Advice on living

A selection of verses showing that God asks us to have faith in him.

The letter to the Hebrews spells out clearly that faith in God is essential:

A selection of verses telling us God wants us to trust in him, believing he will do what he says.

The apostle Paul has total confidence in God’s plan of salvation:

A selection of verses showing that we should leave judgement of our enemies to God.

The law of Moses recommended restraint when dealing with others:

A selection of verses showing that our bad thoughts are as bad as our deeds or can lead to bad deeds.

Jesus reminds his followers that bad thoughts are as bad as the deeds in his teaching on the mount in Matthew 5:

A selection of verses showing that God and Christ will forgive us if we forgive others.

Jesus Christ says:

Matthew 6 verses 14 - 15

A selection of verses encouraging us to see God's control in our lives.

Joseph saw God's hand in his brothers selling him into Egypt:

A selection of verses showing that we should recognise evidence of God's hand when we see it.

A selection of verses warning that we can be so determined to have our own way that we don't listen to what God says.

God tells the prophets Ezekiel and Zechariah that the Israelites won't listen to God and have become stubborn:

A selection of verses encouraging us to learn from what God has done in the past.

Nehemiah reminded the Israelites that as a nation, they hadn't remembered what God had done for them in the past:

A selection of verses showing that past experience can encourage us to trust the God of the Bible: