Free Help from God's Word- Claim a promise.

Esteems the other to be better than themself. Philippians 2. 3. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Colossians 2. 2. That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love,

Forgives and forgets. Colossians 3. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Gentle and kind 1 Thessalonians 2. 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

Hearts of gratitude . 1 Thessalonians 5. 18. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Serve God acceptably. Hebrews 12. 28. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

Hospitable. Hebrews 13. 2. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Do not prejudge others. James 2. 1. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Is Holy. 14. As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16. Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

Love others. 1 Peter 1. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Patient. 1 Peter 2. 20. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

1 Peter 4. 12. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

16. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Fellowship in the Lord. 1 John 1.7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

True Love

1 Corinthians 13

1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity (agape unconditional love) , I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Keeps pure

1 Corinthians 6. 18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

19. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Corinthians 7. 4. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

5. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

James 1. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

The Godly Man

Matthew 7. 24. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Steps to success

Psalm 37.23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

1 Timothy 1. 8. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Titus 2. 2. That the aged (mature) men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Titus 2. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Titus 2. 11. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12. Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Titus 3. 8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Hebrews 11. Entire chapter.

Keeps focused

Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 11. 30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Proverbs 13. 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Proverbs 24. 16. For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 27. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Isaiah 43. 2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Lamentations 3. 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 34. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. 35. To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 36. To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Daniel 11.32b. The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

Galatians 5. 5. For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. We have not yet reached what we shall be.

Matthew 4.19. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 10. 37. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Luke 14.23. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Luke 14. 33. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

John 6. 27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

John 15. 16. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

16. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Looks for the Second Coming of Christ

2 Timothy 4. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

James 5. 8. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Revelation 22. 6. And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

7. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

Is not to be a "workaholic".

Proverbs 15. 16. Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith

Proverbs 15. 27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;

Matthew 6. 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Mark 8. 34. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

35. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37. Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

John 6. 27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Hebrews 13 5. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me..

Trusts God

Psalm 51.17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 71.16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. My life verse. Don Giddens.

Psalm 84.11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalm 86.17. Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.

Psalm 103.12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 116.9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 118.8. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. The middle verse in the Bible, a central crede in life.

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 119.165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 4. 18. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 17. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Isaiah 12. 2. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 26. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Isaiah 40. 31. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 48. 17. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Daniel 12. 3. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Isaiah 6. 8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

John 14. 13. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

2 Timothy 1. 7. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Psalm 34. 4. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 11. 6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Knows he is a sinner

Lamentations 3. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40. Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. 41. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Daniel 9.18. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

Luke 18. 13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Romans 3. 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Romans 3. 23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

1 Corinthians 11. 31. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

1 Timothy 1. 15. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

1 John 1.8. 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Know why he has trials

1 Peter 1. 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Trusts in Jesus for salvation

Romans 3. 24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Romans 4. 5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Loves his wife unconditionally "agape"

Proverbs 5. 18.Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Proverbs 6. 2. Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Do not give ultimatums.

Keep pure. Watch out for other women. Proverbs 6. 25. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Understand your enemy. Watch your eyes, friend.

Romans 12 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;.

Ephesians 4. 32. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Ephesians 5. 25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Ephesians 5. 33. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Colossians 3. 19. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Hebrews 12. 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Bitterness leads to other sins!

Hebrews 13. 4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

James 1. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

1 Peter 3. 7. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

A godly man has the fruits of the Spirit

Matthew 5. 9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Galatians 5. 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Ephesians 4. 32. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

1 Timothy 6. 11. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called

2 Timothy 1. 12. For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. committed unto him against that day.

Hebrews 13. 1. Let brotherly love continue.

Hebrews 13. 15. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

James 3. 17. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

James 4. 6. But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

A godly man is pure in heart

Matthew 5. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Acts 15. 9. And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Acts 24 16. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

Romans 12. 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

James 1. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

1 John 2.15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever..

A godly man is a man of few words

Matthew 5. 37. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Ephesians 4. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Colossians 4. 6. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

James 1. 26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Serves others with the right attitude- agape love

Psalm 37.3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and He shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 126.5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Psalm 126.6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalm 141.3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Matthew 5.5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5.41. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

Romans 12 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;.

