Bible Thoughts

Col 4:2 - "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving " Psalm 23 - A Psalm  of David.    1.The LORD  is my shepherd; I shall not  want.  2.He maketh me to lie down  in green  pastures:  he leadeth  me beside the still  waters.  Lamentations 3:22-23 - ?It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. ? Jeremiah 29:11-13 -        " For I  know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give  you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon  me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when  ye shall search for  me with all your heart."   Psalm 28:6-7 - "Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him." Jeremiah 31:3 - "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." Psalms 143:10 - "Teach  me to do thy will; for thou  art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness." Luke 6 :38 - "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Lamentations 3:26 - ?It is good that a man should both hope  and quietly wait  for the salvation  of the LORD.? 1 Thessalonians 4:14 - "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 - "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 trust, Always hopes, always perserveres." (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) 2 Corinthians 9:7 - "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver." John 14:1-3 -  "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." (John 14:1-3)  John 3:16 -  "For God so loved the world,that he gave his only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have ever lasting life." 1 John 4:19 - "We love because he first loved us."NIV Ephesians 6:10-11 - "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. " Isaiah 65:24 - ?And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.? Revelation 1:3/NIV - "Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near."   (Revelation 1:3/NIV) Isaiah 43.2 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire,thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Ephesians 2:8 and 9 - "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith? and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God? not by works, so that no-one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8 and 9) Revelation 3:20 - ?Behold,  I stand  at  the  door,  and  knock:  if  any man  hear  my  voice,  and  open  the door,  I will come in  to  him,  and  will sup  with  him,  and  he  with  me.? Romans 8:35, 37-39 - "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No way! in all these things we are more than conquerors through HIM that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:35, 37-39) Jeremiah 33:3 - "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Proverbs 22:1 - "A good  name is rather to be chose  than grea  riches, and loving favor rather than silver  and gold." Philippians 4:8 - ?Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.? John 11:25-26 - "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,though he were dead, yet shall he live.  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" Isaiah 26:3 - "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." Psalm 119:105 - "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Psalm 121 - A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Psalm 37:5 - "Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass." Hebrews 13:8 - ?Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.? Jeremiah 17:7 - "Blessed is the man  that  trusteth  in the LORD, and whose hope  the LORD  is." Philippians 4:6-7 - "Be careful  for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. " Matthew 5:5/NIV - "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5/NIV) 1 John 1:9 - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."NIV Ecclesiastes 3:1.11 - ?To every   thing there is a season, and a time to every  purpose  under  the heaven. He hath made   every thing beautiful  in his time:  also  he hath set   the world  in their heart,  so that  no   man  can find out   the work that God  maketh  from the beginning to the end.? Proverbs 14:29 - "A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly." Psalm 46:1 - "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in truble."  Matthew 20 - Mat 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning  to hire  laborers into his vineyard. Mat 20:2 And  when he had agreed  with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Mat 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 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." Proverbs 10:30/NIV - "The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land." (Proverbs 10:30/NIV) 2 Peter 3:9 -   "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men  count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." Philippians 4:13 - ?I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.?

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Jesus' return - the hope of the world

Jesus' return - the hope of the world Who promised Jesus world return? Christ: "And if I go and prepare a place for you. I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also" (John 14:3). An angel: "Which also said. Ye man of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11). Paul: "Henceforth there is laid up for me crown of righteousness, which the lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8) James: " Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it... Stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh" (James 5:7,8). Peter: "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord" (2 peter 1:16) John: "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him" (Revelation 1:7). What is the hope of mankind? The second coming of Christ. This event is mentioned directly or indirectly in more than 1800 Bible passages, some 318 of these in the New Testament alone. In fact, the return of Christ is the main theme of seventeen Old Testament books. One out of every twenty-five verses speaks of the return of Christ to this world; seven out of every ten chapters make reference to the event. Are there signs of His soon return? " This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God" (2 Timothy 3:1-4).  Wars, Famines, Earthquakes "for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places" (Matthew 24:7). Universal Fear " And upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity;... man's hearts failing them for fear" (Luke 21:25,26). Abounding Wickedness "As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man" (Luke 17:26). " The Wickedness of man was great in the earth, and ... every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually... The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence" ( Genesis 6:5-11). How will Jesus come? "With the holy angels" (Matthew 25:31;Amrk 8:38; 2Thessalonians 1:7). "With power and great glory" (Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:27; Mark 13:26). "With a great sound of a trumpet" (Matthew 24:31; 1 Corinthians 15:52). " With a shout" (1 Thessalonians 4:16). "With the voice of the archangel" (1 Thessalonians 4:16). "With the trump of God" (1 Thessalonians 4:16). "With the brightness of his coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:8). "With a great noise" (2 peter 3:10). "In the glory of his Father" (Matthew 16:27; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26). "In flaming fire" (2 Thessalonians 1:7,8). "As the lightning... shineth" (Matthew 24:27). "All the holy angels with him" (Matthew 25:31) "Every eye shall see him" (Revelation 1:7). What about rewards? "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be" (Revelation 22:12). What "reward" will the wicked receive? "As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend... and shall cast them into a furnace of fire... then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father" (Matthew 13:40-43). What reward will the righteous receive? "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2). "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8).

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