Surrendering

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

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

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.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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 →

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

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 if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

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

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — 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 →

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 →

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 →

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

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

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such. — read the full passage →

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. — read the full passage →

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

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

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 went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

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

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

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

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

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

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. — read the full passage →

and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

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

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

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 →

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.