.Romans 13. 1. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4. For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

Romans 13. 7. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Respect your elders, and those in authority.

Ephesians 5. 21. Submitting yourselves (husband and wife) one to another in the fear of God.

1 Peter 5. 5. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

1 John 1.7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 2. 10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

1 John 3. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Guides the home in loving discipline

Proverbs 13. 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverb 19. 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Isaiah 37.14. Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

May I suggest this manner of discipline:

1. Set boundaries for your children

2. Tell them the exact actions you will take if they break the confidence "Three licks" No more.

3. Tell them when they have broken the rule and administer the discipline in love as follows-

a. Have them kneel over their bed

b. Give them three licks as promised

c. Kneel down with your arm around them and assure them of your love and forgiveness.

d. Pray with them as they ask the Lord for forgiveness.

Matthew 5 7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Ephesians 4. 15. But speaking the truth in love,

Ephesians 6. 4. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord

Colossians 3. 21. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

1 Thessalonians 2. 11. As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12. That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

A godly man trusts God with his children

Philippians 1. 6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Believing in others should include our children.

A Godly Man will face the judgment seat of Christ

1 Corinthians 3. 11. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13. Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

2 Corinthians 5. 10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

The Godly Woman

Obeys her husband with the right attitude- loving kindness

2 Kings 5.13. My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean. -God's answers may seem simple but they work.

Nehemiah 13.25. And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. Insist your teenagers date and marry Christians.

Psalm 141.3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 6. 2. Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Do not give ultimatums.

Matthew 5.5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Ephesians 5. 22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Ephesians 5. 33. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Colossians 3. 18. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord

1 Timothy 1. 11. Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

1 Peter 3. 1. Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2. While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: 6. Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Makes peace

Matthew 5.9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Hebrews 13. 15. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Keeps pure

Matthew 5. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

1 Timothy 1. 9. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10. But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Hebrews 13. 4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

James 1. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

1 John 1.9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Trusts God in prayer believing

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 51.17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 71.16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. My life verse. Don Giddens.

Psalm 84.11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalm 86.17. Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.

Psalm 103.12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 116.9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 118.8. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. The middle verse in the Bible, a central crede in life.

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: do not let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 119.165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 4. 18. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Isaiah 12. 2. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 26. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Isaiah 37. 14. Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Isaiah 40. 31. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 48.17. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Lamentations 3. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Trust God's mercy and follow Him.

John 14. 13. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

John 15. 7. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

2 Timothy 1. 7. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 11. 6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Has a purpose in life

Esther 4. 14. Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Psalm 126.5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Psalm 126.6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 11. 30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Proverbs 10. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Proverbs 31. 26. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Proverbs 31. 30. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Daniel 12. 3. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever

Isaiah 6. 8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Content with life

Proverbs 15. 16. Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Proverbs 15.28 the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. Oh, be careful little mouth what you say.

Proverbs 31. 27. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Isaiah 43.2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Philippians 4. 11. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Philippians 4. 13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Know why she has trials

Looks for the Second Coming of Christ

Atmosphere of the Home

John R. Rice, a Baptist evangelist and sage, said that the atmosphere of the home is chiefly created by the wife.

Deuteronomy 12. 8 Thou shalt rejoice before the LORD.

Joshua 21. 45. There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

1 Samuel 26.9. Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless?- God appointed the husband to be the head of the home. Rebellion against him divides the home.

1 Kings 11. 14. And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon. Our sin causes friction in the home.

Psalm 19.14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my Strength, and my Redeemer.

Be content Psalm 37.16. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 15. 13. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken..

Proverbs 17. 9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Do not run each other down before others including our children.

