Maddie Morgan

Matthew 6:17-18, Matthew 6:20-21, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:27, Matthew 6:31-32, Matthew 6:34

Matthew 6:17-18 (NLT)
But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face.

Matthew 6:20-21 (NLT)
Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Matthew 6:25 (NLT)
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:27 (NLT)
Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

Matthew 6:31-32 (NLT)
“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’

Matthew 6:34 (NLT)
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

Suffering for Christ

1 Peter 4:1-2 (NLT)
So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.

Ephesians 6:17-18

Ephesians 6:17-18 (NLT)
Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

1 John 3:20

1 John 3:20 (NLT)
Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.

Mark 9:35

Mark 9:35 (NLT)
He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”

1 Corinthians 16:13-14, 1 Corinthians 16:18

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NLT)
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:18 (NLT)
They have been a wonderful encouragement to me, as they have been to you. You must show your appreciation to all who serve so well.

Ecclesiastes 7:8, Ecclesiastes 7:10, Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

Ecclesiastes 7:8 (NLT)
Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride.

Ecclesiastes 7:10 (NLT)
Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise.

Ecclesiastes 7:13-14 (NLT)
Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NLT)
Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,

1 Corinthians 6:12

1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT)
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.

Romans 14:23

Romans 14:23 (NLT)
But if you have doubts about whether or not you should eat something, you are sinning if you go ahead and do it. For you are not following your convictions. If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning.

Romans 14:17-18

Romans 14:17-18 (NLT)
For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

How to Live

Romans 14:13 (NLT)
So let’s stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.

Romans 14:1, Romans 14:3

Romans 14:1 (NLT)
Accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don’t argue with them about what they think is right or wrong.

Romans 14:3 (NLT)
Those who feel free to eat anything must not look down on those who don’t. And those who don’t eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, for God has accepted them.

Romans 12:11

Romans 12:11 (NLT)
Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.

Romans 12:1

Romans 12:1 (NLT)
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.

Romans 10:3

Romans 10:3 (NLT)
For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law.

Life is Unfair

Proverbs 10:28 (KJV)
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah 20:9, Jeremiah 20:11

Jeremiah 20:7 (NLT)
OLORD, you misled me, and I allowed myself to be misled. You are stronger than I am, and you overpowered me. Now I am mocked every day; everyone laughs at me.

Jeremiah 20:9 (NLT)
But if I say I’ll never mention the LORD or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It’s like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can’t do it!

Jeremiah 20:11 (NLT)
But the LORD stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.

Jeremiah 10:10-11, Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 10:23-24

Jeremiah 10:10-11 (NLT)
But the LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.

Jeremiah 10:15 (NLT)
Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.

Jeremiah 10:23-24 (NLT)
I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.

Jeremiah 7:8-10, Jeremiah 7:19

Jeremiah 7:8-10 (NLT)
“‘Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will never suffer because the Temple is here. It’s a lie!

Jeremiah 7:19 (NLT)
Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the LORD. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”

Jeremiah 6:9, Jeremiah 6:16

Jeremiah 6:9 (NLT)
This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “Even the few who remain in Israel will be picked over again, as when a harvester checks each vine a second time to pick the grapes that were missed.”

Jeremiah 6:16 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’

Jeremiah 5:22, Jeremiah 5:24

Jeremiah 5:22 (NLT)
Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the LORD, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross. The waves may toss and roar, but they can never pass the boundaries I set.

Jeremiah 5:24 (NLT)
They do not say from the heart, ‘Let us live in awe of the LORD our God, for he gives us rain each spring and fall, assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.’

Luke 3:8

Luke 3:8 (NLT)
Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.

James 3:2

James 3:2 (NLT)
Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.

Romans 12:12

Romans 12:12 (NLT)
Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.