“…from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correcti…
“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! I would soon subdue…
“And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.&rdquo…
“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.” Luke 11:52 “We can so easily replace a real relationship with Jesus with religious activ…
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” — Colossians 2:6–7 (ESV) &ldquo…
“He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so tha…
“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” Proverbs 25:28 “True self-control is not about bringing our selves under our own control, but under the power of Christ... Christian self-cont…
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:11-12 &ldq…
“For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.” Psalm 75:8 “If I know anything about the character of …
“But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.” — Psalm 73:28 (ESV) “Our testimony is not about how good we are, but about how good God has been. When we…
“Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen!” — Psalm 72:19 “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. Praise exists because God is worthy, not beca…