Walter Spires - Minutes for Men

Key Bible Verse: "Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge." Psalm 51:4

Key Bible Verse: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." Psalm 51: 17

Key Bible Verses: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way." Psalm 139:23-24

Key Bible Verse: "But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray." Luke 5: 16

Key Bible Verses: "You are the light of the world ... Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5: 16, 18

Key Bible Verses: (Jesus teaching) "When you pray..." Matthew 6: 5

Key Bible Verses: "Create in me a clean heart, God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me." Psalm 51:10-11

Key Bible Verse: "And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of Mine, you did it for Me." Matthew 25:40

Key Bible Verse: "So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Corinthians 9:7

Key Bible Verse: "Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart " Luke 18:1

Key Bible Verse: ''...and the second (command) is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:39

Key Bible Verse: "Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me." Luke 9:23

Key Bible Verse: "He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions,  He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. " Isaiah 53: 3-5

Key Bible Verse: "By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.” John 13: 35

Key Bible Verses: "Jesus, knowing the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, got up from supper and laid His outer garments aside; He took a towel and tied it around Himself Then He poured water into the basin and began washing the disciples' feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself." John 13:3-5

Key Bible Verse: "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS." Matthew 11:29

Key Bible Verse: "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." Proverbs 4:23

Key Bible Verse: "He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30

Key Bible Verse: ""From the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?'...You are robbing Me." Malachi 3:7,8

Key Bible Verses: "But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Therefore, remember from where you have fallen, and repent. " Revelation 2:4-5

Key Bible Verse: "Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. " Matthew 22: 37

Key Bible Verses: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. " 2 Corinthians 5:17

Key Bible Verse: "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Acts 1:8

Key Bible Verse: "Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies," John 11:25

Key Bible Verse: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

Key Bible Verse: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. " Galatians 5:22-24

Key Bible Verse: "These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full." John 15:11

Key bible Verse: "But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great JOY which will be for all the people;" Luke 2: 10

Key Bible Verse: "Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful. " John 14:27

Key Bible Verse: "And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife." Matthew 1:24

Key Bible Verse: "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6

Key Bible Verse: "but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence." 1 Peter 3:15

Key Bible Verse: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me." John 14:1

Key bible Verse: "The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them." Isaiah 9:2

Key Bible Verses: "Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courtyards with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting and His faithfulness is to all generations." Psalm 100: 4-5

Key Bible Verses: "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you..." Romans 8:11"Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through human agency, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead)..." Galatians 1:1"For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again." John 10:17

Key Bible Verse: "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." Matthew 4:1

Key Bible Verses: "After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”" Matthew 3:16-17-21

Key Bible Verse: "John testified saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him." John 1:32

Key Bible Verse: "Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit." Matthew 1:18

Key Bible Verse: "And Pharaoh said to his servants, 'Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?'” Genesis 41:37

Key Bible Verse: "The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." Genesis 1:2

Key Bible Verses: "They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.” Luke 9: 19

Key Bible Verse: "Your words were found and I ate them, and Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. " Jeremiah 15:16

Key Bible Verses: Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.” John 4:26"I and the Father are One!" John 10:30

Key Bible Verses: "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things, about which God spoke by the mouths of His holy prophets from ancient times." Acts 3:19-21

Key Bible Verses: "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.  For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation." Romans 5:8-11

Key Bible Verses: "I am the LORD ... I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. Then I will take you as My people, and I will be your God" Exodus 6:6-7a“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals; For You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood." Revelation 5:9

Key Bible Verses: "...I AM who I AM" Exodus 3 :14"I AM the Alpha and Omega..." Revelation 1:8"I AM the maker of all things..." Isaiah 44:24

Key Bible Verse: "Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD...so they abandoned the LORD and did not serve Him. And the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and they afflicted them for eighteen years... then the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You...please save us this day! " Judges 10: 6-8, 10

Key Bible Verse: "Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts." Psalm 139:23