Planting on Purpose

“Choose this day whom you will serve….but as for me, I will serve the LORD!” -Joshua 24:15

1 John 4:8 says, “God IS love.”

“I look up to the mountains. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord. He is the Maker of Heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 3:18

“‘You will certainly not die,’ the serpent said to the woman. ‘God knows that when you eat the fruit from that tree, you will know things you have never known before. Like God, you will be able to tell the difference between good and evil.’” Genesis 3:4-5

“Though one may be over powered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12

Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight.”

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12

“Whoever wants to be my disciples must say no to themselves. They must pick up their cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24

“But suppose we walk in the light, just as he is in the light. Then we share life with one another. And the blood of Jesus, His Son, makes us pure from all sin.” 1 John 1:7

“The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.” Proverbs 12:26

“While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him. He was filled with tender love for his son. He ran to him. He threw his arms around him and kissed him.” Luke 15:20

“We know that Christ was raised from the dead and will never die again. Death doesn’t control Him anymore.” Romans 6:9

Matthew 16:33: “I have told you these things, so that you can have peace because of me. In this world, you will have trouble. But be encouraged! I have won the battle over the world.”

“Do not love the world or the things in it.” 1 John 2:15

“So be perfect just as your Father in Heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48

Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 11:17 says, “Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.”

“‘Let your yes be yes and your no be no.” Matthew 5:37

"The Lord is close to those whose hearts have been broken. He saves those whose spirits have been crushed. The person who does what is right may have many troubles. But the Lord saves from all of them." -Psalm 34:18-19

Hebrews 4:14-15 says, “Don’t take the path of evil people. Don’t live the way sinners do. Stay away from their path and don’t travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.”

Wives submit to your husbands FOR PEACE (Ephesians 5:22) Submit to God and Satan will flee from you FOR PEACE (James 4:7) Submit to your leaders and have confidence in them FOR PEACE (Hebrews 13:17) Submit to God for prosperity AND PEACE (Job 22:21)

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” -Colossians 3:23-24

Praise and Prayer Closet

Ephesians 5:15-16 “So be very careful how you live. Do not live like people who aren’t wise. Live like people who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity. The days are evil. So don’t be foolish. Instead, understand what the Lord wants.”