Compass Point

‘Only Luke is with me.  Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.'—2 Timothy 4:11‘Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:  for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.'—Hebrews 13:5

‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.'—Psalm 23:4

‘In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.'—Romans 8:37

‘They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.'—Galatians 5:24‘Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh'—Galatians 5:16

‘The works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,‘Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,‘Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,‘Meekness, temperance:  against such there is no law.'—Galatians 5:19–23

‘Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.  Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.'—Romans 8:9

‘If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:  old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.'—2 Corinthians 5:17

‘Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.‘…‘Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.'—John 3:3 & 7

‘The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men'—Titus 2:11

‘When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple'—Matthew 27:57

‘Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.'—Philemon 24‘Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.'—Colossians 4:14‘Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.'—2 Timothy 4:10

‘The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king:  at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.‘…‘He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.'—Jeremiah 10:10–12

‘That ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;‘That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.'—1 Thessalonians 4:11 & 12

‘His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.'—Luke 1:64

‘Many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:‘But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.'—John 20:30 & 31

‘When they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.'—Luke 23:33

‘Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.‘Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.‘…‘As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever.  Selah.'—Psalm 48:1, 2, & 8

‘This thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people:  and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.‘But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.'—Jeremiah 7:23 & 24

‘Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:  for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.'—Hebrews 13:5

‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'—John 1:1

‘All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness'—2 Timothy 3:16

‘Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.'—2 Timothy 3:5‘Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:‘But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men'—Philippians 2:6 & 7

‘Where there is no vision, the people perish:  but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.'—Proverbs 29:18

‘But the Lᴏʀᴅ sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.…‘Now the Lᴏʀᴅ had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.  And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.'—Jonah 1:4 & 17‘And the Lᴏʀᴅ God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief.  So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.‘But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.‘And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.'—Jonah 4:6–8

‘And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?'—Jonah 4:11

‘The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it:  because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.'—Matthew 12:41

‘So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.…‘But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.…‘And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.'—Jonah 3:5, 8, & 10‘Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.'—Acts 20:21

‘Now the Lᴏʀᴅ had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.‘Then Jonah prayed unto the Lᴏʀᴅ his God out of the fish's belly…‘When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lᴏʀᴅ: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.'—Jonah 1:17–2:1, 7

‘And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.…‘So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.‘Then the men feared the Lᴏʀᴅ exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lᴏʀᴅ, and made vows.'—Jonah 1:12, 15, 16

‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'—John 1:1

‘The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up:  what lack I yet?'—Matthew 19:20

‘When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;‘What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?'—Psalm 8:3 & 4

‘When the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.'—Luke 4:40

‘I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men‘For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.'—1 Timothy 2:1 & 2‘Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.'—Romans 13:1

‘One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,'—Luke 17:15

‘He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:  for my strength is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.'—2 Corinthians 12:9

‘Great is the Lᴏʀᴅ, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.'—Psalm 145:3

‘For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that every one who believes in him shall not be lost, but should have eternal life.'—John 3:16 (JBP)

‘For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.'—1 John 5:3

‘In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.‘Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.'—1 John 4:9-10

‘Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.'—I John 3:16

‘He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.'—1 John 4:8

‘Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.'—1 John 4:10

‘Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.'—2 Kings 19:20‘After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.'—John 3:22

‘My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.'—

‘Hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.'—Romans 5:5

‘God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us'—Romans 5:8

‘He touched her hand, and the fever left her:  and she arose, and ministered unto them.'—Matthew 8:15

‘[They} quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.'—Hebrews 11:34

‘To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:  Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.'—Romans 1:7

‘It came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.'—Luke 9:28