Everyone has influence
Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. (Romans 12:13 NIV)
None of these things
Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and … be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and … put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:22–24)
A secret between himself and God
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. (John 13:35 NLT)
Christlikeness
We, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Believe it or not
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. (Philippians 3:12)
We shall understand
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. (Psalm 34:15)
Few cheerful words
Let each one of us [make it a practice to] please his neighbor for his good, to build him up spiritually. (Romans 15:2 Amplified Bible)
Be still and see
My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. (Exodus 33:14)
We can create change
The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. (Psalms 28:7 NLT)
A whole handbook
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12 ESV)
It is priceless
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (James 1:2–4 NLT)
There has to be…
Wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, (Psalm 130:5-6 ESV)
Why should we?
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. (Isaiah 43:25 NIV)
Renewed zest for life
Your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart. (Jeremiah 15:16 ESV)
Life is certainly not easy
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. (Psalm 55:22)
Learning to recognize
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:7 NLT)
It’s the same for you
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat. (Isaiah 25:4)
The “power of one”
And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24 NIV)
It’s a greater thing
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25 NIV)