1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 NLT 18 No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Bad things happen in life sometimes. There are times we don’t understand what is happening or why. But we can always be thankful for many things: God loves us. Jesus died […]
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ROMANS 12:15 KJV 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. There are times when we should share the grief of others, understand what they are feeling, and support them in their sorrow. JOHN 11:35 KJV 35 Jesus wept. Jesus lived a perfect life. He is our model as well
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DEUTERONOMY 31:8 NASB 8 “And the LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear, or be dismayed.” Here is my favorite translation of Hebrews 13:5, done by a professor of Greek, who indicated that to understand what the
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GENESIS 32:27-28 NKJ 27 So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” 28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel….” God asked Jacob to focus on who he was, on how he saw himself. Then God told him that was going to change. What is
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1 THESSALONIANS 5:11,14 ESV 11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. People accomplish more if someone believes in them and encourages them. All of us can grow
EPHESIANS 5:33 ESV 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. God desires to bless your spouse through you! Jesus has sent us out as members of His spiritual Body, to minister to those around us. We are supposed to allow
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ISAIAH 9:7 NLT 7 His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! This is the question we must face, both as individuals and as nations.
NEHEMIAH 8:10b GWN 10 Don’t be sad because the joy you have in the LORD is your strength.” As children of God we have joy in our spirit. But we must choose to let it flow out into our minds, bodies, and circumstances. Joy is part of the provision God has given us so we
What many think of as love is really just a form of selfishness — not pure love. It can be identified by thinking like this: I love you because of the way you make me feel. I love you because of what you do for me. I love you because of how you make me
1 TIMOTHY 1:11 NKJ 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. I knew that one meaning of “blessed” was happy. The Greek word is “makarios” (Strong’s #3107) and 5 times the KJV translates it as “happy.” But I had never thought about how this word is