Perseverance
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All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.
Revelation 21:7 (New Living Translation)
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
Revelation 21:7 (New International Version)
Conquerors inherit all this. I’ll be God to them, they’ll be sons and daughters to me.
Revelation 21:7 (The Message)
Success
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Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
1 Timothy 6:17 (New Living Translation)
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
1 Timothy 6:17 (New International Version)
Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow.
1 Timothy 6:17 (The Message)
The Heart
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Just as water mirrors your face,
so your face mirrors your heart.
Proverbs 27:19 (The Message)
As water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
Proverbs 27:19 (New International Version)
As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person.
Proverbs 27:19 (New Living Translation)
Generosity
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For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
2 Corinthians 9:10 (New Living Translation)
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians 9:10 (New International Version)
This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way.
2 Corinthians 9:10 (The Message)
Pride
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True humility and fear of the Lord
lead to riches, honor, and long life.
Proverbs 22:4 (New Living Translation)
Humility and the fear of the LORD
bring wealth and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 (New International Version)
The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-God
is plenty and honor and a satisfying life.
Proverbs 22:4 (The Message)
Holy Spirit
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The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
John 6:63 (New Living Translation)
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
John 6:63 (New International Version)
The Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don’t make anything happen. Every word I’ve spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is life-making.
John 6:63 (The Message)
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)






