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Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable… 2 Timothy 4:2

Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.
2 Timothy 4:2 evangelism punishment patience
Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:25 eternal life Savior salvation

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.”
Matthew 2:1-2 christmas worship
When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
Psalm 56:3 trust God fear
Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.”
John 7:33 ascension Jesus
To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,
and a word in season, how good it is!
Proverbs 15:23 speaking joy
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 13:1 trust God obedience
Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
2 Timothy 1:9 grace holiness salvation
Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
Acts 2:46-47 worship food community
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them.
Ecclesiastes 7:14 joy life dependence
Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.”
Mark 10:29-30 evangelism blessing persecution
A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 29:11 anger wisdom self-control
For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light.
Ephesians 5:8 light children life
For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, busy with this very thing.
Romans 13:6 honesty money greed
The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of trouble;
he protects those who take refuge in him.
Nahum 1:7 protection goodness safety
Because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
2 Peter 1:21 prophecy Spirit speaking
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished.
Luke 4:1-2 fasting temptation Jesus
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 42:8 love worship prayer
Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.
1 John 4:20 love God family
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.
Psalm 34:19 righteousness suffering redeemer
Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
Acts 9:31 church peace awe
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.
Matthew 24:44 Messiah second coming
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle,
but those who gather little by little will increase it.
Proverbs 13:11 money greed work
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:27-28 marriage desires heart

Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” But they did not hear or heed me, says the Lord.

Bible verse of the day

Better is a little that the righteous person has
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalm 37:16-17 sin money righteousness