Joy to the world (2/4)

You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you… James 4:4

You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
James 4:4 sin God friendship
For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
1 John 2:16 desires addiction pride
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:13 patience salvation end times
For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
1 John 5:4 faith God overcoming
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.
John 16:33 encouragement peace overcoming
But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.
1 John 4:4 salvation overcoming almighty
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 grace eternal life faith
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19 sin salvation Jesus
I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!
John 15:11 joy Jesus blameless
I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
John 14:27 encouragement peace worrying
And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:17 eternal life obedience desires
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
James 1:27 sin blameless widows
He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
Isaiah 40:29 strength dependence equipment
Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.
Psalm 105:1 speaking evangelism worship
Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!
John 17:24 Jesus Father prayer
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
I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.
3 John 1:4 joy truth children
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.
John 6:51 bread Jesus body
Kind words are like honey—
sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness speaking soul
Instead, let us test and examine our ways.
Let us turn back to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:40 conversion repentance life
I said to the Lord, “You are my Master!
Every good thing I have comes from you.”
Psalm 16:2 God worship
Commit your actions to the Lord,
and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:3 trust planning blessing
Now this is what the Lord says to the family of Israel:
“Come back to me and live!”
Amos 5:4 seeking life
Yes, God will bless us,
and people all over the world will fear him.
Psalm 67:7 God awe blessing
And every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:11 God obedience acknowledging