But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
Holy Spirit
Gal 5: 22, 23
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Discipleship
Mat 6: 24
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.
Worldliness
2 Cor 6: 14 - 17
Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: 'I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.
Worldly Relatives
Backsliders
Gal 5: 1
So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.
Our Job
Prov 11: 30
The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends.
The Word
Psalm 119: 130
The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.
Love
1 John 4: 7, 8
Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
It's Only Jesus
Jer 17: 5
This is what the Lord says: 'Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord.'
Faith
Mat 9: 29
Then he touched their eyes and said, Because of your faith, it will happen.
Prayer
Jer 29: 13
If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Healing
Isa 40: 29
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.
Freedom From Fear
Psalm 23: 4
Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
Overcoming Attacks
Mat 17: 19 - 21
Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, 'Why couldn't we cast out that demon?' 20 You don't have enough faith, Jesus told them. I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible. (Some manuscripts add verse 21, But this kind of demon won't leave except by prayer and fasting.)
Trials and Tests
Heb 5: 8
Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.
Chastening
Prov 22:15
A youngster's heart is filled with foolishness, but physical discipline will drive it far away.
Persecution
Luke 21: 15
For I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!
Thankfulness and Murmuring
Faithfulness
Obedience
Yieldedness
Leaders
Prov 27: 23
Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds.
Fruitfulness
Money / Giving
Romans 8: 32
Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us everything else?
Other Verses
Isa 59: 1, 2
Listen! The Lord's arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. 2 It's your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.
