Bold Move

Genesis 21:8-21 17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.  18  Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.

Psalm 23:8 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me

Isaiah 59:17, 20-21 From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord,     and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood     that the breath of the Lord drives along.

2 Corinthians 8:5-7 7  Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

Proverbs 23:7a; 23-26 Buy the truth and do not sell it

Luke 7:3-8 7  That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.  8  For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

Isaiah 30:18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;     therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice.     Blessed are all who wait for him!

Exodus 4:18-20 18  Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.” Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.” 19  Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.”

Matthew 25:44-45 44  “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45  “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.

 Psalm 25:14-15 NIV The Lord confides in those who fear him;     he makes his covenant known to them. 15  My eyes are ever on the Lord,     for only he will release my feet from the snare.

Psalm 25:20-22 AMPC 20  O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed  or  disappointed, for my trust  and  my refuge are in You. 21  Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for  and  expect You.

Romans 6:1-2 MSG That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!

Philippians 4:6-7 MSG Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns

1 Corinthians 15: 7-11   But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 

Deuteronomy 32:30 NIV How could one man chase a thousand,     or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them,     unless the Lord had given them up?

Genesis 14:14 14  When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Proverbs 11: 24-25 MSG The world of the generous gets larger and larger;     the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. 25  The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed;     those who help others are helped.

Matthew 7:3-5 MSG It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,’ when your own face is distorted by contempt? 

Isaiah 42:16 NIV I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,     along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;

1 Peter 1:3-5 MSG Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven

Philippians 1:9-11 MSG  Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all,

Matthew 6:30-33 MSG “If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?

Luke 16: 10-12 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

Leviticus 2:1-3 “‘When anyone brings a grain offering to the Lord, their offering is to be of the finest flour. They are to pour olive oil on it, put incense on it

Matthew 6:16-18 17  But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,  18  so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father