Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

Proverbs 24. 16  for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,      but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

Luke 6. 41  “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42  How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Luke 6. 39  He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40  The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

Luke 6. 37  “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38  Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

To: Larry Wishard and to whom it may concern From: Jesus Regarding hypocrisy. Be especially alert to hypocrisy. Impression making.  Pretending to be who you are not. Regarding living a life of fear. Do not be afraid of men who can only kill the body.  Be afraid of God who can kill the body and send you to hell.  Don't have the wrong kind of fear of God.  God is our Father in heaven who knows you as you are and yet loves you so much that He sent Me to die on the cross to save you by His mercy and grace. When you acknowledge Me as God's Son you set your heart to receive a life in heaven by grace and mercy, not by your own righteousness and works. Let the Holy Spirit guide and comfort you.  He has given you the family of God to teach and sustain you.  She has lasted for over two thousand years through all kinds of storms.  He has given you words of truth.  He will remind you of these in times of trial and testing.  Do not worry. ...

Luke 6. 27  “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28  bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29  If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30  Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31  Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32  “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33  And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34  And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35  But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and yo...

Luke 6. 24  “But woe to you who are rich,      for you have already received your comfort. 25  Woe to you who are well fed now,      for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now,      for you will mourn and weep. 26  Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,      for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Luke 6. 22-23  “Count yourself blessed every time someone cuts you down or throws you out, every time someone smears or blackens your name to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and that that person is uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happens—skip like a lamb, if you like!—for even though they don’t like it, I do . . . and all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company; my preachers and witnesses have always been treated like this.