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To this day I have had help from God, and so I… Acts 26:22-23

To this day I have had help from God, and so I stand here, testifying to both small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would take place: that the Messiah must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23 evangelism suffering resurrection
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters.
Psalm 23:1-2 blessing rest dependence

I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house.
Acts 20:20 learning evangelism
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
You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
Matthew 5:13 sin obedience evangelism
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.
Matthew 13:22 Word of God worrying money
Husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives in your life together, paying honor to the woman as the weaker sex, since they too are also heirs of the gracious gift of life—so that nothing may hinder your prayers.
1 Peter 3:7 marriage prayer grace
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 gratitude prayer worrying
But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6 trust faith prayer
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8 law love debt
The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22 money blessing dependence
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
3 John 1:4 joy truth children
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
Romans 8:18 eternal life salvation suffering
Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58 obedience reward encouragement
But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
Acts 20:24 grace evangelism life
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
Psalm 16:2 God worship
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8 God planning wisdom
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
Romans 6:5-6 sin resurrection addiction
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love speaking angels
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin speaking idols
I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
Philippians 4:12 contentment food life
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 love mediator death
Woe to you who strive with your Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter!
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?
Isaiah 45:9 creation humility understanding
Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
He said to them, “Then do you also fail to understand? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
since it enters, not the heart but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
Mark 7:18-19 food body heart

Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross.