3 John 1:4

3 John 1:4 (GNT)
Nothing makes me happier than to hear that my children live in the truth.

2 Corinthians 9:6

2 Corinthians 9:6 (MSG)
Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop. I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.

2 Corinthians 9:7

2 Corinthians 9:7 (MSG)
I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.

2 Corinthians 7:10

2 Corinthians 7:10 (MSG)
Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.

2 Corinthians 7:11

2 Corinthians 7:11 (MSG)
And now, isn't it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You're more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you've come out of this with purity of heart. And that is what I was hoping for in the first place when I wrote the letter. My primary concern was not for the one who did the wrong or even the one wronged, but for you—that you would realize and act upon the deep, deep ties between us before God. That's what happened—and we felt just great.

1 Corinthians 13:4

1 Corinthians 13:4 (MSG)
Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. Love doesn't strut, Doesn't have a swelled head,

1 Corinthians 13:5

1 Corinthians 13:5 (MSG)
Doesn't force itself on others, Isn't always "me first," Doesn't fly off the handle, Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,

1 Corinthians 13:6

1 Corinthians 13:6 (MSG)
Doesn't revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,

1 Corinthians 13:7

1 Corinthians 13:7 (MSG)
Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.

1 Corinthians 13:8

1 Corinthians 13:8 (MSG)
Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

1 Corinthians 13:9

1 Corinthians 13:9 (MSG)
We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete.

1 Corinthians 13:10

1 Corinthians 13:10 (MSG)
But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

1 Corinthians 13:13

1 Corinthians 13:13 (MSG)
But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

1 Kings 3:9

1 Kings 3:9 (MSG)
"Here's what I want: Give me a God-listening heart so I can lead your people well, discerning the difference between good and evil. For who on their own is capable of leading your glorious people?"

Proverbs 11:24

Proverbs 11:24 (MSG)
The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.

Proverbs 11:25

Proverbs 11:25 (MSG)
The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped.

Proverbs 11:28

Proverbs 11:28 (MSG)
A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.

Proverbs 11:24

Proverbs 11:24 (MSG)
The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.

Proverbs 11:25

Proverbs 11:25 (MSG)
The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped.

2 Samuel 22:21

2 Samuel 22:21 (MSG)
god made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to god's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. god rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.

1 Corinthians 10:11

1 Corinthians 10:11 (MSG)
These are all warning markers—danger!—in our history books, written down so that we don't repeat their mistakes. Our positions in the story are parallel—they at the beginning, we at the end—and we are just as capable of messing it up as they were. Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence.

1 Corinthians 10:12

1 Corinthians 10:12 (MSG)
Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence.

1 Corinthians 10:13

1 Corinthians 10:13 (MSG)
No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.

1 Corinthians 10:21

1 Corinthians 10:21 (MSG)
And you can't have it both ways, banqueting with the Master one day and slumming with demons the next.

1 Corinthians 10:22

1 Corinthians 10:22 (MSG)
Besides, the Master won't put up with it. He wants us-all or nothing. Do you think you can get off with anything less?