Bible Verse Favs

Heb 13:5: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28 Weariness derives from burden and weakens the fortitude God grants Christians.  Before you can obey God's commands and walk with Jesus, you must cast burdens behind you.  Fortunately, this is not difficult. Jesus, who is drawn by the

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. - Hebrews 11:1 Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.  It's a conviction of certainty about what cannot be seen.  Faith serves as a filter through which Christians view their life

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! - 2 Corinthians 5:17 God doesn't count our sins nor bind them to us – we have a choice – and nobody understood starting over better than Paul who went from Jesus' worse persecutor to his wildest

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:7 It's refreshing to recognize that Jesus is willing to take responsibility for the things we worry about.  However, we must "cast" our worries on him – a decisive act to forego the burden.  As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Worry looks around, Faith

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. - Romans 3:23

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - John 14:6

And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. - Matthew 28:20

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8