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My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.

Proverbs 23:19 (New Living Translation)

Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the right path.

Proverbs 23:19 (New International Version)

Oh listen, dear child—become wise;
point your life in the right direction.

Proverbs 23:19 (The Message)

But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (New Living Translation)

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (New International Version)

But God does care when you use your freedom carelessly in a way that leads a fellow believer still vulnerable to those old associations to be thrown off track.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (The Message)

Jairus fell at Jesus’ feet, “saying again and again, ‘My daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so she will be healed and will live’” (Mark 5:23).

There are no games. No haggling. No masquerades. The situation is starkly simple: Jairus is blind to the future and Jesus knows the future. So Jairus asks for his help.

And Jesus, who loves the honest heart, goes to give it…[He] turns immediately to Jairus and pleads: “Don’t be afraid; just believe” (v. 36).

Jesus compels Jairus to see the unseen. When Jesus says, “Just believe … ,” he is imploring, “Don’t limit your possibilities to the visible. Don’t listen only for the audible. Don’t be controlled by the logical. Believe there is more to life than meets the eye!”

“Trust me,” Jesus is pleading. “Don’t be afraid; just trust.”

by Max Lucado

For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.

Matthew 18:20 (New Living Translation)

For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.

Matthew 18:20 (New International Version)

And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I’ll be there.

Matthew 18:20 (The Message)

Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
or you will wear out your welcome.

Proverbs 25:17 (New Living Translation)

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
too much of you, and he will hate you.

Proverbs 25:17 (New International Version)

And when you find a friend, don’t outwear your welcome;
show up at all hours and he’ll soon get fed up.

Proverbs 25:17 (The Message)

One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship,
beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches.
I’d rather scrub floors in the house of my God
than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin.

Psalm 84:10 (The Message)

Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 84:10 (New International Version)

A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

Psalm 84:10 (New Living Translation)

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 2:10 (New Living Translation)

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10 (New International Version)

He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.

Ephesians 2:10 (The Message)