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Romans 14:1

Romans 14:1 (MSG)
Welcome with open arms fellow believers who don't see things the way you do. And don't jump all over them every time they do or say something you don't agree with—even when it seems that they are strong on opinions but weak in the faith department. Remember, they have their own history to deal with. Treat them gently.

2 Corinthians 12:9

2 Corinthians 12:9 (MSG)
and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.

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.

Time management

Proverbs 16:3 (MSG)
Put god in charge of your work, then what you've planned will take place.

Romans 9:16

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

Romans 12:1

Romans 12:1 (MSG)
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Love like this

Ephesians 5:1-2 (MSG)
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

2 Timothy 3:17

2 Timothy 3:17 (MSG)
Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

Poisonous words

2 Timothy 2:16-17 (MSG)
Stay clear of pious talk that is only talk. Words are not mere words, you know. If they're not backed by a godly life,

2 Timothy 1:7

2 Timothy 1:7 (MSG)
God doesn't want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.

1 Timothy 6:20-21

1 Timothy 6:20-21 (MSG)
And oh, my dear Timothy, guard the treasure you were given! Guard it with your life. Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts. People caught up in a lot of talk can miss the whole point of faith. Overwhelming grace keep you!

Leadership

1 Timothy 6:1 (MSG)
Whoever is a slave must make the best of it, giving respect to his master so that outsiders don't blame God and our teaching for his behavior. Slaves with Christian masters all the more so—their masters are really their beloved brothers!

1 Timothy 4:16

1 Timothy 4:16 (MSG)
Keep a firm grasp on both your character and your teaching. Don't be diverted. Just keep at it. Both you and those who hear you will experience salvation.

Proverbs 1:19

Proverbs 1:19 (MSG)
When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are. Lady Wisdom

1 Timothy 2:9-10

1 Timothy 2:9-10 (MSG)
And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions

1 Timothy 2:8

1 Timothy 2:8 (MSG)
Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it.

1 Timothy 1:15-17

1 Timothy 1:15-17 (MSG)
Here's a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I'm proof—Public Sinner Number One—of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shows me off—evidence of his endless patience—to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever. Deep honor and bright glory to the King of All Time— One God, Immortal, Invisible, ever and always. Oh, yes! I'm passing this work on to you, my son Timothy. The prophetic word that was directed to you prepared us for this. All those prayers are coming together now so you will do this well, fearless in your struggle, keeping a firm grip on your faith and on yourself. After all, this is a fight we're in.

1 Timothy 1:5

1 Timothy 1:5 (MSG)
The whole point of what we're urging is simply love—love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God. Those who fail to keep to this point soon wander off into cul-de-sacs of gossip. They set themselves up as experts on religious issues, but haven't the remotest idea of what they're holding forth with such imposing eloquence.

Romans 8:38-39

Romans 8:38-39 (MSG)
I'm absolutely convinced that nothing-nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow,

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 (MSG)
May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence,

2 Thessalonians 1:12

2 Thessalonians 1:12 (MSG)
If your life honors the name of Jesus, he will honor you. Grace is behind and through all of this, our God giving himself freely, the Master, Jesus Christ, giving himself freely.

Prayer for others

2 Thessalonians 1:11 (MSG)
Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time—pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something. If your life honors the name of Jesus, he will honor you. Grace is behind and through all of this, our God giving himself freely, the Master, Jesus Christ, giving himself freely.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

1 Thessalonians 4:7 (MSG)
God hasn't invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life but into something holy and beautiful-as beautiful on the inside as the outside.

Treat new believers

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 (MSG)
You experienced it all firsthand. With each of you we were like a father with his child,

1 Thessalonians 2:4, 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8

1 Thessalonians 2:4 (MSG)
Be assured that when we speak to you we're not after crowd approval-only God approval. Since we've been put through that battery of tests, you're guaranteed that both we and the Message are free of error, mixed motives, or hidden agendas.

1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 (MSG)
We weren't aloof with you. We took you just as you were. We were never patronizing, never condescending, but we cared for you the way a mother cares for her children.