Time
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For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (New Living Translation)
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (New International Version)
There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth:
A right time for birth and another for death,
A right time to plant and another to reap.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (The Message)
Choice
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Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 6:33 (New Living Translation)
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33 (New International Version)
Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
Matthew 6:33 (The Message)
Prayer – Psalm 50:15
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Then call on me when you are in trouble,
and I will rescue you,
and you will give me glory.
Psalm 50:15 (New Living Translation)
Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
Psalm 50:15 (New King James Version)
And call for help when you’re in trouble—
I’ll help you, and you’ll honor me.
Psalm 50:15 (The Message)
Gentleness
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Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.
Ephesians 4:2 (New Living Translation)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2 (New International Version)
And mark that you do this with humility and discipline—not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.
Ephesians 4:2 (The Message)
Materialism
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A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;
a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.
Proverbs 11:28 (The Message)
He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like foliage.
Proverbs 11:28 (New King James Version)
Trust in your money and down you go!
But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.
Proverbs 11:28 (New Living Translation)
Love
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Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7 (New Living Translation)
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7 (New International Version)
My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God.
1 John 4:7 (The Message)
Protection
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When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.
Isaiah 43:2 (New Living Translation)
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 43:2 (New International Version)
Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you.
I’ve called your name. You’re mine.
When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you.
When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down.
When you’re between a rock and a hard place,
it won’t be a dead end—
Isaiah 43:2 (The Message)





