Zechariah 2:8 For thus says the Lord... he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
Malachi 4:2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
Proverbs 3:31 Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways
Psalm 37:7-9 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm. For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the Lord, They shall inherit the earth.
Isaiah 40:30-31 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall. But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
1 Peter 2:20-24 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Psalm 91:4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
Psalm 91:9-11 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
Psalm 119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
Psalm 31:19-20 Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues.
Psalm 91:14-16 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.
Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Colossians 3:2-3, 12-13 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God... put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
James 3:16-18 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 1:5, 17 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him... Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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Only to those who wait humbly upon God, who watch for His guidance and grace, is the Spirit given. The power of God awaits their demand and reception. This promised blessing, claimed by faith, brings all other blessings in its train. [My Life Today, p. 47]
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Ezekiel 34:11-16 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”
Psalm 78:52-53 But He made His own people go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock; And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Psalm 79:13 So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.
Psalm 100:1-3 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Isaiah 40:11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those who are with young.
Psalm 95:6-8 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice: “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of [c]trial in the wilderness,
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
1 Peter 2:24-25 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 5:2-4 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
Matthew 18:10-14 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
John 10:1-10 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 10:11-16 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:27-28 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
Matthew 25:32-45 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ “Then they also will answer [a]Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
Forever loved, no matter what you've done (Jeremiah 31:3, Rom. 5:8)
God's beloved child in whom He is well pleased. (Matt. 3:17)
Accepted into the beloved - Ephesians 1:6
Called by name and belong to God (Isaiah 43:1)
Rejoiced over by God with singing (Zeph 3:17) Hidden with Christ in God (Psalms 32:7) Rooted and grounded in His love (Ephesians 3:17) Healed by Jesus' stripes (Isaiah 53:6) Redeemed by Jesus' blood (1 Peter 1:18-19, Rev 5:9) Reconciled to God (Colossians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 5:18) God's Masterpiece - Ephesians 2:10 A New Creation - 2 Corinthians 5:17 A Child of God - John 1:12, Romans 8:16 Adopted into God’s family (Romans 8:15, Ephesians 1:5) A Brother/Sister - Matthew 12:50, Hebrews 2:11 Set free from sin’s power (Romans 6:14, Rom 8:2) Set free from condemnation (Rom 8:1-2) Set free from Satan’s control (Col 1:13) Freed from Satan's accusations (Rev 12:11)
A Soldier - 2 Timothy 2:3-4, Ephesians 6:11
Victorious over sin (1 Corinthians 15:56-57, 1 John 5:4)
Provided a way out of temptation (1 Cor 10:13)
More Than A Conqueror - Romans 8:37
Can handle any situation (Phil. 4:13) Justified freely by his grace (Romans 3:24) Sanctified (1 Corinthians 6:11) Chosen for holiness in God's love (Ephesians 1:4) A vessel for the Master’s use (2 Timothy 2:21) A Saint - 1 Corinthians 1:2 Temple of God's Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:16) Forgiven and cleansed of all your confessed sins 1 John 1:9 Predestined to be like Jesus (Ephesians 1:11) Given the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:22) A Partaker of Christ - Hebrews 3:14 A Branch of the True Vine - John 15:5 A Member of Christ's Body - Romans 12:5 Dead indeed to sin, but alive to God (Romans 6:11) Made alive by his mighty power (Ephesians 2:1) Seated in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6) Blessed us with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3) Complete in him (Colossians 2:10) Given all things pertaining to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3) Given great and precious promises (2 Pet 1:4) Given ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 1:22) Given authority over the power of enemy (Lk 10:19) One with the Lord (1 Corinthians 6:17) City set on a hill (Matthew 5:14) Candle in a dark place (Matthew 5:15) A Child of Light - 1 Thessalonians 5:5 A Citizen of Heaven - Philippians 3:20 A Pilgrim - 1 Peter 2:11 An Ambassador - 2 Corinthians 5:20 A Witness - Acts 1:8 Given wisdom (Ephesians 1:8) Co-laborers with God (1 Corinthians 3:9) A Steward/Servant - 1 Corinthians 4:1–2 A Friend of Jesus - John 15:14 A Joint Heir With Christ - Romans 8:17 A Royal Priesthood - 1 Peter 2:9 A Living Stone, Built in Christ- 1 Peter 2:5 Salt and a Light of the world (Matthew 5:13-14) A Jewel- Malachi 3:17 A Royal Diadem - Isaiah 62:3 The head and not the tail (Deuteronomy 28:13) Cared for and protected as His sheep (Psalms 23, Psalms 100:3) Kept by the power of God (1 Peter 1:5) Kept from falling (Jude 1:24) Kept in the palm of his hand (John 10:29) Secure in Christ (John 10:28-29) Sheltered under his wing (Psalms 91:4) Set on a Rock (Psalms 40:2) Hidden in secret place of the Almighty (Psalms 91:1) On the way to heaven (John 14:6)
YOU HAVE… Salvation (2 Timothy 2:10) Redemption and forgiveness (Romans 3:24, Ephesians 1:7) Access to the Father (Romans 5:2)
Jesus as your Advocate (1 John 2:1)
Jesus as your High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-16) Eternal life (Romans 6:23) Victory (1 Corinthians 15:57) Freedom/liberty (Romans 8:2, Galatians 5:1) Grace (2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 2:7, 2 Timothy 2:1) Righteousness by faith (Romans 3:22, Philippians 3:9) Faith and love (1 Timothy 1:14, 2 Timothy 1:13) Faith working through love (Galatians 5:6) Wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30)
You have a new name in heaven (Rev. 2:17) A home in heaven waiting for you (Jn 14:1-2) All you need (Philippians 4:19) A living hope (1 Peter 1:3) An eternal inheritance (Hebrews 9:15, 1 Peter 1:4) An anchor to your soul (Hebrews 6:19) A hope that is sure and steadfast (Hebrews 6:19) Authority to tread on serpents (Luke 10:19) Power to witness (Acts 1:8) The tongue of the learned (Isaiah 50:4) The mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) Peace with God (Romans 5:1) A measure of faith (Romans 10:17, Romans 12:3) Purpose and grace (2 Timothy 1:9) A future and an expected end (Jeremiah 29:11)
