Luke Smith
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Luke Smith
highlighted Titus 1:5-10 NLT
For there are many rebellious people who engage in useless talk and deceive others. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation. I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you. An elder must live a blameless life. He must be faithful to his wife, and his children must be believers who don’t have a reputation for being wild or rebellious. An elder is a manager of God’s household, so he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money. Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life. He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong.
Dec 9
Luke Smith
highlighted John 12:26 NLT
Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.
Dec 9
Luke Smith
highlighted Psalms 9:10 NLT
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you.
Dec 9
Luke Smith
highlighted 1 Timothy 3:1-7 NLT
This is a trustworthy saying: “If someone aspires to be an elder, he desires an honorable position.” So an elder must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife. He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach. He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money. He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him. For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church? An elder must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall. Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap.
Dec 6
Luke Smith
highlighted Psalms 16:11 NLT
You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
Dec 6
Luke Smith
highlighted Colossians 3:23 NLT
Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
Dec 6
Luke Smith
highlighted Deuteronomy 6:5 NLT
And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Dec 6
Luke Smith
highlighted Genesis 28:11-16 NLT
At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway. At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.” Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!”
Dec 5
Luke Smith
highlighted Psalms 31:20 NLT
You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from those who conspire against them. You shelter them in your presence, far from accusing tongues.
Dec 5
Luke Smith
highlighted James 1:19 NLT
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
Dec 4
Luke Smith
highlighted James 1:20 NLT
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
Dec 4
Luke Smith
highlighted Psalms 116:17 NLT
I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Dec 4
Luke Smith
highlighted Matthew 18:21-22 NLT
Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
Dec 3
Luke Smith
highlighted 1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Dec 3
Luke Smith
highlighted Philippians 2:9-11 ESV
so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
Dec 3
Luke Smith
highlighted 1 Samuel 17:47 ESV
and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand."
Dec 3
Luke Smith
highlighted Ephesians 6:12 ESV
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Dec 3
Luke Smith
highlighted Psalms 25:4-5 ESV
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Dec 2
Luke Smith
highlighted Isaiah 9:6 ESV
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Dec 2
Luke Smith
highlighted Jeremiah 31:3 ESV
the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Dec 1