As a child (3/4)

My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. Proverbs 6:20

My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Proverbs 6:20 obedience family listening
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
Romans 12:1 mercy holiness obedience

But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:16 eternal life Jesus patience
Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.
Romans 12:4-5 body Jesus community
But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6 trust faith prayer
And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.
Luke 2:6-7 Jesus christmas
But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8 sin devil
Your laws are my treasure;
they are my heart’s delight.
Psalm 119:111 law joy heart
But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9 evangelism salvation holiness
I have swept away your sins like a cloud.
I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist.
Oh, return to me,
for I have paid the price to set you free.
Isaiah 44:22 sin salvation conversion
God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
1 Corinthians 1:28-29 humility calling world
After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.”
Luke 22:20 wine covenant blood
So also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.
Hebrews 9:28 sin sacrifice salvation
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
Matthew 27:28-29 sacrifice suffering easter
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
Then you will find favor with both God and people,
and you will earn a good reputation.
Proverbs 3:3-4 love reward heart
Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
Amos 5:24 law righteousness
I have rejoiced in your laws
as much as in riches.
Psalm 119:14 law money joy
For the Lord gave us this command when he said,
‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles,
to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’
Acts 13:47 evangelism salvation light
Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Hebrews 9:14 Jesus Spirit purification
And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and said, “Each of you drink from it, for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.”
Matthew 26:27-28 wine blood covenant
He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.
Psalm 103:12 sin salvation
I lift my hands to you in prayer.
I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain.
Psalm 143:6 worship receiving dependence
A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:39 law neighbor love
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live.
I will praise my God to my last breath!
Psalm 104:33 singing worship life
As iron sharpens iron,
so a friend sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 27:17 friendship relationships mind