This is the eighth article highlighting our young writers' selection of their 7 most beautiful verses from the Bible. The idea came from an article highlighting the 50 most beautiful sentences of literature.
The remarkable thing about these articles – they have been on Christian Today's Most Popular articles for that week. The four selected for this article are:
Esther Koh
Paul Lewis
David Luschwitz
Emma Froggatt
Esther Koh - Wellington NZ
1 Timothy 4:12 Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us.
Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain
Jeremiah 23:23 "Am I only a God nearby," declares the LORD, "and not a God far away?
Psalm 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
John 14:12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
John 11:35 Jesus wept.
Paul Lewis - West Indies
Psalm 16:4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips (ESV)
Hebrews 13:14 "Here we have no abiding city, but we seek the one to come"
Psalm 139:14 "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. (NKJV)
Jude 24 "Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Revelation 1:6 "To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 100:3 "Know that the Lord, He is God;It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves
Psalm 63:1 "O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
David Luschwitz
Psalm 139:13 - "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb."
Romans 12:2 - "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Romans 8:1 - "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,"
Romans 8:30 NIV - "And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified."
Romans 8:31 - What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"
Hebrews 12:1 - "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,"
James 4:10 - "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."
Emma Froggatt - Sydney
John 14:1 Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
1 John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
1 Corinthians 2:9 But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
Jeremiah 15:16 When your words came, I ate them, they were my joy and my heart's delight
Psalm 23:4 I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.
Meanwhile another of Mark Tronson's most beautiful verses of the Bible comes from 2 Kings verse 33 – "He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the Lord." This is second time Elisha shut the door behind them. We often find in the Bible special occasions are private. Jesus often said, don't tell anyone what you have seen. Even today in ministry, there are times when we shut the door.
Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He mentors young writers and has written 24 books, and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children.
Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html