Andy's Inspiration Box

2 Timothy 1:3-14 New King James Version (NKJV) Timothy’s Faith and Heritage 3  I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as  my  forefathers  did,  as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,  4  greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy,  5  when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.  6  Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.  7  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Not Ashamed of the Gospel 8  Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,  9  who has saved us and ca...

"May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you" - Psalm 33:22

1 John 3:18 New Century Version (NCV) 18 My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

"It's safe to trust God's methods,  and to go by His clock."  - S.D. Gordon (The Bent Knee Time) Perhaps, O soul, thou waitest for His leading, Thy longing heart His further will would'st know; Rest thou in God: His ear hath heard thy pleading, The "further steps" He yet to thee will shew. - J. Danson Smith *Photograph copyright R. Harriott 2005

"You are my deepest longing, And so I see you everywhere It's you I'm chasing after Cause I am captivated By who you are I'll follow you forever"  - Audrey Assad

1 Timothy 4:11-16 New Century Version (NCV) 11 Command and teach these things. 12 Do not let anyone treat you as if you are unimportant because you are young. Instead, be an example to the believers with your words, your actions, your love, your faith, and your pure life. 13 Until I come, continue to read the Scriptures to the people, strengthen them, and teach them. 14 Use the gift you have, which was given to you through prophecy when the group of elders laid their hands on you. 15 Continue to do those things; give your life to doing them so your progress may be seen by everyone. 16 Be careful in your life and in your teaching. If you continue to live and teach rightly, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

"The last and foundational part of my perseverance is born out of my faith.  When all those other things... run out or fall short,  my faith is the thing that enables me to just show up and take one more step. "  - Michelle Akers ('Take My Heart Oh God',   February 26 ) Romans 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Read  Isaiah 40

"I was drawn into the presence on the One who had, far more that I did, the power to keep me close. I found my focus subtly shifting away from my efforts to God's: from rigour to grace, from rigidity to relationship. I soon realised that this was happening regularly. I was praying much more. I became less worried about the mechanics and methods and in turn I was more motivated. And so God cares for us that I realised anew...he himself helps us to pray. I must admit I can't explain how it is that the Holy Spirit prompts us and produces the desire to persevere in all thing. All I know is - he does." - Timothy Jones: Christianity Today

"God can do everything, that's true, but if nothing bad happened in our lives, we might get the idea that we didn't need him...  He lets life happen, and sometimes what we think is a burden is really a blessing."  - Lori Copeland Hebrews 10:22-23 New King James Version (NKJV) 22  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.  23  Let us hold fast the confession of  our  hope without wavering, for He who promised  is  faithful. Jeremiah 29:11-13 New King James Version (NKJV) 11  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the  Lord , thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  12  Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  13  And you will seek Me and find  Me,  when you search for Me with all you...

Isaiah 51:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV) The  Lord  Comforts Zion “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the  Lord : Look to the rock  from which  you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit  from which  you were dug. 2  Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah  who  bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him.” 3  For the  Lord  will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the  Lord ; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

James 1:22-25 New Century Version (NCV) 22 Do what God's teaching says; when you only listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves. 23 Those who hear God's teaching and do nothing are like people who look at themselves in a mirror. 24 They see their faces and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like. 25 But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God's perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it. They do not forget what they heard, but they obey what God's teaching says. Those who do this will be made happy. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

Hebrews 12:1-3 New Century Version (NCV) Follow Jesus' Example 1 We are surrounded by a great cloud of people whose lives tell us what faith means. So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back. 2 Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God's throne. 3 Think about Jesus' example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to him. So do not get tired and stop trying. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

Psalm 16 New International Version (NIV) A  miktam  of David.   1  Keep me safe, my God,    for in you I take refuge.   2  I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;    apart from you I have no good thing.” 3  I say of the holy people who are in the land,    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.” 4  Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods    or take up their names on my lips.   5  LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;    you make my lot secure. 6  The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;    surely I have a delightful inheritance. 7  I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;    even at night my heart instructs me. 8  I keep my eyes always on the LORD.    With him at my rig...

Ephesians 4:17-32 Good News Translation (GNT) The New Life in Christ 17 In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless 18 and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn. 19 They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint. 20 That was not what you learned about Christ! 21 You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.22 So get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to—the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires. 23 Your hearts and minds must be made completely new, 24 and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy. 25 No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believ...

"Open my eyes and see The wonderful mystery of love..."  - Delerious Psalm 33:6 By the  word  of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the  breath  of His mouth.

