Achieve
“Go forth bravely, for I shall always be beside you. Make me the goal of all your desires and I will teach you to dream bold dreams. Through the sharp thorns that lie along your way, I will make you a path for your tired feet, leading you to the wonder of that day when you and I shall meet. I will give you the grace to see ahead and an armor brighter than a blinding star. No matter how hard the way, how dark the sky, you will overcome because I am with you. And as you go into the thick of life, let my Spirit attend you, to make straight your path, to open all doors ahead of you. Put your hand into mine and charge into the future.”
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
-Matthew 6:33
Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
-Psalm 1:1-3
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
-John 8:31-32
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
-Hebrews 11:6
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
-Jeremiah 29:13
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
-Hebrews 4:14-16
Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
-Joshua 1:9
For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.
-Psalm 71:5
However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.”
-1 Corinthians 2:9
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be. Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
-Galatians 5:10-25
