Thematic Bible: Preparation steps required in
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
Because thou sayest, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin; but now because ye say, We see, therefore your sin abides.
I am clean without rebellion, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your hearts unto the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Nevertheless, good things have been found in thee, in that thou hast burned down the groves of the land and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
And they gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and entered in, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Personal purification
If a man, therefore, purges himself from these things, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and profitable for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the rebellious to the prudence of the just, to make ready a prepared people for the Lord.