BIBLE BYTES -- The Bible is the GOAT! Verses and values from the Old and New Testaments!
Jesus said if you have a grievance toward another, acknowledge it and let the bad feelings go. To forgive is to “forego” resentments and anger and let God handle the circumstances. He will direct you about future interactions. Your job is to trust God in all things.
Mark 11: 25 (NIV) And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
11/28/2021
No one likes to lose money, even the wealthy hate it. In this parable, a woman loses some money and searches for it until she finds it, as humans do. God does the same when you stray. As with the Prodigal Son, he welcomes those back who realize his worth and their own worth.
Luke 15: 8-10 (MSG) 8-10 “Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she’ll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!’ Count on it—that’s the kind of party God’s angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God.”
11/21/2021
Jesus said, Ask anything, using my name, and I will do it. You ask continually in your thoughts, fantasies and by what you want. When you ask for something, of what is it worthy? Work to make your asking based in love and the sacred.
John 14-12-14 (TLB) 12-13 “In solemn truth I tell you, anyone believing in me shall do the same miracles I have done, and even greater ones, because I am going to be with the Father. You can ask him for anything, using my name, and I will do it, for this will bring praise to the Father because of what I, the Son, will do for you. 14 Yes, ask anything, using my name, and I will do it!
11/14/2021
Where you find another believer unlikeable or immoral, pray for their wavering faith. Be kind about where they are in their development and remember that empathy and mercy for others applies to you as well as others AND work on your own renewal through faith and prayer.
Jude 22-23 (NLT) 22 And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. 23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.
11/7/2021
