Last Updated on March 25, 2026 by LookingUntoJesus
1 Samuel 12:16 ASV – “still” “see” “your eyes”
Ex. 23:22 ASV – “hearken unto his voice” “do all that I speak” “then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries”
Gen. 8:22 ASV – “seedtime and harvest” “shall not cease”
Matt. 5:30 ASV – “hand causeth thee to stumble”
Mark 4:20 ASV – “accept it”
Psalm 16:11 ASV – “Thou wilt show me the path of life”
2 Samuel 22:4 ASV – “I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised”
Num. 16:28 ASV – “Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works”
Ex. 6:6 ASV – “I will bring you out from under the burdens” “of”
2 Cor. 4:18 ASV – “while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen”
Prov. 2:10 ASV – “wisdom shall enter into thy heart”
1 Chr. 22:13 ASV – “Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes”
Ex. 15:13 ASV – “hast led the people”
1 John 2:3 ASV – “hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments”
1 John 1:7 ASV – “in the light” “we have fellowship one with another”
2 Peter 1:8 ASV – “not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ”
1 Peter 4:2 ASV – “but to the will of God”
1 Peter 1:22 ASV – “from the heart fervently”
Jer. 29:13 ASV – “search for me with all your heart”
Col. 1:25 ASV – “whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God”
James 3:17 ASV – “the wisdom” “is first pure”
James 1:25 ASV – “a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing”
Heb. 12:1 ASV – “lay aside every weight”
Josh. 5:13 ASV – “Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?”
Deut. 33:3 ASV – “Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand”
Num. 12:7 ASV – “My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house”
Lev. 11:45 ASV – “to be your God”
Luke 6:33 ASV – “if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same”
2 Tim. 3:16 ASV – “Every scripture” “for instruction”
2 Tim. 2:15 ASV – “Give diligence”
1 Tim. 4:7 ASV – “exercise thyself unto godliness”
1 Tim. 1:5 ASV – “love” <- “a pure heart”
1 Kings 17:1 ASV – “Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand”
Matt. 6:28 ASV – “Consider” “how they grow”
2 Thess. 2:13 ASV – “in sanctification of the Spirit”
Col. 3:2 ASV – “not on the things that are upon the earth”
Isaiah 40:29 ASV – “He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength”
Psalm 62:5 ASV – “For my expectation is from him”
1 Chr. 16:24 ASV – “Declare his glory among the nations” “His marvellous works among all the peoples.”
2 Kings 6:15 ASV – “Alas, my master! how shall we do?”
1 Kings 2:2 ASV – “I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man”
Ex. 33:15 ASV – “If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence”
Heb. 4:15 ASV – “touched with the feeling of our infirmities”
2 Cor. 4:16 ASV – “our inward” “renewed” “day by day”
1 Cor. 3:5 ASV – “Ministers through whom ye believed” “each as the Lord gave to him.”
Acts 2:47 ASV – “the Lord added to them day by day”
Matt. 7:14 ASV – “the way, that leadeth unto life”
Col. 1:11 ASV – “according” “to the might” “of his glory”
Eph. 4:30 ASV – “grieve not the Holy Spirit of God”
Eph. 4:1 ASV – “worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called”
Psalm 34:18 ASV – “Jehovah is nigh unto them that are” “broken”
2 Samuel 22:31 ASV – “As for God, his way is perfect”
Judges 2:10 ASV – “there arose another generation” “that knew not Jehovah”
Phil. 2:3 ASV – “doing nothing” “through vainglory”
2 Cor. 4:8 ASV – “we are”
Acts 2:1 ASV – “all together in one place”
Matt. 6:25 ASV – “Be not anxious for your life”
Gal. 5:22 ASV – “the Spirit is love”
Gal. 2:19 ASV – “that I might live unto God”
2 Cor. 7:1 ASV – “let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
Judges 2:12 ASV – “and they forsook Jehovah” “and followed other gods”
Josh. 24:27 ASV – “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah”
Acts 2:40 ASV – “Save yourselves from this crooked generation”
2 Cor. 6:16 ASV – “we are a temple of the living God” “I will dwell in them, and walk in them”
2 Cor. 5:9 ASV – “our aim” “to be well-pleasing unto him”
2 Cor. 4:7 ASV – “that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God”
1 Cor. 10:31 ASV – “all” “to the glory of God”
2 Kings 19:31 ASV – “the zeal of Jehovah shall perform this”
2 Samuel 5:12 ASV – “perceived that Jehovah”
Judges 13:5 ASV – “he shall begin” “to save”
Deut. 20:4 ASV – “to save you”
Gen. 26:24 ASV – “multiply thy seed for my servant”
Heb. 3:6 ASV – “if we hold fast our boldness”
Luke 7:22 ASV – “Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard”
Matt. 4:25 ASV – [-> “followed him” <-] -> “great multitudes” -> “from beyond”
Romans 6:11 ASV – “alive”
Romans 5:5 ASV – “through the Holy Spirit”
Acts 13:2 ASV – “as they ministered to the Lord”
Acts 9:31 ASV – “in the comfort of the Holy Spirit”
Acts 1:8 ASV – “power” “when the Holy Spirit”
2 Kings 17:15 ASV – “And they rejected his statutes” “and they followed vanity, and became vain”
1 Cor. 3:7 ASV – “but God” “giveth the increase”
Acts 1:11 ASV – “ye beheld him”
Luke 7:36 ASV – “And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him.”
Matt. 5:19 ASV – “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven”
Matt. 4:24 ASV – “the report of him went forth” “all that were sick”
John 14:15 ASV – “If”
John 13:15 ASV – “I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.”
John 8:29 ASV – “I do always the things that are pleasing to him.”
Isaiah 48:17 ASV – “I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go”
Psalm 32:8 ASV – “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go”
1 Chr. 29:11 ASV – “Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty”
2 Kings 6:17 ASV – “I pray thee” “open his eyes” “that he may see”
2 Samuel 7:16 ASV – “thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee” “thy throne shall be established for ever”
Judges 8:23 ASV – “Jehovah shall rule over you”
Josh. 21:45 ASV – “any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house” “all came to pass”
Deut. 30:6 ASV – “Jehovah thy God” “circumcise thy heart” “to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart”
Ex. 16:4 ASV – “from heaven for you”
Col. 1:16 ASV – “for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth”
Eph. 2:6 ASV – “and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus”
1 Cor. 2:14 ASV – “Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him”
Romans 5:3 ASV – “knowing” “stedfastness”
Acts 2:43 ASV – “And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles”
Luke 7:9 ASV – “I have not found so great faith”
Luke 6:28 ASV – “bless them that curse you”
Matt. 7:10 ASV – “or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?”
Matt. 5:15 ASV – “Neither do men light a lamp”
Matt. 4:22 ASV – “straightway left the boat and their father”
Luke 11:28 ASV – “that hear the word of God, and keep it”
Luke 10:39 ASV – “and heard his word”
Mark 12:30 ASV – “all thy”
Mark 8:34 ASV – “let him deny himself”
Matt. 13:23 ASV – “heareth the word, and understandeth it”
Matt. 5:8 ASV – “pure” “see God”
Matt. 4:4 ASV – “but” “by every word” “that proceedeth” “out of the mouth of God”
Isaiah 12:3 ASV – “Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out”
1 Kings 18:24 ASV – “the God that answereth by fire” “let him be God”
2 Samuel 24:24 ASV – “neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing.”
1 Samuel 17:26 ASV – “who is this” “that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
Judges 7:2 ASV – “with thee” “are too many for me”
Josh. 6:16 ASV – “Shout;” “for Jehovah hath given you the city”
Ex. 2:25 ASV – “God took knowledge of them”
Gen. 17:17 ASV – “Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old?”
