Ecclesiastes 11:5 (MSG)

5 Just as you'll never understand the mystery of life forming in a pregnant woman, So you'll never understand the mystery at work in all that God does.

 

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Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

Promises when in doubt

Deut 28:2

And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:

Psalm 35:27

Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
“Let the LORD be magnified,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

The Value Of Invisible Service

John 1:40-42

40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). 42And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which, when translated, is Peter).

No one remembers that Andrew was the one who brought Peter to Jesus. So much has been written about Peter but little about Andrew. Andrew is an example of the value of invisible service. He was serving God even though no one sees or remembers his actions. True ministry begins behind the scenes when our eyes are on God and not on the praises of man.

Captivated - True Worshippers

Submit To Your Leader

Hebrews 13:17

Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Jesus Christ Never Changes

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Be Generous

Hebrews 13:16

But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Let Brotherly Love Continue

Hebrews 13:1

1.Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. 3 Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me

We are all equipped to do the work of the Lord, just like Jesus.

Luke 4:18
18 “ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,^[j]
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”

Psalm 23 as read by a little girl

Whatever God has said, it will be done.

Isaiah 14:26-27
26 This is the purpose that is purposed against the whole earth, And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?”

Nothing is impossible for the Lord

Mark 10:27
27 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”

Matthew 19:26
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Luke 1:36-37
36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”

God corrects those He loves

Proverbs 3:11-12
11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD,
Nor detest His correction;
12 For whom the LORD loves He corrects,
Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

1 Corinthian Verses

1 Corinthians 1:25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians 1:18
[ Christ the Power and Wisdom of God ] For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Luke 10:19 - I give you the authority

19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Luke 10:9 - The Kingdom of God has come close to you

8 Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set
before you. 9 And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has
come near to you.’

1 Cor 13 - Love never fails

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

John 8:31-32 - And you know the truth

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

The truth is the truth of the Word of God. But we have to know the truth. Only the truth you know will set you free.

Mat 16:18 - I will build my Church

18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

“You are Peter” = Gr. Petros, masculine = A huge stone
“on this rock (Petra), feminine” = A massive rock, eg. mountain range.
The church must be build on living stones. The Church is built on people who confess that Christ is the Messiah.

See also

1 Peter 2:4-5
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

It is one thing to receive the Lord but another to commit yourself to Him. Because we have passed from death to life, we are fit to be living stones in the Church.