Thank you for your blessings (3/4)

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you… Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
Luke 6:22 blessing persecution evil
Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8 desires persecution overcoming

You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in your word.
Psalm 119:114 hope Word of God protection
I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better; but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.
Philippians 1:23-24 death life
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21 materialism money heart
I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.
Psalm 40:8 obedience law heart
Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 fear worrying weakness
Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Ephesians 6:14-16 truth righteousness evangelism
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8 sin purification righteousness
Turn my heart to your decrees,
and not to selfish gain.
Psalm 119:36 law greed heart
“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us but to God!”
Acts 5:3-4 lying money honesty
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians 9:10 righteousness food giving
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5:44 love prayer persecution
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15 family idols following
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts;
so I am helped, and my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.
Psalm 28:7 trust worship strength
Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.
Deuteronomy 5:12-14 sabbath rest
For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Do not fear,
I will help you.”
Isaiah 41:13 God fear dependence
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.
Mark 12:30 love God strength
When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13 seeking heart soul
Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:14 wisdom seeking hope
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Psalm 138:8 reliability God safety
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
on a level path.
Psalm 143:10 learning Spirit obedience
O how abundant is your goodness
that you have laid up for those who fear you,
and accomplished for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of everyone!
Psalm 31:19 trust fear blessing
You have the fringe so that, when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and not follow the lust of your own heart and your own eyes.
Numbers 15:39 law obedience desires
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 1:3 praise blessing heaven

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.