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Galatians Chapter 4: Verses 13-14 (NIV) As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if…

Proverbs Chapter 23- Verse 4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;    do not trust your own cleverness. Although this verse deals specifically with wealth, it can apply just as well to other things too. We should never wear ourselves out trying to please others, trying to make our mark, or as Paul says, trying…

Galatians Chapter 2: Verse 14 (NIV) When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?…

Psalm 107: Verses 23-30 (NIV) Some went out on the sea in ships;    they were merchants on the mighty waters. They saw the works of the Lord,    his wonderful deeds in the deep.For he spoke and stirred up a tempest    that lifted high the waves.  They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;    in their peril their courage melted away. They…

Galatians Chapter 1: Verse 10 (NIV) Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. Who are we trying to please? Of course, there are people who we…

Proverbs Chapter 22: Verses 17-19(NIV) Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;    apply your heart to what I teach,for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart    and have all of them ready on your lips. So that your trust may be in the Lord,    I teach you today, even you. Its great to…

2 Corinthians Chapter 12: Verse 20 (NLT translation) For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. Do we set standards and…

Psalm 106: Verses 43-46 (NIV Translation) Many times he delivered them,    but they were bent on rebellion    and they wasted away in their sin.Yet he took note of their distress    when he heard their cry;  for their sake he remembered his covenant    and out of his great love he relented.  He caused all who held them captive    to show them mercy.…

Psalm 106: Verses 34 -35 (NIV Translation) They did not destroy the peoples    as the Lord had commanded them,but they mingled with the nations    and adopted their customs. God does not like compromise when it means that we don’t do what He asks of us. The Israelites were meant to depose and destroy the people who lived in Canaan, but they compromised…

2 Corinthians Chapter 11: Verses 4-6 (NLT Translation) You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed. But I don’t consider…