Rise up (2/4)

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you… Acts 3:26

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your wicked ways.
Acts 3:26 resurrection Jesus blessing
I lift up my eyes to the mountains;
from where will I receive help?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2 creation encouragement dependence

He did not spare his own Son but gave him up for all of us. How then can he fail also to give us everything else along with him?
Romans 8:32 sacrifice Father receiving
A gentle reply turns away wrath,
but a harsh word arouses anger.
Proverbs 15:1 speaking gentleness anger
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke them and gave them to the disciples to distribute among the people. They all ate and were satisfied. Then they gathered up what was left over—twelve baskets of fragments.
Luke 9:16-17 miracles food prayer
Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where they will be destroyed by moth and rust and where thieves break in and steal. Rather, store up treasure for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves cannot break in and steal.
Matthew 6:19-20 greed materialism heaven
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4 law family children
Let us never grow weary in doing what is right, for if we do not give up, we will reap our harvest in due time.
Galatians 6:9 righteousness reward patience
And anyone who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:38 suffering Jesus following
He then called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, “Anyone who wishes to follow me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
Mark 8:34 salvation Jesus following
And opens the eyes of those who cannot see.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
Psalm 146:8 sickness healing righteousness
How great is your goodness, O Lord,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and which you bestow on those who take refuge in you,
in the presence of all the people.
Psalm 31:20 trust fear blessing
While he was departing as they gazed upward toward the sky, suddenly two men dressed in white robes stood beside them, and they said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking up into the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”
Acts 1:10-11 ascension second coming heaven
At dawn let me experience your kindness,
for in you I place my trust.
Show me the path I must walk,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8 trust love planning
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a sacrificial offering whose fragrance is pleasing to God.
Ephesians 5:2 love sacrifice Jesus
The Lord said to Moses, “Climb up to me on the mountain and remain there. I will give you stone tablets with the laws and commandments that 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 the scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their deeds, as were recorded in the scrolls. The sea gave up all the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them. The dead were judged according to their deeds.
Revelation 20:12-13 resurrection judgment
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
James 4:10 God humility reward
But whoever drinks the water that I will give him
will never be thirsty.
The water that I will give him
will become a spring of water within him
welling up to eternal life.
John 4:14 eternal life transformation receiving
He reserves his wisdom for the upright
and is a shield to those who lead blameless lives.
Proverbs 2:7 righteousness blessing protection
Therefore, encourage one another and strengthen one another, as indeed you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 encouragement learning neighbor
He is the head of the body,
that is, the Church.
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that in every way
he should be supreme.
Colossians 1:18 church Jesus resurrection
The Lord makes poor and makes rich,
he humbles and he also exalts.
1 Samuel 2:7 money almighty humility
For the entire Law can be summed up in a single commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14 law love neighbor
However, you, dear friends, must build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in the love of God as you await our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy, who will grant you eternal life.
Jude 1:20-21 faith Holy Spirit love