Saturday, June 26, 2010

Covenant.

Our part of the covenant:

"Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment (shemah). And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments." - (Jesus sums it up - Matthew).

God's part of the covenant:

I am your shield, your very great reward. - Genesis.

all nations on earth will be blessed. - genesis.

I will help you speak and teach you what to say. - exodus.

the Lord your God himself will fight for you. - deuteronomy.

for the Lord your God is a consuming fire. - deuteronomy.

For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete. - deuteronomy.

I will never leave you nor forsake you. - joshua.

the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. - joshua.

I will never break my covenant with you. - judges.

the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you with power. - 1 samuel.

For the Lord is righteous, He loves justice. - psalms.

You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence. - psalms.

He restores my soul. - psalms.

the Lord blesses His people with peace. - psalms.

He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him - proverbs.

He has also set eternity in the hearts of men - ecclesiastes.

He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths - isaiah.

I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder. - isaiah.

He rises to show you compassion. - isaiah.

I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. - isaiah.

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. - isaiah.

Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am He. I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. - isaiah.

I am bringing righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, my splendor to Israel. - isaiah.

See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. - isaiah.

I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand - isaiah.

yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed. - isaiah.

My spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever. - isaiah.

Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart. - jeremiah.

For I am your husband. I will choose you. - jeremiah.

I will give them a heart to know me. - jeremiah.

I know the plans I have for you. - jeremiah.

I have loved you with an everlasting love. - jeremiah.

At the end of your days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance. - daniel.

I am now going to allure her. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. - hosea.

I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness - hosea.

I will heal their waywardness, and love them freely. - hosea.

for I will pass through your midst. - amos.

He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. - zephaniah.

And I myself will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be its glory within. - zechariah.

I will defend my house. I am keeping watch. - zechariah.

Test me in this, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. - malachi.

My words will never pass away. - matthew.

You will be satisfied. You will laugh. - luke.

You will be sons of the Most High. - luke.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom. - luke.

I have prayed for you. - luke.

I have come that they might have life, and have it to the full. - john.

I am the gate for the sheep. - john.

and my words remain in you. - john.

Ask, and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. - john.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only son. - john.

The God who gives life to the dead and call things that are not as though they were. - romans.

For in Him you have been enriched in every way. - 1 corinthians.

He will keep you strong to the end. 1 corinthians.

when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out, so that you can stand up under it. - 1 corinthians.

this is my body, which is for you. - 1 corinthians.

we shall see face to face. - 1 corinthians.

He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us, and put His spirit in our hearts, as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. - 2 corinthians.

I will live with them and walk among them. - 2 corinthians.

My grace is sufficient for you. - 2 corinthians.

we will reap a harvest. - galatians.

He chose us in Him before the creation of the world - ephesians.

In Him and through faith in Him we may approach the throne of grace with confidence. - ephesians.

He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion. - philippians.

The Lord is near. - philippians.

He has qualified you to share in the inheritance. - colossians.

The one who calls you is faithful, and He will do it. - 1 thessalonians.

God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline. - 2 timothy.

God's word cannot be chained. - 2 timothy.

He saved us through the washing and rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured our on us generously. - titus.

He, too, shared in their humanity. - hebrews.

the word of God is living and active. - hebrews.

I will put my law in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. ezekiel/hebrews.

their sins and lawless acts, I will remember no more. - hebrews.

we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken. - hebrews.

He gives generously to all without finding fault. - james.

you, who through faith are shieled by God's power. - 1 peter.

the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know what is true. - 1 john.

To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life. - revelation.

I am coming soon. - revelation.

but the lamb will overcome them because he is the Lord of lords and the King of kings - and with Him will be his called, chosen, and faithful followers. - revelation.

Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. - God's invitation and promise to all people - revelation.

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