Colossians 3:1-4 Good News Translation (GNT) 1 You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God. 2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory! Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

Mark 11:22-24 New King James Version (NKJV) 22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. The Widow's Oil Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

" I need Thee every hour, teach me Thy will, And Thy rich promises in me fulfill"

Psalm 51 New International Version (NIV) 1  Have mercy on me, O God,    according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion    blot out my transgressions. 2  Wash away all my iniquity    and cleanse me from my sin.   3  For I know my transgressions,    and my sin is always before me. 4  Against you, you only, have I sinned    and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict    and justified when you judge. 5  Surely I was sinful at birth,    sinful from the time my mother conceived me. 6  Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;    you taught me wisdom in that secret place.   7  Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8  Let me hear joy and gladness;    let the bones you have crushed r...

Romans 9:30-33 New International Version (NIV)   30  What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;  31  but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.  32  Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.  33  As it is written:    “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble     and a rock that makes them fall,     and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” [ a ]

Psalm 32:1-11 New International Version (NIV)   1  Blessed is the one    whose transgressions are forgiven,    whose sins are covered. 2  Blessed is the one    whose sin the LORD does not count against them    and in whose spirit is no deceit.   3  When I kept silent,    my bones wasted away    through my groaning all day long. 4  For day and night    your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped    as in the heat of summer. [ b ]   5  Then I acknowledged my sin to you    and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess    my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave    the guilt of my sin.   6  Therefore let all the faithful pray to you    while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters    will not ...

1 Corinthians 4:1-5 New King James Version (NKJV) Stewards of the Mysteries of God Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2  Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.  3  But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. [ a ]  In fact, I do not even judge myself.  4  For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.  5  Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts.  Then each one’s praise will come from God.

Hebrews 3:1-15 Good News Translation (GNT) Jesus Is Greater than Moses   1  My Christian friends, who also have been called by God! Think of Jesus, whom God sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess. 2   He was faithful to God, who chose him to do this work, just as Moses was faithful in his work in God's house. 3  A man who builds a house receives more honor than the house itself. In the same way Jesus is worthy of much greater honor than Moses. 4  Every house, of course, is built by someone—and God is the one who has built all things. 5  Moses was faithful in God's house as a servant, and he spoke of the things that God would say in the future. 6  But Christ is faithful as the Son in charge of God's house. We are his house if we keep up our courage and our confidence in what we hope for. A Rest for God's People   7   So then, as the Holy Spirit says,            If...

Luke 10:1-24 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two   1  After this the Lord appointed seventy-two [ a ]  others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.  2  He told them,  “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.   3  Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.   4  Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.     5  “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’   6  If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.   7  Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.     8  “When you enter a town and are welcomed,...

Psalm 16:11 New International Version (NIV) 11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

Romans 8:39 New King James Version (NKJV) 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Power To Change: You Are Loved Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4

Psalm 66:17 I cried to him for help;  I praised him with  song s. "Turn your troubles into treasure, Turn your sorrows into song;  Then all men will know the measure,  In which you to Christ belong."        - Arthur S. Booth-Clibborn *Photograph copyright R. Harriott 2011

Psalm 33:12-14 New International Version (NIV)   12  Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,     the people he chose for his inheritance.  13   From heaven the LORD looks down      and sees all mankind;  14   from his dwelling place he watches      all who live on earth... Audrey Assad - 'Breaking Through'   *photograph copyright 2012 R. Harriott

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Matthew 28:18-19 The Message (MSG) 18-20 Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."

Romans 4:1-8 New Living Translation (NLT) The Faith of Abraham   1  Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What did he discover about being made right with God?  2  If his good deeds had made him acceptable to God, he would have had something to boast about. But that was not God’s way.  3  For the Scriptures tell us, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” [ a ]   4  When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.  5  But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.  6 David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it:   7  “Oh, what joy for those        whose disobedience is forgiven,        whose sins are put out of sight....

"Oh, speak now, for my soul is listening. Say that you have saved me,  whisper in the dark..." - Audrey Assad Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you  rest .

Psalm 131:1-3 Good News Translation (GNT) A Prayer of Humble Trust [ a ]          Lord, I have given up my pride        and turned away from my arrogance.     I am not concerned with great matters        or with subjects too difficult for me.   2  Instead, I am content and at peace.     As a child lies quietly in its mother's arms,        so my heart is quiet within me.   3  Israel, trust in the Lord        now and forever!

Luke 7:11-17 New King James Version (NKJV) Jesus Raises the Son of the Widow of Nain 11  Now it happened, the day after,  that  He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd.  12  And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.  13  When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her,  “Do not weep.”   14  Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried  him  stood still. And He said,  “Young man, I say to you, arise.”   15  So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. 16  Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.” 17  And this report about Him went throughou...

Merise - Why Oh Why "Don't know where I'd be without Your love"