Proverbs 21. 9. It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Romans 14. 17. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Ephesians 5. 19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Ephesians 5. 20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Philippians 4. 14. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Colossians 3. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Creating a successful Christian home

Joshua 1.8. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

1 Samuel 3. 21. And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.- Get God's leadership in the Word of God!

Psalm 119.165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Home should be a place of prayer

Joshua 9. 14. And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. Ask God to lead you in the home.

Joshua 10. 12. Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed. God answers prayer.

1 Samuel 1.15. I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 12. 23. Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you.

2 Kings 19. 14. And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. - Tell the Lord all about it.

Job 42.10. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 51.17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

John 16. 23. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

1 Thessalonians 5. 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 5. 6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9. Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 11. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Home should be a place of joy

Nehemiah 8.10. The joy of the Lord is your strength

Psalm 27.14. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 30.5. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 51.12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Deuteronomy 12. 8 Thou shalt rejoice before the LORD.

Proverbs 15. 13. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken..

John 15. 11. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

John 16. 33. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Philippians 4. 4. Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

God will help find you a place to live

Deuteronomy 1. 33 to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

Psalm 37.23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 84.11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalm 102.17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Abuse

Genesis 31.12. for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. God watches how we are treated.

Exodus 2. 24. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God sees your tears and remembers every hurt.

Exodus 3. 7. And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Matthew 18 10. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven..

1 Peter 2. 20. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

1 Peter 3. 13. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 14. But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 16. Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 17. For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

1 Peter 4. 1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

2. That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

16. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

2 Peter 2. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

No man deserves to be called a man if he is an abusive tyrant. And certainly, a woman is no lady if she is abusive. God bless those who live in those situations.

If children are abused then it is time to separate as so-called adults and parents to keep children safe. DLG You do not have to live in abusive situations. Get apart and get help before anyone is hurt.

Food and clothing

Deuteronomy 12- Israel could eat what they desired at home- except not with the blood.

Romans 14. 17. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Psalm 37.16. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalm 37.3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Psalm 37.25. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Psalm 102.17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Acts 21. 25. As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

Colossians 2. 16. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days

1 Timothy 4. 4. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer

Causes of unanswered prayers

Rebellion

1 Samuel 15.23. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

2 Chronicles 15.2. the Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. God's answer to the prayer may be no. Why?.

Psalm 141.3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 17. 9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Do not run each other down before others including our children.

1 Peter 3. 7. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

1 Peter 3. 12. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Raising Godly Children

Isaiah 54. 13. And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Matthew 18. 10. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Protective hedge about out children

Job 1.10. Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Hosea 4.6. Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. No hedge about our children- why? What "Thou shalt not" have we forgotten?

Ephesians 6. 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right 2. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Raising boys to be men

1 Kings 19. 19. So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20. And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? Elisha was plowing with ten yoke of oxen- that was a man! He went back to kiss his parents good-bye- that was a man! Real men love Jesus!

Teach them the traits of a godly man

unconditional love, purity, kindness, loyalty, faith, meekness, honesty, industry, mercy, devotion, sincerity, integrity, etc.

1 Thessalonians 5. 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 4. 12. Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

2 Timothy 2. 22. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

James 1. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Encourage kindness not fighting

Titus 3. 1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 2. To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful,and hating one another. 4. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Hebrews 13. 1. Let brotherly love continue.

Give them heart to achieve a purpose in life

Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Daniel 1. 8. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

2 Timothy 1. 7. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Teach them to laugh

Proverbs 15. 13. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken..

Proverbs 15. he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Teach them forgiveness

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 51.1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 103.12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 130.3. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4. But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Proverbs 17. 9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Do not run each other down before others including our children.

Matthew 18. 21. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22. Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

1 John 1.9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 2.12. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

Teach them obedience [1]

Psalm 19.14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.

Teach them men are men of steel and velvet 1 Kings 19. 19. So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20. And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? Elisha was plowing with ten yoke of oxen- that was a man! He went back to kiss his parents good-bye- that was a man! Real men love Jesus!

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 126.5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Psalm 126.6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Keep pure. Watch out for wicked women. Proverbs 6. 25. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Understand your enemy. Watch your eyes, friend.