1 Cor. 1:10 ASV – “through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ”
Romans 3:23 ASV – “the glory of God”
Acts 4:30 ASV – “while thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus”
Acts 2:39 ASV – “to all that are afar off”
Matt. 7:9 ASV – “Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone”
Matt. 6:13 ASV – “deliver us from the evil one”
Matt. 5:1 ASV – “when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him”
Matt. 4:21 ASV – “going on” “he saw” “he called them”
Obadiah 1:17 ASV – “mount Zion there shall be those that escape” “it shall be holy”
Eze. 36:26 ASV – “I give you” “within you”
Jer. 15:16 ASV – “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy”
1 Chr. 29:12 ASV – “and thou rulest over all”
2 Kings 19:34 ASV – “For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake”
1 Kings 20:13 ASV – “behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.”
2 Samuel 12:7 ASV – “Thou art the man”
1 Samuel 15:23 ASV – “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft” “Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah”
Judges 4:14 ASV – “Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand”
Josh. 2:11 ASV – “he is God” “in heaven above,” “and on earth beneath”
Deut. 6:6 ASV – “And these words” “shall be upon thy heart”
Numbers 20:8 ASV – “Take the rod, and assemble the congregation” “and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation”
Lev. 10:1 ASV – “And Nadab and Abihu” “offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them”
Ex. 9:16 ASV – “to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth”
Prov. 4:18 ASV – “more and more unto the perfect day”
Psalm 119:2 ASV – “That seek him with the whole heart”
Psalm 34:8 ASV – “Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good”
Job 22:21 ASV – “Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace”
1 Chr. 22:19 ASV – “set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God”
2 Kings 22:19 ASV – “thy heart” “was tender”
1 Kings 8:58 ASV – “may” “incline our hearts unto him”
Col. 1:27, Phil. 3:14 – By His Spirit, let’s make Christ increasingly glorified, everywhere, as a goal of ours.
John 17:23 ASV – “I in them”
Eph. 4:12 ASV – “building up of the body of Christ”
John 15:5 ASV – “apart from me ye can do nothing”
Josh. 5:15 ASV – “put” “off” “for” “holy”
Deut. 4:24 ASV – “For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire”
Heb. 3:14 ASV – “if we hold fast”
1 Peter 1:7 ASV – “may be found”
Col. 2:19 ASV – “holding fast the Head”
Eph. 4:13 ASV – “unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ”
2 Cor. 3:16 ASV – “turn to the Lord”
Romans 8:2 ASV – “made me free”
Phil. 3:14 ASV – “I” “press on”
Heb. 12:29 ASV – “our God is a consuming fire”
Romans 5:5 ASV – “the love of God” “shed” “through the Holy Spirit”
Acts 5:20 ASV – “speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life”
Luke 6:38 ASV – “give” “good measure”
Matt. 5:16 ASV – “glorify your Father”
Matt. 5:13 ASV – “if the salt” “have lost” “its savor”
Jer. 1:8 ASV – “because of them”
Isaiah 41:10 ASV – “yea, I will help”
2 Kings 17:39 ASV – “he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies”
Judges 10:16 ASV – “his soul was grieved”
Deut. 7:21 ASV – “God is in the midst of thee”
Numbers 23:19 ASV – “he said” “will he not do it?”
1 Peter 1:7 ASV – “the proof of your faith”
James 1:2-4 ASV – “the proving of your faith”
Isaiah 48:10 ASV – “I have refined thee”
Psalm 66:10 ASV – “Thou hast”
Heb. 5:8 ASV – “learned obedience”
Matt. 26:41 ASV – “watch” “the spirit”
John 12:24 ASV – “it abideth by itself alone”
Heb. 6:19 ASV – “sure and stedfast”
2 Cor. 4:7 ASV – “that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God,” “and not from ourselves”
Romans 6:11 ASV – “but alive unto God in Christ Jesus”
Acts 26:18 ASV – “to open their eyes” “that they may turn from darkness to light” “and from the power of Satan unto God”
Acts 14:22 ASV – “must enter”
Luke 9:62 ASV – “looking back”
Luke 6:45 ASV – “his heart bringeth forth”
Matt. 11:25 ASV – “didst reveal them”
Matt. 7:14 ASV – “that leadeth unto life”
1 Chr. 22:19 ASV – “Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God”
1 Kings 17:14 ASV – “The jar of meal shall not waste” “neither shall the cruse of oil fail”
Judges 3:4 ASV – “to prove” “to know” “whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah”
Exodus 33:14 ASV – “My presence shall go”
1 Peter 5:10 ASV – “establish”
Col. 1:27 ASV – “Christ in you, the hope of glory”
Phil. 3:14 ASV – “on toward” “the high calling”
Matt. 11:12 ASV – “the kingdom of heaven suffereth” “by force”
1 Samuel 16:7 ASV – “Jehovah looketh” “on the heart”
Josh. 22:5 ASV – “to love Jehovah” “in all his ways”
Deut. 10:12 ASV – “to love him”
Exodus 33:11 ASV – “Jehovah spake unto Moses” “as a man speaketh unto his friend”
Psalm 40:8 ASV – “I delight to do thy will”
Romans 8:13 ASV – “if by the Spirit”
John 15:2 ASV – “he cleanseth” “that it may bear more fruit”
Heb. 4:12 ASV – “piercing”
2 Tim. 2:21 ASV – “meet for the master’s use”
Prov. 4:23 ASV – “the issues of life”
1 Peter 4:19 ASV – “in well-doing unto a faithful Creator”
Acts 13:36 ASV – “his own generation” “served” “the counsel of God”
Luke 8:18 ASV – “how ye hear”
Matt. 11:6 ASV – “shall find no occasion of stumbling in me”
Jer. 29:13 ASV – “search for me”
Psalm 27:4 ASV – “inquire in his temple”
Ex. 14:14 ASV – “Jehovah will fight for you”
Psalm 143:10 ASV – “Thy Spirit is good” “lead me”
Romans 13:14 ASV – “put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ”
John 16:13 ASV – “guide you”
Psalm 119:105 ASV – “light” “my path”
Heb. 5:14 ASV – “by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil”
1 Cor. 2:10 ASV – “God revealed them through the Spirit”
John 5:19 ASV – “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing” “for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner”
Heb. 12:1 ASV – “beset us” “set before us”
Col. 1:9 ASV – “knowledge of his will”
Phil. 1:29 ASV – “behalf of Christ” “suffer in his behalf”
2 Cor. 4:16 ASV – “our inward man is renewed day by day”
1 Cor. 6:20 ASV – “for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body”
Romans 5:8 ASV – “God commendeth” “toward us”
Acts 20:28 ASV – “Take heed unto yourselves” “to all” “the flock”
Acts 2:28 ASV – “Thou madest known unto me the ways of life” “full of gladness with thy countenance”
Luke 10:19 ASV – “authority” “upon serpents”
Matt. 18:19 ASV – “touching anything”
Matt. 13:16 ASV – “blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear”
2 Cor. 10:3-4 ASV – “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds)”
1 Cor. 2:9 ASV – “for them”
Romans 1:17 ASV – “from faith unto faith”
Luke 12:21 ASV – “he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God”
Luke 9:24 ASV – “his life for my sake” “shall save”
Matt. 16:25 ASV – “his life for my sake shall find”
Matt. 13:9 ASV – “He that hath ears, let him hear”
Matt. 12:30 ASV – “he that gathereth not with me scattereth”
Gen. 1:26 ASV – “after our likeness”
Eph. 3:16 ASV – “ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit”
1 Peter 1:22 ASV – “Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth”
John 15:11 ASV – “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full”
1 Peter 5:6 ASV – “under the mighty hand of God”
Judges 13:18 ASV – “wonderful?”
Exodus 34:6 ASV – “abundant”
John 15:16 ASV – “I chose you, and appointed you”
Rev. 22:12 ASV – “my reward” “is” “me”
Jude 1:21 ASV – “keep yourselves in the love of God”
John 4:24 ASV – “Spirit” “in spirit”
Matt. 26:41 ASV – “the spirit indeed is willing”
Eph. 1:18 ASV – “know” “the hope of” “his” “calling”
Mark 11:22 ASV – “Have faith”
James 4:7 ASV – “subject” “unto God”? “devil”? “you”?
Acts 17:30 ASV – “The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked”
Rev. 14:12 ASV – “Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God”
Isaiah 33:6 ASV – “And there shall be stability in thy times” “the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure”
Psalm 15:2 ASV – “He that walketh uprightly” “worketh righteousness” “speaketh truth in his heart”
1 Samuel 12:23 ASV – “far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you”
Eph. 2:22 ASV – “for” “the Spirit”
2 Samuel 22:25 ASV – “According to my cleanness in his eyesight”
2 Cor. 5:20 ASV – “We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ” “as though God were entreating by us”
2 Cor. 4:5 ASV – “we preach not ourselves” “but Christ Jesus as Lord” “servants for Jesus’ sake”
Luke 11:28 ASV – “blessed”
Lev. 25:18 ASV – “keep mine ordinances” “and do them”
Gen. 21:1 ASV – “Jehovah did” “as he had spoken”
Jer. 24:7 ASV – “And I will give them a heart to know me”
Isaiah 48:17 ASV – “who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go”
1 Chr. 28:9 ASV – “Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts”
1 Cor. 2:4 ASV – “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power”
Exodus 19:5 ASV – “if” “ye will obey my voice indeed” “then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples”
Acts 20:32 ASV – “the word of his grace” “able to build you up”
Heb. 2:1 ASV – “we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them”
Phil. 3:14 ASV – “the goal” “the prize” “Christ Jesus”
Eph. 1:17 ASV – “Jesus Christ” “may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him”
Acts 1:8 ASV – “the Holy Spirit” “upon you”
Eph. 2:10 ASV – “for good works”
Luke 12:35 ASV – “your” “lamps burning”
Luke 6:46 ASV – “the things which I say?”
