Posts Tagged ‘ Holiness ’
Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
1 Peter 5:8, CSB
The power of Christ moves in us by the Holy Spirit, and He helps us to prepare and stay prepared for the inevitable attacks from demonic powers and unwanted thoughts.
“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.”
John 13:34, CSB
The power of Christ moves in us by the Holy Spirit, helping us love His Church with the same selfless, sacrificial love He shows us.
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us
Hebrews 12:1, CSB
The power of Christ moves in us by the Holy Spirit to make us more Christlike, and He works through the saints of old and today, through the Scriptures, stories of faith, and building each other up and encouraging each other to continue growing in godliness.
His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
2 Peter 1:3, CSB
The power of Christ moves in us by the Holy Spirit and is revealed to us by the Scriptures that we may know Him more and grow in Christlikeness.
“I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:14, CSB
We watch our lives, knowing many will find any reason to reject the gospel. We humbly admit our failures and accept the help of the Holy Spirit to empower us to live holy lives.
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
Hebrews 12:10, NASB
Many of the problems and difficulties we face in this life are from our own bad decisions, but God uses those times to discipline us, to make us more Christ-like. The difficulties we face help us grow in holiness for God.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
James 1:27, ESV
God’s commands are based on His nature, and His example is caring for widows and orphans in His holiness. He call us to the same standard helps us to love others.
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
Leviticus 20:26, NIV
Any goodness and holiness we have is because of our holy God. May we seek to become mature and set apart in Him.
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14, ESV
We are given a ministry of reconciliation by our Lord Jesus who reconciled us to God by His blood, setting us aside as His own.
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14, ESV
We have been given the peace of Christ to share with the world, as well a the holiness of Christ that hands us eternal life.
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