Acceptance
"You did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you."
John 15:16
"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
Romans 8:1
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
1 Corinthians 1:9
Addiction
“Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive form the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace."
Romans 6:11-14
"You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world."
1 John 4:4
"But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please."
Galatians 5:16-17
"Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit."
Galatians 5:24-25
"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute , if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."
Philippians 4:8-9
Anger
"He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city."
Proverbs 16:32
"Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools."
Ecclesiastes 7:9
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:31-32
"Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, 'VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,' says the Lord. 'BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.' Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
Romans 12:19-21
"This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God."
James 1:19-20
Bitterness
Let all bitterness and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:31-32
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Hebrews 12:15
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Mark 11:25
Condemnation
"There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
Romans 8:1
"God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
John 3:17
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
1 John 1:9
"He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us."
Psalm 103:10, 12
Depression
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."
Psalms 147:3
"Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart."
Luke 18:1
"Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary."
Isaiah 40:31
"For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning."
Psalms 30:5
Despair
"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed."
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, 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 11:28-29
"Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."
Galatians 6:9
"He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary."
Isaiah 40:29-31
Dissatisfaction
"I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:12-13
"O GOD, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your loving kindness is better than life, my lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.
Psalm 63:1-5
"God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed."
2 Corinthians 9:8
"For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with what is good."
Psalm 107:9
Doubt
"And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, "Be taken up and cast into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart, but believe that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.
Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you."
Mark 11:22-24
"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance."
2 Peter 3:9
"Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass."
1 Thessalonians 5:24
"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it."
Isaiah 55:10-11
Envy
Do not fret because of evildoers, be not envious toward wrongdoers."
Psalm 37:1
"A tranquil heart is life to the body, but passion is rottenness to the bones."
Proverbs 14:30
"Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the LORD always."
Proverbs 23:17
"Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them."
Proverbs 24:1
"Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant."
1 Corinthians 13:4
"Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways."
Proverbs 3:31
Fear
"The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
Deuteronomy 31:8
“Do not fear them, for the LORD your God is the one fighting for you."
Deuteronomy 3:22
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?
Psalm 27:1
Forgiveness
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
Psalm 103:12
“Our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:4-5
“Peter came and said to Him, ‘Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.’”
Matthew 18:21-22
“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.”
Mark 11:25
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9
God’s Provision
"My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:19
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."
John 15:7
"All things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Matthew 21:22
"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen."
Ephesians 3:20-21
Grace
"For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly."
Psalm 84:11
"You have granted me life and lovingkindness; and Your care has preserved my spirit."
Job 10:12
Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
"For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God."
2 Corinthians 4:15
Grief
"Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."
Isaiah 41:10
"We are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord."
2 Corinthians 5:8
"For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
Hebrews 4:15-16
"Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you."
1 Peter 5:7
"And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."
Revelation 21:4
Hope
"Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God."
Psalm 42:11
"For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth."
Psalm 71:5
"Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel."
Colossians 1:5
"To whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
Colossians 1:27
Humility
"Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted."
Matthew 23:12
"When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, and the humble person He will save."
Job 22:29
"The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord are riches honor and life."
Proverbs 22:4
"The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom, and before honor comes humility."
Proverbs 15:33
"A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor."
Proverbs 29:23
"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time."
1 Peter 5:6
Identity
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy."
1 Peter 2:9-10
"For you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness."
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5
"You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world."
Matthew 5:13
"And having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness."
Romans 6:18
"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."
2 Corinthians 5:17
Jealousy
"For jealousy enrages a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance."
Proverbs 6:34
"For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. "
James 3:16
"Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another."
Galatians 5:26
"Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord always. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off."
Proverbs 23:17-18
"Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarned you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Galatians 5:19-21
Judgment
"You have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
"And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.
"But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?"
Romans 2:1-3
"Judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment."
James 2:13
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad."
2 Corinthians 5:10
"Let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this -- not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way."
Romans 14:13
Loneliness
"For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself."
1 Samuel 12:22
"For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me up."
Psalms 27:10
"GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
Psalms 46:1
"He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds."
Psalms 147:3
"Teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Matthew 28:20
"Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me."
John 14:1
Lying
"Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him."
Colossians 3:9-10
"You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD."
Leviticus 19:12
"Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor."
Proverbs 25:18
"If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth."
James 3:14
"A trustworthy witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies."
Proverbs 14:5
Marriage
"Then the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.'"
Genesis 2:18
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh."
Genesis 2:24
Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
Hebrews 13:4
"Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."
Romans 13:10
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:31-32
Mercy
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
Luke 6:36
"Do not let kindness and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart."
Proverbs 3:3
"Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances."
Psalms 119:156
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
Matthew 5:7
"God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.
Ephesians 2:4
Overcoming Difficulty
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
Romans 8:28
"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8:38-39
"But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ."
2 Thessalonians 3:3-5
"He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."
Revelation 3:21
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me."
Psalm 138:7
Peace
"In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety."
Psalm 4:8
"The LORD will give strength to His people; the LORD will bless His people with peace."
Psalm 29:11
"The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You."
Isaiah 26:3
"LORD, You will establish peace for us, since You have also performed for us all our works."
Isaiah 26:12
"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful."
John 14:27
"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5:1
Power
"A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increases power."
Proverbs 24:5
"He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power."
Isaiah 40:29
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."
Romans 1:16
"For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power."