Neh. 8:10 NIRV – “The joy of the Lord makes you strong”
Jer. 1:9 – an increasingly larger occupation of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit + the Bible, when we speak, by His Spirit
NIRV: Jer. 20:9 – Très bon! (Luke 24:32)
NIRV: Jer. 17:9-10, Ezra 1:1,5 – the Lord does awaken us with situations, at times, in very startling ways but it does get us going, in building up the Body of Christ (Eph. 1:17-18, 4:12-13)
2 Chr. 19:9, 26:5 – there are many inward divisional aspects that stops faithfulness, from being further extended into territories, where His power, can be further displayed, preset objectives, realized
Matt. 7:7 – if we keep asking the Lord to humble us down, and we yield ourselves to Him, seeking Christ does become more seamless.
Jer. 9:24 NIRV – “They should brag that they have the understanding to know me. I want them to know that I am the Lord. No matter what I do on earth, I am always kind, fair and right.”
Jer. 29:13 NIRV – “your heart”
1 Chr. 29:18 NIRV – “Keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever. Keep their hearts faithful to you.”
1 Chr. 28:9 NIRV – “Do it with a mind that wants to obey him”
1 Chr. 16:29 NIRV – “his beauty and holiness”
1 Chr. 16:11 NIRV – “Always look to him”
2 Kings 13:21 NIRV – “the man came back to life again. He stood up on his feet”
Lam. 3:21 NIRV – “here is something else I remember. And it gives me hope.”
Lam. 3:24 NIRV – “The Lord is everything I will ever need”
Lam. 3:41 NIRV – “our hands to God”
1 Kings 19:12 NIRV “a gentle whisper” – Gal. 5:22-23 NIRV seems to fit
Ezekiel 2:2 NIRV – “the Spirit of the Lord came into me. He raised me to my feet”
NIRV: Judges 16:20, 21:25, 1 Kings 8:61, 19:12, Hosea 4:6, 6:3, Zech. 4:10 KJV, Hag. 1:5 – I spent a lot of time with the Lord about this. I believe that a major blindspot that is inhibiting Christlike growth is the way we scarcely spiritually perceive, our everyday life. If you look throughout the Bible, there are countless scenes, where they just seemingly “appeared” as “regular,” if we removed the layer of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit. Now, what I just illustrated to you is how most Christians actually manage their day-to-day view of life, the Lord can in fact be speaking to them, interacting with them but these are matters that were dismissed or not enough attention was given (Mark 13:33). If you look at Luke 19:42, I believe in our time period, we can take for granted, many Spiritual movements of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit, and reduce those situations, as “uncommunicative” because we don’t commit our discernments to the gentle and -> small <- “things” of the Spirit (John 14:9 + Phil. 3:10), when in fact, overall, “I have been with you everywhere you have gone” – 2 Samuel 7:9a. We can’t afford to miss out because we aren’t recognizing, paying attention, to subsequently, apply obedience that would otherwise, be a very different spiritual landscape, for the Church. I’ll end with Daniel 9:3, 2:20,22,28, 1 Kings 8:10-11. We need to be very careful, here
Romans 8:5 – this verse is an interesting gauge to reveal to you, what you disagree with the Spirit upon, what parts require understandings that we need to relinquish our old nature controls, to further relationally know by experiences, our union with Christ.
Romans 8:14 + Eph. 6:12 – it’s important to consider with the Lord, about how + why He moves us, He does prepare us, using situations, so we need to keep that in mind, that it might not be about just you individually but for Eph. 4:12-13.
Josh. 3:5 – understanding our interactive roles with God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit (Acts 20:32)
1 Cor. 15:58 NIRV – “Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord”
Numbers 17:5 + John 15:5 – Spirit-led leadership does sprout fruit (1 Cor. 3:6)
Psalm 51:10 NIRV – “create a pure heart in me”
John 6:63 + Psalm 37:4 – when we discern that the Lord is directly speaking to us, there is an inward deep enjoyment
Heb. 6:1 – we are meant to move forward in His freedom (2 Cor. 3:17)
Lev. 10:3 – when we draw near to the Lord, there is this distinctness of His Life + Holiness, that does have a Divine atmosphere
Psalm 119:18 – there are many possibilities that we are not seeing, the extraordinariness of Christ, so we need to keep asking Him, for spiritual sight (Mark 8:22-25)
Prov. 1:7 NIRV – “If you really want to gain knowledge, you must begin by having respect for the Lord”
Gen. 2:7 NIRV – “God formed”
John 8:12 – there is life in that light, that does in fact, give life
Ecc. 12:13 NIRV – “Have respect for God and obey his commandments. This is what he expects of all human beings.”
Ecc. 11:5 – the application of growing steadfast faith
Gen. 12:2 NIRV – “I will bless you” “You will be a blessing to others.”
Gen. 17:1 NIRV – “Live in a way that pleases me”
Jer. 2:13 – we often use our “own,” waters, from the old nature, rather than the living waters, from Christ. That’s what I learned, from reading this
Isaiah 40:31 – a continual discovery of this newness of His strength is there, when we stop self-ruling our inward + outward lives
Matt. 5:16 – struggling with God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit, and being uncooperative does significantly impede us, from getting up, as His vessels to shine (Acts 7:51)
Gen. 22:14 NIRV – God sees -> provisions are there
Matt. 7:7 ASV – we need to earnestly seek the Lord. Hard reflections + prayer time *takes out bandaids,* alright, *cracks knuckles,* if I were to ask you, to read this Psalm 10:4 KJV, now are we this -> Psalm 119:36 ASV? NEXT FUN STEP: A) Psalm 139:23 B) Psalm 139:24 C) Psalm 51:10…. [Because Psalm 51:6 ASV. We need to be aware of this Proverbs 21:2 ASV.] I’ll end with Matt. 23:26 ASV
Neh. 6:16, 1:6 – in this time period that we are in, we all have to prayerfully recognize the activities of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit. In the Bible, we saw how certain characters, by His Spirit, aligned themselves with the Lord and matters worked powerfully (Col. 1:29 ASV).
Joshua 23:6 ASV – “be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left”
2 Peter 3:17 – “beware lest” “ye fall from your own steadfastness” – we need to ask the Lord for more Christlike firmness in identified inward places of instability.
Romans 6:14 – who is your Master? What is Christ setting free in your life that you are refusing to be freed from?
2 Chr. 16:9 + Col. 1:18 – what are the eyes of the Lord seeing, that we must see, so that our everything can be further unified under His Headship.
2 Cor. 13:14, Phil. 2:5, 1 Cor. 10:31 – meditate deeply on these words with Christ: “participate,” “cooperative inward attitude,” “to fellowship,” “working actively.”
John 6:57 ASV – “live because of me”
Col. 1:11,27 – His might corresponds to a further inward glorification of Christ
Romans 8:6 – you have an interesting mindset but what is the mindset of the Spirit about that? You know how your camera phone has that crosshair to make sure the picture is taken properly, imagine a two-layered grid, one is yours, the other is God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit (James. 4:8). By His Spirit, let’s aim for 100% alignment with Him (Gal. 5:25 NIV)
John 14:6 – I really enjoy dwelling upon the Life of Christ, that Life itself.
Matt. 11:29 – picture yoking with Christ, now let’s use Romans 8:14. There is a cooperative interactive need for us to let God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit take the supreme position, in carrying us forward. There is a completeness there.
Col. 3:16 – By His Spirit, we need to guard God’s Word, ensure that the spiritual food supply of verses, the Bible, -> richly dwells within + abundantly producing inward desired changes + generously distributed (With His leadings, keep explaining verses, practice, share with each other, you are very very very good, practice, practice, tell each other, explain to them what that verse means, within Biblical range, so far, so very good). Brings happy tears to my eyes
Gal. 6:9 + John 15:5 NIV + Zech. 4:6b – there is the reality that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit does assert an inward ruling governance in our lives, and it does feel like an ongoing confrontational battle, to produce much Christlike fruitfulness, in uncultivated + malformed places that we perhaps thought that we “can do nothing” about + were impossible to deal with (Eph. 4:12-13).
Psalm 86:11 + Col. 1:28 ASV – I use to headlock my dad as a toddler, when he was disciplining my sister. He realized that, the situation appeared, as if he was picking on her. As seen throughout the Bible; with His help, we need to carefully consider our attitude toward God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit -> present that to the Spirit of Christ to be perfected.
John 4:23-24 KJV – I find that the Lord is continually outworking our worship toward Him, restoring an inner: purity + sincerity + desire + resolve + wholesomeness + more. I was at a church retreat, and someone was playing a handheld drum and he kept playing so hard with his fingers, throughout most of that worship schedule, people lost some animation with their mood because it looked like he was in pain. Afterward, it occurred to him how much his fingers really hurt. I looked at them, and they were so bruised, as if someone slammed his fingers, with a car door. Why overdo that? Anyways. There is an emphasis that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit does change us into a living Christlike worship posture for Him.
Prov. 3:6 ASV – you have to desire to know and be acquainted with the truth, that He CAN direct us, and to fully follow + be obedient to His Divine guidance. For me personally, that is also my joyful devotion to God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit + Bible.
Psalm 5:8 ASV + Prov. 11:30 NKJV – there are people in my lifetime, that expressed their dissatisfactions about their unbelieving worldly lives, and the Lord was able to use me to help them relocate to a non-crooked path. Their lives are better off, with Him. What I have noticed is that the Holy Spirit is outworking them towards fully devoted hearts to Christ (2 Chr. 16:9)
Heb. 3:6 – if you imagine, standing + looking, and there are different doors, with pictures on each, and someone is telling you to exit, to get you to flee from holding firmly to God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit. There are so many matters that we have regard for, that we consider, that in a way, shows whether we do find God sufficient, such areas are worth praying about that we can be more mindful of Him, myself included (Phil. 3:8 + 2 Cor. 3:5).
1 Cor. 16:13 + Proverbs 4:26 – let’s play a game, where you can only take 10 steps, and each one, if correct with the Spirit, can plant firmly His desires. All of a sudden, you are now weighing your steps, you are considering more carefully the path to take with the Lord?
1 Cor. 15:34 – we need to meditate deeply with the Lord about staying alert. Let’s keep asking the Holy Spirit to continuously renew our mindsets, that the decisions we make with Christ, can have a Divine enabling toward many people being able to be a sharer + participant, in His holiness.
Zech. 7:12 ASV “they made their hearts as an adamant stone” – this is a very special verse to me, that version is interesting. It’s just almost too well put? Our own degree of adamancy for the things of the flesh, does harden us from sharing the same form of His self-giving love (Psalm 119:32 ASV + Romans 8:28-29)
2 Peter 1:2 – I think about Moses, what an honour it is, to have that interaction with God. In our lives, we too can have a similarly awesome experiential knowledge of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit (Heb. 13:8). The things of the Spirit pursues intensely that we grasp fully the comprehension that He does desire to cause us to grow and establish firmly His operative reigning Life, in a very completing way (James 1:4 + Eph. 4:12-13).
2 Cor 5:14 + Phil. 3:14 – I encourage you to ask the Lord, to breathe into, where He is compelling you to “press toward,” we don’t realize it but we can have our own saturation of minds. Examine with Him: let’s be fully assured + energized, that where we all are, myself included, is this the fullness of His thoughts and where He finds satisfaction?
Rev. 3:19 – we need God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit to change our minds, more than we realize. By His Spirit, there are the things of the flesh to abandon (Romans 8:5), and notice how there is on the other side, a zealous and fervency that works complementarily powerfully in our disposition for Christ to increase, all over the world? In John 3:30, ask the Holy Spirit to explore deeply with you upon the additional decrease of the old nature, so that the fellowship of the Spirit, can truly be with all (2 Cor. 13:14 + Phil. 2:1).
Psalm 19:7 + Rev. 2:4 + Psalm 69:9 KJV – I spent sometime thinking about people in the Bible, what would they do, afterward, at home. If I was Elijah, thereafter the event at Mount Carmel, after all is said and done, I would probably make lemonade, then re-level my dining table. It seems like often times in our Christian life, the concept of the outworking of our desires become a changing landscape, God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit makes it our lifelong endeavour to bring back this “first love,” for Christ. We end up having this vigour like you see in select characters from the Bible, where they cannot tolerate any spiritual barrenness, they almost have to “press on,” even to the point of His Testimony continuing, and their own personal lives are “put off” (Phil. 3:12 ESV, Eph. 4:22 KJV + Phil. 1:21 KJV).
Mark 4:20 – Divine understanding and our own can be very different, a listening + discerning heart to examine how God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit desires for us to attend carefully to matters is a detail that we need to further have the Lord prepare us in. To -> live <- in fellowship with Christ, as also an inward relational knowledge.
Isaiah 35:8 – God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit does teach us how to be spiritually profitable, to teach and benefit others, using His provisions. Consider and reflect upon this verse Psalm 41:1 ASV, there are plenty of people out there in this world, whereupon if we consider wisely with Him, His increasing strength is there, ask the Lord for His intimate counsel, upon His way of holiness, in the lives of the people in your ministries (salvation, sanctification, and all the good stuff). I’ll end with “to show himself strong for those who are wholeheartedly devoted to him” – 2 Chr. 16:9
Psalm 16:8 – the thought of persistently placing God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit continually first, includes the premise that somethings have been in the way. How wonderful it is, when we let Him guide and reign His Life, in our lives. Remaining devoted to Him, silently waiting expectantly, listening attentively, loving deeply, appears to be Christlike strengthening aspects; that it wasn’t so much an end-road that we were expecting. This spiritual life can also be seen, as a building up of spiritual growth, cumulatively (Acts 20:32 KJV).
ASV: Luke 17:20-21, 2 Samuel 22:30, John 6:63 – inward observing the things of the Spirit and what God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit is tailoring you toward, for a specific niche Christlike ministry is important (1 Cor. 12:21).
Gal. 2:20 KJV “not I” “but Christ,” Zech. 4:6b – Write down 10 of the most significant story arcs in the Bible, from the top of your head, and then write 5+ verses, that summarizes all of them. Would those two verses, be important? Ask yourself, why.
Col. 3:15-17 “singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord,” Gal. 5:22-26, 2 Cor. 6:14-18, Gal. 2:20 “not I” “but Christ,” Phil. 2:12-13, 1 Cor. 2:12-16 – the Divine Nature prefers many things such as, the undefiled + purity, and that corresponding growing spiritual reality is a continual instructional outworking in who we are. Let the Spiritual-taught words from Him, be learned, very deeply in who we are, consider the value that is led forth, by His Spirit, as we fulfill His good purpose. Ask the Lord to keep draining out the enslaving unholy self-exalting clogs that prevents us from moving in His steps, toward where He planned us to be. I see hidden doubts, as a problem with strongly cohering our fellowship with Christ and ultimately members in the Body of Christ. Doubt can be expressed in idols, for example, when Moses was away, we saw what happened; we need to continually ask the Lord to close the distance between us and God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit -> James 4:8.
1 Peter 2:9 KJV “into his marvellous light” <- as a reflective thought, such elegant and experiential words, “thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.” -Isaiah 33:17 + Eph. 1:17. OH HOW WE ARE IN LOVE WITH JESUS!
John 4:24 – As some of us are experiencing; this living life with the Lord makes our inward sing. Even without any outward influences. I’ll end with 1 Chr. 16:11
Numbers 16:28 <- an important verse (Phil. 2:5). LET EVERYTHING BE ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE
Col. 2:8 NKJV + Eph. 4:12-13 – ask the Lord what we all are doing that is hindering Him, from carrying out His fullness in our lives, according to His purpose. Also apply Heb 3:13 NKJV more, by His Spirit.
Joshua 3:5 + 2 Cor. 2:14-15 + Romans 12:1-2 + Gal. 5:13-14 + 2 Cor. 4:18 – ask God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit to do what it takes, to max out His will in your life, as a yielded vessel (Eph. 1:17-19).
2 Kings 5:14 – many times, it seems very mysterious, the decisions that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit makes in our lives but it can show how true this verse is “I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me” – Isaiah 45:5.
Acts 9:3-6 – we do have times in our lives, where the Lord shows us, that it’s time to change, something isn’t working for the Body of Christ, and with Saul of Tarsus to Paul, his ministry, did fundamentally and drastically change (John 8:12, 10:10b). I’ll end with Heb. 13:8
Psalm 25:9 – ask the Lord, for growingly more humbleness.
Exodus 4:12 + Numbers 20:11 – making sure we follow-through on what God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit tells us to do, avoid decisions that grieves Him (Eph. 4:30). Everyday, let’s all keep asking the Lord to address all of our disobediences, and even places where we can be further faithful (John 3:30 + Matt. 26:41)
Isaiah 55:8-9 – it’s worth to ask the Lord, what His thoughts are, to better recognize what He is calling us toward, specifically (Eph. 1:17-18).
Isaiah 41:10 + 2 Cor. 3:17-18 – let God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit show you His strength in your situation. -> It’s such a waste of time, to go through these self-arguments + verbal battles. It’s time for a change of circumstance. For example, if you live in a high-strung society: “this person was being (you decide, with Him), and it’s wasting my time, thinking about it, change my thoughts upon that matter, into a Christlike heart + mindset + (you decide, by His Spirit)(Matt. 22:37). Thank you, I ask in Jesus Name.”
1 Chr. 16:10 + 1 Time. 6:12 – it was quite the battle but Christ further glorified, presently + going forward was sure worth it (Phil. 3:13-14).
Matt. 7:7-8 – I’ve been spending time with the Lord, and I do believe that there needs to be more emphasis upon growingly inviting God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit to interact with our lives, more transparently, also, for gaining more territory of our time + inwardly/outwardly (John 3:30).
2 Cor. 4:5-6, Gen. 21:1 – God can also be a doer of His Word, for Jesus’ sake; not just us, as doers, in itself.
2 Kings 22:19 + 1 Chr. 22:19 – hard-heartedness to God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit, impacts what we are suppose to do, according to His purpose
Gen. 18:19 KJV “to do justice and judgment” – using adjudicating resources, Christlike justly, in any administration
1 Peter 1:3-4 “lively hope,” Gen. 28:16-17, Exodus 15:2, 1 Chr. 16:11, – there is a mystery to how living this hope actually is, a strength that is exceeding, yet understandable to the language of people who have experienced, that “hope.”
1 Kings 3:9, Isaiah 45:22 – discerning God’s beginnings and end-goals for what He wants us to do, so others can live unto God.
Joshua 5:14 – a unique moment, in a person’s life. Very special.
Gen 12:1, Exodus 13:21 – what does God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit want us to exit from, inwardly/outwardly, so that His leadings can be more visible (Gal. 5:25)?
Lev. 19:2, Eph. 1:23 – we won’t understand how far God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit will go, to make situations obey Him, so people become holier + edifies His Church, throughout generations (Eph. 4:12-13 + Psalm 33:11 NIV).
Phil. 3:8 – is Christ + His Church, worth it?
Phil. 2:12 – even when we think, that we are unseen, we aren’t.
Gal. 4:19 + Heb 12:10, Phil. 3:14, 1 Cor. 3:16-17, 2 Cor. 6:16, Heb. 4:12 + John 6:63 – there is a possibility that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit has to teach us the same lesson “again,” we need to yield to the holier outworking, so we can be part of a bigger work of His.
Psalm 103:1-2 + Eph. 1:17 – similar words, it’s quite fantastic, I would say back to that person, “yes, I know eh?” (Heb. 13:8).
2 Cor. 4:5 – I am getting a lot of non-English speaking countries visiting here, regularly, can you pray for them please? That the Spirit of God can help them preach Christ Jesus the Lord.
Eph. 1:17-18 + Psalm 27:4 – a magnificent realization
Jer. 9:23-24 NIV – “the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight, declares the Lord.”
Eph. 1:9-10 NIV – “to bring unity”
Isaiah 26:8 NIV – “your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.”
Psalm 17:15 NIV – “I will be satisfied”
Heb. 11:10 NIV – “looking forward” “whose architect and builder is God.”
Col. 2:19 – the unifying work of the Lord does bring about a considerable amount of Christlike might, in the corporate expression of the Church.
John 17:21 – we can ask the Lord to outwork this prayer into our daily prayers.
2 Cor. 4:7 + Eph. 3:17 – it’s worth asking the Lord to help us be mindful of what He is working toward
Gal. 6:17 ESV – “for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus”
Gal. 5:16 ESV – “by the Spirit“
Gal. 4:19 ESV – “until Christ”
Gal. 3:3 ESV – “begun by the Spirit” (Revelation 22:13)
2 Cor. 5:1 ESV – “building from God”
2 Cor. 4:17 ESV – “eternal weight”
2 Cor. 4:7 ESV – “the surpassing power belongs to God“
2 Cor. 3:6 ESV – “the Spirit gives life”
1 Cor. 15:45 ESV – “a life-giving spirit”
Acts 19:20 ESV – “the word of the Lord continued to increase”
Acts 2:47 ESV – “the Lord added”
Acts 2:1 ESV – “they were all together in one place”
Acts 1:3 ESV – “He presented himself alive” (Heb. 13:8)
John 20:22 ESV – “he breathed on them” (Heb. 13:8)
John 13:8 ESV – “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
John 9:35-38 ESV “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” – that’s a question. Ask the Lord to help you with your doubts
John 6:57 ESV – “because of me”
John 3:8 ESV – “where it wishes”
John 2:11 ESV – “manifested his glory”
Luke 15:4 ESV – “until he finds it”
Luke 12:15 ESV “one’s life does not consist in” -it does feel like this is a continual inward communication, through the phasing-out of many unspiritual things in our lives, by the Holy Spirit’s outworking.
Micah 7:8 NLT “the Lord will be my light” – an important growing impulse for us, He needs to show us what He is teaching us (John 3:30)
Hab. 3:2 NLT – Job 42:5 + 1 John 1:1-3 seems fitting. An experience.
Zeph. 3:20 NLT – “bring you home again”
Zeph. 2:3 NLT – “Seek to do what is right”
Zech. 4:6b + Hag. 2:4 NLT – “work”
1 Chr. 28:19 KJV – “the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand”
1 Chr. 28:9 KJV – “serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind”
Rev. 22:13 KJV – “the beginning and the end”
Matt. 1:21 NLT – “save his people”
Matt. 25:21 NLT – “Well done”
Luke 10:21 NLT – “Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit”
Luke 8:15 NLT – “good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest”
Luke 24:31 NLT – “Suddenly” “their eyes” “opened” “recognized him”
John 1:18 NLT – “the unique One, who is Himself God”
John 1:4 NLT – “The Word gave life” “to everything that was created” “his life brought light to everyone”
John 12:32 NLT – “I will draw everyone to myself”
Luke 1:78-79 NLT – “light from heaven” “break upon us”
Luke 2:19 – we can think more about the Lord’s Life, how beautiful His life is, eh?
Obadiah 1:3 – pride and ego can be pretty impeding, let’s all be very careful
Heb. 2:11 – there is a realness: an experience of His sanctifying powers and how sanctifying they can be, for the building up of His Church.
2 Peter 1:10 – we have to discern that we are doing God’s good work, according to His purpose, myself included (Eph. 1:18). There is a caution: “we will walk after our own devices” -Jer. 18:12
Deut. 30:14 – “the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it”
Deut. 30:19-20 – “therefore choose life”
Luke 8:1-3 “He went throughout every city and village” – Heb. 13:8 fits
Matt. 1:1 “the generation of Jesus Christ” – Hebrews 13:8 is fitting
Isaiah 9:2 – Hebrews 13:8 + John 8:12, 10:10, 3:30 seems fitting
Isaiah 6:5 – the exposing light of Christ (John 8:12)
Matt. 2:11 – Eph. 1:17 seems fitting.
Luke 15:4-7 + 1 Kings 3:16-28 – we all need a continual shaping of seeing + loving people the way the Lord does (Eph. 1:17-18). Myself included. I’ll end with Matt. 18:14
Gen. 45:5 – “God did send me before you to preserve life”
Gen. 3:6 “the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat” – a cautionary note: we can be products of what we consume (Hag. 1:5). Ask the Holy Spirit to outwork John 3:30 + Gal. 5:22-23
Rev. 1:12-13 – “I turned” “to see” “the voice that spake with me”
Rev. 1:1 – “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” “to shew unto his servants things”
Eph. 1:17-18 – the eternal perspective of Christ from above, upon generational lives impacted
Phil. 4:11-13 – Christ can configure exacting situations to help us conform to His spiritual likeness and to further pursue His will (John 3:30). I’ll end with, “arise, let us go hence” -John 14:31
Heb. 12:1 – “the race that is set before us”
Hebrews 5:8-9 – we need to keep in mind of the learning process with the Spirit (2 Cor. 5:7 + Hebrews 12:23 ESV “enrolled” + Gal. 5:25 NIV)
John 12:26 – there is a togetherness that is an enabling factor with His Spirit, in helping people serve + follow Christ, that we need to growingly participate in.
