Favorite bible verses

"Tis hard to kick against the pricks ..." ~ Jesus

I forgot exactly where in the bible but it sticks in my mind .. that and ..

"Ye are all gods, sons of the Most High." Psalms 82 (something) must have been one of Jesus' favs too because he quoted it elsewhere when he was being accused of playing God.





If you see my widgets it means you got a "10" :O)

Thank you Dan that was Acts 26:14, cool.

I would have to say my facorite bible verse is...

1 John 3:16
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers

That is so true he truly is a great man he gave his life for him so why not give our lives to him!!

Hey DANIELLE,

We DANIEL-like people have to help each other out!

Dan . .translation "Judge" .. i .. liken to "is" .. el .. God

"God is my Judge." Hebrew symbol of a man (Judge?) going through a door .. can't draw it here!

Lord, Give Me A Red Head
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8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Phillappians 4:8,9

Trinity, good one! That short message says it all. How often do we forget that Thoughts are Things and mighty things at that!

Where there is total Light, there is no room for darkness.

"The Mind of Christ (Philippians 2: 3-11)"

Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross.

Elsewhere on Gather the question was put forth what makes a Beautiful Mind. I posted that, among others, Jesus exhibited this sort of Mind.

The Essence of a Beautiful Mind
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Trinity, that's an excellent one. That is the verse that got me through a very rough patch several years ago. Another favorite of mine is Romans 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Many times it's hard for me to remember that everything that happens has a purpose and I must refer back to this verse, and know that "ALL things, bad or good, will work out.

Danielle,

The best place to begin reading the Holy Bible, in my opinion, is with the New Testament. I think it is a much easier read then the Old Testament and in fact, it uses the Old Testament as a reference point because Jesus relied on those old teachings in his own understanding of law and so forth. Yet it is in the New Testament that we are able to see the Christ Mind in action.

for some reason still unknown to me, my favorite bible passage growing up was philemon.
never could understand why though.

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I started reading Genisis and Revelations(Yes the begining and the end)
My favorite is 1 Corinthians 13
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves."

Ah Stacy, a "love child" :O)

"Though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief." - 1 Timothy 1:13

That is and has always been my favorite among them all because without the fact that God was willing to take me as I was - unclean, unworthy and sinful - then I would never have been able to get out on my own. The rest, all by grace and by God's wondrous love, it all ties into that. I'm not selling it short. But for me, a 37 year old heathen loser who was unwanted and usually shunned by churches and church folk, this was a real eye opener. That and a loving group of people who understood & offered me the love of Jesus despite everything I did to make them uncomfortable and to make them dislike me - they loved me in spite of myself because Jesus had taught them how to truly love the sinner and not the sin. There is no one who God does not want and no one who has to clean up to come forward to Christ. I am living proof of that, and this verse has always pointed that put to me as no other in the Bible.

Thank you for this awesome reminder and beautiful opportunity to reflect and be grateful, Danielle. Have a fantastic Friday!

Joe,

The pathway is of little importance but the fact that you saw your mistakes and cleaned up your act says alot about you as a man.

I just asked my little bro, Tim, who's mentally handicapped by the way, what is his favorite bible saying:

"Love one another."

Thank you Dan, but I can't take any credit for it. The fact that Jesus loved me, accepted me and that this love caused such a dramatic change in my heart that I WANTED to clean up is the miracle. That's what my gather site name is all about - I took it from another of my favorite verses:

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. " - Ephesians 2:8-9

The only thing I did was stop fighting, submit to the Father and accept the fgift of His precious son Jesus. They did the rest.

May God richly and deeply bless you my brother.

Eugene Peterson's "The Message" translation of the Bible seems easiest to understand to me, so I tend to read it a lot more than my others. I Thessalonians 5:16-18 says, "Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Jesus Christ to live".

Matthew 17:20

"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Hebrew 11;1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

Matthew 7:3-5

"Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not preceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove tht splinter from your eye' while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see the clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye."

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not on thy own understanding, but in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.