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Hebrews 11:1, Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews 11:1 (MSG)
The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.

Hebrews 11:6 (MSG)
It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.

1 Peter 5:6-11

1 Peter 5:6-11 (MSG)
So be content with who you are, and don't put on airs. God's strong hand is on you; he'll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.

1 Peter 5:6-7

1 Peter 5:6-7 (MSG)
So be content with who you are, and don't put on airs. God's strong hand is on you; he'll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.

worry

Romans 8:28 (NASB)
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

prayer, faith, worry

Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

faith

Luke 17:6 (MSG)
But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no 'more' or 'less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, 'Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it.

faith

Luke 8:50 (MSG)
Jesus overheard and said, "Don't be upset. Just trust me and everything will be all right." Going into the house, he wouldn't let anyone enter with him except Peter, John, James, and the child's parents.

forgiveness

Mark 11:24-25 (MSG)
That's why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything.

prayer

Mark 11:24-25 (MSG)
That's why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything.

Ephesians 4:31

Ephesians 4:31 (KJV)
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Ephesians 4:32

Ephesians 4:32 (KJV)
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Romans 6:14

Romans 6:14 (KJV)
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

meditation

Psalm 5:3 (KJV)
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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 88:2

Psalm 88:2 (MSG)
Put me on your salvation agenda; take notes on the trouble I'm in.

Psalm 88:3

Psalm 88:3 (MSG)
I've had my fill of trouble; I'm camped on the edge of hell.

Psalm 88:4

Psalm 88:4 (MSG)
I'm written off as a lost cause, one more statistic, a hopeless case.

Psalm 88:5

Psalm 88:5 (MSG)
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.

Psalm 13:2

Psalm 13:2 (MSG)
Long enough I've carried this ton of trouble, lived with a stomach full of pain. Long enough my arrogant enemies have looked down their noses at me.

Philippians 4:6

Philippians 4:6 (MSG)
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

James 1:14

James 1:14 (MSG)
The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us. We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust.

James 1:15

James 1:15 (MSG)
Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin! Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.

2 Corinthians 8:4

2 Corinthians 8:4 (MSG)
pleading for the privilege of helping out in the relief of poor Christians.

2 Corinthians 8:3

2 Corinthians 8:3 (MSG)
I was there and saw it for myself. They gave offerings of whatever they could-far more than they could afford! -