1 THESSALONIANS 4:9 NLT 9 But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another. If you want to understand why people do what they do, realize that we are created to need love. It is not just a desire, […]
GALATIANS 2:10 NLT 10 Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do. Not everyone who is poor is that way because of what they have done. Disasters happen. The enormity of the need worldwide can tempt us to just ignore the plight of the
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HEBREWS 3:13 NLT 13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. Sin advertises that it will bring happiness, but fails to deliver. Deception’s story is that going God’s way is too restrictive — too hard —
EPHESIANS 4:25 NLT 25 So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body. People lie because of fear of loss or pain. They are afraid if they always tell the truth, things might go badly for them. So people lie to try to obtain
MATTHEW 4:10 NLT 10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” The devil craves worship. He wants us to think he is great and very capable of causing havoc in our lives. We should not be intimidated by our
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MATTHEW 23:8-11 NLT 8 “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters. 9 And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father. 10 And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you
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LUKE 12:6-7 NLT 6 “What is the price of five sparrows — two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. 7 And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. Thoughts of inferiority
TITUS 3:2 NKJ 2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men. It’s easy to criticize others. But God says don’t do it! MATTHEW 7:1-2 NKJ 1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 “For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with
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1 PETER 5:5 NKJ 5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” Don’t run around spiritually naked! Clothe yourself with humility! Humility will protect you, just as clothing
1 JOHN 4:8 CEB 8 The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love. The Bible reveals that God is Love, and that Love is at war. 1 JOHN 3:8b CEB 8 God’s Son appeared for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil. Why is Love at war, and