Obedience
A selection of verses showing that God asks us to be obedient to him.
The Israelites are promised that they will be precious to God if they obey him:
Advice on living
Humility
A selection of verses showing that we should be humble. It is a recognition of what should be our true position in God's eyes.
Examining our motives
A selection of verses showing that our natural inclinations are often opposed to God's commands.
The book of Proverbs tells us how devious our thinking can be:
Be careful what we say
A selection of verses showing what the Bible says about how we speak to others.
How we speak to others affects how they react to us:
Receiving God's message
A selection of verses showing how we should react to God's message.
The apostle Paul makes it clear that receiving God's message should have a real effect on our lives:
Learning from problems
A selection of verses showing what the Bible tells us about learning from the problems we have in life:
The book of Hebrews tells us that problems can be discipline from God:
Suffering can be for our good
A selection of verses reflecting on some of the reasons why we suffer.
The writer to the Hebrews tells us that suffering can be for our future good:
Being content
A selection of verses showing what a believer’s attitude in life should be.
King David writes that a little wealth of the good is better than the riches of the wicked:
Hypocrisy
A selection of verses illustrating that we should not be two-faced.
The prophet Ezekiel talks about insincere people, who say pleasant things, but are really selfish hypocrites:
God wants us to seek for him
A selection of verses showing what the Bible says about seeking God.
God will show mercy and forgiveness to those who seek Him: