"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
-2 Timothy 3:16-17
As young Christians on this journey of life, it's not always easy to stay
on the straight and narrow. Often times we look to so many different sources for
advice on how to live our lives. We ask the guy on TV, we ask advice columnists, we
ask each other... but how many times do we ask God? We often complain that
we don't know how to hear God's voice, but one of the most profound ways that
God speaks to us is through His Word. As our beloved KCPC Sunday school teacher, Ed Purnell,
often tells us, the Bible is our user's manual. Or as Paul puts it, the word of
God is our sword. I tried to find useful scripture on topics that I have had
to address at one time or another in my life. I hope that these verses are
useful to you as well. I have had plenty of help from my brothers and sisters.
If you would like to submit scripture or if you can think of new topics, please CLICK HERE.
I pray that this page may be a blessing at least in some small way in your life.
(NOTE: All verses are in the New International Version)
Click on the subject for the appropriate scripture verse(s):
This is something that I am very BAD at... maybe that's why the
amount of verses that I have listed are so few. One of the greatest
comforts for me is that God never intended us to be alone on this journey...
that's why I have so many great brothers and sisters who got my back! I hope
that is a comfort to you too!
- "Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual
should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be
tempted. Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill
the law of Christ." (Galatians 6:1-2)
- "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is
powerful and effective." (James 5:16)
I learned so much about holiness at Cornerstone 1996. Romans 12:1-2 was my theme verse for the summer. Holiness
is a lesson that this decrepit world needs to learn badly. Just watch television
for about 2 minutes and you'll know what I mean.
- "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is
your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to
test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will."
(Romans 12:1-2)
- "May I never boast in anything except in the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and
I to the world." (Galatians 6:14)
- "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself
from being polluted by the world." (James 1:27)
- "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness?
What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will
live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'
'Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'
'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.'"
(2 Corinthians 6:14-18)
- "Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord."
(Hebrews 12:14)
- "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not
from the Father but from the world.
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."
(1 John 2:15-17)
- "You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?
Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God."
(James 4:4)
- "Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. Keep my decrees and follow them.
I am the LORD, who makes you holy."
(Leviticus 20:7-8)
- "Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character.' Come back to your senses
as you ought and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God -- I say this
to your shame."
(1 Corinthians 15:33)
- "Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of wicked men."
(Proverbs 4:14)
- "Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company."
(Proverbs 24:1)
These are verses that have lifted me
and given me hope in those times of doubt, fear, stress, sadness,
difficulty. To put it in layman's terms: Our God's got our back!
Don't you forget it! Sometimes, we just need a reminder. These
verses have put a smile on my face at one time or another:
- "'To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?' says the Holy One. Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each
by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, 'My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God'?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow
tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:25-31)
- "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
- "Do not let you hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house
are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare
a place for you. I will come back and take you to be with me that you may also be where
I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." (John 14:1-4)
- "The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly
kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen." (2 Timothy 4:18)
- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
(Proverbs 3:5-6)
- "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that
Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
(2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
- "For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'"
(Jeremiah 29: 11-13)
- "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
who were called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)
- "What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against
us?" (Romans 8:31)
- "Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure, we will also reign with him.
If we disown him, he will also disown us;
if we are faithless, he will remain faithful,
for he cannot disown himself." (2 Timothy 2:11-15)
- "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."
(1 Timothy 4:12)
- "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the
nations.'
'Ah, Sovereign LORD,' I said, 'I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.'
But the LORD said to me, 'Do not say, "I am only a child." You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command
you.
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,' declares the LORD.
Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'Now, I have put my words in your mouth.
See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.'"
(Jeremiah 1:4-10)
- "But now, this is what the LORD says-- he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: 'Fear not, for I have
redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When
you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.'"
(Isaiah 43:1-2)
The past summer I learned lots about
prayer too. A simple truth: Prayer works! I wouldn't even be able to count the
number of times that I've forgotten this simple truth. What's that you say?
You say that you don't have anything to pray for? Go here.
- "Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy?
Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should
call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with
oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will
make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has
sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each
other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer
of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Elijah was a man just
like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not
rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and
the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. My brothers,
if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring
him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of
his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins."
(James 5:13-20)
- "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for
all the saints." (Ephesians 6:18)
- "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am
in chains.
Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should." (Colossians 4:2-4)
- "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."
(Matthew 7:7-8)
- "You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive
because you ask with wrong motives that you may spend what you get on your pleasures."
(James 4:2b-3)
- "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be
seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what
is done in secret, will reward you.
