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“…But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!”

-Daniel 5:22

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“Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire. ⁴ Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy. ⁵ So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”

-Daniel 6:4

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¹⁰ But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. ¹¹ Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God’s help.”

-Daniel 6:10

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¹⁸ Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night.

(After throwing Daniel into the lion’s den).

-Daniel 6:17

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Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become tired or grow weary;
There is no searching of His understanding.

-Isaiah 40: 28 (AMP)

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²⁹ For who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.

-Matthew 12:29

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³⁵ “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.”

-Luke 6: 35

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⁴¹ “Your approval means nothing to me, ⁴² because I know you don’t have God’s love within you.”

-John 5:41

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³⁵ “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. ³⁶ You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.

Luke 6:35

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Who am I, O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? ¹⁹ And now, Sovereign Lord, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign Lord?^[c]

-2 Samuel 7:20

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²⁰ Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

-Ephesians 3:20

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When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem,^[a]
    it was like a dream!
² We were filled with laughter,
    and we sang for joy.
And the other nations said,
    “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.”
³ Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us!
    What joy!

-Psalm 126:1-3

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¹² When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

¹³ The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”

¹⁴ Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. 

-John 8:13

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“When someone has been given much, much will be required in return, and when someone has been entrusted with much even more will be required.

-Luke 12:48

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“You know me inside out, every bone in my body; you know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted, from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; All the days of my life all prepared before is even lived one day.”

-Psalm 139:14

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Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers and overwhelms all transgressions [forgiving and overlooking another’s faults].

Proverbs 10:12

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36 “Bezalel and Oholiab, and every skilled person in whom the Lord has put ability and understanding to know how to do all the work in the construction of the sanctuary, shall work according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

Exodus 36:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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¹³ until we all reach oneness in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, [growing spiritually] to become a mature believer, reaching to the measure of the fullness of Christ [manifesting His spiritual completeness and exercising our spiritual gifts in unity].

Ephesians 4:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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‘Was it not My hand that made all these things?’

Acts 7:50

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What the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the desire of the righteous [for the blessings of God] will be granted.

Proverbs 6:32 New Living Translation (NLT)

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One day Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ ¹³ If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”

¹⁴ The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”

¹⁵ Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place. ¹⁶ How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”

¹⁷ The Lord replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”

Exodus 33:12-17

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²⁹ When Moses came down Mount Sinai carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,^[a] he wasn’t aware that his face had become radiant because he had spoken to the Lord.

Exodus 34:29 New Living Translation (NLT)

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Proverbs 6:little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest—
¹¹ then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
    scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

proverbs 6: 10-11

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The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing. Proverbs 10:24

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If you search for good, you will find favor;
    but if you search for evil, it will find you!

Proverbs 11:27

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³⁰ This God—his way is perfect;^[d]

-Psalm 18:30

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    …the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

-Psalm 18

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²⁹ For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can leap over a wall.

-Psalm 18:29

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God is to be trusted

-1 Corinthians 1:9

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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart ( my secret thoughts), be pleasing to you oh my Rock and Redeemer.

-Psalm 19

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Never repeat what you hear.

-Sirach 19

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You are great
Those who trust the Lord will be joyful.

-Psalm 16

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I live with integrity so redeem me and show me mercy.

-Psalm 26:11
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If you promise something to a friend because you’re too bashful to say no, you’re making an enemy needlessly

Have you sinned my child? Don’t do it again and pray for forgiveness for what you’ve already done.

-Sirach 21

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Lord you have made your people great, glorious in all respects. You have never neglected them. You have given them help, always, everywhere.       -Wisdom 19

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8 [God] Guard me as you would guard your own eyes/the pupil of your eye.[a]
Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
– Psalm 17:8New Living Translation (NLT)

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17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable.
-Romans 12:17. New Living Translation (NLT)
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17 Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the Lord.
18 You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
-Proverbs 23:17-18. New Living Translation (NLT)

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6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus
-Philippians 4:6-7New Living Translation (NLT)

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21 “Submit to God, and you will have peace;
then things will go well for you.
-Job 22:21New Living Translation (NLT)

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22 The wise conquer the city of the strong
and level the fortress in which they trust.
– Proverbs 21:22New Living Translation (NLT)

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19 Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin;
anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.
-Proverbs 17:19 New Living Translation (NLT)

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10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers,[a] as you still do.
– Hebrews 6:10 New Living Translation (NLT)
Footnotes: 6:10 Greek for God’s holy people.

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14 As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
– Proverbs 26:14New Living Translation (NLT)
I came across this while reading my bible in a sleep-filled haze, with one eye open…I read it and told God, “You think You’re funny, huh?!”…then crawled out of bed.

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20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.
-John 17:20New Living Translation (NLT)

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…soft speech can break bones.
-Proverbs 24:15

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How impossible it is for us to understand his [God’s] decisions and his ways!
-Romans 11:33

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2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.
-Proverbs 26:2New Living Translation (NLT)

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“The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
-Deuteronomy 29:29

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Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.”
For God understands all hearts, and he sees you.
He who guards your soul knows you knew.
He will repay all people as their actions deserve.
-Proverbs 24: 12

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If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small.
-Proverbs 24:10

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A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
-Proverbs 24:33-34

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Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house.
-Proverbs 24:27

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If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.
If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
-Proverbs 24: 22

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If the godly give in to the wicked, it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.
-Proverbs 25:26

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“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.”
-Philippians 2:13
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In the same way I will not cause pain
without allowing something new to be born,” says the Lord.
-Isaiah 66:9 New Century Version (NCV)
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“(The Lord) is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.”
Psalms 18:2 NLT
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“If you give up on Him, He CAN NOT give up on you because there is no way that He can be false to Himself.”
-2 Timothy 2:13.

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“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered”
-Psalm 39:4

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The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.
15 When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
16 I will reward them with a long life”
-Psalm 91:14
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But how can I curse those
whom God has not cursed?
How can I condemn those
whom the Lord has not condemned?
…21 No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob;

for them he is as strong as a wild ox.

23 No curse can touch Jacob;
no magic has any power against Israel.
-Numbers 23: 19
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For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey…
4 But in the end she is as bitter as poison,
as dangerous as a double-edged sword.
5 …her steps lead straight to the grave.[a]

6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.

-Proverbs 5: 3
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You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
-James 1:19

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Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
-James 1:19
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10 We own nothing, and yet we have everything.
-2 Corinthians 6: 10
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Rescue me from my rebellion.
Do not let fools mock me.
-Psalm 39: 8

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6 We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us,[c] and by our sincere love.

-2 Corinthians 6:6
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When you discipline us for our sins,
you consume like a moth what is precious to us.
-Psalm 39:11
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God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.

Has he ever

spoken

and failed to act?

Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
-Numbers 23:
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19 Until the time came to fulfill his dreams,[a] the Lord tested Joseph’s character.
-Psalm 105:19
New Living Translation (NLT)

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11 I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives.

It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.

-Ecclesiastes 9:11
New Living Translation (NLT)

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20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.
-John 17:20
New Living Translation (NLT)
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11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy.

Yes, your joy will overflow!

-John 15:11
New Living Translation (NLT)

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9 The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order

to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.

-2 Chronicles 16:9
New Living Translation (NLT)
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13 Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.[a]
-John 13:1
New Living Translation (NLT)
Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
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26 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.”[d] Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
-Ephesians 4:26…
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Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.

-Ephesians 4:3

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7 However, he has given each one of us a special gift[a] through the generosity of Christ.
-Ephesians 4:7

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12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time (of trial) what needs to be said.”
-Luke 12:12
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7 As for me, I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and

my God will certainly hear me.

-Micah 7:7
New Living Translation (NLT)

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10 None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.
-Acts 6:10
New Living Translation (NLT)

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11 …so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.
-2 Corinthians 2:11
New Living Translation (NLT)

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18 Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight well in the Lord’s battles.
-1 Timothy 1:18
New Living Translation (NLT)
Timothy’s Responsibility

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20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister,[a] that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see,

how can we love God, whom we cannot see?

-1 John 4:20
New Living Translation (NLT)

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36 “Abba, Father,”[a] he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
-Mark 14:36
New Living Translation (NLT)

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22 Then Jesus said to the disciples,

“Have faith in God.”

-Mark 11:22
New Living Translation (NLT)
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4 You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me!
I sing for joy because of what you have done.
-Psalm 92:4
New Living Translation (NLT)

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6 However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the Lord as written by Moses in the Book of the Law: “Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents.

Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes.”[a]

-2 Kings 14:6
New Living Translation (NLT)

Footnotes:

14:6 Deut 24:16.
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14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you.
-1 Timothy 4:14
New Living Translation (NLT)

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4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.

-Ecclesiastes 11:4
New Living Translation (NLT)

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1 Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.[a] Or Give generously, / for your gifts will return to you later.
-Ecclesiastes 11:1
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8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves;
ensure justice for those being crushed.

-Proverbs 31:8
New Living Translation (NLT)

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6 Let your conversation be gracious and attractive[a] so that you will have the right response for everyone.

-Colossians 4:6
New Living Translation (NLT)

Footnotes:

4:6 Greek and seasoned with salt.
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10 As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink,
so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.

-Ecclesiastes 10:1
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace

because you trust in him.

Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
-Romans 15:13 NLT

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Isaiah 46:5
New Living Translation (NLT)
5 “To whom will you compare me?
Who is my equal?

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21 But I was the one who planted you,
choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best.
How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?
Jeremiah 2:21
New Living Translation (NLT)

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24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
ACTS 20: 24
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I have cared for you since you were born.
Yes, I carried you before you were born.
4 I will be your God throughout your lifetime—
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you.
Isaiah 46:3/4
NLT
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25 Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save[a] those who come to God through him.

He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.

Hebrews 7:25
New Living Translation (NLT)
Footnotes:
7:25 Or is able to save completely.
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9 How can a young person stay pure?
By obeying your word.
-Psalm 119:9
New Living Translation (NLT)

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5 I am counting on the Lord;
yes, I am counting on him.
I have put my hope in his word.
-Psalm 130:5
New Living Translation (NLT)
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14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
-1 Corinthians 2:14
New Living Translation (NLT)

Footnotes:
2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
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21 Those who have been rescued[a] will go up to[b] Mount Zion in Jerusalem
to rule over the mountains of Edom.
And the Lord himself will be king!”
Footnotes:

21a As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads Rescuers.
21b Or from.
-Obadiah 1:21
New Living Translation (NLT)
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2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

-Romans 12:2
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”
-James 5:16
New Living Translation (NLT)

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“Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord?”
-Exodus 4:11
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies who surround me on every side.”

-Psalm 3:6
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”
-Isaiah 40:31
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need (adversity).”
-Proverbs 17:17
New Living Translation (NLT)

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“Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.”
-2 Timothy 2:7
New Living Translation (NLT)

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“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.”
-Galatians 6:9
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“I say,

‘You are gods; you are all children of the Most High.”

-Psalm 82:6
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for

love covers a multitude of sins.”

-1 Peter 4:8
New Living Translation (NLT)

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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the Lord by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty.”
-Numbers 5:6
New Living Translation (NLT)
“Betray the Lord…” interesting word choice.
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“For the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord.[a] It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.”
-Leviticus 17:11
New Living Translation (NLT)

Footnotes:

17:11 Or to make atonement for you.

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“Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.”

-Proverbs 17:9
New Living Translation (NLT)

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“What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.”
-Job 3:25
New Living Translation (NLT)
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““Why do you ask my name?” the angel of the Lord replied. “It is too wonderful for you to understand.””
-Judges 13:18
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“After a period of glory, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me[a] against the nations who plundered you. For he said,

“Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.[b]”

-Zechariah 2:8
New Living Translation (NLT)

Footnotes:
2:8a The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
2:8b Hebrew

“Anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.”

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“For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.”
-Job 33:14
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.”
-1 Corinthians 14:20
New Living Translation (NLT)

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“Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.
-Psalm 25:7
New Living Translation (NLT)
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“And the Lord said to Satan, “I, the Lord, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the Lord, who has chosen [Wendelyn], rebukes you. This [wo]man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire.”
-Zechariah 3:2

Hey noooww! I just bumped into Zechariah 3 recently and I love it. It is such a beautiful picture of forgiveness, redemption and wholeness. Too often, we are reminded of our sins and weighed down by guilt as a result. We need to remember that as soon as we confess our sin and show a desire for forgiveness, God forGETS not only forgives our sin. Pretty amazing.
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Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin.

-Zechariah 4:10
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3 1-4 These are the nations that God left there, using them to test the Israelites who had no experience in the Canaanite wars.

He did it to train the descendants of Israel, the ones who had no battle experience, in the art of war.

-Judges 3:1-4

BOOM! This is exactly what a lot of the tests I have experienced in my life have been, tests; ways to build character. That’s never made them easier to bear while I’m in the middle but it hindsight, I have many “Aha!” moments.

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Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch,
because he embraced the company of the lowest.
He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many,
he took up the cause of all the black sheep.
-Isaiah 53:11
#BlackSheepNumeroUnoHereAllDayErrrday! #ThankYouJesus #HashTaggingLikeItsInstagram #I’mSleepy
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“She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me [El Roi],’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’”

-Genesis 16:13 NIV

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3 Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.

4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.

-Psalm 37:3-5
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20 And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher.

21 And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.

-Isaiah 30:21

I love this scripture. Although it isn’t a verse filled with promises of a type we normally expect, there is a promise nonetheless. I love the fact that it promises clarity and wisdom for those who seek God. I want to learn directly from the Teacher.
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7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
-John 15:7 (AMP)

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17 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 (NIV)
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3 Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.
Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.
-Psalm 5:3
My ONLY source of help.
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When my heart is overwhlmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.
-Psalm 61:2
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The light shines out of the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it.

-James 1:3
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11 Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
-Hebrews 11:1 NLT

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30 It’s resurrection, resurrection, always resurrection, that undergirds what I do and say, the way I live….34 Think straight. Awaken to the holiness of life. No more playing fast and loose with resurrection facts. Ignorance of God is a luxury you can’t afford in times like these.
-1 Corinthians 15:30
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8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
-2 Corinthians 4:8
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14 So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city. 15 When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to Elisha.
16 “Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” 17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.
-2 Kings 6:14

I actually think that this is how it is with us. We don’t realise but there are always more on our side than ‘theirs’, when we are walking with God. It’s just hard to see, sometimes.

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35-38 Some skeptic is sure to ask, “Show me how resurrection works. Give me a diagram; draw me a picture. What does this ‘resurrection body’ look like?” If you look at this question closely, you realize how absurd it is. There are no diagrams for this kind of thing. We do have a parallel experience in gardening. You plant a “dead” seed; soon there is a flourishing plant. There is no visual likeness between seed and plant. You could never guess what a tomato would look like by looking at a tomato seed. What we plant in the soil and what grows out of it don’t look anything alike. The dead body that we bury in the ground and the resurrection body that comes from it will be dramatically different.

39-41 You will notice that the variety of bodies is stunning. Just as there are different kinds of seeds, there are different kinds of bodies—humans, animals, birds, fish—each unprecedented in its form. You get a hint at the diversity of resurrection glory by looking at the diversity of bodies not only on earth but in the skies—sun, moon, stars—all these varieties of beauty and brightness. And we’re only looking at pre-resurrection “seeds”—who can imagine what the resurrection “plants” will be like!
-1 Corinthians 15:35…

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14 If you don’t, I will send more plagues on you[a] and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
-Exodus 9:14
I don’t think the story of The Plagues in Exodus will ever stop being funny to me. I think it is a classic example of God’s humour. He literally frustrated the Egyptians out of their plans for the Isrealites. He could have destroyed them at once but he ANNOYED them into submission. Lol.
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5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. 9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you.
-Romans 8:5
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42-44 This image of planting a dead seed and raising a live plant is a mere sketch at best, but perhaps it will help in approaching the mystery of the resurrection body—but only if you keep in mind that when we’re raised, we’re raised for good, alive forever! The corpse that’s planted is no beauty, but when it’s raised, it’s glorious. Put in the ground weak, it comes up powerful. The seed sown is natural; the seed grown is supernatural—same seed, same body, but what a difference from when it goes down in physical mortality to when it is raised up in spiritual immortality!

45-49 We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit. Physical life comes first, then spiritual—a firm base shaped from the earth, a final completion coming out of heaven. The First Man was made out of earth, and people since then are earthy; the Second Man was made out of heaven, and people now can be heavenly. In the same way that we’ve worked from our earthy origins, let’s embrace our heavenly ends.
-1 Corinthians 15:42…

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4 Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way,[a] we never give up. 2 We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.
-2 Corinthians 4
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Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

-Hebrews 11:5
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9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
-Joshua 1:9
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42 One day a man arrived from Baal Shalishah. He brought the man of God twenty loaves of fresh-baked bread from the early harvest, along with a few apples from the orchard. Elisha said, “Pass it around to the people to eat.” 43 His servant said, “For a hundred men? There’s not nearly enough!” Elisha said, “Just go ahead and do it. God says there’s plenty.” 44 And sure enough, there was. He passed around what he had—they not only ate, but had leftovers.
-2 Kings 4:42
I didn’t know there was a miracle of the multiplication of food, before Jesus. I just came across this one as I read my bible one morning. Hmmm, if a prophet can do it…and we are all prophets…*prays over jewelry*

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24 So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God.

-Ecclesiastes 2:24
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10-11 But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I’m not about to let His grace go to waste

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-1 Corinthians 15:10 MSG

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12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread, and the more alarmed the Egyptians became.
-Exodus 1:12

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10 Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors. 11 But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
-Ecclesiastes 2:10 NIV
Jesus fills that world weariness, God’s love IS that refreshing ‘Joy of my strength’.
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Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
Your justice like the ocean depths.
You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.
-Psalm 36:6
Lol, so this is deep…and a little random! Animals?!
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13 But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said,

“I believed in God, so I spoke.”

-2 Corinthians 4:13
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The Supremacy of the Son of God

15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
-1 Colossians 15
COME ON!!
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5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.[b] 7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
-Colossians 3:5
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It was sin that made death so frightening

and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power. But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!

58 With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.
-1 Corinthians 15:57-58 MSG
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1 When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion,
We were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
And we are glad.
-Psalm 126:1-3
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3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
-1 Peter 3:3-4 NIV
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“I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me.
-Revelations 3:8 NLT
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A Wife of Noble Character

10 [b]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She finds wool and flax
and busily spins it.
14 She is like a merchant’s ship,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household
and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.
16 She goes to inspect a field and buys it;
with her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She is energetic and strong,
a hard worker.
18 She makes sure her dealings are profitable;
her lamp burns late into the night.
19 Her hands are busy spinning thread,
her fingers twisting fiber.
20 She extends a helping hand to the poor
and opens her arms to the needy.
21 She has no fear of winter for her household,
for everyone has warm[c] clothes.
22 She makes her own bedspreads.
She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns. (Please read purple gowns as “Louboutins & Chanel, thanks)
23 Her husband is well known at the city gates,
where he sits with the other civic leaders.
24 She makes belted linen garments
and sashes to sell to the merchants.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.
26 When she speaks, her words are wise,
and she gives instructions with kindness.
27 She carefully watches everything in her household
and suffers nothing from laziness.
28 Her children stand and bless her.
Her husband praises her:
29 “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world,
but you surpass them all!”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
31 Reward her for all she has done.
Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.

-Proverbs 31:10 NLT
THIS!!!! GOD HELP ME BECOME THIS WOMAN, BY YOUR GRACE.

Interesting fact: Verses 10-31 comprise a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
9 Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
-Proverbs 31:9
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God’s love is meteoric,
his loyalty astronomic,
His purpose titanic,
his verdicts oceanic.
Yet in his largeness
nothing gets lost;
Not a man, not a mouse,
slips through the cracks.

-Psalm 36:6 (MSG)

AMAZING.
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To Love, to Be Loved

17-18 God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.

-1 John 4:17 The Message Version (MSG)

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(Young Man)
4 You are beautiful, my darling, beautiful beyond words. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead. 2 Your teeth are as white as sheep, recently shorn and freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.[a] 3 Your lips are like scarlet ribbon; your mouth is inviting. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil. 4 Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David, jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.5 Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies. 6 Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way.

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Come down[b] from Mount Amana, from the peaks of Senir and Hermon, where the lions have their dens and leopards live among the hills. 9 You have captured my heart, my treasure,[c] my bride.
You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace. 10 Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices. 11 Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. Your clothes are scented like the cedars of Lebanon. 12 You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.
13 Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates-with rare spices—
henna with nard, 14 nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon,
with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes,and every other lovely spice.
15 You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.

– Song of Solomon 4 New Living Translation (NLT)
Tell them, King Solomon!! *fans self*

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Catch all the foxes,
those little foxes,
before they ruin the vineyard of love,
for the grapevines are blossoming!

-Songs of Solomon 2:5
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9-11 So this is my prayer:

that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately.

You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.

-Philippians 1:9. The Message (MSG)

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14 Now Reuben went at the time of wheat harvest and found some mandrakes (love apples) in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, some of your son’s mandrakes. 15 But [Leah] answered, Is it not enough that you have taken my husband without your taking away my son’s [a]mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Jacob shall sleep with you tonight [in exchange] for your son’s mandrakes.16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, You must sleep with me [tonight], for I have certainly paid your hire with my son’s mandrakes. So he slept with her that night. 17 And God heeded Leah’s [prayer], and she conceived and bore Jacob [her] fifth son. 18 Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar [hired].

-Genesis 29:14-18
Lol, this Bible won’t kill me! So mandrakes were an aphrodisiac? Now, what shall we call the ‘hired’ Jacob though? Lol
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17 Their God hates wickedness, and as long as they did not sin against Him, they prospered. 18 But when they disobeyed Him, they suffered heavy losses in many wars and were finally taken away as captives to a foreign country… 19 But now that they have returned to their god…20 Sir, if these people are now sinning against their God, even unknowingly, and if we can be sure that they are guilty of some offense, we can successfully attack them. 21 But if they have not disobeyed the law of their God, then you should leave them alone, or He will defend them, and we will be disgraced before the whole world.

-Judith 5: 17

Powerful. I just started reading the 7 extra books found in the Catholic version of the old testament. Pure inspiration! They are stories of normal men and women, rather than whole tribes. There is so much encouragement in them!

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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

-Proverbs 17:17
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Love one another with brotherly affection. Out do one another in showing honor.

-Romans 12:10
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10 And the Lord restored Job’s losses[a] when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

-Job 42:10 New King James Version (NKJV)

*Footnotes: Job 42:10 Literally Job’s captivity, that is, what was captured from Job

THE END!! What?? How had I never noted this before. God does something when we intercede for each other. I put up the NKJV version so it’s clear that this not simply a misinterpretation of God’s Word. It is clear.

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20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

-Genesis 29: 20

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If we are faithless, He remains faithful for He can not disown Himself. He remains faithful to his word and to His righteous character.-Amplified version.
If you give up on Him, He CAN NOT give up on you because there is no way that He can be false to Himself.

-2 Timothy 2:13. Message version.

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“The fight for a pure mind is not a days job so don’t give up when it doesn’t appear overnight. It’s a fight that might take days, weeks or months. Appreciate every small step you take forward and when it feels you have fallen, don’t give up! Just get up and continue the fight. This is a fight you are guaranteed to win because God is on your side.”

-2nd Corinthians 14:4

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16 But you must not lay down conditions for the Lord our God! Do you think that he is like one of us? Do you think you can bargain with him or force him to make a decision? 17 No! Instead, we should ask God for his help and wait patiently for him to rescue us. If he wants to, he will answer our cry for help. 18 We do not worship gods made with human hands. Not one of our clans, tribes, towns, or cities has ever done that, even though our ancestors used to do so. 19 That is why God let their enemies kill them and take everything they had. It was a great defeat! 20 But since we worship no other God but the Lord, we can hope that he will not reject us or any of our people.

-Judith 5:16

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Tongues and Prophecy

14 Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy. 2 For if you have the ability to speak in tongues,[a] you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit,[b] but it will all be mysterious….4 A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church.

-1 Corinthians 14 New Living Translation (NLT)

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18 But the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more (brighter and clearer) until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

-Proverbs 4:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Following this scripture to its logical conclusion, my past can never be better than my future. It is clearly written and gives new purpose to my life. 1. Everything I am to be is in me now. 2. The best is yet to come.

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17 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.
-Proverbs 23:18
My word for 2013

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4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
6 It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
7 Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
8 Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].

-1 Corinthians 13:4-8

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3 God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.

-1 Thessalonians 4:3 New Living Translation (NLT)

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I believe, help my unbelief.

-Mark 9:24

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PRAYERS

Father, give us the humility which Realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Amen.

WHEN I AM AFRAID
We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be.
God, relieve me of this fear and direct my attention to what you would have me be. AMEN

WHEN I AM AWARE OF MY OWN DEFECTS AND SEEKING GOD’S HELP TO CHANGE
We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. . . we ask God what we should do about each specific matter.
God mold my ideals in this particular area of my life and help me to live up to them. What should I do in each specific matter? Guide me God and give me strength to do right.
AMEN

WHEN I AM AGITATED
God, I’m agitated and doubtful right now. Help me to stop and remember that I’ve made a decision to let You be my God. Give me the right thoughts and actions. God save me from fear, anger, worry, self-pity or foolish decisions that Your will not mine be done. AMEN

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14 “I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”

-2 Samuel 24:14 NLT

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5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

-2 Corinthians 5 NLT
The day I received understanding of this passage, I almost fainted. I realised just how many of my regular thoughts were automatically set against God’s words, and how little power I thought I had to change these thoughts, they were so ingrained. Little by little, I began to FORCE them with; prayer and meditation on God’s word, I am daily training my mind to submit to God’s sovereignty.