Lisa G Akins's Highlights
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 24:44 NLT
You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.
Sep 27
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 24:42 NLT
“So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.
Sep 27
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 24:39 NLT
People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.
Sep 27
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 24:12-13 NLT
Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Sep 27
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 24:9 NLT
“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
Sep 27
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 21:32 NLT
For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sins.
Sep 26
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 20:28-32 NLT
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” As Jesus and the disciples left the town of Jericho, a large crowd followed behind. Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” “Be quiet!” the crowd yelled at them. But they only shouted louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” When Jesus heard them, he stopped and called, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Sep 26
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 20:27 NLT
and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.
Sep 26
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 20:26 NLT
But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
Sep 26
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 19:30 NLT
But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.
Sep 25
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 19:26 NLT
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”
Sep 25
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 19:14 NLT
But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”
Sep 25
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 19:9 NLT
And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.”
Sep 25
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 18:33 NLT
Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’
Sep 25
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 17:27 NLT
However, we don’t want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.”
Sep 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 17:20 NLT
“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
Sep 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 17:7 NLT
Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”
Sep 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 17:5 NLT
But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
Sep 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 16:27 NLT
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds.
Sep 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 16:26 NLT
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
Sep 24