http://dailyscriptureblog.com Scriptures for the Busy Person Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:56:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. James 4:8 (New Living Translation) Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/friend-of-god-james-48/ Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them. Proverbs 1:10 (The Message) My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them. Proverbs 1:10 (New International Version) My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/temptation-proverbs-110/ I mean that I want us to help each other with the faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you. Romans 1:12 (New Century Version) When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. Romans ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/faith-romans-112/ Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today! Psalm 95:6-7 (New Living Translation) Oh come, let us worship and bow down; ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/praise-psalm-956-7/ Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/patience-james-12-4/ Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. Romans 12:10 (New Living Translation) Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10 (New International Version) Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/love-romans-1210/ So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. 2 Corinthians 4:18 (New Living Translation) So we fix our eyes ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/confidence-2-corinthians-418/ Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. Proverbs 3:9-10 (The Message) Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/stewardship-proverbs-39-10-2/ Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. Philippians 2:3-4 (New Living Translation) Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/scripture/self-philippians-23-4/ by Max Lucado The tale involves a wealthy father and a willful son. The boy prematurely takes his inheritance and moves to Las Vegas and there wastes the money on slot machines and call girls. As fast as you can say “blackjack,” he is broke. Too proud to go home, he ... http://dailyscriptureblog.com/devotional/god-believes-in-you/