Determination

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? — read the full passage →

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus. — 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,

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

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

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

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, — read the full passage →

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

But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. — read the full passage →

For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass;

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. — read the full passage →

You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’ You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren’t faint.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. — read the full passage →

When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house. — read the full passage →

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle: — read the full passage →

and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there; — read the full passage →

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

Now Solomon decided to build a house for Yahweh’s name, and a house for his kingdom. — read the full passage →

All these being men of war, who could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

“Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; — 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.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. — read the full passage →

If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. — read the full passage →

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in. — read the full passage →

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. — read the full passage →

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

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.

He entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. — read the full passage →

Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. — read the full passage →

The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered Yahweh, — read the full passage →

When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house. — read the full passage →

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging. — read the full passage →

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. — read the full passage →

I love you, Yahweh, my strength. — read the full passage →

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →

After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, — read the full passage →

Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over. — read the full passage →

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.