What Are Your Needs?

There are many reasons for taking the Bible seriously. Among them is its practical wisdom for successful living. See if the Bible addresses that need or its root.

Need for Love:
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16
I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. - Galatians 2:20

Need for Family:
In love God predestined ( planned for) us to be adopted as His Son. - Ephesians 1:4-5
You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but ......members of God's household. - Ephesians 2:19 

Need for Life:
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- John 10:10
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies." - John 11:25

Need for Guidance:
You have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. - James 1:5

Need for Strength:
Everything is possible for him who believes.....With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.
- Mark 9:23; 10:27
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
- Philippians 4:13

Need for Security:
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth....The Lord will keep you from all harm - He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over  your coming and going both now and forevermore. - Psalm 121:2, 7-8

Need for Forgiveness:
Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. - Acts 2:38
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all righteousness. - 1John 1:9

Need for Health:
Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray.......And the prayer in Faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. - James 5:13,15

Need for Peace:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7

Need for Peace:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7

Need for Food and Clothes:
Why do you worry? "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Matthew 6:28,33
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely, their children will be blessed.
- Psalm 37:25-26

Need for Friendship:
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.......I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you. - John 15:13,15

Need for Hope:
In His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade - kept in heaven for you. - 1Peter 1:3-4
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
- Hebrews 6:19

All Your Needs:
God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. - 2 Corinthians 9:8
My God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:19