Robin Staple

Desire without knowledge

Proverbs 19:2 (ESV)
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.

Luke-warm, rich

Revelation 3:15-19 (NLT)
“I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!

Giving gives purpose

1 Chronicles 29:15-17 (NLT)
We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

Thank you that I can give

1 Chronicles 29:13-14 (NLT)
“Oour God, we thank you and praise your glorious name!

Loyalty and kindness bring good reputation

Proverbs 3:3-4 (NLT)
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.

Trust in the Lord not worldly knowledge

Proverbs 3:5 (NLT)
Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.

Honour the Lord with money

Proverbs 3:9-10 (NLT)
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.

What the world pursues

1 John 2:16 (NLT)
For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 (NLT)
Wisdom is even better when you have money. Both are a benefit as you go through life.

Hebrews 12:11

Hebrews 12:11 (MSG)
At the time, discipline isn't much fun. It always feels like it's going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it's the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God.

Psalm 46:1

Psalm 46:1 (MSG)
God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, god-of-Angel-Armies protects us.

Psalm 46:2

Psalm 46:2 (MSG)
We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake,

Psalm 46:3

Psalm 46:3 (MSG)
Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.

Philippians 4:12

Philippians 4:12 (NIV)
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

Philippians 4:13

Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Job 42:5

Job 42:5 (NIV)
My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

Job 42:6

Job 42:6 (NIV)
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

Job 42:2

Job 42:2 (NIV)
"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

Zephaniah 3:17

Zephaniah 3:17 (MSG)
Your God is present among you, a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, he'll calm you with his love and delight you with his songs.

Psalm 42:11

Psalm 42:11 (NLT)
Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!

Leviticus 19:33

Leviticus 19:33 (GNT)
“Do not mistreat foreigners who are living in your land.

Deuteronomy 10:18

Deuteronomy 10:18 (GNT)
He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly; he loves the foreigners who live with our people, and gives them food and clothes.

Deuteronomy 10:19

Deuteronomy 10:19 (GNT)
So then, show love for those foreigners, because you were once foreigners in Egypt.

Exodus 23:9

Exodus 23:9 (GNT)
“Do not mistreat a foreigner; you know how it feels to be a foreigner, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

1 Timothy 5:10

1 Timothy 5:10 (GNT)
and have a reputation for good deeds: a woman who brought up her children well, received strangers in her home, performed humble duties for other Christians, helped people in trouble, and devoted herself to doing good.