Living In The Past

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

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

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;

They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever. — read the full passage →

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

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. — read the full passage →

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us. — read the full passage →

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

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 →

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. — read the full passage →

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. — read the full passage →

Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word also came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Job again took up his parable, and said, — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be. — read the full passage →

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News. — 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;

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. — read the full passage →

You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. — read the full passage →

Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.

Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” — read the full passage →

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion. — read the full passage →

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.” — read the full passage →

Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king.” — read the full passage →

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings; — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. — read the full passage →

So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever. — read the full passage →

Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. — read the full passage →

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. — read the full passage →

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?” — read the full passage →

Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. — read the full passage →

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. — read the full passage →

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies. — read the full passage →

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died. — read the full passage →

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. — read the full passage →

You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity. — read the full passage →

For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword. — read the full passage →

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed; — read the full passage →

But thus says Yahweh, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: — read the full passage →

“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. — read the full passage →

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught; — read the full passage →

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God. — read the full passage →

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone. — read the full passage →

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling. — read the full passage →

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. — read the full passage →

My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me. — read the full passage →

Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, — read the full passage →

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered Yahweh, — read the full passage →

“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words. — read the full passage →

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. — 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 →

I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’ — read the full passage →

For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute. — read the full passage →

“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. — read the full passage →

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ— — read the full passage →

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; — read the full passage →

for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day. — read the full passage →

saying, Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forever more; — read the full passage →

Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. — read the full passage →

Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh. — read the full passage →

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high, — read the full passage →