Lisa G Akins
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Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 11:5-6 ESV
the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.And blessed is the one who is not offended by me."
Jul 13
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Psalms 146:7 ESV
who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;
Jun 29
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Psalms 145:8 ESV
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Jun 29
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Jude 1:20 ESV
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Jun 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted 3 John 1:4 ESV
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Jun 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted 1 John 1:9 ESV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jun 22
Lisa G Akins
highlighted 1 John 1:7 ESV
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Jun 22
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Psalms 139:16 ESV
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Jun 22
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Psalms 139:13-14 ESV
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Jun 22
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Psalms 139:1-10 ESV
even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Jun 22
Lisa G Akins
highlighted 2 Kings 6:17 ESV
Then Elisha prayed and said, "O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see." So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Jun 22
Lisa G Akins
highlighted James 5:19-20 ESV
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Jun 18
Lisa G Akins
highlighted James 5:17 ESV
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
Jun 18
Lisa G Akins
highlighted James 2:26 ESV
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
Jun 17
Lisa G Akins
highlighted James 2:17 ESV
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Jun 17
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Hebrews 12:11-13 ESV
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
Jun 16
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Hebrews 11:40 ESV
since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Jun 15
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Hebrews 11:39 ESV
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,
Jun 15
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Hebrews 7:25 ESV
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Jun 12
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Psalms 127:3-5 ESV
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Jun 10