Matthew 7:13-14

And JESUS said, "Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many going that way. But small is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there are that find it."

James 2:1-4

Dearly beloved, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, steer clear of prejudice and discrimination. Suppose a man comes into your assembly wearing gold jewelry and expensive clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in shabby apparel. If you pay special attention to the finely dressed man, and offer him the best place to sit, and then turn to the poor man and say, "You can stand over there, or you can sit on the floor," doesn't that show that you are judging by outward appearances and guided by wrong motives?

Psalm 31:1-5

In you, O LORD, I put my trust; let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in your righteousness. Turn your ear to me, and come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of safety, a strong fortress to protect me. And since you are my rock and my fortress, lead me and guide me for the sake of your name. Save me from the traps that have been set for me, for you are my strength. Into your hands I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, GOD of truth.

James 1:17

Everything good and perfect comes from above, from the FATHER of lights, who does not change like a moving shadow.

Hebrews 2:10-18

In bringing many children to glory, it was all together fitting that GOD, for whom and through whom everything was made, should make JESUS, the author of their salvation, perfect through suffering. And both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from the same FATHER, so JESUS is not ashamed to call them family. He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters, and I will put my trust in him. Here am I with the children GOD has given me.” Since the children are of flesh and blood, he too became flesh and blood so that through his death he would destroy the devil’s power and deliver those who through the fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. Without a doubt it is Abraham’s descendants he helps, not angels, and for this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service to GOD, to make atonement for the sins of the people. For in his suffering and temptation he is able to help those who are being tempted.

2 Timothy 2:20-21

Now in a great house there are vessels made of gold and silver, and there are vessels made of wood and clay; some are for purposes of honor, and some are for ignominious purposes. Therefore, if you keep yourself pure, you will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the MASTER, and ready for any good work.

Mark 1:14-28

After John was arrested, JESUS went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of GOD. "The time has come at last," he said. "The kingdom of GOD is at hand. Repent and believe in the good news." Passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. JESUS called out to them, "Come. Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in a boat mending their nets. Without delay, he called them also, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired hands, and followed him. They went into Capernaum, and as soon as it became the Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and began to teach. The people were astonished at his teaching, for unlike the scribes, he taught as one who had authority. All of a sudden, a man possessed by an evil spirit appeared in the synagogue and began shouting, "What do you want with us, JESUS of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: you are the HOLY ONE of GOD!" JESUS rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" The evil spirit sent the man into convulsions and cried out with a loud voice, but came out of him. The people were all so amazed that they began to ask among themselves, "What in the world is this? A new teaching, with authority no less, and he even gives orders to evil spirits - and they obey him!" As you can imagine, word about him spread like wildfire throughout Galilee and the surrounding area.

1 Timothy 4:12-13

Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather, be an example to those who believe: in speech, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith and in purity. Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.

Philippians 3:10-16

I long to know CHRIST and the power of his resurrection, and I long for the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, even to die as he died, that by any means possible I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, nor have I already been perfected, but I press on to make it my own, because CHRIST JESUS has made me his own. Dearly beloved, I do not regard myself to have taken possession of it yet. But one thing I do: I leave the past behind and I look forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize for which GOD is calling us to heaven through CHRIST JESUS. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too GOD will make clear to you. Nevertheless, let us live up to what we have already attained.

Psalm 33:18-19

Behold, the LORD watches over those who fear him, who rely on his unfailing and loving kindness, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in times of famine.

1 Peter 3:18-22

Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous dying for the unrighteous, that he might lead us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, and made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago as God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only eight souls were saved through water. The water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you - not the removal of dirt from the body, but an appeal to God from a clean conscience. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who, having gone on to heaven, is at the right hand of God - with all angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

2 Corinthians 4:1-6

Since it was GOD, in his mercy, who gave us this ministry, we refuse to give up. In fact, we renounce secret, shameful ways; we are not deceitful; and we do not distort the word of GOD. On the contrary, by plainly setting forth the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of GOD. And if our gospel is veiled to anyone, it is to those who are perishing. Satan has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they remain unenlightened of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of GOD. We do not preach ourselves, but JESUS CHRIST as LORD, and ourselves as your servants because of JESUS. And GOD, who said, "Out of darkness, let there be light," made his light shine in our hearts to enlighten us of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of JESUS CHRIST.

John 5:16-23

The Jews persecuted JESUS and sought to kill him for breaking their Sabbath rules. But JESUS said to them, "My FATHER continues to work, so I too am working." Because of that remark, the Jews were even more determined to kill him, for not only was he breaking their Sabbath rules, but he called GOD his own FATHER, making himself equal with GOD. So JESUS said to them, "I assure you that the SON can do nothing of himself; he can only do what he sees his FATHER doing. Whatever the FATHER does, that the SON does also. For the FATHER loves the SON and shows him all he does. In fact, to your amazement, he will show him even greater things than healing a man. For example, just as the FATHER raises the dead and gives them life, the SON will do likewise to whomever he pleases. What is more: the FATHER judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the SON, so that all may honor the SON even as they honor the FATHER. He who does not honor the SON, does not honor the FATHER who sent him."

1 John 2:3-8

When we obey the commandments of GOD, we can be sure that we know him. Anyone who claims to know GOD but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them. But when we obey his word, the love of GOD can be fully expressed in us, and this is how we know that we are in him. Anyone who claims to live in GOD must walk as JESUS did. Dearly beloved, I am not giving you a new commandment, for this is an original one you have had since the beginning - an old command you have heard before. Yet it is a new command in a way, and it's truth is seen in him and in you. The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

May the God of peace himself thoroughly purify you. May your spirit, soul, and body be preserved complete and without blame in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will surely do it.

