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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15, ESV
Do we interpret the Bible and the Gospel to benefit our lives now, or do we see the need to faithfully interpret for the benefit and salvation of others?
Do we read it merely as about how great we are or as about how great God is and the world’s need for His truth?
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Matthew 7:8, ESV
God is first and foremost concerned with His glory and the salvation of our souls. Therefore, may not grant every request we make. He gives salvation, forgiveness, mercy, grace, and wisdom in abundance (and He does like to give us other things, as well.)
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence
2 Peter 1:3, ESV
God expects perfection. Thankfully, He has sent the Holy Spirit to fill in all of the many places we fall short as He clothes us in His Son, the only Perfect One.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7, ESV
We cannot know God if we do not know about who He is. We must remember first that He is a God of wrath who must punish sin, then we can know the God of grace and forgiveness.
Then we can begin to rightly understand our world and ourselves.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 26:4, ESV
God has proven Himself faithful and true, as shown through the cross. We can trust Him.
Trust Him.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah
Psalm 68:19, ESV
This life is not our own. We cannot save ourselves, and we need God’s help each day. (Whether we realize it or not.)
Give me thankful praise.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Zephaniah 3:17, ESV
The Holy Spirit regenerates us and lead us into salvation through Jesus’ life, sacrifice, and resurrection, giving us how for eternity in His joyful presence.
“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
Matthew 6:7-8, ESV
God is in control.
He knows our needs. He knows how to help us.
He also likes when we reach for Him, so ask for Him and His righteousness help in all circumstances.
We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19, ESV
We know how to and that we can love because of Christ’s love put on display through His life, death and resurrection.
“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 11:13, ESV
The greatest gift God gives us is Himself. The greatest gift we can give others is the Gospel, the good news that they can be saved from their sins and receive God Himself.
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