The Body

Posted February 26th, 2010 by Kent and filed in Scripture
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Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

Galatians 5:24 (New Living Translation)

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24 (New International Version)

Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.

Galatians 5:24 (The Message)

Prayer

Posted February 25th, 2010 by Kent and filed in Scripture
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Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

James 5:16 (New Living Translation)

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

James 5:16 (New International Version)

Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.

James 5:16 (The Message)

Self-Image

Posted February 24th, 2010 by Kent and filed in Scripture
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Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything
in the One who makes me who I am.

Philippians 4:13 (The Message)

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13 (New International Version)

For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13 (New Living Translation)

Lying

Posted February 23rd, 2010 by Kent and filed in Scripture
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Telling lies about others
is as harmful as hitting them with an ax,
wounding them with a sword,
or shooting them with a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 25:18 (New Living Translation)

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

Proverbs 25:18 (New International Version)

Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors
in court or on the street is a loose cannon.

Proverbs 25:18 (The Message)

Opportunities

Posted February 22nd, 2010 by Kent and filed in Scripture
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So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.

Ephesians 5:15-16 (New Living Translation)

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15-16 (New International Version)

So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times!

Ephesians 5:15-16 (The Message)

Thoughts

Posted February 19th, 2010 by Kent and filed in Scripture
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How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!

Psalm 139:17-18 (New Living Translation)

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.

Psalm 139:17-18 (New International Version)

Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!
God, I’ll never comprehend them!
I couldn’t even begin to count them—
any more than I could count the sand of the sea.
Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!

Psalm 139:17-18 (The Message)

Scripture

Posted February 18th, 2010 by Kent and filed in Scripture
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All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.

2 Timothy 3:16 (New Living Translation)

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

2 Timothy 3:16 (New International Version)

Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way.

2 Timothy 3:16 (The Message)