But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God
Holy Spirit
Gal 5: 22, 23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Discipleship
Mat 6: 24
"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
Worldliness
2 Cor 6: 14 - 17
Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Be'lial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, 'I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you.'
Worldly Relatives
Backsliders
Gal 5: 1
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Our Job
Prov 11: 30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
The Word
Psalm 119: 130
The unfolding of thy words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
Love
1 John 4: 7, 8
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.
It's Only Jesus
Jer 17: 5
Thus says the Lord: " Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, whose heart turns away from the Lord."
Faith
Mat 9: 29
Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you."
Prayer
Jer 29: 13
"You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart."
Healing
Isa 40: 29
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Freedom From Fear
Psalm 23: 4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Overcoming Attacks
Mat 17: 19 - 21
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, 'Why could we not cast it out?' 20 He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."
Trials and Tests
Heb 5: 8
Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
Chastening
Prov 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Persecution
Luke 21: 15
"For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict."
Thankfulness and Murmuring
Faithfulness
Obedience
Yieldedness
Leaders
Prov 27: 23
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.
Fruitfulness
Money / Giving
Romans 8: 32
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him?
Other Verses
Isa 59: 1, 2
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; 2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he does not hear.