1 John 4:9 – are you more spiritually loving now? Notice the transformative powers of Christlikeness (Romans 8:28-29)?
Psalm 15:1 – my heart swells with joy, people reading the Bible more often, doing well in their callings, God’s people are happier, Christlikeness, fellowshipping with Jesus deeply. To be part of that, as a yielded vessel to the Lord makes me so happy.
Isaiah 66:2 – the Lord has handcrafted so many situations with a Divine plan for generations (Eph. 2:10).
John 6:63 KJV + Isaiah 48:17 KJV – thinking about the Parable of the Talents, what if the unprofitable one, asked the Lord to teach the individual “to profit?” We can daily ask Jesus to teach us!
Psalm 119:18 + Eph. 1:17 – there is a noticing reality of how wonderful the spiritual life is.
Isaiah 58:11 – eternal love does do amazing things, guiding us continually is a heart-touching expression (Heb. 13:8).
Matt. 4:3 “the tempter” – does it sound tempting? Is it contrary to God’s Word?
Matt. 8:24 – there is a control here, an indestructibility of His power in situations (Col. 1:17).
Psalm 143:10 + Isaiah 25:9 – we will have experiential moments with the Lord, where we realize how much more fulfilling His Life is, when we go about His business (Luke 2:49 KJV).
Eph. 1:17, 4:12-13 – there is something more than just circumstances of life but what the Holy Spirit is working toward
Psalm 43:3 KJV – Jesus’ guiding perspectives in the Gospels (~Isaiah 55:8-9).
Psalm 146:5 KJV – are you inwardly happier because God/Jesus Christ/The Holy Spirit has helped you? I’ll end with “yet the Lord thinketh upon me” – Psalm 40:17
Job 42:5 KJV + Eph. 1:17 – spiritually seeing Christ, in a situation is a personal eternal footnote.
Neh. 5:1-2 “there was a great cry of the people” – Proverbs 27:23 is an important puzzle piece, by His Spirit, we need to inwardly perceive how we can help God’s people. Reaching out is definitely important, if I were to lead a local church, I would give each one of my staff an attendance sheet that eventually sums up everyone in the church (Example, total church: 400 people, 20 staff, so 20 people minimal each). Make contact with each person, offer Bible studies, share verses with each other, emails, calls, pray with them, arrange for them to meet, etc. This is in addition. Be part of their Road to Emmaus. I’ll end with Ezra 6:14-15, 22 KJV.
Neh. 9:1-3 – “separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins” – the amount of potential that is unlocked from continually repenting out sinful practices holds a unique separation of distinction for His people (John 3:30).
1 Chr. 4:41 “dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks” – what can be accomplished for His people, if we applied Matt. 6:33a
1 Chr. 13:9-10 “Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark” – a ministry requires God’s decision-making
1 Chr. 29:11-12 “Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power” – if you contemplate about situations and remember the Lord, wouldn’t you also say in the language today, something similar? Who else could actually do that?
2 Chr. 17:6 – “his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away the high places” – as we all grow in the spiritual measure of Christ; our changing pursuits are noticeable (John 3:30 + Isaiah 40:3)
2 Chr. 30:12 “Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart” “by the word of the Lord” – the outworking of Matt. 22:37 in our lives + Hebrews 13:8.
1 Thess. 1:9 “turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” – imagine you are staring at let’s say that whale statue at waterfront, I told you to turn your head and look at me. Instead of 180 degrees, you only turn 1 degree and stay there. Spiritual counterpart: with the correct amount of undivided attention to His Spirit, I seriously wonder how much power can be unlocked (Hebrews 12:2a). I’ll end with Psalm 86:11 NIV
2 Thess. 3:12 “that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread” – we can share the time we individually spent with the Bible to others
Gen. 22:2 – The Holy Spirit is outworking Matthew 22:37 in our lives
[Eph. 1:17], Esther 4:14 + Hebrews 13:8 + Psalm 33:11 NIV – worth considering: how the Bible, Christ-relationally applies to us, now
Isaiah 44:22 NLT – sin clocks down so much potential in ministry, so we all need to be careful. Christ = incredibly fruitfulness in His ministry.
Psalm 19:8 NIV – we discover more of His joy growing permanently in our lives, as He strengthens others through Christ in us, He allows us to see more of His vision for what He is pursuing for the good of His people, in our callings; there’s a purposeful plan, after all (Eph. 1:17-18, 2:10).
Leviticus 19:25 NKJV + John 15:5 – together with Christ, according to the synchronicity of His purpose for us, there is something sanctifying + Christlike about derived fruitfulness from Him, that leads to others being able to further appreciate the Lord, in a holier way.
Gen. 41:52 NIV – your suffering, can be spiritually fruitful for yourself + others + generations to come. It is worth it, to also fix our eyes on what Jesus wants for His people, it’s really awesome to see His people do well with their fellowship with Him. You’ll acquire a lot of spiritual value with Christ, that can help others in need of a closer relationship with Him. I’ll end with 2 Chr. 15:4 NIV
Exodus 15:11 ESV + John 6:63 = things of the Spirit put us in a state of wonder and amazement (Exodus 34:10 NIV)
John 6:63 + Isaiah 55:10-11 NLT + Gal. 5:22-23 = together with Christ, in cooperation. There is fruitfulness from His initiations of situations, isn’t there? What human apart from Christ, can produce unmistakably Him, these eternal qualities?
Rev. 3:19 NLT – the Lord Jesus can do that, intervene into people’s lives + create situations (Psalm 71:20 NKJV). I’ll end with 1 Cor. 1:9
Psalm 126:5-6 NIV – so goes the life of ministries (1 Corinthians 3:6)
Psalm 119:60 NLT – what led this person to that resolve? Something needs to be understood, in the spiritual context.
Psalm 119:92 NLT – carrying out God’s instructions is so much sustaining inward joy, why go the path of misery, when we can just put His Words into application (Matt. 11:28-30).
Hosea 5:15 NKJV – there is a uniqueness of design for situations in our lives, that specifically makes us seek the Lord, in earnest.
Jer. 8:22 NLT – ‘why remain spiritually impaired, all you have to do is ask Me for help?’ <-Matt. 9:12.
Jer. 7:3 NLT – “I will let you.”
Psalm 107:9 NIV – Christ does show us, how He supersedes and is actually better, than the experience of what the world offers.
[Main reflection: Isaiah 53:1 ESV], Job 42:2, Psalm 37:23 NIV – there isn’t any natural course that could’ve prevented Saul’s encounter with Christ, in parts of Acts 9. That can illustrate the continuation of those encounters, like Christ with the individuals from the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:31 + Hebrews 13:8 + Psalm 33:11 NIV). These are very special moments in an individual’s lifespan past-present-future, to have a meeting-experience with Christ (Philippians 1:6), that completely sets apart any event in a person’s life -> that does in fact, leads to life in a further growth into Galatians 5:22-23. Satan does often play the card of suggesting ‘God is against you,’ when really it’s Romans 8:31 + 1 Cor. 1:9. It is incredibly important, to seek the spiritual aspect, as a relational-impulse with Christ (2 Cor. 5:7). In Acts 9:16, specific Christ-appointed sufferings, do occur in our lives. As you can see in Paul’s life, that did in fact happen but you saw how those interactions with the Lord, completely changed his life, ministry, language, etc. Continual yielding to Christ, is critically important; for example: if I go through a difficulty in my life, it’s important to yield to the Lord + the Bible for further guidance, under the Spirit’s leadership. God understood how zealous Saul of Tarsus was but He refined that characteristic of him into a more lovingly life-giving outflow. That verse in Isaiah is very special to me. “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” -John 10:10b, what a spiritual reality that verse is.
Psalm 119:112 NIV – the Holy Spirit’s outworking of this is very vivid and real (Romans 8:13 + Isaiah 1:16-17 ESV + Amos 5:14 ESV + Galatians 5:16 + Philippians 4:9 NIV)
John 6:7 – I gave my friend a Bible once, and he read the Word in his car, then he got more into church. There’s something about the inward ruling power of God that inspired my friend to experience more of Christ, after “coincidentally” increasing the need to read the Word (Judges 8:23 ESV, Psalm 42:1 and John 17:21).
John 6:5-6 – imagine a coder, and you are a created program, the coder that made you, knows the range of variables + decisions that you are able to make (Gen. 2:7). The question is: will your choice be by His Spirit (Zech. 4:6b -> Proverbs 2:6 NKJV -> Ezra 10:4 ESV -> Psalm 46:1)? I’ll end with Neh. 2:20 NKJV.
