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Humility honors God

1 Peter 5:6 (NLT)
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.

God speaks to us in many ways

Job 33:14-15 (NLT)
For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.

Jeremiah 1:10

Jeremiah 1:10 (NKJV)
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.

We reap what we sow

Galatians 6:1 (NLT)
Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.

Galatians 6:5 (NLT)
For we are each responsible for our own conduct.

Galatians 6:7-8 (NLT)
Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.

Galatians 6:14-15 (NLT)
As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.

Galatians 6:18 (NLT)
Dear brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Getting close to God

James 4:1 (NLT)
What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?

Proverbs 8:12

Proverbs 8:12 (KJV)
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Even friends leave you

Job 19:13-18 (NLT)
“My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.

Wisdom and advisors

1 Kings 12:1 (NLT)
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.

1 Kings 12:4-11 (NLT)
“Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”

God cannot be mocked

Galatians 6:7 (NLT)
Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.

Competing with the Joneses

2 Corinthians 10:12 (AMP)
Not that we [have the audacity to] venture to class or [even to] compare ourselves with some who exalt and furnish testimonials for themselves! However, when they measure themselves with themselves and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding and behave unwisely.

Love covers sins

1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV)
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

Love never fails

1 Corinthians 13:8 (NKJV)
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

Dominion over everything

Deuteronomy 26:9-13 (NKJV)
He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;

Dominion over everything

Genesis 1:26 (NKJV)
Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

Leaving even a little compromise

1 Kings 15:14 (NKJV)
But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asas heart was loyal to the Lord all his days.

They trusted God and he answered their prayer

1 Chronicles 5:20 (NKJV)
And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him.

David encouraged himself in the lord

1 Samuel 30:6 (NKJV)
Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

Joseph tested

Psalm 105:19 (NKJV)
Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the Lord tested him.

God has heard and has answered

Psalm 20:1-4 (NLT)
In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your cry. May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.

Family salvation with verbal confession

Romans 10:9-10 (NLT)
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

A friend closer than a brother

Proverbs 18:24 (NLT)
There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

Get good company to keep good character

1 Corinthians 15:33 (NLT)
Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”

Think on good things

Philippians 4:8 (NLT)
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Lord will go before us

Isaiah 45:2 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “I will go before you, Cyrus, and level the mountains. I will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.

Open the mouth wide

Psalm 81:10 (NLT)
For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.