The Journey – Level 2
Scripture Says
Connection
“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” (Proverbs 13:20)
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” (Proverbs 17:17)
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls
down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also,
if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one
may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be
done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I
with them.” (Matthew 18:19-20)
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 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 10:24-25)
“Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen
God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John
4:11-12)
Confidence
“I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; but you give us victory over our
enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.” (Psalm 44:6-7)
“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. [She] will be like a tree
planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its
leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
(Jeremiah 17:7-8)
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13 NKJV)
“We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. It is not that we
think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. He has
enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant.” (2 Corinthians 3:4-6a NLT)
“Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from
him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his
command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as
he commanded us.” (1 John 3:21-23)
Voice
“Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw
our misery, toil and oppression.” (Deuteronomy 26:7)
“But Joshua had commanded the army, ‘Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not
say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!’” (Joshua 6:10)
“Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; on top of the wall
she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech.” (Proverbs 1:20-21)
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a
lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the
house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and
glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16)
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope
that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those
who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.”
(1 Peter 3:15b-16)
“Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and
there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful
scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the
mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.”
(Ephesians 4:14-15)
Radical Faith
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”
(Psalm 20:7)
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways
submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are
possible.’” (Matthew 19:26)
“Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what
was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’
and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.’” (Matthew
21:21-22)
“I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were
not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your
faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.” (1 Corinthians 2:3-5)
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”
(Hebrews 11:1)
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” (James 5:16b)
Creating Change
“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead
the case of the widow.” (Isaiah 1:17)
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’ And I
said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” (Isaiah 6:8)
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if
you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your
light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” (Isaiah 58:10)
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do
not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those
who belong to the family of believers.” (Galatians 6:9-10)
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10)
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and
widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27)
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” (James 2:26)