Ramblings of a Jesus-follower, husband, father, pastor, adjunct professor, writer, and someone who really needs to exercise more
Titus 3:1-2 (NLT): “Remind the believers to submit to the government and its officers. They should be obedient, always ready to do what is good. They must not slander anyone and must avoid quarreling. Instead, they should be gentle and show true humility to everyone.”
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Titus 1:16 (NLT): “Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.”
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Jeremiah 50:6-7 (NLT): “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray and turned them loose in the mountains. They have lost their way and can’t remember how to get back to the sheepfold. All who found them devoured them. Their enemies said, ‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them, for they sinned against the LORD, their true place of rest, and the hope of their ancestors.’”
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2 Timothy 4:1-2 (CSB): “I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom: Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.”
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2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT): “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.”
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Jeremiah 42:5-6 (NLT): “Then they said to Jeremiah, ‘May the LORD your God be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to obey whatever he tells us to do! Whether we like it or not, we will obey the LORD our God to whom we are sending you with our plea. For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us.’”
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Psalm 90:2 (NLT): “Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.”
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Proverbs 25:28 (NLT): “A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.”
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1 Timothy 5:17 (NLT): “Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.”
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1 Timothy 4:7-8 (NLT): “Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly. ‘Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.’”
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