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Live so when they sew you they will wasn't what you have

1 Peter 2:10 (MSG)
from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.

1 Peter 2:12 (MSG)
Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they'll be won over to God's side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.

The way you live that counts

James 3:13 (MSG)
Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. It's the furthest thing from wisdom—it's animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats.

God in us

John 14:15-17 (MSG)
"If you love me, show it by doing what I've told you. I will talk to the Father, and he'll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can't take him in because it doesn't have eyes to see him, doesn't know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you!

More then just sin

Hebrews 12:1 (MSG)
Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

Stress

1 Kings 19:4 (MSG)
and then went on into the desert another day's journey. He came to a lone broom bush and collapsed in its shade, wanting in the worst way to be done with it all-to just die: "Enough of this, God! Take my life-I'm ready to join my ancestors in the grave!"

Good can't be contained

Psalm 119:59-60 (MSG)
When I took a long, careful look at your ways, I got my feet back on the trail you blazed.

Psalm 119:71 (MSG)
My troubles turned out all for the best-they forced me to learn from your textbook.

Psalm 119:92 (MSG)
If your revelation hadn't delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came.

Psalm 119:96 (MSG)
I see the limits to everything human, but the horizons can't contain your commands!

Don't give up

Psalm 119:59-60 (MSG)
When I took a long, careful look at your ways, I got my feet back on the trail you blazed.

Psalm 119:71 (MSG)
My troubles turned out all for the best-they forced me to learn from your textbook.

Psalm 119:92 (MSG)
If your revelation hadn't delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came.

Go

Mark 10:29 (MSG)
Jesus said, "Mark my words, no one who sacrifices house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, land—whatever—because of me and the Message will lose out. They'll get it all back, but multiplied many times in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—but also in troubles. And then the bonus of eternal life! This is once again the Great Reversal: Many who are first will end up last, and the last first."

Prayer - he rescues

2 Corinthians 1:8-11 (MSG)
We don't want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn't think we were going to make it. We felt like we'd been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally—not a bad idea since he's the God who raises the dead! And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he'll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don't want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God's deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.

Psalm 5:3

Psalm 5:3 (MSG)
Every morning you'll hear me at it again. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar and watch for fire to descend.

Lazy

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT)
Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.

Proverbs 19:15 (NLT)
Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.

Slow down

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT)
Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.

Psalm 127:2

Psalm 127:2 (MSG)
It's useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone. Don't you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves?

Hebrews 6:1

Hebrews 6:1 (NKJV)
Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

James 4:7

James 4:7 (MSG)
So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet.

James 4:7

James 4:7 (MSG)
So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet.

James 4:8

James 4:8 (MSG)
Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field.

James 4:10

James 4:10 (MSG)
Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet.

1 Corinthians 15:9

1 Corinthians 15:9 (MSG)
It was fitting that I bring up the rear. I don't deserve to be included in that inner circle, as you well know, having spent all those early years trying my best to stamp God's church right out of existence.

1 Corinthians 15:20

1 Corinthians 15:20 (MSG)
But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries.

1 Corinthians 15:21

1 Corinthians 15:21 (MSG)
There is a nice symmetry in this: Death initially came by a man, and resurrection from death came by a man. Everybody dies in Adam; everybody comes alive in Christ. But we have to wait our turn: Christ is first, then those with him at his Coming, the grand consummation when, after crushing the opposition, he hands over his kingdom to God the Father. He won't let up until the last enemy is down—and the very last enemy is death! As the psalmist said, "He laid them low, one and all; he walked all over them." When Scripture says that "he walked all over them," it's obvious that he couldn't at the same time be walked on. When everything and everyone is finally under God's rule, the Son will step down, taking his place with everyone else, showing that God's rule is absolutely comprehensive—a perfect ending!

1 Corinthians 15:22

1 Corinthians 15:22 (MSG)
Everybody dies in Adam; everybody comes alive in Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:23

1 Corinthians 15:23 (MSG)
But we have to wait our turn: Christ is first, then those with him at his Coming,

Mark 12:30

Mark 12:30 (MSG)
so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.'

Job 15:17

Job 15:17 (MSG)
"I've a thing or two to tell you, so listen up! I'm letting you in on my views; It's what wise men and women have always taught, holding nothing back from what they were taught By their parents, back in the days when they had this land all to themselves: Those who live by their own rules, not God's, can expect nothing but trouble, and the longer they live, the worse it gets. Every little sound terrifies them. Just when they think they have it made, disaster strikes. They despair of things ever getting better— they're on the list of people for whom things always turn out for the worst. They wander here and there, never knowing where the next meal is coming from— every day is doomsday! They live in constant terror, always with their backs up against the wall Because they insist on shaking their fists at God, defying God Almighty to his face, Always and ever at odds with God, always on the defensive.