Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Bible Verses for Students appearing for Examinations.

Worried about studies

Philippians 4:6-7  

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

7  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Cannot concentrate

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

Cannot sleep

Psalms 3:5

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

Physically and mentally tired

Isaiah 40:31

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

I am far too behind to catch up

Psalms 43:5

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

During exams

I don't understand what this question is all about.

Psalms 3:5-6

5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

6 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

I am too nervous to think properly

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

I don't have the wisdom to answer this question.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

This question is impossible for me to answer.

Mark 9:23

“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”

After exam - What will my results be

Psalms 37:4

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.


Examples of Sowing and Reaping

Cain

Genesis 4:3-15

3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.

4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

6 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let's go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don't know,” he replied. “Am I my brother's keeper?”

10 The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

13 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear.

14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

15 But the LORD said to him, “Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

Israel

Numbers 11:4-6

4 The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.

6 But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”

Psalms 106:13-14

13 But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.

14 In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.

Quotes

~ You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar

~Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Ronald E. Osborn

~ A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar

~ A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job. Zig Ziglar




Tuesday, February 25, 2014

You are given a spiritual gift by God.

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers”…Ephesians 4:11

God has equipped you for the ministry. Whatever He has called you to do; He has gifted you for that particular ministry. God has given you everything needed to complete your call and ministry.

-           the spiritual office

-           the spiritual gift and ability

-           The grace to bear all trials and temptations in order to complete your ministry.

It is important to note what is meant by spiritual gifts. A spiritual gift does not mean the natural ability or talent of a person. God, of course, keeps natural abilities and talents in mind when He gifts a person, but spiritual gifts are special gifts given to believers. They are highly specialized gifts-gifts that are given to build up believers in the church and in witnessing and ministering to the world. The point to note is this: you have received a spiritual gift to carry out the ministry of the Lord upon the earth.

Note another significant point: Jesus Christ gives you the grace to use your gift. Grace means the strength, wisdom, courage, motivation, love, concern, care, power—all the favor and blessing—of Christ. Whatever is needed to use the gift, Christ gives you. He measures out the exact amount of grace needed for the maximum use of a gift.

What a glorious truth! What a spark of encouragement! You are gifted by Christ—gifted with a highly specialized gift. And you have the measure of grace—whatever measure is needed—to use your gift. Christ pours out His grace upon you, equipping you to carry out your task upon earth. This is significant, for it means that your gift is the gift of Christ. It is the very best gift for you. You should not be displeased with your gift, nor covet someone else’s gift. Christ has placed best gift—if you are truly His, yielded and committed to serve Him.

“And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having fits of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues”…1 Corinthians 12:28

“We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.  If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is  contributing to the  needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully”…Romans 12:6-8.



Because

Because he is born of God

1 John 3:9

No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Because we love the brethren

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.

Because we keep Him commandments

1 John 3:22

And receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

Because greater is He that is in you

1 John 4:4

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Because as He is, so we are

1 John 4:17

In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the Day of Judgment, because in this world we are like him.

Because fear hath torment

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Because He first love us

1 John 4:19

We love because he first loved us.






Monday, February 24, 2014

Teachings of Christ

Ransom

Matthew 20:28

Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Reaping

John 4: 35-38  

35 Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

Receiving Christ

Mark 9:37  

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

Preaching

Mark 16:15-16 

15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.

16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Procrastination

Matthew 25:3  

The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.

Profit and loss

Matthew 16:26  

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?


What He Is

Jesus Christ dealt with him as with a person

Matthew 4:1-11  

1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

Jesus Christ waged war on as on a person

Luke 13:6  

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.

Acts 10:38  

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

1 John 3:8  

He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.





Sunday, February 23, 2014

God the Holy Spirit

Spirit of the Holy Ghost

Daniel 4:8-9  

8 Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)

9 I said, “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me.

Daniel 4:18  

“This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel 5:11  

There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. King Nebuchadnezzar your father—your father the king, I say—appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.

Excellent Spirit

Daniel 5:12  

This man Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.”

Daniel 6:3  

Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Spirit of God’s

Daniel 5:14  

I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom.

Spirit of Grace and Supplications

Zechariah 12:10  

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Hebrews 10:29  

How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Word or Words. They are called

The word of faith

Romans 10:8  

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

The word of truth

2 Corinthians 6:7  

In truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

Ephesians 1:13  

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

2 Timothy 2:15  

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

James 1:18  

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created.

The word of life

Philippians 2:16  

as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.

The word of the truth

Colossians 1:5  

The faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel

The word of Christ

Colossians 3:16  

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

The good word of God

Hebrews 6:5  

Who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Kinds of hearts in the Bible

Forward or perverse

Proverbs 11:20

  The LORD detests men of perverse heart but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

Proverbs 12:8

A man is praised according to his wisdom, but men with warped minds are despised.

Despiteful

Ezekiel 25:15

  “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah,

Romans 1:30 

Slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;

Fretting

Psalms 37:1-8

 1 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;

2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:

6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Quotes on Obedience

The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.   William Booth

When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, and then they will put on its glory, or rather that greater glory of which Nature is only the first sketch.   C.S. Lewis



Family

Romans 8:1

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

John 10:16

I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

2 Samuel 6:20-23

20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

21 David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel—I will celebrate before the LORD.

22 I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”

23 And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

Genesis 17:12-14

12 or the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.

13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.

14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

Revelation 22:16-17

16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

1 Peter 3:5-6

5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,

6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

1 Timothy 2:13-14

13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.



Friday, February 21, 2014

A Slave of Jesus Christ

Moses was the salve of God

Deuteronomy 34:5

And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said.

Psalms 105:26

He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Malachi 4:4

“Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.

Joshua was the slave of God

Joshua 24:29

After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.

David was the slave of God

2 Samuel 3:18

Now do it! For the LORD promised David, ‘By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’”

Psalms 78:70

He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;

Paul was the slave of Jesus Christ

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness—

James was the slave of God

James 1:1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.

Peter was the slave of Jesus Christ

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: