Bible Verses

[matthew]

This thread is for everyone to share bible verses with one another.

I read this earlier today, and it reminded me that God has given us all we need to help us live as Christians, and protect ourselves from spiritual attacks.

Finally, build up your strength in union with the Lord and by means of his mighty power.
Put on all the armour that God gives you, so that you will be able to stand up against the Devil's evil tricks.
For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.
So put on God's armour now! Then when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist the enemies attacks; and after fighting to the end, you will still hold your ground.
So stand ready, with truth as a belt of tight around your waist, with righteousness as your breastplate, and as your shoes the readiness to announce the Good News of peace.
At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One.
And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you.
Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help.
Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads.
For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for all God's people.
And pray also for me, that God will give me a message when I am ready to speak, so that I may speak boldly and make known the gospel's secret.
For the sake of this gospel I am an ambassador, though now I am in prison.
Pray that I may be bold in speaking about the gospel as I should. Ephesians 6:10- 20 (GNB)

I find it pretty difficult to trust God. i'm prone to quite severe anxiety and depression and I'm focusing on my problems alot of the time rather than the promises and love of God.

But I believe that he is daily transforming me and helping me in my weaknesses, and over the past month or so, I have experienced a change and a new strength.

Thing is , whenever I tell others how God is transforming me, it is then that I find myself under spiritual attack, which makes me reluctant to speak about what God is truely doing in my life, in case I lose it. I pray that I can recognise these spiritual attacks for what they are, and not let it stop me speaking out and growing as a Christian.

[matthew]

Remind me each morning of your
constant love,
for I put my trust in you.
My prayers go up to you;
show me the way I should go.
Psalms 143:8 (GNB)

[admin]

matthew said:

But I believe that he is daily transforming me and helping me in my weaknesses, and over the past month or so, I have experienced a change and a new strength.

Thing is , whenever I tell others how God is transforming me, it is then that I find myself under spiritual attack, which makes me reluctant to speak about what God is truely doing in my life, in case I lose it. I pray that I can recognise these spiritual attacks for what they are, and not let it stop me speaking out and growing as a Christian.

Matt, I know for a fact that God is transforming you. I can see it every time I talk to you. God really is doing a work in your life. And I know it isn't easy and I guess it is like when you start to give something over or God helps you in one way, then you get tempted to go back to the way you were, 'cause things get tough. But, I think that passage of scripture there (Eph 6) is a great passage for you! Every morning, deliberately think of putting on each piece of armor before you start your day. Really see yourself as having truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation and the word of God in your heart. And just always have an attitude of prayer throughout the day. I know that God will help you to stand firm in your walk with him. And as you know, I am always here to be your friend and encourage you and care for you.









The verses I read this morning are from Psalm 19:13,14

Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

[matthew]

So get rid of the old self that was being destroyed by it's deceitful desires. Your hearts and minds must be made completely new, and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy. (Ephesians 4:22-24 gnb)

[matthew]

I thank you Lord with all my heart...
You answered me when I called to
you;
with your strength you
strengthened me.

...When I am surrounded by troubles,
you keep me safe....

You will do everything you have
promised. (psalm 138 gnb)

[matthew]

In his life on earth Jesus made his prayers and requests with load cries and tears to God, who could save him from death. Because he was humble and devoted, God heard him. But even though he was God's Son, he learnt through his sufferings to be obedient. (Hebrews 5:7-8 GNB)

[Crippled Munchkin]

I want to thank you guys for sharing Jesus and the Bible with the many people who come to your site for grafx art. I came looking for templates. Now, I hope I've found some spiritual friends who may change some grafx searchers life.

John 14:1
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God and trust also in me.

[admin]

Thanks, Crippled Munchkin I'm glad you could join. And yeah. I really also pray that ocgfx can be a place where we can grow closer to God and be an inspiration and light on the internet.

[matthew]

Hi there Crippled Munckin I'm glad you found us!

[twilight]

Hello there, I'm Twilight as you may very well know by seeing my Display name.

I've mainly just been a window watcher towards this sight, but decided to join.

Now to say on topic here,
I've aadmire the Famous John 3:16, though saddly most know it by only that and not of the words in it.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

I'm apart of a Christian School and we pray a good bit. Though I have Spirital Attack quite often. The"What if.." is always entering my head, but I struggle alot to try and drown it out. Yet.. ther fear of what's to come after Death is always there in me and I fear it shalln't ever leave or find spiritual peace until it comes.

[matthew]

Hi there Twilight.

Yeah, spiritual attacks are pretty frequent for me too and I often take my eyes of God because of them, but he always brings me back. It's part of learning to trust him, and it strengthens our faith.
I know that Jesus has saved me, and although I have doubts, God has given me so much, and hasreally made some big changes in my life. I always have that as an assurance that he is there and stuff.

[twilight]

Yes, that to is one of the only drives that keep me going and the school that I attend as well. There faith within God and Jesus Chirst is another motive to keep faith.

[matthew]

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. and I pray that you, being established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all fulness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-19 niv)

[r3dsc0p3]

wow, im lovin thsi community, some really great verses have been posted so far!

Heres one of my favorites right now:

1 Timothy 4:12
"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity."

Another good one...

Colossians 3:17
"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him!"

Both NIV versions

[matthew]

Hi r3dsc0p3

Thanks for post those verses. I just read this, and it's something i want to keep in my mind today:

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV)

[matthew]

the solid foundation that God has laid cannot be shaken; and on it are written these words: "The Lord knows those who are his" and "Whoever says he belongs to the Lord must turn away from wrongdoing."
In a large house there are dishes and bowls of all kinds; some are made of silver and gold, others other wood and clay; some are for special occasions, others for ordinary use. If anyone makes himself clean from all those evil things, he will be used for special purposes, because he is dedicated and useful to his master, ready to be used for every good deed.
Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart cal out to the Lord for help.


I'm pretty much unable to live as a good Christian at the moment. sigh. I'm letting all my problems get the better of me, and I'm not taking them to God the way I know I should. I guess Things just don't ever seem to get better, and the same old problems keep reoccurring and stuff, so it makes me lose faith, and I stop going to God and believing that he is ever-willing to help me. This passage particularly spoke to me today. I really want to be a good servant and do the will of God and be used by him, but I keep letting my circumstances get the better of me, and I start to reject God and fall into sin.

This is a prayer request to if anyone here should read it. Please pray for me, that I'll completely turn away from wrongdoing, and resist the various temptations that come my way. And please pray that I can have a softer heart to all the members of this forum , and those who are in need of graphics. I let things get to me sometimes and i feel that the attitude of my heart just isn't right to wards you all.

M@

[matthew]

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is GOD.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his
pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his
name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all
generations.
Psalm 100

[bethany54]

matthew said:

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is GOD.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his
pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his
name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all
generations.
Psalm 100

One of my favorites Mahud! I also really like this. . .

Rom 8:1 THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, {who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.}
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.
Rom 8:3 For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice],
Rom 8:4 So that the righteous {and} just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live {and} move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit].
Rom 8:5 For those who are according to the flesh {and} are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on {and} pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit {and} are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on {and} seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.
Rom 8:6 Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever].
Rom 8:7 [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God's Law; indeed it cannot.
Rom 8:8 So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please {or} satisfy God, {or} be acceptable to Him.
Rom 8:9 But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God].
Rom 8:10 But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin {and} guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].
Rom 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ {Jesus} from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.
Rom 8:12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live of the flesh.
Rom 8:13 For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.
Rom 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Rom 8:15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
Rom 8:16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.
Rom 8:17 And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.
Rom 8:18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us {and} in us {and} for us {and} conferred on us!
Rom 8:19 For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly {and} longs earnestly for God's sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].
Rom 8:20 For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it--[yet] with the hope
Rom 8:21 That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay {and} corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God's children.
Rom 8:22 We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now.
Rom 8:23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have {and} enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God's sons).
Rom 8:24 For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience {and} composure.
Rom 8:26 So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid {and} bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer {nor} how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication {and} pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings {and} groanings too deep for utterance.
Rom 8:27 And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes {and} pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to {and} in harmony with God's will.
Rom 8:28 We are assured {and} know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together {and} are [fitting into a plan] for good to {and} for those who love God and are called according to [His] design {and} purpose.
Rom 8:29 For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30 And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].
Rom 8:31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]
Rom 8:32 He who did not withhold {or} spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely {and} graciously give us all [other] things?
Rom 8:33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?]
Rom 8:34 Who is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God actually pleading {as} He intercedes for us?
Rom 8:35 Who shall ever separate us from Christ's love? Shall suffering {and} affliction {and} tribulation? Or calamity {and} distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?
Rom 8:36 Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded {and} counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors {and} gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending {and} threatening nor things to come, nor powers,
Rom 8:39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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