| Matt. 10:32-33 | "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven." |
| Mark 8:34-38 | "And when He had called the people to Him, with His disciples also, He said to them, 'Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.' " |
| Luke 9:23-26 | "Then He said to them all, 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what *advantage (profit) is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels.' " |
Luke 12:8-9 | "Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God." |
| 2 Tim. 2:8-13 | "Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed
of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel, for which I suffer
trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not
chained. Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the *elect, (chosen
ones) that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with
eternal glory. This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. (Matt. 10:33) If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself." |
| 5-12-90 poem: | A superior mind, and free will from God Doesn't keep man from acting a little odd; With only instinct, animals do survive, The good Lord manages to keep them alive. But we all stumble, fighting to have our own way, We've run away from God, and don't know what to say; We spend all the day chatting with others, Putting down all our sisters, and brothers. We must learn to be more like Jesus is, To follow the narrow path that is His; Do good for people every single day, Then God will help us to follow His way. Just ask forgiveness; then leave all to Him, His Holy Spirit will fill us within; By guiding our words carefully each day, Wonderful things will be coming our way. |
