Up (2/4)

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in… Ephesians 4:15

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
Ephesians 4:15 love truth Jesus
Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
Luke 12:2 truth honesty

Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 righteousness family children
Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!
Psalm 31:19 trust fear blessing
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 63:3-4 love life worship
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:2 love sacrifice Jesus
Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 righteousness life reliability
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8 trust love planning
And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:10-11 ascension second coming heaven
Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah
Psalm 68:19 worship dependence salvation
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:1-2 seeking thoughts understanding
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
James 4:10 God humility reward
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”
Exodus 24:12 law obedience receiving
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
Revelation 20:12-13 resurrection judgment
But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
John 4:14 eternal life transformation receiving
The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low and he exalts.
1 Samuel 2:7 money almighty humility
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
Luke 18:13 repentance conversion humility
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Jude 1:20-21 faith Holy Spirit love
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:16 life freedom evil
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.
Ephesians 5:25-26 love purification relationships
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
Psalm 3:3 dependence overcoming protection
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:38 suffering Jesus following
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 3:16 Jesus Spirit angels
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26 grace blessing peace
“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
1 Corinthians 10:23 law goodness righteousness

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”