The Body
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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
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)
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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
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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
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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
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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)









