1 Corinthians 6:19 CSB – Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God?
Acts 3:6 CSB – But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
Acts 4:1-2 CSB – While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them, 2 because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 4:7b CSB – “By what power or in what name have you done this?”
Acts 4:8-12 CSB – Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:[a] 9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing here before you healthy. 11 This Jesus is
the stone rejected by you builders,
which has become the cornerstone.[b]
12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:13 CSB – When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Colossians 3:23 CSB – Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people.
1 Corinthians 15:58 NLT – So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Helen Keller
1 Samuel 17:45-46a NIV – You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head.
1 Samuel 17:46b-47 NIV – This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.
2 Samuel 6:22a NIV – I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes.
2 Samuel 11:1 CSB – In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:2-3 CSB – One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. 3 So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hethite?”
2 Samuel 11:4 CSB – David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her.
David’s enthusiasm faded when he focused on his comfort rather than his calling.
“As a kid he ran into battle to serve his God, but as a king he walked the roof of his house to serve his comfort.” Craig Groeschel
Psalm 23:1-4a NIV 84 – The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me besides quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”
Revelation 2:4-5a CSB – But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first.
1 Corinthians 3:16 CSB – Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
Psalm 51:10-12 CSB – God, create a clean heart for me
and renew a steadfast[a] spirit within me.
11 Do not banish me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore the joy of your salvation to me,
and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit.
Psalm 32:11 CSB – Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
you righteous ones;
shout for joy,
all you upright in heart.
“I’m always afraid I’ll get to the end of the race and have too much energy left.” – Katie Ledecky
“Often in an evening I would see him bent over a chessboard or a model boat, or directing some sort of square dance – absorbed, weary and interested, pouring all of himself into this effort to capture the imagination of these penned-up youths. He was overflowing with good humor and love for life, and with enthusiasm and charm. It is rare indeed that a person has the good fortune to meet a saint, but he came as close to it as anyone I have ever known.” – Langdon Gilkey
“The entire camp, especially its youth, was stunned for days, so great was the vacuum that Eric’s death had left.” Langdon Gilkey
