Andy's Inspiration Box

Romans 12:3-13 English Standard Version (ESV) Gifts of Grace 3  For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4  For as in one body we have many members, [ a ] and the members do not all have the same function, 5  so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6  Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7  if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8  the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, [ b ] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Marks of the True Christian 9  Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10  Love one an...

Matthew 22:37-40 English Standard Version (ESV) 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

"We have a God who sees hearts like we see faces, a God who hears ache like we hear voices, and we have a God who touches wounds like we touch skin ."  - Ann Voskamp 

"When you need more time, will you ask God for it? Will you trust Him to hold your time in His nailed-scarred hands?" - @wendybpope

1 Thessalonians 5: 23-24 ESV Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

Psalm 108: 1-6 ESV My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being!Psalm Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn! I will give thanks to you, O Lord , among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." - 2 Corinthians 12:9a

" Steven Curtis Chapman sings a song about doing everything you do during your day to the glory of God, whether your name is on a tag or on the corner office door; whether you are picking up the Cheerios your kids lost on the floor or snatching up high powered deals. No matter your station in life or where you live, you can glorify the Lord in your actions and attitudes." - Julie Cosgrove

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36   NLT

John 15:2 New Living Translation (NLT) 2  He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.

"Give me the courage to submit to the surgery of Thy Spirit. Give me the bravery to part with what I hold most dear if it separates me from Thee. Through Christ I pray!" - Springs in the Valley (September 24)

Colossians 1:9-14 New Living Translation (NLT) 9  So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10  Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. 11  We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, [ a ] 12  always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. 13  For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14  who purchased our freedom [ b ] and forgave our sins.

Job 9:7,10 New Living Translation (NLT) 7  If he commands it, the sun won’t rise      and the stars won’t shine. 10  He does great things too marvellous to understand.      He performs countless miracles.

" When change puts me in tight places, is it especially dark because God’s hand covers and protects me too?  Can I believe it’s dark because of mercy and protection rather than abandonment? Can I believe being thankful in all circumstances is important because it acknowledges that during the dark times of change, God is still covering me with His hand"  - Kristen Strong, aholyexperience.com

Matthew 6:9-10 New Living Translation (NLT) 9  Pray like this: Our Father in heaven,      may your name be kept holy. 10  May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth,      as it is in heaven.

James 1:2-4 MSG Faith Under Pressure Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

Psalm 37: 5-6 Commit your way to the Lord ; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

Jeremiah 17:14 New Living Translation (NLT) 14  O  Lord , if you heal me, I will be truly healed;      if you save me, I will be truly saved.      My praises are for you alone!

Psalm 8:3-4, 6-8 English Standard Version (ESV) 3  When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,      the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4  what is man that you are mindful of him,      and the son of man that you care for him? 6  You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;      you have put all things under his feet, 7  all sheep and oxen,      and also the beasts of the field, 8  the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,      whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

Ephesians 5:1 New Living Translation (NLT) Living in the Light 5  Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.

Psalm 131 New International Version (NIV) Psalm 131 A song of ascents. Of David. 1  My heart is not proud, Lord ,      my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters      or things too wonderful for me. 2  But I have calmed and quieted myself,      I am like a weaned child with its mother;      like a weaned child I am content. 3  Israel, put your hope in the Lord      both now and forevermore.

James 3:13 New Living Translation (NLT) True Wisdom Comes from God 13  If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.

Hebrews 3:12-13 New International Version (NIV) 12  See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13  But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

1 John 4:16 New Living Translation (NLT) 16  We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

Matthew 25:21 New International Version (NIV) 21  “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." Colossians 3:23

John 14:25-26 New International Version (NIV) 25  All this I have spoken while still with you. 26  But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

1 Peter 3:15-16 New Living Translation (NLT) 15  Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.   16  But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.

" Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. Try to give unconditionally whatever a person needs in the moment. The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time … We are all God’s children so it is important to share His gifts. Do not worry about why problems exist in the world – just respond to people’s needs … We feel what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but that ocean would be less without that drop. “-  Mother Teresa

"Tell God all that is in your heart as one unloads one's heart, it's pleasures and it's pains, to a dear friend. Tell Him your troubles that He may comfort you; tell Him your joys that He may sober them; tell Him your longings that He may purify them; tell Him your dislikes that He may help you overcome them; talk to Him of your temptations that He may shield you from them; show Him the wounds of your heart that He may heal them; lay bear your indifferences to good, your depraved tastes for evil; tell Him how vanity tempts you to be insincere, how pride disguises you to yourself and others. Tell Him - He's your friend." - Francios Fenelon

John 5:30 English Standard Version (ESV) 30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

"You can ask the Lord anything and be assured of an answer." - Liz Curtis Higgs

Psalm 138:4-6 The Message (MSG) 4-6  When they hear what you have to say, God ,      all earth’s kings will say “Thank you.” They’ll sing of what you’ve done:      “How great the glory of God !” And here’s why: God , high above, sees far below;      no matter the distance, he knows everything about us.

Psalm 143:8 New Living Translation (NLT) 8  Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,      for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk,      for I give myself to you.

"Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,--that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only." - Thomas à Kempis

Psalm 143:10 New Living Translation (NLT) 10  Teach me to do your will,      for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward      on a firm footing.

John 15:5 New King James Version (NKJV) 5  “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. "One day, a wise friend helped me understand this verse more fully by saying, “Apart from me you can do nothing  of spiritual significance,  nothing  of   etern al value.” - Caran Jantzen

Ephesians 1:7-12 New King James Version (NKJV) 7  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8  which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9  having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10  that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both [ a ] which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11  In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12  that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

1 John 5:14 New Living Translation (NLT) 14  And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.

John 14:23 New Living Translation (NLT) 23  Jesus replied,  “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.

Isaiah 40:8 New Living Translation (NLT) 8  The grass withers and the flowers fade,      but the word of our God stands forever.”

Nehemiah 9: 7-8 NIV “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham. You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous."

"In the years that lie ahead we will witness many early kingdoms shaking and falling before our eyes. I don't know about you, but to me it means everything to know there is only one unshakeable kingdom." - Selwyn Hughes

Isaiah 48:17 New Living Translation (NLT) 17  This is what the  Lord  says—      your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the  Lord  your God,      who teaches you what is good for you      and leads you along the paths you should follow.

"Our Christian significance sets us apart from the world. We are called to be holy and to continue to discipline ourselves so as to not slide back into the world. We do this by studying the Bible, praying, and focusing on Jesus daily." - John Grant

"Keep honoring God with your life, stay in peace, trust His timing and God will open doors that no man can shut." - Leona Clausing

"Testing is the proof of His love and confidence, and who can tell what pleasure our steadfast and stillness give to Him? If He allowed us to go without testing it would not be complimentary to our spiritual experience." - Springs in the Valley (September 2)

Proverbs 22:6 New Living Translation (NLT) 6  Direct your children onto the right path,      and when they are older, they will not leave it.

John 16:13 English Standard Version (ESV) 13  When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Psalm 95:6-7 New Living Translation (NLT) 6  Come, let us worship and bow down.      Let us kneel before the  Lord  our maker, 7       for he is our God. We are the people he watches over,      the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!