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"My friends and relatives would make fun of me"

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Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."

Matthew 5:12 "Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you."

Count it an honour to share in the sufferings of God's honourable men for then you will also share in their honour.

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Matthew 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Matthew 10:37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Christ is worth more than any dear thing to you.

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John 15:18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you."

It is a great honour to share in the suffering of and hatred for Christ for then you will also share in His honour and the love the Father has for Him.

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John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."

Their hatred is sign that you have gained something better than you had had when they had accepted you even God's approval.

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2Timothy 3:12 "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."

Persecution is proof that God is in you in Christ Jesus.

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Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

2Corinthians 6:14 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness?

It is impossible for true friends to persecute you. Anyone who persecutes your stand for God is not a true friend.

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1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."

Persecution reveals the glory of Christ in you.

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"If I don't do this I will loose my best friends and the things I love"

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1Peter 3:13 "And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?"

Matthew 19:29 "And everyone that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."

Philippians 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

Life is all about fulfilling God's desires and dying to my own desires. Whatever I die to is a gain to me.

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John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

The raise men can give you through their praise cannot compare to the raise God gives through His praise of you. When men praise you they will erase you but when God praises you you are truly raised with grace. When God praises you all men will in the end praise you.

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Hebrews 11:25 "Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;"

The joy outside the will of God is only temporary and partial but the joy inside the will of God is permanent and complete.

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Luke 9:62 "And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

Great treasure awaits all who abandon all things to follow God's will. If I don't give up the things I love for the sake of the will of God I cannot be fit for the most precious thing-the kingdom of God.

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Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

The upright walk is a walk of total abandonment of all things to follow God's will. The upright walk guarantees all good things.

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Mark 12:30 "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment."

Only God is worthy of my greatest love

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Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.

All round prosperity is in total abandonment of all things. Doing the will of God is the way to accessing all the things I truly love.

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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."

Doing the will of God cannot deny me of any perfect thing because God is the source of all perfect things

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"I am not as important in this group as the leader of this group"

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1Corinthians 12:22 "Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:"

Leadership is not about being the most important in the group but all about bringing out the importance of everyone in the group

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"Nobody thinks I am important"

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Matthew 5:18 ,18 "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.",19 "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

1Peter 1:23 "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever."

The law is the word of God and I am born of the word of God. Because I am born of God's word I am as important as anyone considered more important.

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The law is the word of God and I am born of God's word. Because I am born of God's word I am as important as anyone considered more important.

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"This area of my life is too insignificant for God to care about"

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1Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.

Anything that is a care and concern in our lives is meant to be cast on the Lord

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"This part of my life is too insignificant for God to care about"

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1Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.

Anything that is a care and concern in our lives is meant to be casted on the Lord

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"Nobody takes me serious"

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Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you."

My importance is switched on by my own thoughts of my importance and not people's thoughts of my importance

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"I will stop helping them, then they will know how important I am to them"

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Ecclesiastes 11:6 "In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both alike shall be good."

We should never stop sowing the seed of help to others for any reason because any of these seeds can make all see your importance. Your importance is not seen in the withholding of your helping hand but is seen in the holding of your hands in helping others.

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Proverbs 3:27 "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it."

Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.

Philippians 2:7 "But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:"

The power to help others is given so we can serve others but we cannot serve effectively when we do not sacrifice our reputation

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"I feel intimidated by this, or this person"

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1Corinthians 15:10 "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."

I am already all the best I can be in the grace power of God

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2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Acts 17:26 "And has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;"

2Corinthians 10:12 "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."

The wisdom of God which is the source of God's glory in my life finds full expression in my life when I refuse to compare my value to others

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Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."

The sense of intimidation is the evidence of ignorance and doubt of the image of God we are created in.

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Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"

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"It's not worth trying"

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2Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"

The worth of what you do is the faith with which you do it for what God supports and rewards is faith

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Romans 14:23 "And he that doubts is condemned if he eats, because he eats not of faith: for whatever is not of faith is sin."

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"I have lost a very important asset, what do I do"

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Matthew 6:19 ,19 "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:",20 "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:"

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"He is better than me because he did what I was unable to do"

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1Corinthians 15:10 "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."

Our value is not dependent of our works but on the grace we access through faith in Christ for even our works depend on the grace working in us.

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"Nobody agrees and supports my idea I dony't think it is of any value"

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1Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

The greatest idea(the gospel of Christ) which solved the greatest problem(sin) was esteemed by men as foolishness so that no man's estimation of any idea should be considered until it agrees with God's estimation

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"I don't have enough money. This amount is too small to give to God"

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Luke 21:2 ,2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in there two mites.,3 "And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than they all:",4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her poverty has cast in all the living that she had.

God rewards the heart of giving and not the act of giving. A giving heart is not expressed in the amount given but in the meaning of the amount given.

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"There are enough people doing the work of God, my efforts will be insignificant"

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Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"

1Corinthians 12:22 "Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:"

Ephesians 4:16 "From whom the whole body being fitly joined together and knit together by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."

Ephesians 2:10 "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them."

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"I am too inferior to be in this group I don't fit in"

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Ephesians 1:6 "To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved."

1Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:"

Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."

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."

Zechariah 2:8 For thus says the LORD of hosts; After his glory has he sent me unto the nations which plundered you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.

Jeremiah 31:3 "The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you."

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"This person has nothing to contribute"

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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;

2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

2Corinthians 12:9 "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

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