“make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. for if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffectual and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” - 2 peter 1:5-8
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“incline my heart to Your testimonies
and not to selfish gain!
turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and give me life in Your ways.”
psalm 119:36-37
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“let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - hebrews 4:16
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“having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for
‘all flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
the grass withers,
and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord remains forever.’”
1 peter 1:22-25
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“the heart of man plans his way,
but the Lord establishes his steps.”
proverbs 16:9
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“i do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe …” - ephesians 1:16-19
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“for this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. when the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“death is swallowed up in victory.”
“o death, where is your victory?
o death, where is your sting?”
the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 corinthians 15:53-56
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“my flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.”
psalm 73:26
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“with God we shall do valiantly.” - psalm 108:13a
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“God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.”
psalm 46:1-3
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“i will sing of steadfast love and justice;
to you, o Lord, i will make music.
i will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
i will not set before my eyes
anything that is worthless.”
psalm 101:1-3
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“but i have trusted in Your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
i will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.”
psalm 13:5-6
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“but the righteous are bold as a lion.” - proverbs 28:1b
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“therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you.
for the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for Him.”
isaiah 30:18
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