This list could go on forever but so far during my time here I have come across a few verses in the Bible that have helped. They go along with different parts of my journey and in no way do they fully explain it. This is something I was roughly putting together for myself. I hope you find it interesting.
This is how it started. Psalms 90:12 TLB --> “Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; Help us spend them as we should.” Along with this goes a quote from Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life. “The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.”
Actions speak louder than words, they are also a universal language. The best way to communicate God’s love then, is through actions. 1 John 3:18 --> “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with action and in truth.” The first year I went on a missions trip we built a house for a woman who had been widowed. The next year when we returned we discovered that because of our willingness to serve and love others she was able to see God’s love through us. She had become a Christian for this reason and her entire family had been attending church.
I encourage you to read all verses 19-23 but for me verse 22 pretty much sums it up. 1 Corinthians 19-23 --> “…I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” I don’t claim to have done this but it is something I am trying to do.
1 Timothy 4:12 --> “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” Young people are often looked down upon because they are young. This verse is encouraging and humbling. It really speaks for itself.
1 Corinthians 10:31-33 --> “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the Church of God—even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.”
Psalms 37:4-6 --> “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this. He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”
Acts 26:22 --> “I have God’s help to this very day…” Philippians 4:13 --> “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”
God Bless
This is how it started. Psalms 90:12 TLB --> “Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; Help us spend them as we should.” Along with this goes a quote from Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life. “The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.”
Actions speak louder than words, they are also a universal language. The best way to communicate God’s love then, is through actions. 1 John 3:18 --> “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with action and in truth.” The first year I went on a missions trip we built a house for a woman who had been widowed. The next year when we returned we discovered that because of our willingness to serve and love others she was able to see God’s love through us. She had become a Christian for this reason and her entire family had been attending church.
I encourage you to read all verses 19-23 but for me verse 22 pretty much sums it up. 1 Corinthians 19-23 --> “…I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” I don’t claim to have done this but it is something I am trying to do.
1 Timothy 4:12 --> “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” Young people are often looked down upon because they are young. This verse is encouraging and humbling. It really speaks for itself.
1 Corinthians 10:31-33 --> “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the Church of God—even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.”
Psalms 37:4-6 --> “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this. He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”
Acts 26:22 --> “I have God’s help to this very day…” Philippians 4:13 --> “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”
God Bless
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