Spiritual Battles
Isaiah 14:32b – "The Lord has established Zion".
God’s View of Circumstances
Isaiah 8:12 – Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
Hungering and Thirsting for God
Matthew 5:6 – Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Shining (not living) in the darkness
Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
Fearless Confident and Honouring
Psalm 27:3 - Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
Stones into bread
Matthew 4:4 - Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
The reason for the storm
Mark 4:37-41 – A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the [...]
Whoever has ears
Luke 14:34-35 - “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
It is also written
Matthew 4:7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”
Born Again?
John 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.