. Why did he come to only save the Jews, and not the Gentiles?
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Proverbs 4, Matthew 10,11,12
"Do not do as the wicked do or follow the path of evildoers."
-Proverbs 4:14
"The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines even brighter until the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like complete darkness. Those who follow it have no idea what they are stumbling over."
-Proverbs 4:18,19
"Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. Avoid all perverse talk stay far from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you."
-Proverbs 4:23-25
"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves. But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and beaten in the synagogues. And you must stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. This will be your opportunity to tell them about me - yes, to witness to the world. When you are arrested, don't worry about what to say in your defense, because you will be given the right words at the right time. For it won't be you doing the talking - it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
-Matthew 10:16-20
"If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will find it."
-Matthew 10:39
"Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke fits perfectly, and the burden I give you is light."
-Matthew 11:28-30
"Every sin or blasphemy can be forgiven - except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which can never be forgiven. Anyone who blasphemes against me, the Son of Man, can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come."
-Matthew 12:31,32
*The Pharisees had blasphemed against the Spirit by attributing the power by which Christ did miracles to Satan instead of the Holy Spirit. The unpardonable sin is the deliberate refusal to acknowledge God's power in Christ. It indicates a deliberate and irreversible hardness of heart. Sometimes believers worry that they have accidentally committed this unforgivable sin. But only those who have turned their backs on God and rejected all faith have any need to worry. Jesus said they can't be forgiven - not because their sin is worse than any other but because they will never ask for forgiveness. Whoever rejects the prompting of the Holy Spirit removes himself or herself from the only force that can lead him or her to repentance and restoration to God.
-Proverbs 4:14
"The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines even brighter until the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like complete darkness. Those who follow it have no idea what they are stumbling over."
-Proverbs 4:18,19
"Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. Avoid all perverse talk stay far from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you."
-Proverbs 4:23-25
"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves. But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and beaten in the synagogues. And you must stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. This will be your opportunity to tell them about me - yes, to witness to the world. When you are arrested, don't worry about what to say in your defense, because you will be given the right words at the right time. For it won't be you doing the talking - it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
-Matthew 10:16-20
"If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will find it."
-Matthew 10:39
"Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke fits perfectly, and the burden I give you is light."
-Matthew 11:28-30
"Every sin or blasphemy can be forgiven - except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which can never be forgiven. Anyone who blasphemes against me, the Son of Man, can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come."
-Matthew 12:31,32
*The Pharisees had blasphemed against the Spirit by attributing the power by which Christ did miracles to Satan instead of the Holy Spirit. The unpardonable sin is the deliberate refusal to acknowledge God's power in Christ. It indicates a deliberate and irreversible hardness of heart. Sometimes believers worry that they have accidentally committed this unforgivable sin. But only those who have turned their backs on God and rejected all faith have any need to worry. Jesus said they can't be forgiven - not because their sin is worse than any other but because they will never ask for forgiveness. Whoever rejects the prompting of the Holy Spirit removes himself or herself from the only force that can lead him or her to repentance and restoration to God.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Proverbs 3, Matthew 7,8,9
"My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart, for they will give you a long and satisfying life. Never let loyalty and kindness get away from you! Wear them like a necklace; write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will gain a good reputation. Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths."
-Proverbs 3:1-7
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them."
-Proverbs 3:27
"Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged. And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying, 'Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye', when you can't see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log from your own eye, then perhaps you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye.
-Matthew 7:1-5
"Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep onlooking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks."
-Matthew 7:7-8
"Do for others what you would like them to do for you. This is a summary of all that is taught in that law and the prophets."
-Matthew 7:12
"Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on rock. but anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will fall with a mighty crash."
-Matthew 7:24-27
"Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!"
-Matthew 8:26
"For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."
-Matthew 9:13
"The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. So pray t the lord who is in charge of the harvest: ask him to send out more workers for his fields."
-Matthew 9:37,38
-Proverbs 3:1-7
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them."
-Proverbs 3:27
"Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged. And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying, 'Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye', when you can't see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log from your own eye, then perhaps you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye.
-Matthew 7:1-5
"Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep onlooking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks."
-Matthew 7:7-8
"Do for others what you would like them to do for you. This is a summary of all that is taught in that law and the prophets."
-Matthew 7:12
"Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on rock. but anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will fall with a mighty crash."
-Matthew 7:24-27
"Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!"
-Matthew 8:26
"For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."
-Matthew 9:13
"The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. So pray t the lord who is in charge of the harvest: ask him to send out more workers for his fields."
-Matthew 9:37,38
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