1 Corinthians 4:20
"We have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves."
2 Corinthians 4:7
"For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses."
2 Corinthians 10:4
Prayer
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."
Matthew 7:7-8
"And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Matthew 21:22
"This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him."
1 John 5:14-15
"Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you."
Jeremiah 29:12
"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me."
Psalm 50:15
"Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; You will cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.'"
Isaiah 58:9
Protection
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is safe."
Proverbs 18:10
"But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one."
2 Thessalonians 3:3
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?"
Psalm 27:1
"But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries."
Exodus 23:22
"For you have made the Lord, my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place. No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent."
Psalm 91:9-10
Purpose
"Let your eyes look directly ahead and let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established. Do not turn to the right nor to the left; turn your foot from evil."
Proverbs 4:25-27
"Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is he who keeps the law."
Proverbs 29:18
"Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:13-14
"The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps."
Proverbs 16:9
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:5-6
Rebellion
"Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you."
Hebrews 13:17
"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
Philippians 2:5-8
"Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ."
Ephesians 5:21
Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols.
1 Samuel 15:23
Repentance
"Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord."
Acts 3:19
"Do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?"
Romans 2:4
"Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you."
Acts 8:22
"I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
Luke 5:32
"With gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth."
2 Timothy 2:25
Salvation
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."
2 Corinthians 5:17
"He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."
2 Corinthians 5:21
"It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers."
1 Timothy 4:9-10
"But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior."
Titus 3:4-6
Security
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."
John 10:27-29
"I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus."
Philippians 1:6
"Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."
Psalm 23:6
Sexual Sin
"...The body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body."
1 Corinthians 6:13
"Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body."
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
"Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion."
1 Corinthians 7:8-9 (NIV)
"Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!"
1 Corinthians 6:15
"Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
James 1:12
Shame
“For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed."
Romans 10:11
"Then I shall not be ashamed when I look upon all Your commandments."
Psalm 119:6
"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth."
2 Timothy 2:15
"If anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name."
1 Peter 4:16
"May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed."
Psalm 119:80
“Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
Romans 5:5
Sickness
"Who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases."
Psalms 103:3
"He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."
Psalms 107:20
"But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed."
Isaiah 53:5
"And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all."
Luke 6:19
“For I will restore you to health and I will heal you of your wounds, declares the LORD."
Jeremiah 30:17
Sin
"Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge."
Psalm 51:2-4
"Come now, and let us reason together,' says the LORD, 'Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.'"
Isaiah 1:18
"Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Galatians 5:19-21
"For this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins."
Matthew 26:28
"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."
Romans 5:8-10
"All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death."
1 John 5:17
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."
Galatians 6:7-9
Spiritual Gifts
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16
“The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”
Romans 11:29
“Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.”
Romans 12:6-8
“There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. . . To each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”
1 Corinthians 12:4-5, 7
“God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body.”
1 Corinthians 12:18-20
Spiritual Growth
"Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord."
1 Peter 2:2-3
"Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen."
2 Peter 3:18
"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth."
2 Timothy 2:15
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."
Colossians 3:16
"We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit."
2 Corinthians 3:16
Strength
"The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."
Psalms 18:2
"Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary."
Isaiah 40:31
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might."
Ephesians 6:10
"Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm."
Ephesians 6:13
"I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13
Stress
"Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you."
1 Peter 5:7
"No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
"Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad."
Proverbs 12:25
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from whence shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
"The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever."
Psalm 121:1-8
"In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 5:18
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:6-7
Success
"The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
"The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
"The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully."
Deuteronomy 28:11-13
"The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, honor, and life."
Proverbs 22:4
"Then the LORD your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers."
Deuteronomy 30:9
Suffering
"In the day of prosperity be happy, but in the day of adversity consider -- God has made the one as well as the other so that man will not discover anything that will be after him."
Ecclesiastes 7:14
"And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance."
Romans 5:3
"But if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name."
1 Peter 4:16
"After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."
1 Peter 5:10
"For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock."
Psalms 27:5
"That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death."
Philippians 3:10
Temptation
"Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You."
Psalms 119:11
"He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion."
Proverbs 28:13
"For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace."
Romans 6:14
"Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it."
1 Corinthians 10:12, 13
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one."
Ephesians 6:10-11, 16
"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
James 1:2-3, 12
"Let no one say when he is tempted, I am being tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust."
James 1:13, 14
"Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."
James 4:7
Thankfulness
“O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
1 Chronicles 16:34
“I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.”
Psalm 7:17
“It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.”
Psalm 92:1-2
“‘Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name. Make known His deeds among the peoples; make them remember that His name is exalted.’ Praise the LORD in song, for He has done excellent things; let this be known throughout the earth.”
Isaiah 12:4-5
“Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 15:57
“Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.”
2 Corinthians 2:14
Trust
As for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, 'You are my God.'"
Psalm 31:14
"Our heart rejoices in Him, because we trust in His holy name."
Psalm 33:21
"Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness."
Psalm 37:3
"Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He will do it."
Psalm 37:5
Waiting
“I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the LORD.”
Psalm 27:13-14
“I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in the LORD.”
Psalm 40:1-3
“My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.”
Psalm 62:5-6
“Those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.”
Isaiah 40:31
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23
“Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.”
Hebrews 10:35-37
Worry
"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. "
Colossians 3:15
"And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:19
"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'"
"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:25-34