And said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
Holy Spirit
John 15: 26
"But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me."
Discipleship
Mat 22: 14
"For many are called, but few are chosen."
Worldliness
2 Cor 6: 14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Worldly Relatives
Backsliders
Ezra 8: 22 b
The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.
Our Job
Dan 12: 3
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
The Word
John 15: 3
"Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you."
Love
1 John 3: 16 - 18
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
It's Only Jesus
Zech 4: 6 b
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit", says the Lord of hosts.
Faith
Luke 1: 37
"For nothing will be impossible with God."
Prayer
John 14: 14
"If you ask anything in MY name, I will do it. "
Healing
Jer 30: 17 a
"For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal", declares the Lord.
Freedom From Fear
Psalm 27: 1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Overcoming Attacks
Eph 4: 27
And give no opportunity to the devil.
Trials and Tests
James 1: 2 - 4
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Chastening
Prov 27: 5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Persecution
Romans 8: 31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Thankfulness and Murmuring
Romans 9: 20
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"
Faithfulness
Gal 6: 9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Obedience
James 4: 17
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Yieldedness
Leaders
John 10: 11
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
Fruitfulness
Money / Giving
James 4: 2, 3
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Other Verses
Psalm 127: 3
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
