Anger
Authority
Caring For People
Children
Courage
Endurance
Finding Fulfillment And Meaning In Life
Forgiveness
Giving Of Yourself
Grief
God Provides
Making People Happy
Making People Smile
Patience
Perseverance
Plans Fall Through
Putting Others First
Revenge
Showing kindness to others
Showing Love To A Child
Suffering
Unanswered Prayer
Understanding God's Ways
Waiting Until Marriage
When We Mess Up
When Others Upset Us
When People Lie
Will of God
Wisdom - when we just don't understand
Worrying About The Unknown


When A Prayer Seems To Go Unanswered
Hear my prayer, O Lord, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping... (Psalm 39:12)

When Plans Fall Through
Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart (Psalm 36:10)

Making People Smile
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)

When You Want Revenge
So in everthing, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12)

Anger
A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel. (Proverbs 15:18)

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. (Colossians 4:6)

When We Mess Up
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)

When Others Upset Us
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. (James 1:19)

When People Lie
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. (1 Timothy 4:1,2)

Finding Fulfillment And Meaning In Life
From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands rewards him. (Proverbs 12:14)

Delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this. (Psalms 37:4,5)

Showing Love To A Child
Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him. (Psalm 127:3)

Putting Others First
But the father said to his servants, Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. (Luke 15:22)

Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. (1 Peter 4:9)

Making People Happy
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken. (Proverbs 15:13 NASB)

Courage
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13 NASB)

Understanding God's Ways
Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law and keep it with all my heart. (Psalm 119:34 NASB)

Worrying About The Unknown
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34 NASB)

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and trust in the Lord. (Psalm 4:5 NASB)

Waiting Until Marriage
As a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. (Isaiah 62:5)
But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman to have her own husband. ... But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.(I Corinthians 7:2,9 NASB)

Caring For People
"What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of those little ones perish." (Matthew 18:12-14 NASB)

Giving Of Yourself
The generous man will be prosperous, and he who waters will himself be watered. (Proverbs 11:25 NASB)

God Provides
Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted. When they were filled, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost." (John 6:11,12 NASB)

Time Of Grief
Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. (John 16:22 NASB)

Patience
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. (Isaiah 30:18 NASB)

Children
And He took [the children] in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.(Mark 10:16 NASB)

Authority
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.(Hebrews 13:17 NASB)

Enemies
"But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."(Luke 6:27,28 NASB)

Wisdom
"With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding."(Job 12:13 NASB)

Forgiveness
"For if you forgive others for their transgressions (sins), your heavenly Father will also forgive you."(Matthew 6:14 NASB)

Showing kindness to others
"For if you forgive others for their transgressions (sins), your heavenly Father will also forgive you."(John 13:35 NASB)

Will of God - Knowing His ways
"For if you forgive others for their transgressions (sins), your heavenly Father will also forgive you."(John 13:35 NASB)

Perseverance
"For you have need of endurance so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised."(Hebrews 10:36 NASB)

Suffering
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose"(Romans 8:28)


(Scripture taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.)

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