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John 8:12 "I am the light of the world."

Monday, February 23, 2026

Staying with the Lord

 1)"Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands,

you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James Ch:4 V-8


2) "The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in

truth. "Psalms 145: V-18


3) "Seek the Lord while you may be found, call on him awhile he is near."

Isaiah Ch:55 V-6


4) "I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me." 

Proverbs Ch: 8 V-17


5) "God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach

out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us"

Acts Ch: 17 V-27


6) "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Matthew Ch:6 V-21


7) "We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we

have heard, so that we do not drift away."

Hebrews Ch:2 V-1


8) Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the

world, love for the Father is not in them."1 John Ch:2 V-15


9) "You were running a good race. Who cut in on you from

obeying the truth?" Galatians Ch:5 V-7


10) "Even now, "declares the Lord, "return to me with all your

heart with fasting and weeping and mourning." Joel Ch:2 V-12


11) "For this son of mine was dead and is alive again, he was lost

and is found." So they began to celebrate." Luke Ch:15 V -24


12) "Repent then and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped

out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." Acts Ch:3 V-19


13) "Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing

spirit, to sustain me." Psalms 51 V-12


14) "I have swept away your offences like a cloud, your sins like

the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."

Isaiah Ch: 44 V-22


15) "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation. by prayer

and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God."

Philippians Ch:4 V6-7


16) "Pray continually." 1 Thessalonians Ch:5 V-17


17) "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in

prayer." Matthew Ch:21 V-22


18)"The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers

them from their troubles." Psalms 34: V-17


19) "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

Romans Ch:12 V-12


20) "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels, 

nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be

able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans Ch:8 V-38-39


21) "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. His love endures forever."

Psalms 136-1


22) "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my

unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace 

be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you."

Isaiah 54 V-10


23) "The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made."

Psalms 145 V-9


24) "And you, my son Soloman, acknowledge the God of your father, 

and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind.

for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and

every thought."  1 Chronicles Ch:28 V-9


25) "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."

Psalms 119-105


26) "Not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of

doing, but encouraging one another, and all the more

as you see the Day approaching." Hebrews Ch:10 V-25


27) "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you

trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the

Holy Spirit." Romans Ch:15 V-13


28) "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that

are on earth." Colossians Ch:3 V-2