Marie.Irby
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Marie.Irby
highlighted Genesis 11:6 NLT
“Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
Jan 9
Marie.Irby
highlighted Genesis 11:5 NLT
But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
Jan 9
Marie.Irby
highlighted Genesis 11:3-4 NLT
They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
Jan 9
Marie.Irby
highlighted Genesis 11:1 NLT
At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
Jan 9
Marie.Irby
highlighted 1 Peter 5:10 NLT
In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted 1 Peter 5:9 NLT
Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted 1 Peter 5:8 NLT
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted 1 Peter 5:3-4 NLT
Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example. And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honor.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted 1 Peter 5:6 NLT
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
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.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:25 NLT
Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:24 NLT
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:20 NLT
Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:15-16 NLT
“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:14 NLT
But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:12 NLT
“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:11 NLT
So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:8 NLT
For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Jan 8
Marie.Irby
highlighted Matthew 7:1-2 NLT
“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.
Jan 8