Willie
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Willie
highlighted 1 Peter 2:19 NLT
For God is pleased when, conscious of his will, you patiently endure unjust treatment.
Apr 11
Willie
highlighted 1 Peter 2:20 NLT
Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.
Apr 11
Willie
highlighted 1 Peter 2:21 NLT
For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.
Apr 11
Willie
highlighted 1 Peter 2:23 NLT
He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly.
Apr 11
Willie
highlighted 1 Peter 2:25 NLT
Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.
Apr 11
Willie
highlighted 1 Peter 2:24 NLT
He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.
Apr 11
Willie
highlighted Hebrews 9:26 NLT
If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.
Apr 6
Willie
highlighted Hebrews 9:27-28 NLT
And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.
Apr 6
Willie
highlighted Jeremiah 17:8 NLT
They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.
Apr 5
Willie
highlighted Jeremiah 17:7 NLT
“But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.
Apr 5
Willie
highlighted Jeremiah 17:6 NLT
They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.
Apr 5
Willie
highlighted Jeremiah 17:5 NLT
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the LORD.
Apr 5
Willie
highlighted Ephesians 1:17 NLT
asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.
Apr 4
Willie
highlighted Ephesians 1:16 NLT
I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly,
Apr 4
Willie
highlighted Ephesians 1:15 NLT
Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere,
Apr 4
Willie
highlighted Ephesians 1:14 NLT
The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.
Apr 4
Willie
highlighted Ephesians 1:13 NLT
And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.
Apr 4
Willie
highlighted Ephesians 1:12 NLT
God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God.
Apr 4
Willie
highlighted Ephesians 1:11 NLT
Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.
Apr 4