Proverbs 13. 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverb 19. 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Proverbs 29. 17. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

What about tattoos? Leviticus 19.28. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Ephesians 6. 4. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

1Thessalonians 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

James 1. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Teach them to pray

Job 42.10. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Jeremiah 33. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Teach them safety

Proverbs 21. 31. Safety is of the Lord.

Teach them to trust God

Psalm 27. 1. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 37.16. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalm 37.23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 51.17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 71.16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. My life verse. Don Giddens.

Psalm 116.9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 118.8. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. The middle verse in the Bible, a central crede in life.

Psalm 119.165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Proverbs 4. 18. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 13. 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches

Proverbs 15. 16. Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. Teach them to do without.

Proverbs 17. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Teach them that.

Isaiah 26. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Isaiah 6. 8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Teach them the Word of God

2 Timothy 3. 15. And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Teach them why they have trials

Teach them to work and study

Proverbs 10. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 5. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Teach your son to work.

Ecclesiastes 9.10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Lamentations 3 27. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

2 Timothy 2. 15. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Peer Pressure

Make godly friends James 4. 4b. know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Raising young ladies

Give them heart

Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

2 Timothy 1. 7. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Teach them forgiveness

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 51.1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 103.12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 130.3. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4. But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Proverbs 17. 9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Do not run each other down before others including our children.

1 John 1.9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 2.12. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

Teach them obedience [2]

Psalm 19.14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 126.5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Psalm 126.6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 13. 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Proverbs 22. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

What about tattoos? Leviticus 19.28. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

1Thessalonians 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

2 Timothy 2. 22. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Peer Pressure

James 4. 4b.... know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Teach them humility before God has to

Isaiah 3. 16. Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17. Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion...

1Thessalonians 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Teach them to work and study

Proverbs 31. 27. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Ecclesiastes 9.10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

2 Timothy 2. 15. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Teach them to pray

Job 42.10. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Proverbs 22. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Jeremiah 33. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Teach them to trust God

Psalm 27. 1. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 37.16. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.Psalm 71.16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. My life verse. Don Giddens.

Psalm 116.9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 118.8. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. The middle verse in the Bible, a central crede in life.

Psalm 119.165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 4. 18. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 13. 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches

Proverbs 15. 16. Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. Teach them to do without.

Proverbs 17. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Teach them to give.

Proverbs 22. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Isaiah 12. 2. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 26. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Isaiah 6. 8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Teach them why they have trials

Teach them the Word of God

Titus 2. 4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Encourage them to marry and have children

1 Timothy 5. 14. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Teach them to laugh

Proverbs 15. 13. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken..

Proverbs 15.15. he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Teach them safety.

Proverbs 21. 31. Safety is of the Lord.

1Thessalonians 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Treat your children fairly

Genesis 37. 3. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. 4. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. -Be careful of showing partiality to your children.

1 Kings 3. 9. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Let them know how important they are to you

1 Thessalonians 2. 19. For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 20. For ye are our glory and joy.

Admit it when you are wrong, ask forgiveness

2 Samuel 12. 13. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord.

Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Encourage your children to dream big by serving others

Genesis 37. 5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. -Believe in your children and your siblings. Encourage them to reach their dreams.

Proverbs 4. 18. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Jeremiah 32. 27. Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

Jeremiah 33. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Daniel 11.32b. The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

Philippians 4. 13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

1 Thessalonians 2. 11. As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12. That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

Teach your children the Word of God

Deuteronomy 6. 4. Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord: 5. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Psalm 19.14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.

Proverbs 11. 30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. Teach your children to win souls.

Colossians 3. 20. Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

1Thessalonians 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 7. 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Give your children to the Lord- trust Him with them

1 Samuel 1. 28. Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.

Psalm 27. 1. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 127.3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Thank God for them.

Jeremiah 33. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Build them up

Psalm 139.14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalm 141.3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Pray for your children

1 Samuel 12. 23. Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you.

1 Kings 3. 9. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

A good prayer for our children

Colossians 1. 9. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 18. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 19. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 20. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Raise them up in church

Psalm 122.1. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Hebrews 10 25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching..

