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"Nobody notices and recognises me, why should I continue to serve"
📖 Related Verses (20)
1Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."
1Corinthians 3:8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
1Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:"
1Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
2Kings 5:16 "But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused."
What is done expecting nothing from men is what is done before God. It is that that receives God's recognition.
Colossians 3:17 "And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him."
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
Ephesians 6:6 "Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;"
What is done from the heart receives the greatest reward.
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
Hebrews 10:36 "For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise."
Hebrews 6:10 "For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister."
God's acknowledgement is the only acknowledgement to look for.
Jeremiah 17:10 "
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
God's praise is on those who prefer His praise of them more than the praise of men.
John 3:27 "John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven."
Matthew 10:26 "
Matthew 10:42 "
The least thing done in God's name shall be rewarded in full.
Matthew 6:1 "
What is done expecting reward from men gains no rewards from God.
Matthew 6:4
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
Psalm 75:6 "For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south."
"Nothing that I do is acknowledged by anyone"
📖 Related Verses (20)
1Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."
1Corinthians 3:8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
1Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:"
True honour comes only from Heaven.
1Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
2Kings 5:16 "But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused."
What is done expecting nothing from men is what is done before God. It is only that which receives God's recognition.
Colossians 3:17 "And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him."
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
Ephesians 6:6 "Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;"
What is done from the heart is that which receives the greatest reward.
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
Hebrews 10:36 "For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise."
Hebrews 6:10 "For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister."
The Acknowledgement of God, is the only acknowledgement to look for.
Jeremiah 17:10 "
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
God's praise is on those who prefer His praise of them to the praise of men.
John 3:27 "John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven."
Matthew 10:26 "
Matthew 10:42 "
The least thing done in God's name will be rewarded in full.
Matthew 6:1 "
What is done expectanct of reward from men gains no rewards from God.
Matthew 6:4
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
Psalm 75:6 "For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south."
"I will accept my condition just as it is and live with it"
📖 Related Verses (13)
2Corinthians 3:8 How shall not the ministry of the Spirit be more glorious?
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
2Peter 1:3 "According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue:"
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,"
Haggai 2:9 "
The best conditions are ahead.
Hebrews 10:35 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward."
Hebrews 6:1 "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto maturity; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,"
God desires to bring me to perfect conditions through faith toward God and repentance or a change of attitude towards my conditions
Isaiah 54:10 "
James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
God is for me. This means that all good things are for me.
Jeremiah 29:11 "
Mark 11:23 "
My condition is at the mercy of my faith.
Philippians 3:13 "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,"
There is always something ahead that I have to reach for.
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
The Christian life I live is an ever-glorious walk.
True honour comes only from above.