Thoughts – Jason John Cowart

Psalm 51:16-17 16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

You do what your boss tells you because you want the benefit of the paycheck. Same with Jesus. When you refuse to be obedient to what Jesus tells you to do, you miss the benefit.

Proverbs 29:25 Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the LORD means safety.

2 Corinthians 6:18 “and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me,” says the Lord Almighty.

2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,

Matthew 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

John 6:66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

John 6:63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

1 John 3:17-18  But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Romans 5:8 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. www.freedomdl.com/hit

Romans 2:4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? www.freedomdl.com/hit

Job 14:7-9 “Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches. 8 Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays, 9 at the scent of water it will bud and sprout again like a new seedling. www.freedomdl.com/hit

Galatians 6:1-2 Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. www.freedomdl.com

Hebrews 12:12-13 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. 13 Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong. www.freedomdl.com/hit

1 Corinthians 12:29-31 29 Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles? 30 Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of […]

i Corinthians 12:21 The eye can never say to the hand, “I don't need you.” The head can't say to the feet, “I don't need you.”

1 Corinthians 12:11 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

1 Corinthians 12:7 7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6 4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. 5 There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. 6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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

1 John 4:9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

1 John 4:8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Romans 12:9 Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Proverbs 16:3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

Ephesians 4:31-32
 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:29 Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

Hebrews 4:3 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.' ” And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

Philippians 2:4-8 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 […]

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Matthew 19:16 16 And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”

Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored.

Psalm 40:1-2 1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Psalm 50:14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

James 1:19-20 19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Psalms 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Mark 16:15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Matthew 6:16 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.