Colossians 1:28-29

We proclaim Christ, warning and teaching everyone, with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. And for this purpose I labor, depending on his energy that he powerfully works within me.

Matthew 6:25-30

Do not be anxious about your life: what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly FATHER feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they? Can any of you by being anxious add any length to their life? And why do you worry about your clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow. They neither work nor weave, but I tell you that even Solomon in all his splendor was never arrayed like one of these! So, if that is how GOD clothes the flowers of the field, which are here today and gone tomorrow, will he not much better take care of you, O you of little faith?

2 Peter 2:4-9

If GOD did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell, committing them to gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment; and if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on a world of ungodly people, saving Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and his family; and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to extinction by turning them to ashes, making them an example of what will happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was very distressed by all the immorality and wickedness around him (for he was a righteous man, living among them, and his righteous soul was tormented day after day by the immorality he saw and heard); then the LORD knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and the LORD knows how to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.

Hebrews 2:1-9

We ought to pay greater attention to the things we heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels proved binding, and every transgression and disobedience received an appropriate punishment, how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at first was declared by the LORD, and then passed on to us by the very people who heard him speak? GOD also bore witness with them with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT distributed according to his divine plan. Now, it was not to angels that GOD subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. For somewhere in Scripture it says, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the SON of man, that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor, putting everything under his feet." Now, in making everything subject to him, GOD left nothing out of his control, even though at present we do not yet see it that way. But we do see JESUS, who was made a little lower than the angels for a time, and now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death. By the grace of GOD, he tasted death for everyone.

Acts 3:1-10

One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the temple for the three o'clock hour of prayer. A man who had been crippled from birth was being carried to a temple gate, the one called Beautiful, where he spent every day begging from those who entered. Seeing Peter and John about to go in, he asked them for money. Peter looked intently at the man, as did John, and Peter said, "Look at us!" So the man looked at them eagerly, expecting to receive something. Then Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!" Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began walking. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the beggar who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Ephesians 2:6-10

God raised us up together with Christ, to take our place with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, in order to show, in the ages that are coming, the immeasurable generosity of the grace and kindness he has expressed to us through Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. This is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. And no one can boast, because it cannot be earned. For we are the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

1 Peter 2:11-12

Dearly beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and as sojourners in the world, to steer clear of sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such a good life among unbelievers, that even if they slander you as evil, they may see your good deeds, and glorify God on the Day.

1 Timothy 3:8-13

Deacons are to be men of sincere conviction, respectable, temperate, and not pursuing dishonest gain. They must be committed to the truths of our faith with a clear conscience. Let them be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they are blameless. Their wives must be respectable, not slanderers, temperate, women who can be trusted. Let each deacon be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. Those who serve well as deacons earn a good reputation and gain confidence in their faith in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:10-13

It is a great joy to me in the Lord that at long last you have renewed your concern for me. Of course you have always been concerned, but without opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever my circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to be in prosperity. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living with plenty or in need: I can do all things through him who gives me strength.

Romans 14:7-12

None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, in life, and in death, we belong to the Lord. For this very purpose, Christ died and rose to live again, to be Lord of the living and the dead. So, why judge your brother, and why look down on your brother, when we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ? For it is written, "As surely as I live," says the Lord, "To me every knee will bow, and to God every tongue will confess." So then, every one of us will give an account of himself to God.

Luke 6:31-35

Treat everyone as you would like to be treated. If you only love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good only to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that much. And if you only lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners and expect a full return. Instead, you are to love your enemies and do good to them, and even lend, without expecting anything back. You will be acting as children of the Most High God, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked, and your reward will be great.

John 5:1-15

Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. In the city of Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, there is a pool surrounded by five covered porches. In Aramaic it is called Bethesda. A great number of disabled, blind, lame, and paralyzed people waited for an angel to disturb the water. The first one in the pool after the disturbance would be healed. One man in particular had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been there a long time, asked him, "Do you want to be healed?" "Sir," replied the invalid, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else always gets there before me." Then Jesus said to him, "Stand up. Pick up your mat, and walk!" Immediately, the man was healed. He picked up his mat and began walking. This happened on a Sabbath, so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "The law forbids you to carry your mat on the Sabbath." "The man who healed me," he replied, "is also the one who told me to pick up my mat and walk." So they questioned him, "Who is this man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?" But the man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn into the crowd. Later, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are healed! Sin no more, or something even worse may happen to you." Then the man went off to inform the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

1 Corinthians 3:5-9

So tell me: who is Apollos? And who is Paul? No more than servants through whom you came to believe as the LORD gave an opportunity. Yes, I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it, but it was GOD who made it grow. So it is neither the one who plants nor the one who waters that is important, but only GOD, because he gives life to the seed. The one who plants and the one who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded for their labor, but we work together for GOD. You are HIS field to cultivate; you are HIS building to constuct.

Philippians 3:7-9

Whatever I once considered as profit to me, I now count as a loss for the sake of Christ. In fact, I consider everything a loss compared to the overwhelming profit of knowing Christ Jesus as my Lord. For him I have lost everything, and consider it all rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him. I do not depend on the law for righteousness, but on faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God through faith.

Galatians 6:7-10

Do not be under any illusion: you cannot make a fool of God, because what you sow is what you will reap. If you sow to satisfy your flesh, from your flesh you will reap corruption. But if you sow to please the Holy Spirit, from the Holy Spirit you will harvest everlasting life. So let us never grow weary of doing good, for in due season our harvest is assured if we do not give up. Therefore, at every opportunity, let us do good to everyone - especially to those who are of the household of faith.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Anyone in Christ is a new creation. The old has passed away, and the new has come.