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Faith is joyous work

Colossians 1:23 (NIV)
if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Christ is our tangible God

Colossians 1:15 (NIV)
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Prayer is not a one time deal

Colossians 1:9 (NIV)
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,

Darkness passing by

1 John 2:8 (NIV)
Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

Live as Jesus did, truth in our hearts

1 John 2:5-6 (NIV)
But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

Faith isn't a claim we make

1 John 1:6 (NIV)
If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

God is light

1 John 1:5 (NIV)
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

We've all sinned yet Jesus took it all

Isaiah 53:6 (NIV)
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

My redeemer lives

Job 19:25 (NIV)
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.

Fruit of the spirit

Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

The kingdom has come near

Matthew 3:1-2 (NIV)
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

The devil will flee

James 4:7 (NIV)
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Peter and John heal wounded man

Acts 3:6-10 (NIV)
Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."

Called into his kingdom

Colossians 1:13 (NIV)
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

Life verse

Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Christ is preached

Philippians 1:18 (NIV)
But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

Our faith gets tested by sinners

Ecclesiastes 9:18 (NIV)
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

The same fate awaits us alll but there is hope

Ecclesiastes 9:3-4 (NIV)
This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.

No one can fathom what god has done

Ecclesiastes 8:17 (NIV)
then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.

Let our words be few to the King

Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NIV)
Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

Better is the baby who's never born

Ecclesiastes 4:3 (NIV)
But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

A greater glory awaits us

Ecclesiastes 4:2 (NIV)
And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

Judgment is our fate

Ecclesiastes 3:17 (NIV)
I said to myself, "God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed."

God recalls the past

Ecclesiastes 3:15 (NIV)
Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

What to do with what gods given us

Ecclesiastes 2:26 (NIV)
To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.