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GOD...What Do You Want?

(Deuteronomy 10:12-14) “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, {13} “and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good? {14} “Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
(Deuteronomy 30:19-20) “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; {20} “that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
(Psalms 105:3-4) Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD! {4} Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore!
(Isaiah 55:6-7) Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. {7} Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
(Isaiah 58:6-8) “Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? {7} Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? {8} Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

An expert asked Jesus a question...

Asked Jesus
 
Acts 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
John 14:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
1 John 5:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
John 16:23-24 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
John 15:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 15:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 14:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
John 14:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
John 14:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Mark 11:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Matthew 21:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
1 John 5:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
1 John 3:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
Colossians 3:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Corinthians 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

GOD has a ”hide and seek” ministry?

Hidden
 
Luke 12:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
2 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Colossians 3:2-4 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
Genesis 1:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Revelation 21:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Something We Didn‘t know About the Devil...

Those Who Believe
 
John 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Mark 16:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
John 3:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Mark 16:17-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ...
Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Exodus 20:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
“You shall not murder.
Revelation 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
1 John 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Don‘t Be Afraid Pt. 2

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 112 helpful votes
 
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 10:28 ESV / 112 helpful votes
 
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
1 John 4:18 ESV / 103 helpful votes
 
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
Isaiah 41:13 ESV / 103 helpful votes
 
For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”
Isaiah 35:4 ESV / 90 helpful votes
 
Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”
Psalm 118:6 ESV / 87 helpful votes
 
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
Psalm 56:3 ESV / 87 helpful votes
 
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 84 helpful votes
 
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Isaiah 43:1 ESV / 81 helpful votes
 
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
Luke 12:32 ESV / 76 helpful votes
 
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Don‘t Be Afraid...Period!

Dont Be Afraid
 
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 182 helpful votes
 
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 169 helpful votes
 
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Psalm 27:1 ESV / 159 helpful votes
 
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Joshua 1:9 ESV / 157 helpful votes
 
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
John 14:27 ESV / 149 helpful votes
 
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Psalm 23:4 ESV / 140 helpful votes
 
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 133 helpful votes
 
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Psalm 34:4 ESV / 125 helpful votes
 
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Give Your Burdens/Troubles to GOD...

Casting Your Burden
 
Psalm 55:22 ESV / 33 helpful votes
 
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 30 helpful votes
 
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 30 helpful votes
 
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Philippians 4:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes
 
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 19 helpful votes
 
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 37:5 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.
Matthew 11:28 ESV / 13 helpful votes
 
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

GOD has a Plan...and we can't Change it. (Pt 2)

Matthew 6:25-34 ESV / 736 helpful votes
 
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ...
Job 42:2 ESV / 671 helpful votes
 
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 664 helpful votes
 
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Philippians 1:6 ESV / 651 helpful votes
 
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 32:8 ESV / 631 helpful votes
 
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
1 John 5:4 ESV / 579 helpful votes
 
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
Psalm 138:8 ESV / 575 helpful votes
 
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 530 helpful votes
 
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 528 helpful votes
 
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 33:11 ESV / 514 helpful votes
 
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 505 helpful votes
 
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
John 3:16 ESV / 504 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 12:2 ESV / 465 helpful votes
 

GOD has a Plan for your life...and it will not be derailed by People.

Gods Plan
 
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2,922 helpful votes
 
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 1,772 helpful votes
 
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
Proverbs 19:21 ESV / 1,508 helpful votes
 
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Jeremiah 29:11-14 ESV / 1,070 helpful votes
 
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 1,003 helpful votes
 
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Romans 8:28 ESV / 954 helpful votes
 
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 949 helpful votes
 
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 793 helpful votes
 
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

GOD Loved Us Long Before We Were Born

Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love