Remember the words of our Lord Jesus for he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive.

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Acts 20:35

If you love me you will keep my commandments.

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John 14:15

Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

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Ephesians 5:11

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding, In all your ways submit to him, And he will make your paths straight.

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Proverbs 3:5-6

But they set an ambush for themselves; they attack their own lives. Such are the paths of all who profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.

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Proverbs 1:18

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe destroys the mind.

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Ecclesiastes 7:7

Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place.

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Proverbs 16:3 MSG

Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.

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1 Corinthians 1:28 MSG

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own site.

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Romans 12:16

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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Galatians 6:9

Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy, share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody.

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Romans 12:15 MSG

But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do. Go and learn what this means.”

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Matthew 9:12-13

For man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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Matthew 4:4

If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.

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Matthew 16:25

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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Isaiah 53:6

Be prepared. You’re up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You’ll need them throughout your life. God’s Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.

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Ephesians 6:13-18

For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

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1 Peter 2:15

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.

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Psalm 23:5

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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James 1:27

Who made the human mouth? Who makes him mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I? Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.

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Exodus 4:11-12