Decisions

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

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

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

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

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, — read the full passage →

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Peter said, “Look, we have left everything, and followed you.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.

“‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.

I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.

He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

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

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son; — read the full passage →

By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end. — read the full passage →

Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. — read the full passage →

But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing well.

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

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

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants: — read the full passage →

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”