Power Of The Mind

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.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

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

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—

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

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

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

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts: — read the full passage →

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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. — read the full passage →

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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 →

until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

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

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.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. — read the full passage →

He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth.”

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;

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

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

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

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

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, — read the full passage →

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. — read the full passage →

and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

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

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

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; — read the full passage →

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. — read the full passage →

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses. — read the full passage →

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

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.

He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe. — read the full passage →

Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.

Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, “Look at us.” — read the full passage →

Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”

When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he himself fought against them. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God’s sake, — read the full passage →

Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →