Get a reputation for wisdom
Practice God’s law–get a reputation for wisdom; hang out with a loose crowd–embarrass your family. Proverbs 28:7 (MSG) All the men and women in the Bible who got and had
As Bold as a Lion
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1 (NKJV) We have been made righteous through the death and resurrection of Jesus
Buy your Enemy Lunch
If you see your enemy hungry, go buy him lunch; if he’s thirsty, bring him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness, and GOD will look after you.
Patient Persistence
To those who by patient persistence in well-doing [springing from piety] seek [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the eternal blessedness of] immortality, He will give eternal life. Romans
Avoid the Spotlight
Don’t work yourself into the spotlight; don’t push your way into the place of prominence. It’s better to be promoted to a place of honor than face humiliation by being
God of more than enough
42[At another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk]
Steward not Possessor
As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God’s many-sided grace [faithful
Awake oh sleeping Giant
Awake [from your drunken stupor and return] to sober sense and your right minds, and sin no more. For some of you have not the knowledge of God [you are
God completes what He starts
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 (NIV) As long
God is always working.
As for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day. Genesis