2. Mark 12:30 (esv), 30.And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. 3. John 3:30 (esv), 30.He (Jesus) must increase, but I must decrease.” 4. John 14:6 (esv), 6.Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 5. Romans 8:5 (esv), 5.For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6. Romans 12:1-2 (esv), 1-2.I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 7. 1 Corinthians 2:2 (esv), 2.For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 8. 2 Corinthians 5:20 (esv), 20.Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 9. Galatians 2:20 (esv), 20.I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 10. 2 Timothy 2:15 (esv), 15.Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 11. Hebrews 11:6 (esv), 6.And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 12. Hebrews 12:2 (esv), 2.Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 13. 1 Peter 3:15 (esv), 15.But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, |
