Baptism & Christening 101

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Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Romans 8:14

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.
Romans 8:28a

If God is for us, who can be against us.
Romans 8:31b

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38+39

For it is with your heart that you will believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Romans 10:10

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
Romans 12:15

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21

If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:8

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Romans 15:7

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
1 Corinthians 1:9

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
1 Corinthians 7:23

For we were all baptised by one Spirit into one body - whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free - and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
1 Corinthians 12:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13

Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:14

For god, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness” , made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:6

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17

The Lord said: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9

You are all sons of god through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household.
Ephesians 2:19

Be confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Philippians 4:4

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord not for men.
Colossians 4:23

You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
1 Thessalonians 5:5

And pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:11b

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
Hebrews 10:35

It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace.
Hebrews 13:9

For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Hebrews 13:14

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Hebrews 13:16

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17

Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22

Come near to god and he will come near to you.
James 4:8

Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.
James 4:17

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
1 Peter 3:15

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
1 Peter 4:10

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1

Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:18

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
1 John 4:9

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, god lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
1 John 4:12

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16b

We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19

The Lord God said: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelations 1:8