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"My way/plan must be the best"
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Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."
Colossians 3:3 "For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
Romans 7:18 "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not."
Proverbs 3:5 ,5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding.,6 "In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths."
Jeremiah 17:5 "Thus says the LORD;
Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
2Samuel 2:9 "And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel."
"I wish things will return to as they were in those days"
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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
Isaiah 43:18 ,18 "
Jeremiah 29:11 "
"I am alright because I manifest the gifts of the Spirit"
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Matthew 7:21 ,21 "
Matthew 7:20
"What I say or do not say doesn't matter"
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Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:37 "
James 1:26 "If any man among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain."
1Peter 3:10 "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:"
Joshua 1:8 "
James 3:2 "For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body."
Matthew 15:18
Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Ecclesiastes 5:6 "Permit not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?"
Ezekiel 37:3 "And he said unto me,
With the words of our mouths we can turn hopeless situations around.
Job 22:28 "You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways."
Things are established with the words of our mouths
"If I work harder, I will be more prosperous"
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2Samuel 2:9 "And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel."
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Jeremiah 17:5 "Thus says the LORD;
"God cursed the ground to give Adam toil so I should accept it as normal to go through this toil"
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Psalm 127:2 "It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep."
I am God's beloved God gives me no toil but rather rest. I choose to rest in God for it is vain to toil because God has already given me more than what men toil for. God has toiled for me.
Proverbs 10:22 "The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it."
I am God's blessed one no sorrow can be added to my life.
Deuteronomy 8:18 "But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore unto your fathers, as it is this day."
As long as I am in the covenant of faith I have all the power.
Hebrews 4:3 "For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said,
I have entered into my rest by my faith in the finished works of Christ.
Psalm 23:2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.
The direction of my life in God is towards abundance and peace.
Galatians 3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:"
Jesus took my every curse. I have none to bear.
Romans 5:17 "For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)"
I have avoided all toils by connecting to Jesus by my faith in Him.
Matthew 11:28 "
I have rest because I have come to Christ by faith.
Hebrews 4:11 "Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."
The only labour of my life is the labour of faith.
"If I don't prove my point or worth they will not stop discriminating against me/ belittling me"
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2Timothy 2:15 "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
God's approval of me is worth more than any approval.
Acts 2:22 "You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:"
I am approved for Christ's sake and not for my own sake or doing.
Hebrews 2:4 "God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?"
God Himself will approve me if I settle for His will for my life.
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Just as oil mixes with oil and does not mix with water so do children of God love the praise of God and do not depend of that of men. Children of men however love the praise of men. I depend only on God's praise.
John 5:44 "
The evidence of my faith is my dependence on the honour that comes from only God.
Matthew 10:26 "
My honour and approval cannot be hidden but will be revealed at the right time.
Matthew 6:4
To the degree my good deeds are in 'secret' to that same degree God will make them open. The heart is the source of all secrets. Secret means from my heart /a pure motive one that does not seek the honour of men.
1Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:"
God will exalt me in due time as I strive to please Him only.
Matthew 23:12
Matthew 18:4 "
John 2:24 "But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,"
Psalm 31:5 "Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."
Only God gives true honour to truly honourable things.
"I know the whole bible off head so I am a better christian than many others"
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John 5:39
Philippians 3:6 ,6 "Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.",7 "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.",8 "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,"
Proverbs 26:12 See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
Luke 12:47 "
John 9:41 "Jesus said unto them,
1Corinthians 8:1 "Now concerning things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies."
"As a Christian my ultimate goal is to live a good life"
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Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
The goal of the Christian life is Christ which comes with the by-product of a good life.
Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.
Christ is the ultimate of the Christian's pursuit.
Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."
Philippians 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
The main thing is to seek Christ and not to become a good person
John 14:12 "
A good life is the result of Ultimate faith in Christ as your all in all.
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
A good life is inaccessible without faith in Christ as the reality of it.
Colossians 3:11 "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."
The most important priority of life is to seek Christ and not to become a good person.
Jeremiah 9:24 "
A sucessful life is hidden in the knowledge of God through Christ.
Galatians 2:19 "For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God."
Living unto God is greater than living a 'good life'
2Corinthians 5:15 "And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again."
Striving to live a good life makes a demand on yourself making you live unto your own self or according to your own natural nature and power. This can never bring glory to God.
Romans 14:7 "For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself."
"All sins carry equal consequence"
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1John 5:16 ,16 "If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.",17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
1Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
James 3:16 "For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work."
Proverbs 6:16 "These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:"
Luke 12:10 "
"Why can't I have it this way"
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Isaiah 55:8 "
Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Proverbs 16:25 "There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
"Christ has paid the price for my sins Why then is the need for good works"
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James 2:24 "You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."
Romans 6:2 "God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?"
The essence of my faith is to make me dead to sin.
Titus 3:14 "And let our own also learn to maintain good works for urgent needs, that they not be unfruitful."
The essence of my faith is to make me fruitful and useful
Philippians 1:11 "Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God."
Titus 2:14 "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own, zealous of good works."
I have been saved through faith for the purpose of good works.
1Corinthians 3:14 "If any man's work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward."
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
James 2:18 "Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
The evidence of true and living faith is living works.
James 2:20 "But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"
True and living faith is revealed by the works it produces.
1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
The essence of Christ's sacrifice is so that I will obtain power for good works.
"I am also doing the work of God, why should I tithe"
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Leviticus 27:30 "
The tithe is man's financial covenant with God. Every man including men of God must key into this covenant
"It is only weak and irresponsible people who surrender and have faith in God"
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John 5:30 "
Jesus the perfect man did not just live a life of submission to God but submission to God was the secret of His wonderful life
John 15:5 "
Acts 17:28 "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring."
Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
Philippians 2:13 ,13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.,14 Do all things without murmuring and disputing:
Submission to God is the substance of strength and fulfilling responsibilities
Romans 7:18 "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not."
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
"I can't do this because I do not have the qualifications"
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Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
Philippians 3:8 ,8 "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,",9 "And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:"
Jeremiah 9:23 ,23 "Thus says the LORD,
1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Ephesians 2:9 "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent empty away.
1Corinthians 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1Corinthians 15:9 "For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God."
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
"I can't tolerate him any longer"
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Ephesians 4:2 "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;"
The presence of the Holy Spirit in my life is the strength in me to tolerate
Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
"I don't plan because it is just not a part of me"
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Psalm 37:5 Commit your way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Luke 14:28 ,28 "
Luke 14:31 "
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Matthew 6:21 "
You must make a conscious effort to make time for the things that really Matter to your success
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Colossians 3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."
We must live a planned life because the heavenly life is a life of planning
Colossians 3:3 "For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
"It is all my mistake"
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Romans 3:25 "Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
The effects and power of my faults has already been neutralised in Christ Jesus through faith in the power of His blood
1John 2:2 "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
"If I do it alone all the benefits will be mine"
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Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
1Corinthians 13:5 "Does not behave itself rudely, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, keeps no record of evil;"
2Timothy 3:2 "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,"
1Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
1Corinthians 3:9 "For we are laborers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building."
involving others in a project is an honour to God who always involves men in His works though He is omnipotent
"I cannot be a part of this, if things don't go my way"
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Philippians 2:3 ,3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.,4 "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."
Mark 12:31 "
Our words can activate spiritual forces.