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VERSES FOR OFFERINGS
Think about giving – it's truly beautiful in God's eyes. When you're preparing your offering, remember it should be your best, given with a sincere heart. It should be a joyful act, knowing how much God has already blessed us with, even when we don't deserve it. He's been incredibly generous, hasn't He?
If you only give what's leftover, well, life might just mirror that back to you. Think about it – give as if you're giving to yourself. Don't do it out of obligation or because you expect something in return. True giving comes from the heart.
Don't make a big show of it either. It's not about getting praised or patted on the back. Let your giving be a quiet act between you and God. He sees what's in your heart, and He loves a cheerful giver. Remember what it says in 2 Corinthians 9:7: "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
Giving is an act of worship, a way to give back a portion of what God has already given us. And when God gives, He gives abundantly. When you offer from the heart, you're opening the door for even more blessings. The more you give, the more you receive. It's a beautiful cycle.
You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won't follow sinners or join in sneering at God.
If people won't agree to this teaching, don't welcome them into your home or even greet them.
Greeting them is the same as taking part in their evil deeds.
Don't make friends with anyone who has a bad temper.
You might turn out like them and get caught in a trap.
Don't love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father.
I was talking about your own people who are immoral or greedy or worship idols or curse others or get drunk or cheat. Don't even eat with them!
Each night, bitter tears flood her cheeks. None of her former lovers are there to offer comfort; her friends have betrayed her and are now her enemies.
You will keep your friends if you forgive them, but you will lose your friends if you keep talking about what they did wrong.
My dear friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus, I beg you not to have anything to do with any of your people who loaf around and refuse to obey the instructions we gave you.
You can trust a friend who corrects you, but kisses from an enemy are nothing but lies.
Warn troublemakers once or twice. Then don't have anything else to do with them.
You know their minds are twisted, and their own sins show how guilty they are.
Work hard, and you will have a lot of food; waste time, and you will have a lot of trouble.
But the prophet Jehu son of Hanani met him and said: By helping that wicked Ahab, you have made friends with someone who hates the Lord. Now the Lord God is angry with you!
All you worthless people, get away from me! I am determined to obey the commands of my God.
Be on your guard against any followers who refuse to obey what we have written in this letter. Put them to shame by not having anything to do with them.
Don't consider them your enemies. Instead, speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.
Wisdom is more powerful than weapons, yet one mistake can destroy all the good you have done.
God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won't follow sinners or join in sneering at God.
Instead, they find happiness in the Teaching of the Lord, and they think about it day and night.
They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.
Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are.
Stay away from people who are not followers of the Lord! Can someone who is good get along with someone who is evil? Are light and darkness the same?
How I wish that you would kill all cruel and heartless people and protect me from them!
You know when I am resting or when I am working, and from heaven you discover my thoughts.
They are always rebelling and speaking evil of you.
You know I hate anyone who hates you, Lord, and refuses to obey.
They are my enemies too, and I truly hate them.
You were doing so well until someone made you turn from the truth.
And that person was certainly not sent by the one who chose you.
A little yeast can change a whole batch of dough,
Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack.
Don't love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father.
Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father.
The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.
My friends, I beg you to watch out for anyone who causes trouble and divides the church by refusing to do what all of you were taught. Stay away from them!
They want to serve themselves and not Christ the Lord. Their flattery and fancy talk fool people who don't know any better.
Timothy, you belong to God, so keep away from all these evil things. Try your best to please God and to be like him. Be faithful, loving, dependable, and gentle.
Fight a good fight for the faith and claim eternal life. God offered it to you when you clearly told about your faith, while so many people listened.
Don't be tempted by sinners or listen
when they say, “Come on! Let's gang up and kill somebody, just for the fun of it!
They're well and healthy now, but we'll finish them off once and for all.
We'll take their valuables and fill our homes with stolen goods.
If you join our gang, you'll get your share.”
Don't follow anyone like that or do what they do.
You will be safe, if you always do right, but you will get caught, if you are dishonest.
Now your former friends wonder why you have stopped running around with them, and they curse you for it.
Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you.
Those who sneer at others don't like to be corrected, and they won't ask help from someone with sense.
A friend you can't trust in times of trouble is like having a toothache or a sore foot.
My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself.
Run from temptations that capture young people. Always do the right thing. Be faithful, loving, and easy to get along with. Worship with people whose hearts are pure.
They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip,
This good news is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ! As a human, he was from the family of David. But the Holy Spirit proved that Jesus is the powerful Son of God, because he was raised from death.
say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil. These people don't respect their parents.
They are stupid, unreliable, and don't have any love or pity for others.
They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.
A friend is there to help, in any situation, and relatives are born to share our troubles.
Don't love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father.
Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father.