2/4/13

 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
JOHN 16:7-11

2/3/13

In that day the branch of YAHWEH shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, when YAHWEH shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. Then YAHWEH will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy. There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.
ISAIAH 4:2-6

2/9/13

I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know YAHWEH.

²¹ “And in that day I will answer, declares YAHWEH,
    I will answer the heavens,
    and they shall answer the earth,

HOSEA 2:20-21

2/2/13

For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek YAHWEH their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
HOSEA 3:4-5

2/1/13

Return, O faithless children,
declares the Lord;
    for I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
    and I will bring you to Zion.

“‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. 

JEREMIAH 3:14-15

1/24/13

And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of YAHWEH, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
JOHN 3:33-35

1/23/13

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey YAHWEH rather than men. 
ACTS 5:29

1/22/13

Then I said, “Ah, YAHWEH! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But YAHWEH said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
⁸ Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
declares YAHWEH.”

JEREMIAH 1:6-8

1/21/13

If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
JEREMIAH 20:9

1/20/13

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that YAHWEH will work for us, for nothing can hinder YAHWEH from saving by many or by few.” 
1 SAMUEL 14:6

11/16/13

And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
EZEKIEL 11:19-20

1/15/13

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of Gehenna as you are.
MATTHEW 23:15

1/14/13

For YAHWEH is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
    the upright shall behold his face.
PSALM 11:7

1/13/13

I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 
GENESIS 9:13-15

1/12/13

Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am YAHWEH; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am YAHWEH; I have spoken, and I will do it.
EZEKIEL 36:36

1/11/13

Thus says YAHWEH: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am YAHWEH who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares YAHWEH.”
JEREMIAH 9:23-24

1/10/13

And I said, “O YAHWEH God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father's house have sinned. We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses. Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’ They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.  O YAHWEH, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
NEHEMIAH 1:5-11

1/9/13

He has told you, O man, what is good;
    and what does YAHWEH require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
    and to walk humbly with your God?
MICAH 6:8

1/8/13

And Samuel said,

“Has YAHWEH as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
    as in obeying the voice of YAHWEH?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
    and to listen than the fat of rams.
²³ For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
    and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of YAHWEH,
    he has also rejected you from being king.”

1 SAMUEL 15:22-23

1/7/13

For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
ROMANS 5:19

1/6/13

And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
LUKE 17:1-2

1/5/13

“Yet even now,” declares YAHWEH,
    “return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
¹³     and rend your hearts and not your garments.”
Return to YAHWEH your God,
    for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    and he relents over disaster.
¹⁴ Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
    and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
    for YAHWEH your God?
JOEL 2:12-14

1/3/13

Make me to know your ways, O YAHWEH;
    teach me your paths.
⁵ Lead me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all the day long.
PSALM 25:4-5

1/2/13

Thus says YAHWEH: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am YAHWEH who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares YAHWEH.”
JEREMIAH 9:23-24