James 1:17 (ESV)- "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
Ephesians 1:3- "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 2:8- "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God."
Romans 6:23- "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
John 1:12,16- "But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God... And from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace."
Mark 9:37- "Whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me."
Romans 5:11,17- "More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation... For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ."
Romans 8:15- "For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!'"
1 Corinthians 1:7- "...so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 2:12- "Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God."
Galatians 4:4-5- "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."
Colossians 2:6-7- "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving."
1 Peter 2:10- "Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
1 Corinthians 4:7- "...What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?"
Romans 12:6- "Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith."
Hebrews 4:16- "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
Colossians 3:23-24- "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ."
Hebrews 12:28- "Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe."
2 Corinthians 9:15- "Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift!"
Have a blessed Christmas!
