Joan
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Joan
highlighted Matthew 26:53-55 NLT
Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly? But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?” Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Matthew 26:56 NLT
But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.” At that point, all the disciples deserted him and fled.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Acts 4:11 NLT
For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Acts 4:12 NLT
There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted John 3:18-19 NLT
“There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted John 3:17 NLT
God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Psalms 37:5 NLT
Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Psalms 37:4 NLT
Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Hebrews 4:16 NLT
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Psalms 133:3 NLT
Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the LORD has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Philippians 1:6 NLT
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Luke 22:48 NLT
But Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted Hebrews 5:7 NLT
While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
Jun 6
Joan
highlighted 2 Peter 1:2 NLT
May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
Jun 4
Joan
highlighted 2 Peter 1:4 NLT
And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.
Jun 4
Joan
highlighted Hebrews 10:2-3 NLT
If they could have provided perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would have stopped, for the worshipers would have been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared. But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.
Jun 4
Joan
highlighted Hebrews 10:1 NLT
The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship.
Jun 4
Joan
highlighted Hebrews 10:10 NLT
For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.
Jun 4
Joan
highlighted Hebrews 10:12 NLT
But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.
Jun 4