What is or was your favorite.......

by defd 51 Replies latest jw friends

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  defd

  Scripture? I know it may be hard to narrow down Just one. How about what is or was one OF your favorite scriptures?
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  JH

  Revelation 21: 3,4

  3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
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  kwintestal

  (2 Corinthians 13:5) 5

  Keep testing whether YOU are in the faith, keep proving what YOU yourselves are. Kwin
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  daystar

  It was Psalms 83:18. I no longer think it so special upon discovering that JWs are by no means the only people who've known His name, or used it.

  Now it's Luke 17:20-21. KJV
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  mrsjones5

  Romans 4

  1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3 What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." [a]

  4 Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. 5 However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
  7 "Blessed are they
  whose transgressions are forgiven,
  whose sins are covered.
  8 Blessed is the man
  whose sin the Lord will never count against him." [b] 9 Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness. 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

  13 It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless, 15 because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

  16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17 As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." [c] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

  18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be." [d] 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22 This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." 23 The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

  Salvations is through faith, works saves no one but is only for the glorification of the Lord.
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  Finally-Free

  Isaiah 55:2

  2 Why do YOU people keep paying out money for what is not bread, and why is YOUR toil for what results in no satisfaction? Listen intently to me, and eat what is good, and let YOUR soul find its exquisite delight in fatness itself.

  Jeremiah 5:8

  8 Horses seized with sexual heat, having [strong] testicles, they have become. They neigh each one to the wife of his companion.

  W
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  anewme

  "Trust in Jehovah and do good, Reside in the earth, and deal with faithfulness. Also take exquisite delight in Jehovah. And he will give you the requests of your heart."
  Psalm 37:3
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  anewme

  "For the thoughts of you people are not my thoughts, nor are my ways your ways, is the utterance of Jehovah" Isaiah 55:8
  
  This scripture reminds me that God, who lives forever and has his plan, has different thoughts and perspective than us humans who suffer while alive and want speedy relief NOW. This scripture gives me confidence in his decisions.
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  upside/down

  The Song of Solomon 4:5......and any other scripture that mentions breastesses.
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  defd

  "Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and strong. Do not suffer shock or be terrified, for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 Just to name one of many.