Decisions

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; — read the full passage →

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, — read the full passage →

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. — read the full passage →

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. — read the full passage →

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: — read the full passage →

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.