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. "
(Matthew 6:5-8)
It's kinda funny how this world praises the virtues
of love when it kinda makes ya wonder if the world knows what love really is.
The NBA: "I love this game." That one girl with the annoying voice: "I love you
always forver." Billy, the Bud Light Guy: "I love you man." The Bible
tells us what love really is.
- "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."
(1 John 4:7-12)
- "We love because he first loved us.
If anyone says, 'I love God,' yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen,
cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother."
(1 John 4:19-21)
- "One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'
Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment. [note: this comes from Deut. 6:5]
And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.'"
(Matthew 22:37-40)
- "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is
knowledge, it will pass away." (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
- "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for
everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you
whatever you ask in my name.
This is my command: Love each other."
(John 15:8-17)
- "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
(John 13:34-35)
- "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous
and the unrighteous.
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
(Matthew 5:43-48)
Serving as worship leader at KCPC made
me think twice about the way I worship... When you take away the pretty
melodies from the praise songs we sing at church every Sunday, the words
are very powerful testimonies to our God. How much of what we sing do we really mean?
For example, read the words to "Forever My Love"... Forever my love, forever my heart,
forever my life is yours... How many times have you sung that song? How many times did you mean every word? Have you lied to God lately?
- Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,
for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.
(John 4:23-24)
- "Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him;
worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness."
(1 Chronicles 16:29)
- "When the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: "Do
not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.
But the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and
outstretched arm, is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to
him offer sacrifices." (2 Kings 17:35-36)
- Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." (Psalm 95:6-8a)
- "But if an unbeliever or someone who does not understand comes in while everybody is prophesying, he will be convinced by all
that he is a sinner and will be judged by all,
and the secrets of his heart will be laid bare. So he will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, 'God is really among you!'"
(1 Corinthians 14:24-25)
- "Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."
(Psalm 100:1-2)
- "Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.
He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.
Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob."
(Psalm 24:3-6)
I don't think anyone needs to be told that
drinking is a great struggle for a lot of young people these days. In college especially,
the temptation becomes great... I've been there. The Bible certainly
has a thing or two to say about drinking.
- "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit."
(Ephesians 5:18)
- "Do not join those who drink too much wine." (Proverbs 23:20)
- "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
(1 Corinthians 10:31)
- "They will eat and not have enough... because they have
deserted the Lord to give themselves... to old wine and new, which take away the understanding of my
people."
(Hosea 4:10-11)
- "Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things.
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
'They hit me,' you will say, 'but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?'"
(Proverbs 23:29-35)
- "Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise."
(Proverbs 20:1)
- "Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks."
(Isaiah 5:22)
"Be careful or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation,
drunkeness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on
you unexpectedly like a trap."
(Luke 21:34)
"A church that is not a missions-minded
church will one day become a mission field." This is another area that I
am really quite bad at... When I think about my non-Christain friends,
I often wonder if I really love them. If I really loved them, why is it that I never
say anything to them about my Savior? If I really loved them, would I want them to spend an
eternity away from the grace of God? How about you and your friends?
- "And then Jesus said to them, 'All authority in heaven and in earth has
been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely
I am with you always to the very end of the age.'"
(Matthew 28:18-20)
- "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the
message of reconciliation.
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be
reconciled to God." (2 Corinthians 5:18-20)
- "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the
hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." (1 Peter 3:15)
- "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am
in chains.
Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."
(Colossians 4:2-6)
On and on... we go
playin' the game that never ends
I think it's time that we realize
a broken heart is hard to mend
If you can't say nothin' good, don't say
nothin' at all
-Third Day
If you've ever been hurt by gossip, please raise your hand... (Steve's hand raises) It hurts don't it?
- Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small
spark.
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life
on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
(James 3:5-10)
- Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness.
Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong.
(Exodus 23:1)
- "Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD."
(Leviticus 19:16)
- "Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips."
(Psalm 141:3)
- "A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret."
(Proverbs 11:13)
- "A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends."
(Proverbs 16:28)
- "Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows
is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'
Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.
Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit.
Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin."
(Proverbs 26:18-28)
- "Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing."
(Proverbs 12:11)
- "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer."
(Psalm 19:14)
References used for this page:
- The Student's A to Z Guide to Bible Application, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.: Wheaton, IL, 1996.
- The Book of Bible Knowledge, W.M. Clow, World Bible Publishers, Inc.: Iowa Falls, Iowa.
- The Bible Gateway http://www.gospelcom.net:80/bible?language=English&version=NIV
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