Maria Esther Torres
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Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:2 ESV
Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:21 ESV
There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:20 ESV
But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:19 ESV
creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:18 ESV
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:17 ESV
Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:16 ESV
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:15 ESV
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:14 ESV
And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way."
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:13 ESV
When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 57:11 ESV
Whom did you dread and fear, so that you lied, and did not remember me, did not lay it to heart? Have I not held my peace, even for a long time, and you do not fear me?
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 56:8 ESV
The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, "I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered."
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 56:6 ESV
"And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant—
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 56:4 ESV
For thus says the Lord: "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant,
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 23:30 ESV
And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him."
Dec 11
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 23:29 ESV
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
Dec 11
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 23:24 ESV
Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor."
Dec 11
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 23:23 ESV
Then he called two of the centurions and said, "Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.
Dec 11
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 23:22 ESV
So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of these things."
Dec 11
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 23:21 ESV
But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent."
Dec 11