Joan's Highlights
Joan
highlighted Psalms 11:1-3 NLT
I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety! The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right. The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”
Nov 2
Joan
highlighted Matthew 5:15 NLT
No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.
Nov 2
Joan
highlighted Matthew 5:14 NLT
“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
Nov 2
Joan
highlighted Ecclesiastes 11:5 NLT
Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
Nov 2
Joan
highlighted Isaiah 65:19 NLT
I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in my people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard in it no more.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted Song of Solomon 5:8 NLT
Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— If you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted Proverbs 11:25 NLT
The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 2 Samuel 23:8 NLT
These are the names of David’s mightiest warriors. The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the three mightiest warriors among David’s men. He once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in a single battle.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 2 Samuel 23:1 NLT
These are the last words of David: “David, the son of Jesse, speaks— David, the man who was raised up so high, David, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, David, the sweet psalmist of Israel.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted Micah 5:4 NLT
And he will stand to lead his flock with the LORD’s strength, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. Then his people will live there undisturbed, for he will be highly honored around the world.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Corinthians 14:39 NLT
So, my dear brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking in tongues.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Corinthians 14:27-28 NLT
No more than two or three should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must interpret what they say. But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Corinthians 14:16 NLT
For if you praise God only in the spirit, how can those who don’t understand you praise God along with you? How can they join you in giving thanks when they don’t understand what you are saying?
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Corinthians 14:15 NLT
Well then, what shall I do? I will pray in the spirit, and I will also pray in words I understand. I will sing in the spirit, and I will also sing in words I understand.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Corinthians 14:13-14 NLT
So anyone who speaks in tongues should pray also for the ability to interpret what has been said. For if I pray in tongues, my spirit is praying, but I don’t understand what I am saying.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Corinthians 14:22 NLT
So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Corinthians 14:1 NLT
Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted Psalms 8:2 NLT
You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 23:30 NLT
And each morning and evening they stood before the LORD to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.
Oct 28
Joan
highlighted Micah 7:7 NLT
As for me, I look to the LORD for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me.
Oct 28