Adultery

Drink water from your own well—share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in public, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Don't share it with strangers. Proverbs 5:15-17 NLT

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Enemies

All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me. They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, eager to take my life. in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:5-6,11 NIV

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Hatred

He who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool. Proverbs 10:18 NIV

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Blessed

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. Proverbs 8:34 NIV

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Jesus Is Your Righteousness

“Because of God you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God. In Christ we are put right with God, and have been made holy, and have been set free from sin.” 1 Corinthians 1:30 NCV

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Anger

Don't sin by letting anger gain control over you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Psalms 4:4 NLT

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Obedience

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13 NIV

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Jesus

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15, 16 ESV

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What You Can Do To Please God

“The LORD is pleased with those who respect him, with those who trust his love.” Psalms 147:11 NCV

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Words

“Good people have good things in their hearts, and so they say good things. But evil people have evil in their hearts, so they say evil things. And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said. The words you have said will be used to judge you. Some of your words will prove you right, but some of your words will prove you guilty.”” Matthew 12:35-37 NCV

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Jesus Is Your Example

“Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne. Think about Jesus’ example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to him. So do not get tired and stop trying.” Hebrews 12:2-3 NCV

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What To Do When You're In Doubt About Yourself

“God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace.”
1 Corinthians 14:33 NCV

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When You Don't Feel Important

“Then he told me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD All-Powerful.” Zechariah 4:6 NCV

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What To Do When You Feel Discouraged

“This makes you very happy, even though now for a short time different kinds of troubles may make you sad. These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you. You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You cannot see him now, but you believe in him. So you are filled with a joy that cannot be explained, a joy full of glory. And you are receiving the goal of your faith—the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:6-9 NCV

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What The Bible Has To Say About Hell

“But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies—all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”” Revelation 21:8 NCV

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The Bible Is You Guide For Life

“How can a young person live a pure life? By obeying your word." Psalms 119:9 NCV

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When Troubles Hit Your Life

“Then I will lead the blind along a way they never knew; I will guide them along paths they have not known. I will make the darkness become light for them, and the rough ground smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not leave my people.” Isaiah 42:16 NCV

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Forgiving Others

“A person might have to suffer even when it is unfair, but if he thinks of God and can stand the pain, God is pleased. If you are beaten for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for being patient in your punishment. But if you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased. This is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and gave you an example to follow. So you should do as he did. “He had never sinned, and he had never lied.” People insulted Christ, but he did not insult them in return. Christ suffered, but he did not threaten. He let God, the One who judges rightly, take care of him.” 1 Peter 2:19-23 NCV

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What To Do When You Feel Rebellious

“In the Lord’s name, I tell you this. Do not continue living like those who do not believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing. They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.” Ephesians 4:17-18 NCV

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Disobedient

But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” Matthew 7:26-27 NIV

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The Worldly Mind

“You want things, but you do not have them. So you are ready to kill and are jealous of other people, but you still cannot get what you want. So you argue and fight. You do not get what you want, because you do not ask God. Or when you ask, you do not receive because the reason you ask is wrong. You want things so you can use them for your own pleasures. So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.” James 4:2-4 NCV

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Serving God

“Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young; be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires, whatever you want to do. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do.” Ecclesiastes 11:9 NCV

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When You Feel Discouraged

“We must not become tired of doing good. We will receive our harvest of eternal life at the right time if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 NCV

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Beware of Worldly Mantras.

I just read one that says, "You must always have faith in yourself." Now at first glance this seems to be right. However, it does not line up with scripture. The Jesus says, “...You believe in God; believe also in me. " John 14:1 NIV It also says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

Guard your heart and your beliefs so that they are in line with scripture. A believer is dependent upon God for all things. He's our strong tower, our refuge, our Savior, our protector and provider, our help in trouble, our deliverer, and the lover of our soul to name a few. So don't latch on to the mantras of the world no matter how catchy and soothing to the flesh (sinful nature) they may be. Sift them through the word of God and throw the trash away.

but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 NIV

Self belief leads to pride and closes your heart to the need for a Savior and heavenly Father.

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God's Will For Your Life

“God wants you to be holy and to stay away from sexual sins. He wants each of you to learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable. Don’t use your body for sexual sin like the people who do not know God. Also, do not wrong or cheat another Christian in this way. The Lord will punish people who do those things as we have already told you and warned you. God called us to be holy and does not want us to live in sin. So the person who refuses to obey this teaching is disobeying God, not simply a human teaching. And God is the One who gives us his Holy Spirit.” 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 NCV

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Holding on to Hope

For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you. Psalm 33:21–22

Your grip on hope is slipping. You feel like the rope you've been hanging on to since your cancer began is slowly sliding through your fingers. Your hands are burning, cramping. You're down to the final few loose threads. You're squeezing the life out of that fraying, lifeless rope.

Let go.

Did you hear that?

Let go!

You won't fall into oblivion or hellish chaos.

You'll fall where you've actually been all along, even while tenaciously clutching your rope.

You'll fall into Jesus' arms.
Into his love and protection.
Into his care for you and your future.

You do have a future, you know. It may not look exactly like the future you were envisioning. It may include more suffering and pain. It may include more years…or fewer.

But it's exactly the future God planned for you from the beginning. He knows your body better than you, better than any of your doctors.

You may be mystified by what's happening inside your body, bewildered by the decisions that need to be made, uncertain of what tomorrow will bring.

But never forget: You have hope.

Instead of a weak and raveling rope, hang on to your Creator, the source of your hope.

He's got you and your future in his very skilled hands.

Drawn from the NIV Pink Bible: An Invitation to Hope.

What might God be calling you to let go of today?


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Sick

“I will bring back your health and heal your injuries,” says the LORD, “because other people forced you away. They said about you, ‘No one cares about Jerusalem!’ ” Jeremiah 30:17 NCV

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Success

The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. Deuteronomy 28:13 NIV

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Seeking God

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11NIV

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Boredom

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

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Anger

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9 NIV

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Enough said!

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Suffering

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV

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Food

But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
1 Corinthians 8:8 NIV

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