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Psalm 37:1

Psalm 37:1 (NIV)
Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong;

2 Corinthians 9:5

2 Corinthians 9:5 (NIV)
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.

Matthew 22:37

Matthew 22:37 (NIV)
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

Matthew 5:48

Matthew 5:48 (NIV)
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 5:41

Matthew 5:41 (NIV)
If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

1 Peter 2:20

1 Peter 2:20 (NIV)
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

Ephesians 2:8

Ephesians 2:8 (MSG)
Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish!

Romans 12:1

Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Mark 14:38

Mark 14:38 (NIV)
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Isaiah 60:1

Isaiah 60:1 (NIV)
"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the lord rises upon you.

Psalm 91:14

Psalm 91:14 (MSG)
"If you'll hold on to me for dear life," says god, "I'll get you out of any trouble. I'll give you the best of care if you'll only get to know and trust me. Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad times; I'll rescue you, then throw you a party. I'll give you a long life, give you a long drink of salvation!"

Matthew 6:33

Matthew 6:33 (MSG)
Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Psalm 119:41

Psalm 119:41 (MSG)
Let your love, god, shape my life with salvation, exactly as you promised; Then I'll be able to stand up to mockery because I trusted your Word. Don't ever deprive me of truth, not ever— your commandments are what I depend on. Oh, I'll guard with my life what you've revealed to me, guard it now, guard it ever; And I'll stride freely through wide open spaces as I look for your truth and your wisdom; Then I'll tell the world what I find, speak out boldly in public, unembarrassed. I cherish your commandments—oh, how I love them!— relishing every fragment of your counsel.

Daniel 1:12

Daniel 1:12 (MSG)
"Try us out for ten days on a simple diet of vegetables and water.

Romans 9:20

Romans 9:20 (MSG)
Who in the world do you think you are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn't talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, "Why did you shape me like this?" Isn't it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans? If God needs one style of pottery especially designed to show his angry displeasure and another style carefully crafted to show his glorious goodness, isn't that all right? Either or both happens to Jews, but it also happens to the other people. Hosea put it well: I'll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I'll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, "You're nobody!" they're calling you "God's living children." Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labeled "chosen of God," They'd be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by personal selection. God doesn't count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus. Isaiah had looked ahead and spoken the truth: If our powerful God had not provided us a legacy of living children, We would have ended up like ghost towns, like Sodom and Gomorrah. How can we sum this up? All those people who didn't seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it. How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their "God projects" that they didn't notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling. Isaiah (again!) gives us the metaphor for pulling this together: Careful! I've put a huge stone on the road to Mount Zion, a stone you can't get around. But the stone is me! If you're looking for me, you'll find me on the way, not in the way.

Romans 9:16

Romans 9:16 (MSG)
Compassion doesn't originate in our bleeding hearts or moral sweat, but in God's mercy.

1 Chronicles 21:8

1 Chronicles 21:8 (MSG)
Then David prayed, "I have sinned badly in what I have just done, substituting statistics for trust; forgive my sin—I've been really stupid."

Daniel 10:19

Daniel 10:19 (MSG)
He said, 'Don't be afraid, friend. Peace. Everything is going to be all right. Take courage. Be strong.' "Even as he spoke, courage surged up within me. I said, 'Go ahead, let my master speak. You've given me courage.'