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Perfect that which concerns me

Psalm 138:8 (AMP)
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever--forsake not the works of Your own hands.

Seated on his throne, exalted

Isaiah 6:1 (ESV)
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

Not a Spirit of fear

2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Narrow Gate

Matthew 7:13 (NIV)
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Do not be anxious

Luke 12:22-31 (ESV)
And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.

Spirit of Power not fear

2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Deceit of the human heart

Jeremiah 17:9 (NLT)
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?

Discipline

1 Corinthians 9:24 (ESV)
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

Faith

Mark 9:23 (ESV)
And Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes."

Restoration

Joel 2:25 (ESV)
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.

Faith

Mark 9:23 (NIV)
"'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for one who believes."

Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Press On

Philippians 3:12 (ESV)
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Current condition can cause us to forget our overall position in Christ

Philippians 4:4 (ESV)
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

The Old Self

Colossians 3:5-8 (NIV84)
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

Sinful desires wage war against us

1 Peter 2:11 (NIV84)
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.

Success and Effective Prayer

Luke 11:9-10 (NLT)
“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

Trusting in God or Man

Jeremiah 17:5-8 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the LORD.

How to Pray

Luke 11:5-13 (NLT)
Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,

Armor of God

Ephesians 6:10-18 (NIV84)
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

Fruits of the Spirit

2 Peter 1:3-11 (NIV84)
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

When it seems there is no hope

Habakkuk 3:17-18 (NIV84)
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

Obedience not sacrifice

Psalm 51:16-17 (NIV84)
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

Psalms 1

Psalm 1:1 (NIV84)
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.