Compass Point

‘Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity:  for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.’ —Ecclesiastes 9:9

‘For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.’ —James 3:16 ‘The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:  therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.’ —Proverbs 17:14

‘Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel’ —Philippians 1:27 ‘And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.’ —Mark 16:15

‘The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.’ —Psalm 19:1

‘Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:  because he trusteth in thee.’ —Isaiah 26:3

‘The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: ‘… ‘The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.’ —2 Timothy 1:16–18

‘And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?  And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver’ —Matthew 26:15 ‘Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.  And they said, What is that to us?  see thou to that.’ —Matthew 27:4

‘And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.’ —Genesis 39:2

‘And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins’ —Ephesians 2:1

‘What?  know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?’ —1 Corinthians 6:19 ‘And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.’ —Romans 5:5

‘That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world’ —Ephesians 2:12 ‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ’ —Ephesians 1:3

‘And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.’ —Colossians 1:20 ‘Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ’ —Romans 5:1

‘And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.’ —Acts 22:4 ‘And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.’ —Acts 23:1 ‘Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.’ —Psalm 119:11

‘And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.’ —2 Chronicles 24:16

‘There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.’ —John 12:2 ‘And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.’ —Luke 23:33

‘Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.’ —Acts 3:19 ‘To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.’ —Acts 26:18

‘I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.’ —1 John 2:12 ‘For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures’ —1 Corinthians 15:3 ‘Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.’ —Psalm 32:1

‘This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.’ —1 Timothy 1:15

‘Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me:  for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.’ —John 8:42 ‘But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name’ —John 1:12

‘Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.’ —John 3:7 ‘Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.’ —John 1:13 ‘And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.’ —John 10:28

‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus’ —Philippians 2:5 ‘May the mind of Christ, my Saviour, Live in me from day to day, By his love and pow'r controlling All I do and say. ‘May the word of God dwell richly In my heart from hour to hour, So that all may see I triumph Only through his power. ‘May the mind of Christ, my Saviour, Live in me from day to day, By his love and power co...

‘Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.’ —John 12:11 ‘Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.’ —John 20:29

‘Jesus wept.’ — John 11:35

‘Jesus wept.’ — John 11:35

‘Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:  he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live’ — John 11:25