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2 Timothy 3:16

2 Timothy 3:16 (MSG)
Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another-showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God's way.

Galatians 6:4

Galatians 6:4 (NIV84)
Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else,

2 Timothy 3:16

2 Timothy 3:16 (MSG)
Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another-showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God's way.

Hebrews 4:12

Hebrews 4:12 (NIV84)
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double‑edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Proverbs 1:32

Proverbs 1:32 (NIV84)
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

Philippians 3:12

Philippians 3:12 (NIV84)
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV84)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Unapproachable holy yet achingly near

Isaiah 57:15 (NIV84)
For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.

He sees the struggle

Isaiah 57:17 (NIV84)
I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.

Psalm 88:1

Psalm 88:1 (MSG)
God, you're my last chance of the day. I spend the night on my knees before you. Put me on your salvation agenda; take notes on the trouble I'm in. I've had my fill of trouble; I'm camped on the edge of hell. I'm written off as a lost cause, one more statistic, a hopeless case. Abandoned as already dead, one more body in a stack of corpses, And not so much as a gravestone— I'm a black hole in oblivion. You've dropped me into a bottomless pit, sunk me in a pitch-black abyss. I'm battered senseless by your rage, relentlessly pounded by your waves of anger. You turned my friends against me, made me horrible to them. I'm caught in a maze and can't find my way out, blinded by tears of pain and frustration.

Psalm 88:8

Psalm 88:8 (MSG)
You turned my friends against me, made me horrible to them. I'm caught in a maze and can't find my way out,

Psalm 73:26

Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 40:10

Psalm 40:10 (NIV)
I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.

Malachi 2:5

Malachi 2:5 (MSG)
My covenant with Levi was to give life and peace. I kept my covenant with him, and he honored me. He stood in reverent awe before me.

Matthew 11:28

Matthew 11:28 (MSG)
"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."