Pray and believe for their salvation

1 Kings 18. 41. for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 42. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. Elijah knew who gave rain and who withheld it, as well as every blessing. Pray believing today for something so far you have never had the answer. Believe it. And wait for the manifestation of it.

Psalm 84.11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Philippians 1. 6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 2. 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Believing in others should include our children.

Siblings

Genesis 37. 5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. -Believe in your children and your siblings. Encourage them to reach their dreams.

Work and Finances

Matthew 6. 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

10. Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Get a job

2 Thessalonians 3. 10. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should eat. 11. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Getting a job- trust God for it

Exodus 23. 20. Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. -Trust God to lead and bless.

Joshua 1.11 Within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan.

Joshua 10. 12. Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed. God answers prayer.

Psalm 37.23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 102.17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Philippians 4. 19. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Get a job that pleases God

Exodus 32. 26. Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me.

Exodus 35. 21. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his Spirit made willing.

Do not work on Sunday unless you are serving the Lord as a pastor, EMT, policeman, soldier etc.2 Chronicles 36. 21. To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. God gets His Sabbaths

Trust God to bless you at work

Genesis 31.7. And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. -God takes care of us even if our employer does not.

Genesis 31.12. for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. -God watches how we are treated.

Genesis 33. 24. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. - Do not give up on God's promises- keep praying.

Genesis 39. 23. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. -God will bless you at work if you trust and obey Him.

Exodus 2. 24. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God sees your tears and remembers every hurt.

Exodus 3. 7. And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

1 Kings 20.11. And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. Don't brag about it. Do it. Eliminate one of your pretentious boasts today. Do it.

Isaiah 48. 17. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Pray for wisdom to do your job

Exodus 36. 1. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.

A Christian's attitude at work

Deuteronomy 12. 8 Thou shalt rejoice before the LORD.

1 Samuel 18. 14. And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

Psalm 19.14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.

Psalm 37.7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Psalm 37.16. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 119.165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Romans 12. 11. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Ephesians 5. 20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Colossians 3. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Colossians 3. 22. Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God

1 Thessalonians 4. 11. And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12. That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

Titus 2. 9. Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; 10. Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things

Pray for those at work, employer and employees

1 Samuel 12. 23. Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you.

Colossians 3. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Keeping a job

Pray for wisdom- 1 Kings 3. 9. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Psalm 71.16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. My life verse. Don Giddens.

Ephesians 6. 5. Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6. Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7. With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8. Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

Philippians 2. 3. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Matthew 5.9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Causes of trouble at work

Rebellion: 1 Samuel 15.23. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.- or being anything. Disobedience to or rejection of God's Word will cause you trouble everywhere, including work.

1 Kings 11. 14. And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon. Our sin causes us trouble at work!

2 Chronicles 15.2. the Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. God's answer to the prayer may be no. Why?.

Psalm 118.8. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. The middle verse in the Bible, a central crede in life.

Psalm 141.3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 1. 25. But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Jeremiah 5. 25. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. Maybe you sinned. If so, repent for God's blessings.

God is purifying you. 1 Peter 1. 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Being a good, Christian boss or supervisor

1 Kings 12.6. If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

Matthew 5. 7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Ephesians 6. 9. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Colossians 3. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Colossians 4 1. Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven..

Promotion at work

1 Samuel 18. 14. And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

Pay your bills

Luke 20. 25. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

Romans 13. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Finances

Genesis 33. 24. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. - Do not give up on God's promises- keep praying.

Joshua 9. 14. And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. Ask God to lead you in your financial decisions.

Matthew 6. 3. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4. That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Pray and believe about finances

1 Samuel 1.15. I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 7.12.called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 37.7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Psalm 37.23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Jeremiah 33. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3.10. Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty.

Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Be content and live on what God gives you

1 Timothy 6. 5. Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

1 Timothy 6. 6. But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

1 Timothy 6. 8. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

1 Timothy 6. 9. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

1 Timothy 6. 10. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Tithe and Offerings

Proverbs 13. 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Proverbs 17. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Malachi 3. 10. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

Romans 12. 13. Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

1 Corinthians 16. 1. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come

2 Corinthians 8.

1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

2. How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

3. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

4. Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

5. And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

6. Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

7. Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

8. I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

10. And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

11. Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

12. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

2 Corinthians 9.. 6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

1 Timothy 6. 17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19. Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Causes of loss of finances

1 Samuel 15.23. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

2 Chronicles 15.2. the Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. God's answer to the prayer may be no. Why?.

2 Chronicles 26.5. And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper

Proverbs 1.25. But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Hebrews 12. 6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8. But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Hebrews 13. 4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Health: physical, mental, emotional

Isaiah 63. 9. In all their affliction He was afflicted.

Matthew 8. 2. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleanse

Sickness gives an opportunity to glorify God. 2 Corinthians 11.30. If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

2 Corinthians 12. 9. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Sickness- and recovery

Mark 9. 23. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

John 4. 50. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

Genesis 33. 24. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. - Do not give up on God's promises- keep praying.

Exodus 2. 24. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God sees your tears and remembers every hurt.

Exodus 3. 7. And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Deuteronomy 12. 8 Thou shalt rejoice before the LORD. -The best way to get through a problem is to thank God for it.

1 Samuel 1.15. I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 7.12. called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

1 Samuel 30.6. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 51.17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 84.11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Isaiah 40. 31. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 43.2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

1 Corinthians 11. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Sometimes, not always, our sickness is because of our sin. Repentance might bring healing.

James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

James 5. 13. Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

1 Peter 4. 1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2. That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

Terminal Illness

Psalm 116.9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Isaiah 12. 2. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 25. 8. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. 9. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Isaiah 27. 12. ... and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

Isaiah 33. 17. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

Isaiah 35. 4. Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. 5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 8. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 10. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 43.2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

God can heal you! Daniel 3. 29b. There is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

1 Corinthians 15. 54. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56. The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5. 1. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

2 Corinthians 5. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Suicide

God loves you!

Isaiah 49. 15. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Trust Him! Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Take care of yourself! Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Wait on God to make things better! Isaiah 40. 31. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 53. 3. . He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Jesus carried our sorrows on the Cross- we do not have to carry them!

Isaiah 53. 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: Jesus died for our sins- we do not have to die for them.

Isaiah 53. 6. 6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Jesus paid for our sins!

Isaiah 54. 7. . For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

Suicide is often a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Problems are temporary! God will bless you. Wait on Him!

Isaiah 57. 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Jeremiah 33. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

God's advice- Change your mind, and LIVE! Ezekiel 18. 30. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Ezekiel 33.11.. Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

PRAY BOLDLY RIGHT NOW- Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Suicidal Homicide-

2 Kings 1.3. Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

There is a God in the Bible, the God who died for the sheep. Why go to a god where the sheep die for the Shepherd? You do not have to die for your sins, Jesus did! Suicide, even homicidal suicide, is futile- Jesus died for all your sin and mine. Take your burdens to Jesus. Do not take them out on innocent people. That is first-degree premeditated murder.

Grief, Depression, Suffering and Disappointment

Matthew 11. 28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Acts 14. we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Romans 8. 18. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us

Romans 8. 26. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Romans 8. 28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Romans 8. 32. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Do not be afraid! Philippians 1. 28. And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 29. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

Grief because of Past Sin

Grief Counseling for Depression Caused by Guilt

No one but you knows the traumatic emotions you are going through if you are living a life of depression because of past failures and sin.

You cannot forgive yourself. You think you deserve to afflict yourself rather than accept the joy, peace and righteousness God offers in His Son. You think being a Christian means to kick yourself the rest of your life for your sin. Wrong! Being a Christian is to accept forgiveness. Jesus died for you sin! You do not have to! Jesus carried your sorrow. You cannot carry them. I hope you will find the joy and comfort God offers freely in the following verses.

We forgive you. We will be your friends.

