Jon Friesen

2 TIMOTHY 4:7

2 TIMOTHY 4:7 (CEV)
I have fought well. I have finished the race, and I have been faithful.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:1

1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 (CEV)
Finally, my dear friends, since you belong to the Lord Jesus, we beg and urge you to live as we taught you. Then you will please God. You are already living that way, but try even harder.

COLOSSIANS 3:23-24

COLOSSIANS 3:23-24 (CEV)
Do your work willingly, as though you were serving the Lord himself, and not just your earthly master.

ACTS 20:35

ACTS 20:35 (CEV)
By everything I did, I showed how you should work to help everyone who is weak. Remember that our Lord Jesus said, “More blessings come from giving than from receiving.”

PSALMS 119:49-50

PSALMS 119:49-50 (CEV)
Don't forget your promise to me, your servant. I depend on it.

HEBREWS 10:35-36

HEBREWS 10:35-36 (CEV)
Keep on being brave! It will bring you great rewards.

PHILIPPIANS 4:13

PHILIPPIANS 4:13 (CEV)
Christ gives me the strength to face anything.

JEREMIAH 32:27

JEREMIAH 32:27 (CEV)
Jeremiah, I am the [Lord] God. I rule the world, and I can do anything!

LUKE 16:10

LUKE 16:10 (CEV)
Anyone who can be trusted in little matters can also be trusted in important matters. But anyone who is dishonest in little matters will be dishonest in important matters.

ECCLESIASTES 9:10

ECCLESIASTES 9:10 (CEV)
Work hard at whatever you do. You will soon go to the world of the dead, where no one works or thinks or reasons or even knows anything.

ISAIAH 41:10

ISAIAH 41:10 (CEV)
Don't be afraid. I am with you. Don't tremble with fear. I am your God. I will make you strong, as I protect you with my arm and give you victories.

remember for rough days at work

Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NCV)
Don’t leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.

enjoying work

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NCV)
There is a time for everything, and everything on earth has its special season.

Ecclesiastes 3:22 (NCV)
So I saw that the best thing people can do is to enjoy their work, because that is all they have. No one can help another person see what will happen in the future.

time to

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NCV)
There is a time for everything, and everything on earth has its special season.

Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 (NCV)
The best that people can do is eat, drink, and enjoy their work. I saw that even this comes from God,

live for god

ROMANS 14:7-8 (CEV)
Whether we live or die, it must be for God, rather than for ourselves.

ROMANS 14:13 (CEV)
We must stop judging others. We must also make up our minds not to upset anyone's faith.

ROMANS 14:17-19 (CEV)
God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit.

Romans 12:1-2, Romans 12:16-19, Romans 12:21

Romans 12:1-2 (CEB)
So, brothers and sisters, because of God’s mercies, I encourage you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. This is your appropriate priestly service.

Romans 12:16-19 (CEB)
Consider everyone as equal, and don’t think that you’re better than anyone else. Instead associate with people who have no status. Don’t think that you’re so smart.

Romans 12:21 (CEB)
Don’t be defeated by evil, but defeat evil with good.

Mark 4:13-20

Mark 4:13-20 (CEB)
"Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?

Matthew 6:25-34

Matthew 6:25-34 (CEB)
“Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes?

knowledge. is power

Hosea 4:6 (CEB)
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, so I will reject you from serving me as a priest. Since you have forgotten the Instruction of your God, so also I will forget your children.

John 17:11

John 17:11 (CEB)
I’m no longer in the world, but they are in the world, even as I’m coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them in your name, the name you gave me, that they will be one just as we are one.

Isaiah 53:3-6

Isaiah 53:3-6 (CEB)
He was despised and avoided by others; a man who suffered, who knew sickness well. Like someone from whom people hid their faces, he was despised, and we didn’t think about him.

Isaiah 45:23-25

Isaiah 45:23-25 (CEB)
I have sworn a solemn pledge; a word has left my mouth; it is reliable and won’t fail. Surely every knee will bow and every tongue will confess;

Psalms 51:5-7

Psalms 51:5-7 (CEB)
Yes, I was born in guilt, in sin, from the moment my mother conceived me.

2 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 1:14

2 Timothy 1:10 (CEB)
Now his grace is revealed through the appearance of our savior, Christ Jesus. He destroyed death and brought life and immortality into clear focus through the good news.

2 Timothy 1:14 (CEB)
Protect this good thing that has been placed in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.