Bible Verses

[summerose]

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4:13

[queenbee]

Hebrews 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."

6 So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"

[summerose]

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth: both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Genesis 6:5-7

[queenbee]

Joshua 1

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." NIV

[summerose]

But I say unto you, swear not at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne. Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matthew 5:34-37

[queenbee]

This isn't a bible verse, but I find it inspiring. Lilred is having to memorize it for school.

Rudyard Kipling

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

[summerose]

Good poem! Thanks for sharing Bee.

[sometimeman]

Where's that bible verse that says, " now if ye be Christs then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise"?

[shortcircuit]

Here ya go sometimeman: Galatians 3:28-29 (King James Version)

28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

29And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

[sometimeman]

according to the promise

Thanks Short!
Can you elaborate on this just a little?
What exactly has been promised?
Were Abraham's seed Sabbath keepers?

Is the "son of the bond woman" got anything to do with this?

[queenbee]

Matthew 9

37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few

[AskTheWiseOldMan]

I am offended at the term "seed" when it implies "of the loins." There's enough of that on prime-time cable.

[sometimeman]

Sorry.. its King James terminology

[queenbee]

Micah 6


8 He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
NIV

[summerose]

Here is the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. John 11:35