Kindred Spirits

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, — read the full passage →

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.

Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

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, — read the full passage →

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.

At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”

Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. — read the full passage →

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; — read the full passage →

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.

They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

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

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”