Don and Minnie Giddens

1. Jesus died for our sins[i]- all of them. If Jesus died for them you do not have to make yourself pay for them the rest of your life. Instead, let it go, and accept God's forgiveness when you admit your guilt[ii]. Accept His forgiveness. You know He will never remember them any more. The alternative is to not forgive yourself, not to accept His offer of forgiveness by dying for that sin, and living your life in guilt and remorse. Then, facing God who will ask the question, "Why? I sent my Son to die for the worst sin." You rejected Him, and rejected me.

2. Jesus died for our sorrows. We sometimes glory in the valleys[iii], and have been accustomed to carrying our pain so long we want to keep on. Our sin is something we think demands a lifetime wallow in sorrow and depression. You do not have to pay for your sin by dying. You do not pay for your sin by grieving. Jesus carried our sorrows on the cross. Every lash on His back was for your sorrow. Every brutal blow was because for your sorrow. So, my friend, let go, and let Jesus carry every tear. Every howling accusation leveled at Jesus was for you sin. He paid it all.

3. He arose victorious over sin and death. Do you think when He came out of the tomb He was still carrying your sorrow? Of course not: He left it all in the tomb. Removed it as far as the East is from the West, never to remember it again!

Our sins are gone. Our grieving has been done. We won. Jesus won for us. Christianity is joy, peace, and righteousness; not remorse, and ungodly worry.

Suppose you were convicted to the electric chair for murder. Guilty. Heaven's doors were closed. Eternity loomed ahead with grief that never left for your sin. YOUR sin. Then, suppose the Judge, the Righteous Judge, would say, I know you deserve the penalty. I know you cannot avoid death, but I am going to die with you. We are going to buried together six feet deep. And in three days we are coming out together. Free! The guilt paid. Joyful- the sin and shame gone!

When Jesus died on the cross we died with Him.

When He arose we arose with Him.

Our life now is hid in God.

Please pray this prayer of thanksgiving-

Heavenly Father,

Jesus wept enough for my sin of ________. I weep no more.

Jesus paid enough for my sin ___________ I pay no more.

I cannot weep enough. I cannot pay enough. I am poor, naked, blind, helpless.

All I have is Jesus.

Thank you, Father, for sending your Son to die for my sin, and my sorrow.

I offer to you my joyful praises forever.

Amen.

Isaiah 53.3. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Why God allows problems in our life

So we can help others 2 Corinthians 1. 3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

So we will trust God, not ourselves. 2Corinthians 1. 8. For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

9. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

So others can see Jesus in us. 2 Corinthians 4. 7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10. Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

So we can have fellowship with Him! Philippians 3. 10. That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death

Chastening because of continual sin in our life. Hebrews 12. 6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8. But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

So we will be more like Jesus. 1 Peter 1. 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

16. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

The Secret to Victory over Depression

Thank God for everything. The quickest way through any problem is to thank God for it.

1 Thessalonians 5. 18. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Psalm 147.3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 4. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Job 1.21. Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

2 Kings 4.22 Run to the man of God.

Job 13.15. Though He slay me, yet will I trust in him:

Psalm 3. 3. But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Psalm 27.14. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 30.5. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Isaiah 43.2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Matthew 5. 4. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Ephesians 5. 20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Believe your sins are forgiven

Psalm 130.3. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4. But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

1 John 1.9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

God is with us during depression

Genesis 28. 16. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. - How often have we been there, and known it?

Genesis 33. 24. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. - Do not give up on God's promises- keep praying

Exodus 2. 24. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God sees your tears and remembers every hurt.

Exodus 3. 7. And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

1 Samuel 7.12.called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

Job 23.10. But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Children from broken homes Psalm 27.10. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Isaiah 63. 9. In all their affliction He was afflicted

God will get us through depression

Exodus 13. 3. And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: - Our victories depend upon God's deliverance.

Exodus 19. 4. Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

Deuteronomy 12. 8 Thou shalt rejoice before the LORD. The quickest way to get over a problem is to thank God for it. -Don Giddens

2 Chronicles 20.15. Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.