Soul Medicine

Measure Everything Against Scripture Romans 16:17 17I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

Serve Not For Praise But Out Of Love Proverbs 27:19 - 21 19As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. a 20Death and Destruction b are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes. 21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.

Wounds From A Friend Can Be Trusted Proverbs 27:5 - 6 5Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

Jesus Did It! Isaiah 53:11 - 12 11After he has suffered, he will see the light of life d and be satisfied; by his knowledge f my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Listen To The Shepherd's Voice! Isaiah 53:6 6We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Accept, Reject, Despise Jesus? Which One Describes You? Do Your Actions Say The Same Thing? Isaiah 53:1-3 1Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

We Have An Audience With The Trinity! Romans 5:1 - 5 1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we a have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we b boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we c also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Endure The Hardships And Don’t Lose Heart Hebrews 12:7 7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

Don’t Make Excuses. Instead Trust Him In The Call He’s Asked Of You. Judges 6:14 - 16 14The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” 15“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” 16The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”

If You Say Jesus Then Walk Jesus. May Our Say So, Be Our Do So. Psalm 25:20 - 21 20Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. 21May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, c is in you.

Are You Willing To Cry Out “Turn To Me And Be Gracious”. He’s Listening Psalm 25:16 - 18 16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. 17Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. 18Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

Walk With Jesus And Experience His Peace That Will Carry You Through The Storms Psalm 122:6 - 9 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. 7May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” 8For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” 9For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Ask God For Discernment And Clarity Will Follow, But Remember It Will Always Be At His Pace Psalm 119:124-125 124Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees. 125I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.

Read The Word So It Can Light Your Path Psalm 119:101 - 105 101I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word. 102I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me. 103How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. 105Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Let Your Light Shine Psalm 119:43 - 47 43Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws. 44I will always obey your law, for ever and ever. 45I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. 46I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame, 47for I delight in your commands because I love them.

God’s Will Starts With Desiring To Know Him And His Word Psalm 119:35 - 37 35Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. 36Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. 37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.

Use His Word To Lead You On Earth Psalm 119:17 - 20 17Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word. 18Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. 19I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me. 20My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.

Dig Into His Word And Let It Dig Into Your Heart Psalm 119:9 - 10 9How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. 10I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

God’s Forgiveness Expands The Chasm That Sin Has Created. Hosea 14:9 Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Beware Of Brig Satisfied And Risk Forgetting Your Provider Hosea 13:5 - 6 5I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat. 6When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.