Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.
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Ephesians 5:11
Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place.
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Proverbs 16:3 MSG
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
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
The purity of silver and gold is tested by putting them in the fire; the purity of human hearts is tested by giving them a little flame.
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Proverbs 27:21
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14
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
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
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
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
Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.
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James 5:18-18
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
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 5:3-10
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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Psalm 139:24
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
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Proverbs 14:12
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
If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.
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Proverbs 24:10
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