Patricia Leaf's Highlights
Patricia Leaf
highlighted 1 Peter 5:5 NLT
In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted 1 Peter 5:2 NLT
Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly—not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Genesis 1:1 NLT
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Genesis 1:2 NLT
The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Genesis 1:27 NLT
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Genesis 1:6 NLT
Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted 2 Peter 3:14 NLT
And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted 2 Peter 3:10 NLT
But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted 2 Peter 3:9 NLT
The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted 2 Peter 3:7 NLT
And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted 2 Peter 3:5 NLT
They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.
Mar 15
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Philippians 4:13 NLT
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
Mar 14
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Philippians 4:6 NLT
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Mar 14
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Philippians 4:5 NLT
Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.
Mar 14
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Philippians 4:4 NLT
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!
Mar 14
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Philippians 4:7 NLT
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Mar 14
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Isaiah 49:23 NLT
Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs. They will bow to the earth before you and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.”
Mar 10
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Isaiah 49:26 NLT
I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood. All the world will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.”
Mar 10
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Isaiah 49:16 NLT
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.
Mar 10
Patricia Leaf
highlighted Isaiah 49:8 NLT
This is what the LORD says: “At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvation I will help you. I will protect you and give you to the people as my covenant with them. Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel and assign it to its own people again.
Mar 10