You’re called to lead spiritually, and if you do, you’ll go through life without regrets. That’s a great place to start as you begin to live on your own, marry, and have a family.
—Every Young Man’s Battle
Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live!
DEUTERONOMY 30:19, NLT
Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”
2 TIMOTHY 2:19, NIV
There is a time for everything,
a season for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to rebuild.
A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to search and a time to lose.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak up.
A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1–8, NLT
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 TIMOTHY 6:12, NIV
Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
EPHESIANS 6:11, AMP
But let us who live in the light keep sober, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the happy hope of salvation.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:8, TLB
He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
PSALM 91:4, NASB
For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
PSALM 5:12, NIV
We depend on the LORD alone to save us.
only he can help us, protecting us like a shield.
PSALM 33:20, NLT
For Jehovah God is our Light and our Protector. He gives us grace and glory. No good thing will he withhold from those who walk along his paths.
PSALM 84:11, TLB