Annette Ballentine
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Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 11:28-30 ESV
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Sep 5
Annette Ballentine
highlighted 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Sep 4
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Ephesians 2:10 ESV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Sep 3
Annette Ballentine
highlighted 1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Sep 2
Annette Ballentine
highlighted 1 Peter 5:11 ESV
To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Sep 2
Annette Ballentine
highlighted 1 Peter 5:10 ESV
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Sep 2
Annette Ballentine
highlighted 1 Peter 5:5 ESV
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
Sep 2
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Hebrews 12:7 ESV
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Aug 31
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:22-23 ESV
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:21 ESV
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:9-15 ESV
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:7-8 ESV
"And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:5-6 ESV
"And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:4 ESV
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:3 ESV
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:2 ESV
"Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:28-32 ESV
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:27 ESV
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:26 ESV
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Aug 30
Annette Ballentine
highlighted Matthew 6:25 ESV
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Aug 30