You can trust God

Do not worry about anything

"Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?"
(Matthew 6:27 NLT)

"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's  giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met."
(Matthew 6:30 -  33 MSG)

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What do you treasure most?

"Don't hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars.

Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it's safe from moth and rust and burglars. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being."
(Matthew 6:19 MSG)

“If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’  if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained.... "
(Job 31:24-25 NIV)

“Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”
(Luke 12: 21)

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The Father knows exactly what we need

The Father knows exactly what we need

"Give us today the food we need. "
(Matthew 6:11 NLT)

"Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: "It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God's mouth."  (Matthew 4: 4 MSG)

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God loves a cheerful giver

"Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.

You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”

And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others."  (2 Corinthians 9:6-8 NLT)

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Behave as the Father

"You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst.

When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish—to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty."  (Matthew 5:43 -  45 MSG)

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Five More Talents

Don't receive God’s grace in vain

"As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain."
(2 Corinthians 6:1 NIV)

"For he says,  “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”  I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation."
(2 Corinthians or 6:2 NLT)

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Small Beginnings

Do not neglect the small Beginnings

"And Jesus said, With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?   It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth;

Yet after it is sown, it grows up and becomes the greatest of all garden herbs and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air are able to make nests and dwell in its shade."   (Mark 4:30-32 AMP)

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Son, why have you done this to us?

"His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”

Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart."
(Luke 2:  48, 51 NLT)

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To know the Heart ♥ of Jesus intimately

To know the Heart ♥ of Jesus intimately

"But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs.  One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out."
(John 19:33-34 NLT)

"Jesus loved me and gave Himself up for me." (Galatians 2: 20)

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Friends and Companions of Jesus

Friends and Companions of Jesus

"No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you." 
(John 15:15 NKJV)

"Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”  (Matthew 28:19-20 NLT)

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The Lord Our Teacher

God is qualifying us to be ministers of the word

"We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.

It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life."
(2 Corinthians 3:4-6 NLT)

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The Spirit is the Pledge that Jesus is our Security

Who is your security?  Jesus

"For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,  set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come."
(2 Corinthians 1:20-22 NIV)

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Comfort the Desperate

Encourage others as God encourages you.

"All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too."
(2 Cor 1:3 MSG)

My Body. My Blood.

This is My Body.  This is My Blood given up for you.

"The Lord fed his people with the finest wheat and honey ; their hunger was satisfied."  (Psalm 81:17 RM)

"As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me."
(John 6:57 NKJV)

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Thank God. Praise Him Always!

Thank God Always

“Thank God! Give him the praise and the glory. Before all the living,
acknowledge the many good things he has done for you, by blessing and extolling his name in song.
Honor and proclaim God’s deeds,
and do not be slack in praising him."
(Tobit 5: 6 RM)

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I will praise the Lord all my life

"The Lord remains faithful forever.

He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free.

The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. 

The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked."
(Psalm 146:6-9 NIV)

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Blessed are those who fear the Lord

"Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The LORD our God is the one and only LORD.   And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’  The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
(Mark 12:29-31 NLT)

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Remember Your Compassion O Lord

"In you I trust; let me not be put to shame, let not my enemies exult over me.
No one who waits for you shall be put to shame;
those shall be put to shame who heedlessly break faith.

Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me your paths, Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior." (Psalm 25: 2-3, 4-5)

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It is good to praise the Lord

"Praise the LORD! How joyful are those who fear the LORD and delight in obeying his commands.:
(Ps 112:1 NLT)

"An evil report he shall not fear; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear
till he looks down upon his foes." (Psalm 112: 8 NABRE)

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The Blood of Jesus has made us free

"Jesus Christ, you are the faithful witness,
the firstborn from the dead;
you have loved us and freed us from our sins by your Blood."  (Revelation 1: 5ab RM)

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