Ruth 1:20-21 NIV + Hebrews 12:15 ESV + Titus 2:12 ESV + John 15:2 + John 15:16 NLT, John 6:63 ESV, [Hab. 3:17-18], Hebrews 12:11 NIV – there is a lot about us that requires change: to shift the dial from the fruitlessness of the flesh to the fruitfulness from the Spirit. You might notice this in how the Lord cuts out and empties out some habits of yours previously that didn’t properly align with the increase of Christ into your life + to His people (John 3:30 -> Eph. 4:12-13).
Ruth 1:1,6 – I do find that there are these hidden individual and corporate spiritual famines, and God sends His blessings in + through us to others, to address that. If we look at situations sometimes, there is something that the Lord wants us to solve with Him that is MORE than just the outward appearance or what meets the natural eyes (1 Samuel 16:7). It’ll somehow involve having a good heart toward His people (Matt. 6:33), where He will support His plans through a secure vessel of His to further outpour His abundant Life to needed inward places (2 Chronicles 16:9a ESV + Numbers 6:24 NLT + John 10:10).
John 1:14-16 – there is the spiritual reality of His dwelling life in the actual living words of the Holy Bible, something alive that we are so confident about that is the realness of Christ (Hebrews 3:14 ESV). If some of us could simplify what we experienced last year in John 1:15 -> ‘Oh my gosh Jesus is so beyond real’ or ‘His presence’. Our entire faith is real, the Bible is 100% real. To witness something like that last year, is a very special year in history (Eph. 6:24 NKJV + Hebrews 6:11 ESV + Eph. 3:21 NKJV). I can still feel the glimmer of that Light from last year, my goodness that was incredible. That outpouring of His grace in John 1:16, real, so real, you still remember that? There’s an eternal gleam of His Light within, that isn’t an extinguishable moment, it happened.
John 1:9 + Eph. 5:13 ESV – there is something about the Light of Christ that reveals to us our “true” self, and how aside from repentance, Hebrews 12:11 ESV is also a required medicine. The Lord does often times, kindly tells us things that require change, and He can ante up to get His point across. If we remained undisciplined, we would be dishonouring to Christ (Col. 1:27 ESV).
John 1:4-5 – the Lord’s light and life, spoken into our circumstances; whereby with His Spirit, we change our darkness with Him, is in itself, an overcoming real power (Romans 8:37). That love from the Holy Spirit that wants to remove our repeated sinful obstructions that attempts to move us away from a fulfilling close relationship with Christ (John 6:63). There is something very hopeful, I find about the Holy Spirit, very positive, we experience His hopefulness, a characteristic of Christ that changes the way we growingly see matters that continues to conform our mindsets into a larger measure of Matt. 6:33a (Romans 15:13).
Proverbs 14:15 NIV + Hab. 2:1 NIV – “I will look to see what he will say to me” – there is a lot of value in that, for example: I want you to picture yourself as Jonah, going “through” the situations “said” and “done” in the story. How would you feel? What would your emotions be? What would be going through your mind? There are lots of spiritual dimensions + verse connections, when we personify ourselves, as the characters that we are reading about in the Bible, as a different way in better understanding what they had to “look to see”. There are so many verses that would come to mind, if I got a second chance to life, being Jonah. At the top of my head this would be my frame of mind: a) thankfulness, b) interpreting something new about God that I didn’t know before, c) what is the proportional difference that God is about to make for Him to say something like that, d) how will the Light of Christ cause others to ultimately behave that would bring Him more glory, e) will that decision re-center Christ into people’s lives, f) if I yield my patience to something that God is showing me what will be the outcome, g) what my spiritual temperature is toward Christ in each circumstance, that reveals what I need to pray about to work on h) restructuring my attention, i) is God inviting me to change people’s lives, has God’s timing come for me to do something that He has planned, j) I need to be quick to listen to God, k) connecting what God says with my situations, l) recognizing sin better, m) noticing what made me notice what God was doing and how to bring into further focus areas that have blurriness.
Judges 4:15 NIV – there is an intricacy with the Lord when He routs our lives and the “coincidences” of people that He values somehow intersect with our conversations, and we “become” “more able” “to talk” about Him (Eph. 4:31 -> Eph. 4:29 -> John 15:2 -> Phil. 2:20).
Psalm 66:8-9 NIV – I read that verse, and this came to mind -> Matthew 14:30-31
Psalm 26:2 – God does painfully show us -> Isaiah 64:6.
Isaiah 26:16 NIV – I can relate with this, a good indicator, in addition to discerning the situation is when God disciplines us so hard, that we barely have anything left to even say (Psalm 46:10).
Psalm 118:18 NIV – it is important to know when the Lord disciplines us, and not to just look at matters with a natural lens (Eph. 1:17).
Job 1:1 – “blameless” “upright” “he feared God” “shunned evil”
Gal. 1:4 – God’s mind is very abstract to come up with that. He can handle our “impossible” situations
Gal. 1:12 – start relying on Christ to reveal matters
John 8:12 = Acts 9:3-5 NIV + Phil. 1:21
Joshua 6:5 + John 8:47a NIV – God understands the outline of the situation. Like a bird’s eye view (John 8:23 NIV -> Isaiah 55:9)
Joshua 6:10,16,20 – timing is important
Joshua 6:19 – “sacred to the Lord”
Joshua 6:24 – do you want to be God’s vessel to use and through Christ, add to the spiritual value of the church?
Joshua 7:1 + Matthew 6:24 – using the church’s payroll out of the flesh and not being mindful in regard to the Lord’s will, purpose and design (Matthew 6:19, Luke 12:15, Luke 9:23 + John 15:5)
Joshua 7:7-13,25 + Matthew 6:25 – self-inflicted errors that impacts the spiritual livelihood of the church.
Joshua 7:15 NIV – “outrageous thing” – yes……
Matthew 10:32 – we can work on this
Joshua 5:6, Mark 8:17 – I want us to stop, and think about this. If Jesus were to ask us this question, what would would we say? After attempting to show us something, for a while. To reflect. For example: I am making more time in my day, usually before I begin to do most of the stuff in a day, to sit there and be quiet, let the Lord empty out what doesn’t belong (John 2:8). I want us to keep focusing and refocusing on what Jesus is saying in that verse, in a personalized way to you, what must you need to see or understand, from Christ? -> Eph. 1:17 NIV
Mark 14:6 – what beautiful thing can we do for Christ? What unspiritual occupied possession of ours that has consumed our time and resources, can we let Christ occupy, instead? For example: I have given up a lot of my time spent on my smart devices, to whisk spiritual food with Christ for His people, instead (John 6:27). Doing something similar, can really conform your mindset with the Holy Spirit toward a different way of seeing God’s people. We have to be willing to make that effort with the Holy Spirit’s leadings, in Matthew 8:3, Jesus is willing to help.
Luke 12:6 – With the Holy Spirit, let’s create good memories for Christ
John 3:21 – if we tell the Lord to carry out His will in our lives, He will show us things that only His light, could reveal, that no other outward illumination could measure up to. His light can hurt but there’s something of His light that also adds His Life in the process, that is an added spiritual feature that draws us closer and makes Christ increasingly more irresistible to be with.
John 21:17 – yes sir!
Matthew 13:31 – a seed is suppose to grow, let’s partner with the Holy Spirit to grow people’s spiritual lives
John 2:4 NIV – do you experience part of this response?
Luke 2:8 NIV “living out” – reading + practicing the Bible at night time and wanting to help God’s people, needs to be more of a desire, pray this; I believe we can do more for His people, here
Jonah 2:4 + Hebrews 12:2 = interesting?
Jonah 2:7 + 2 Cor. 4:16 = interesting?
Jonah 2:10 + Isaiah 55:8-9 = interesting?
Jonah 1:6 – does this sound familiar?
Matthew 5:1 – yes, ministry is important and His people are important but following His leadings are more important.
Mark 8:27 – I make reports to the Lord about people who are diminishing the Lord’s Name. I remember, a very long time ago, I expressed to the Lord my grief about a situation, and the Lord communicated to me that He would notify that person parts of the Parable of the Tares and Matthew 7:21-23. God can also take these additional actions, like in Mark 7:33, when people aren’t listening, so that they do listen.
Luke 1:46 – can we do this?
John 4:32 – finding that spiritual manna will make people grow so rapidly, like a decade worth of spiritual growth over two-three digits worth of days (Matthew 13:23). That stuff is very hard to find. So much power. Satan of course will clobber that person so hard like you won’t believe, I’ve seen a person get hit so intensely because he had a Spirit-led ministry. His children were in devastation, seeing what happened to their dad.
