Self Esteem In Christ

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of 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.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. — read the full passage →

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

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.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →

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

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 the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 →

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

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

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. — read the full passage →

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

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

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

in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

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.

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

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),

Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.

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.

The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

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 →

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes: — read the full passage →

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God to help us, and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

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

May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.

“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

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

Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things: — read the full passage →

They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming: — read the full passage →

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint. — read the full passage →

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? — read the full passage →

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

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands. — read the full passage →

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,

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

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — read the full passage →

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, — read the full passage →

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we. — read the full passage →

For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow. — read the full passage →

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow. — read the full passage →

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse. — read the full passage →

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

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump? — read the full passage →

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. — read the full passage →

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by 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 →

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.

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. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers, — read the full passage →