Matthew Shin

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Job 2:7 (NIV)
So Satan went out from the presence of the lord and afflicted Jobwith painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

Our LORD is great!

Psalm 135:5 (NIV)
I know that the lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.

God answered because they trusted God

1 Chronicles 5:20 (NIV)
They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.

Command of God is not burdensome

1 John 5:3 (NIV)
In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,

Do not love the world

1 John 2:15 (NIV)
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

Persevere

James 1:12 (NIV)
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Offer yourbody

Hebrews 10:5-7 (NIV)
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;

Word of God is sharp

Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Servant Leadership

2 Corinthians 4:5 (NIV)
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

Faith without love is useless

Galatians 5:6 (NIV)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Whatever you do, do it for the glory of God

1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Everyone should be always Christian

1 Corinthians 7:7 (NIV)
I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

1 Corinthians 7:17 (NIV)
Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

Everyone is different

1 Corinthians 7:7 (NIV)
I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

God chose foolish to shame strong

1 Corinthians 1:27 (NIV)
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

Do not judge

Romans 14:15 (NIV)
If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.

We live and die for Christ

Romans 14:8 (NIV)
If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Never lack in love!

Romans 12:11 (NIV)
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Honor others above yourself

Romans 12:10 (NIV)
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Holy Spirit prays according to God's will

Romans 8:8 (NIV)
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 8:15 (NIV)
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

Romans 8:27 (NIV)
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God.

Holy Spirit helps us to pray

Romans 8:8 (NIV)
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 8:15 (NIV)
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

Romans 8:26 (NIV)
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

We are adopted through Jesus

Romans 8:8 (NIV)
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 8:15 (NIV)
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

You can't please God

Romans 8:8 (NIV)
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Am I filled with the Holy Spirit?

Romans 8:5 (NIV)
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

God wants us to find him

Acts 17:27 (NIV)
God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

Stephen chosen as the seven

Acts 6:5 (NIV)
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.