.: Inspirational

INSPIRATIONAL SCRIPTURES FROM THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE

2 Timothy 3: 16-17 Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, (and) for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose, and action), So that the man of God may of complete and proficient, well fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is (always) the same, yesterday, today, (yes) and forever (to the ages).

2 Corinthians 4:18 Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting.

Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal to win the (supreme and heavenly) prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.

Isaiah 40:28-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding. He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength (causing it to multiply and making it to abound). Even youths shall faint and be weary, and (selected) young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted; But those who wait for the Lord (who expect, look for, and hope in Him) shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up (close to God) as eagles (mount up to the sun); they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.

Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and He Who formed you from the womb; I am the Lord, Who make all things, Who alone stretched out the heavens, Who spread out the earth by Myself (who was with Me)?

Isaiah 41:10-13 Fear not (there is nothing to fear), for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My (victorious) right hand of rightness and justice. Behold, all those who are enraged and inflamed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; they who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all. For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you!

I Peter 2:15 For it is God’s will and intention that by doing right (your good and honest lives) should silence (muzzle, gag) the ignorant charges and ill-informed criticisms of foolish persons.

Hebrews 1:14 Are not the angels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service (of God for the assistance) of those who are to inherit salvation?

Isaiah 44:6-8 Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the first and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God. Who is like Me? Let him (stand and) proclaim it, declare it, and set (his proofs) in order before Me, since I made and established the people of antiquity. (Who announced from of old) the things that are coming? Then let them declare yet future things. Fear not, nor be afraid (in the coming violent upheavals); have I not told it to you from of old and declared it? And you are My witnesses! Is there a God besides Me? There is no (other) Rock; I know not any.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me (as vital necessity) and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s (own) handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, (born anew) that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand), for us (taking paths which He prepared ahead of time), that we should walk in them (living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live).

Hebrews 3:6 But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His (own Father’s) house as a Son (and Master of it). And it is we who are (now members) of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope (in Christ).

Luke 12:8 And I tell you, Whoever declares openly (speaking out freely) and confesses that he is My worshiper and acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man also will declare and confess and acknowledge him before the angles of God.

Psalms 4:8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust.

Matthew 6:4-6 So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly. Also when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already. But when you pray, go into your (most) private room, and , closing the door, pray for your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.

Joshua 1:9 …Be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

Psalm 5:12 For You, Lord, will bless the (uncompromisingly) righteous (him who is upright and in right standing with You); as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor).

Psalm 16:1 Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have found refuge, and in You do I put my trust and hide myself.

Ephesians 1:4-13 Even as (in His love) He chose us (actually picked us out for Himself as His own) in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will (because it pleased Him and was His kind intent) (So that we might be) to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor, Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence), Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). (And it is this:) In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him, (He planned) for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, (both) things in heaven and things on the earth. In Him we also were make (God’s) heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His (own) will. So that we who first hoped in Christ (who first put our confidence in Him have been destined and pointed to) live for the praise of His glory! In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), by (He has given us a spirit) of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

Psalm 35:1 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

Jude 1:2-3 May mercy, (soul) peace, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you in regard to our common salvation. (But) I found it necessary and was impelled to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort (you) to contend for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints (the faith which is the sum of Christian belief which was delivered verbally to the holy people of God)

Luke 6:22-23 Blessed (happy – with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition – and to be envied) are you when people despise (hate) you, and when they exclude and excommunicate you (as disreputable) and revile and denounce you and defame and cast out and spurn your name as evil (wicked) on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and be glad at such a time and exult and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is rich and great and strong and intense and abundant in heaven; for even so their forefathers treated the prophets.

Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous – with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account. Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles.

Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains (of punishment), yet we (ignorantly) considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God (as if with leprosy). But He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement (needful to obtain) peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes (that wounded) Him we are healed and made whole.

Isaiah 54:17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This (peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition) is the heritage of the servants of the Lord (those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced); this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me (this is that which I impart to them as their justification), says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void (without producing any effect, useless), but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I send it.

Isaiah 46:4 Even to your old age I am He, and even to hair white with age will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry and will save you.

Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord Your God, … Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.