Most Beautiful verses of the Bible – 4 young writers - No 3
This is the third 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 the first two articles – they were both on Christian Today's Most Popular articles for that week. The four selected for this article are:
Brenden Bell - Brisbane (USA)
Jack Liang - Sydney
Emily Black - Melbourne
Michele Ong - Auckland
Emily Black - Melbourne
2 Corinthians 1:20 "For all God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding "Yes""
Psalm 42:1 "As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God"
2 Corinthians 4: 13 "I believed in God, so I spoke"
Hebrews 6:19 "This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary."
Hebrews 12:12 "Take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your week knees...mark out a straight path with your feet.."
Isaiah 64: 1 "Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence."
Isaiah 55:11 "It is the same with my word. I send it out and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it."
Jack Liang - Sydney
1 Timothy 3:15 "If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth."
John 6:53 "So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you."
2 Chronicles 33:13 "He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God."
James 2:24 "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone."
Romans 4:7-8 "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin."
Revelation 5:8 "And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."
Psalm 2:7 "I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you."
Michelle Ong - Auckland
Luke 12:32 - So don't be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom
Psalm 18: 30 - 31 - As for God, His Way is Perfect; The Lord's word is flawless; He shields those who take refuge in Him. For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?
Psalm 17:8 - Keep me the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me
Revelation 21: 4 - He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away
1 Chronicles 16:22-24 - Sing to the Lord, all the earth, proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvellous deeds among all peoples.
Jeremiah 2: 32 (this verse makes me cry) - Does a young woman forget her jewellery, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number
1 John 4: 18 - there is no fear in love. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
Brenden Bell - USA
Isaiah 41:10 "fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Hosea 6:6 "For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."
John 17:21 "...that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me." John 17:21 ESV
2nd Corinthians 12:9 "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2nd Corinthians 12:9 ESV
Philippians 2:3 "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves."
Galatians 5:1 "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery."
1st John 4:10 "In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
Another of Mark Tronson's most beautiful verse selections is from Joshua 10 verse 13: "So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day". This is one of the many remarkable stories in the Book of Joshua.
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