Matt. 6:33 – there are other more important matters than worldly stuff
Matt. 1:23 – when we think that God isn’t with us, remember the word Immanuel -> God with us
Luke 12:34, Mark 7:6 and Matt. 17:8 – when we pray, when we read God’s Word, when we go to church, is it for “Jesus only”? The word Jesus includes members in the Body of Christ.
Matt. 5:6 – we are becoming like this, more dependant on Him for survival. End with John 1:16.
Mark 13:33 – this is very important
John 3:30 – notice how God’s people can be negatively impacted, when our self-life increases?
John 5:44 – something here
Mark 8:33 and John 14:21 – this is pretty evident, when people are admonished, using God’s Word, and how they + their friends react.
Luke 6:27 – okay
John 1:16 and Mark 1:12 – there are spiritual benefits, when it comes to going through difficulties, the Holy Spirit is intelligent, taking actions with us and for His Church with a generational mindset (Psalm 33:11 NIV + Eph. 4:12-13), that does lead to life -> abundant life -> “to the full” (John 3:6, 10:10).
Matt. 5:4 – we can work on comforting people’s sadness
Neh. 4:2 – we need the living Lord to build-up His living church; otherwise, it’ll be unfinished and in rubble. Avoid opinions that the Spirit doesn’t bear witness to, through much spiritual discernment and prayer. Having people there who are gifted with spiritual discernment can be helpful.
Neh. 4:6,19 – praying for a deep heart all-in desire to build-up the Body of Christ is a very good thing. This really needs more prayer. I don’t want us to see our eternal ledger of time, one day, and realize that we could’ve did more for His people, myself included. We are at a very important time in history. It’s time to be willing for Him, change our ways with Christ to pursue His agendas for us. If you look at Neh. 4:8-10. God’s people needs to be united, praying for each other, carrying out His Word (Sword of the Spirit), be there for each other, not ignoring His Word in practice, etc.
Neh. 4:16 – “were equipped”
Neh 4:18 – you have to use God’s Word, readily, like you are about to unsheathe a sword, when building-up the Body of Christ, with His leadings. -> 2 Tim. 4:2. That’s why telling people to read the Bible is important.
2 Tim. 2:21 – pay close attention to this. There is a heavy emphasis on “purge”, what has Christ identified with you that must go? Example: hating, wasting time, etc
Psalm 16:8 – “set” what are your settings right now?
1 Kings 18:37 – a good desire, to ask in prayer
Lev. 20:26 NKJV – the way we communicate to God can be holier, not like “yoyoyo”
Gen. 5:24 NKJV – sometimes when my sister talks, I think about this
Hosea 10:12 NLT – I like this
Psalm 119:9 NKJV – yes
Lev. 11:44 NKJV – “you shall be holy”
2 Chr. 35:3 NKJV – Matt. 11:28 NKJV
Deut. 10:8 ESV – “carry the ark”
Phil. 4:17 NIV – having a desire to want people to grow into a spiritual surplus and not treating ministry, as a clock-in and a clock-out career
2 Cor. 9:10 NKJV – “multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness.”
2 Cor. 3:18 NIV – “are being transformed”
James 1:21 NKJV – “lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness.”
Col. 1:25 NIV – “present to you the word of God in its fullness.”
Phil. 2:30 ESV – avoid the path of least resistance
1 Thess. 2:4 NIV – remember? Avoid the mixture of saying flowery things, only.
1 Cor. 3:5 ESV – “the Lord assigned to each.”
1 Samuel 3:21 – “there He revealed Himself to Samuel through His Word.”
Deut. 29:29 – He loves to share His higher thoughts.
1 Chr. 29:11 – just how truly great this life can be, the overall magnificence of the sunlight by day and the splendour of the moonlight by night; unbeknownst that the Lord was by our side, making everything beautiful in His time (Ecc. 3:11).
Eph. 4:1 ESV – I realize how much I prefer being with His people. Reading the Bible. Talking to God. I can’t do without.
Jonah 1:2 – even if people may not like what is said, if Christ is glorified, as an outcome, it’s worth being said.
John 8:31 – a good reflection
Isaiah 56:7 – we should pray for churches around the world
2 Samuel 7:13 – the tone of endurance
2 Chr. 20:6 – ask Him to use His powers for spiritual fruitfulness, in context of scriptures, example: “Dear Lord, use your powers to inspire people to come to church, thank you, in Jesus name!”
2 Chr. 29:5 – a good verse, Proverbs 3:7 -> Psalm 119:60 -> 2 Cor. 7:1 -> 2 Kings 18:6 -> Isaiah 1:19 -> John 14:15
Jer. 9:24 – ‘what are you bragging about?’
Micah 6:8 – there is so much unlocked powers, when we depend on Christ, we yield our mindset to His, there’s so much that can be accomplished, like the miracles in the Bible, when we let God go about His ways in us, as God + the Holy Spirit did with Christ. Sometimes we see that miracle, and we don’t draw the connection that it involved our prayer life sounding from the heart, a humbleness like Jesus.
Romans 14:17 – trying to give Christ His place, in a church life, while integrating His life and what the Word says -> expect there to be a riot, it’ll feel like being hit by a folding chair, in a wrestling match, when the referee isn’t looking, people be sneaking hits.
Phil. 4:5 – a needed reminder
2 Samuel 10:11 – something I think about, if we as members in the Body of Christ were all there for each other, what would all churches look like?
Isaiah 43:7 – the words here are so excellent
Isa. 61:3 – if God held a mirror to us and compared us to the spiritual stature of Christ. What part isn’t conformed to His image? Let’s work on that so that we can spiritually construct together, by His Spirit; the building-up of the very image of the Body of Christ.
2 Cor. 13:5 – think about this
Ezekiel 36:27 – every single word is beautiful
Luke 22:31-32 – “Dear Lord, please pray for me, thank you, I ask in Jesus name.”
Eph. 1:19-20 (NIV) – I like this translation, a different way of thinking about His power
Phil. 3:10 – do you? I ask myself that
Luke 22:29-30 – “conferred”
Exodus 33:18-19 – wow
1 Peter 4:13 – “overjoyed”
Hebrews 2:10 – “pioneer of their salvation”
Joshua 6:16 – the NLT, if you think about it, imagine if the Lord gave us Vancouver, we just need to apply His leadings, to get there.
Psalm 103:19 – I like how this sounds
Psalm 93:1-2 (NIV) – “armed with strength”
Exodus 14:31 – “the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against”
Col. 3:1-2 – challenge but worth working toward
John 17:21-23 – let’s cooperate
Psalm 90:1 – in many ways, we experience this verse sentimentally because Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
Gen. 22:9-10 – “they came to the place of which God had told him” are we on the same journey of His roadmap (Luke 15:17)? What is our inward spiritual condition (the words used in that Luke verse are important)?
Acts 4:13 – very very interesting
Gen. 2:21-24 and John 19:34-37 – neat?
Gen. 12:8 – ask yourself why, why would God inspire someone to do this and what is God attempting to accomplish. Why go through all these lengths and widths? Fast forward, the outward ears listens to too much non-Christian instructions, so round and round the children of Israel went…… 40 years in the wilderness…..
Exodus 19:5-6 – meant to bring forth spiritual value, my gosh not stuck in sinful practices but designed for so much more for His Kingdom.
Isaiah 35:8 (NKJV) – a nice verse
Jude 1:20-21 – this sounds like a script from a commercial you would hear, walking past a tv in Heaven.
Psalm 84:5-7 – I like this
John 3:6 – I have come across a very specific human-individual in my life, where I could tell that this person was anointed, I could tell that through this person, the Spirit was literally replicating Himself in so many people’s lives, effortlessly and profoundly. People even attended the same place that he ate breakfast and spent so much time with him because they felt something so living from the Lord that they never knew could exist. A ministry like that began very humbly, without much resources at all, and the Lord sustained that calling of his to so many languages, even after he passed-away.
Matt. 25:14-30 and Zech. 2:10-11 – something I think about, did I multiply what I have been entrusted with? Did I use that allotted time to bring about a negative or positive balance for His Kingdom? The Bible isn’t all about saying nice things, there are sobering warnings that need to be seriously considered. This carries much spiritual weight -> 1 Peter 5:8; 1:13 (ESV) and 2 Tim. 4:5.
John 17:24 – Where are you, right now, in your life? I find that the time that the prodigal son spent wandering, apart from the Father, can be a narrative we often find ourselves in this world.