Fighter Verse Songs

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Proverbs 6:22-23

When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

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I was talking with my kids about this passage and we talked about the three life moments that are mentioned: When you walk, when you lie down, and when you awake.

The trickiest one to explain (and perhaps understand) was the idea that parent’s guidance can watch over you when you lie down. What I told my kids was that if you live wisely (and hold onto and live according to wise teachings from your parents) you live in such a way that when you sleep you are safe. And then you can put your head on your pillow with the peaceful knowledge that you are safe.

Of course, extrapolating this idea all the way out, the biggest blessing a human can have is the knowledge that even if they die while they are sleeping they will be in heaven, with their heavenly father.

May God work through the words of all parents so that this will be true for all of their children.

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Proverbs 6:20-21

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.

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These are good words for a child to hear. These verses are very parent-honoring. Yes, young person, it is important for you to obey your parents and treat what they say as something worth focusing on.

If you are a parent, it may seem self-serving to highlight this verse with your children, but they need to know these ideas. In times of doubt, they may give your kids reason to trust you. In times of crisis, they may help your child to stop and think about what you’ve taught them.’

So teach them the Word, teach them the Gospel and teach them to obey you.

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Galatians 5:24-25

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

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‘Crucified the flesh’ – that’s pretty extreme vocabulary, don’t you think? But do we live like it?

Do we keep in step with the spirit?

No – sometimes we clearly don’t. That’s why we need sanctification. And part of that processes is recognition: Your sinful passions and desires have been crucified.

Maybe I should say that again, with an exclamation point – Your sinful passions and desires have been crucified!

You aren’t the same person who is just trying to do better now that you are saved. God has miraculously killed your sinful flesh. You are no longer paralyzingly drawn to sins that will cause your destruction.

Take notice, take heart and take joy. And take the path laid out for you by God’s Holy Spirit.

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Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

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Come on now, if you don’t feel motivated to memorize a bible verse that lists the fruit of the spirit, what will motivate you?

And isn’t this a good list? Wouldn’t you like to be described as a person who has these traits?

Do you notice that that most of these are active traits?
Do you notice that Jesus is an example for all of these fruits?

I imagine that as you look at these, you’ll probably think that some of them you do well and others you need to work on.

Pray that God will work on you.

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Luke 12:32-34

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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It’s good to hear Jesus say, “Fear Not”, isn’t it?

But to what fear is Jesus referring?

This is right after the passage where he says, “Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on”

And we do think about those things a lot. And Jesus says, “Fear not”, because we can trust God to not only give us the temporal things we need, but the eternal, and much more significant things. He wants to give us the Kingdom!

We have a God who wants to give us the kingdom.

And what would we do if we really believed that. We would do good things. We would give things to those who need them. And this would be good for the needy person.

But I find it interesting that Jesus motivates us by saying that we are doing good for ourselves as well. We our providing for ourselves more eternal, non-steal-able, non-destroyable treasure.

That’s what we’ll do if we really don’t fear.

That’s pretty big.

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2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come.

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I meet with group of guys almost every Friday morning and one of the guys there, Mike, really likes verses like this. He points out regularly that one problem Christians have is that we forget who we are in Christ.

We are a new Creation.

We’re not slightly different. We’re not incrementally better. We’re not above average. We aren’t just people who try harder.

We are a new Creation.

And Mike points out that if we forget this, then we are too easily tempted, too easily brought down. Satan works this forgetfulness to make us less effective as Children of God.

So do you feel like a new Creation? Do you believe you are one? Do you choose to act like one?

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Deuteronomy 6:6-7

And these words that I command you today shall be in your hearts. You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down, and when you rise.

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I can hear Mr. Sampson, my seventh grade math teacher, and the phrase he used to use to describe when a mathematical truth was true:

“Always, always, always”

That’s a slightly less poetic way than was used by Moses in this passage, but it’s the same concept.

When shall we teach our children about  God’s commands? When should we talk about God’s words? When should we bring these ideas are into our conscious thoughts?

“Always, always, always”

That means God thinks thinking and talking and teaching and memorizing and remembering his commands are pretty important, and helpful and encouraging to us and serve to glorify him.

So with yourself and with your kids – take every opportunity.

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Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

I once read an atheist commentary that suggested that since it was impossible to obey these words, this verse was ridiculous. What kind of God was command us to do what we can’t do?

My answer is this:

The kind of God who would prescribe this kind of worship . . . well he is -

- A God who has very lofty goals for his created beings
- A God who really wants to be worshiped
- A God who will settle for nothing less than perfection
- A God who wants his children to always be stretching to be closer to him
- A God who wants his children to see their inability to do was is required of them and ask for help.
- A God who looks forward to a time when his worshipers will be able to fully live up to this kind of standard.

In any case, I am certain that you are not completely obeying this passage. Have you prayed for greater ability to love him with a little more of you heart and your soul and your might?

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Ephesians 4:31 and 32

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander, be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.

So last week I said that the passage didn’t give us nice, tidy rules about communication, but gave us the guidelines and said we should speak, “as fits the occasion”.

And then this week there are some nice tidy rules on what we should not do.

We should not communicate with “bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander . . . and malice.” It sounds like Paul had experienced church meetings where these words could describe some of what was said. And he wanted to make it clear that this wasn’t helpful.

So the question we should ask ourselves is – do we ever talk like that? At church, or with our families? It’s so easy to fall into habits where we talk with the negative traits and then find ways to justify them.

Is that something you do?

We should pray for discernment and then the strength to obey God as we talk to others.

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[Just a reminder - many or most of the songs posted on this site or at our channel at Youtube.com are demo or scratch versions (not finalized) of what will be available on the CD]

(Say, do you know that disclaimer we put at the bottom saying that what we put here is often not the final version of the song – i.e. not what will be put on the CD? Well, that’s especially true this week)

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

So how about that for a practical application verse?

I think the key phrase is “as fits the occasion”, which makes this a little tricky to do. We’d like things more basic than that – nice, tidy rules: Always say happy things, always point out error, always state the facts, or always base your response on emotion.

No, we are to make our goal two things for the individuals we are talking to:
1. Build them up.
2. Give them grace.

So we should ask ourselves, what can I say that will do these two things?

And to what end? We can go back to verse 1: So they will walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called

And what is the calling? To glorify God.

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[Just a reminder - many or most of the songs posted on this site or at our channel at Youtube.com are demo or scratch versions (not finalized) of what will be available on the CD]