Posts Tagged ‘ Heart ’

VerseD: 2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 4:16, HCSB

We confess Christ, believing that He died and rose again to bring us forgiveness of sins and new life. While we await His return, we may still suffer in this life and long for eternity, but the new life begins inside our souls, giving us hope and not merely wishful thinking.

VerseD: Isaiah 43:18-19

“Do not remember the past events, pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.”

Isaiah 43:18-19, HCSB

We confess Christ as our Savior, believing that His death and resurrection has washed away our sins, forgetting our shame, and given us hope for eternity with Him.

VerseD: John 1:5

That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.

John 1:5, CSB

We confess Christ as Lord and Savior, knowing and believing that the Light of Creation has come to redeem us from sin.

VerseD: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has  come!

2 Corinthians 5:17, CSB

We confess Christ is Lord, believing He was raised from the dead, and we are made new, beginning the process of becoming Christ-like having been adopted into God’s family by faith in His blood.

VerseD: 1 Kings 8:61

“Be wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord our God to walk in his statutes and to keep his commands, as it is today.”

1 Kings 8:61, CSB

We confess Christ as Lord and Savior, and we should then act on our belief by obeying what He has commanded, living out the same sacrificial love and sharing the gospel.

VerseD: 2 Corinthians 9:6

The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

2 Corinthians 9:6, CSB

We confess Christ crucified in the flesh that others may believe in Hos death and resurrection for our sins and hope. We give even out of our poverty to draw others to Christ and help each other out of the love of Christ.

VerseD: Romans 10:9

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9, CSB

When we believe and confess the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, we are saved. We must believe in His divinity and humanity as well as His atoning sacrifice for our sins.

VerseD: Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.

Proverbs 4:23, CSB

We have hope and peace in knowing that we can protect our hearts with the Holy Spirit given to us by God when our faith is in Christ who gave Himself for us.

VerseD: Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and effective  and sharper than any double-edged sword,  penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12, CSB

The gospel is God changing our hearts from the inside out by the blood of Christ, because He knows us better than we know ourselves from the inside out and reveals that through His Word.

VerseD: Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:26, CSB

We work in this world to usher others into the rest of Christ, knowing He renews our hearts with His Holy Spirit, giving us rest from fear, hate, and trying to be good on our own.