- Matthew 4:1-2 (NIV)
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.”
- Joel 2:12 (NIV)
“Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
- Matthew 6:16-18 (NIV)
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
- Matthew 9:15 (NIV)
“Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.’”
- Psalm 51:10 (NIV)
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV)
“For he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”
- Luke 18:13 (NIV)
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’”
- Isaiah 58:6 (NIV)
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”
- Mark 1:15 (NIV)
“‘The time has come,’ he said. ‘The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!’”
- Matthew 6:21 (NIV)
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
- Romans 12:1 (NIV)
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”
- Psalm 103:8 (NIV)
“The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”
- Luke 9:23 (NIV)
“Then he said to them all: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’”
- Joel 2:13 (NIV)
“Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.”
- Isaiah 58:1 (NIV)
“Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.”
- Matthew 4:17 (NIV)
“From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’”
- James 4:8 (NIV)
“Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
- Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
- Psalm 27:14 (NIV)
“Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.”
- Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
- Psalm 51:17 (NIV)
“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.”
- Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
- Philippians 2:5 (NIV)
“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:”
- Psalm 119:105 (NIV)
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
- 1 Peter 2:24 (NIV)
“‘He himself bore our sins’ in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; ‘by his wounds you have been healed.’”
- Galatians 6:7-8 (NIV)
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
- Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”
- Isaiah 58:14 (NIV)
“then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”