No turning back (4/4)

Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ and allow no opportunity for… Romans 13:14

Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ and allow no opportunity for the flesh to gratify its sinful desires.
Romans 13:14 desires addiction Jesus
For sin is no longer to have any power over you, since you are not under the Law but under grace.
Romans 6:14 sin grace law

Even though I wander
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are at my side,
with your rod and your staff
that comfort me.
Psalm 23:4 fear encouragement death
The powerful suffer want and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord want for no good thing.
Psalm 34:11 God seeking
In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
Galatians 5:22-23 law Spirit blessing
Owe nothing to anyone except the debt of love you owe one another. The one who loves others has fulfilled the Law.
Romans 13:8 law love debt
So today acknowledge it and take it to heart that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is no other.
Deuteronomy 4:39 God heaven world
He is not here. He has been raised. Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee: that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified and rise again on the third day.
Luke 24:6-7 Jesus resurrection easter
Brethren, if anyone is detected committing a transgression, you who are spiritual must set him right in a spirit of gentleness. Meanwhile, you should take care so that you yourselves are not tempted.
Galatians 6:1 sin temptation desires
Let everyone submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which derives from God, and whatever authorities exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 13:1 trust God obedience
No one can serve two masters. For you will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24 serving money debt
Let no foul word ever pass your lips. Say only what is useful for edification, so that your words may benefit your listeners.
Ephesians 4:29 speaking gossip goodness
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth
before the bad times come
and the years draw near when you will say,
“I take no pleasure in them”.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 creation life joy
Let no one regard you with contempt because of your youth, but serve as an example to the believers in your speech and conduct, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
1 Timothy 4:12 faith love life
But from the very beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh.’ And so they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Mark 10:6-9 marriage body sexuality
Take no part in the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather seek to expose them.
For it is shameful even to speak of what deeds people do in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin speaking idols
He gives strength to the weary
and new vigor to those who are powerless.
Isaiah 40:29 strength dependence equipment
He made him who did not know sin to be sin for our sake, so that through him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 sin righteousness mediator
In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
Luke 15:7 conversion repentance joy
Let no one delude himself. If anyone among you considers himself to be wise by worldly standards, he must become a fool in order to be truly wise.
1 Corinthians 3:18 wisdom world selfishness
God chose those in the world who were lowly and despised, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who were regarded as worthy, so that no one could boast in the presence of God.
1 Corinthians 1:28-29 humility calling world
Hence, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2 law judgment redeemer
O God, you are my God,
for whom I have been searching earnestly.
My soul yearns for you
and my body thirsts for you,
like the earth when it is parched,
arid and without water.
Psalm 63:2 worship seeking soul
Now let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful in your judgments, for the Lord, our God, will not tolerate the perversion of justice, or partiality, or the taking of bribes.
2 Chronicles 19:7 awe righteousness honesty
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:6 resurrection death kingdom

Bible verse of the day

When God saw by their actions that they had turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not inflict upon them the punishment that he had threatened.

Jonah 3:10 repentance forgiveness grace