Poor Man Rich Man

No matter how much financial stress you have always remember that you’re already rich. The problems of provision begin about the time that you realized you wanted something that you didn’t have. Probably around the age of six or so when you started conspiring and using begging, Birthdays and Christmas to try and get your “needs” met. And from then till now you still have to deal with it. You’ll never have everything, and the things you do have require money to maintain so it’s a constant challenge and will be until the day you die. You’ll never get it all at once otherwise it would be like the flood of Noah. But your life is like a lake and the money flows in and out. You haven’t died yet, so somehow there must have been enough water so far and God’s not planning on letting your supply run dry. There can be seasons of rain and seasons of drought but you’ve gone through it all and made it out. You must have, because you’re still alive and kickin. You can stress over it and try to change it or you can just accept the fact that it is the way it is. Having more or less will magnify the opportunity to stress, it’s a catch-22, so what are you gonna do? How about just decide not to worry about it anymore. Just do the best you can and go on down the road enjoying life.

Trying to get free from financial responsibility is like trying to get free from the need for air. You’ll have what you need when you need it. And if you’re finding that it just won’t last, it’s because you’re trying to go too far too fast. If you try to run the race beyond your pace, you’ll experience pain and your vitality will go down the drain. Sometimes you may run, others walk or even crawl, but God is still there through it all. And even if you’re lying on the side of the road, totally spent and think you can go no more, the truth is that you’ll get through it again because you got through it before. So don’t give in to fear and don’t dismay, it won’t do any good anyway and God provides the bread day by day. He’s done it before and He’ll do it again and to worry is a sin. He said he’d provide and so He will, even tough sometimes it’s hard to breathe if you’re on a hill. There’s always enough air, you may just need to slow your pace, because until you die you’re in this race. So just keep on doing what you can do and one step at a time you’ll get through.

You’re already rich in everything that matters, God’s love, peace and joy overflow your platters. The choice is yours - you can feast any time any day, on God’s goodness or on dismay. With what’s important, you’re already blessed! So focus on that and not the rest.

Eph 1:3-4
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
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James 2:5
5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
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1 Tim 6:17
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
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Col 1:27
27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Eph 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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Eph 3:16-19
16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].

17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,

18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];

19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
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PURE JOY

Your Word to me is pure joy, I AM ecstatic and that’s emphatic.

Ps 119:162
162 I rejoice at Your word
As one who finds great treasure.
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Ps 12:6
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
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Ps 19:7-11
7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
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Ps 119:140
140 Your word is very pure;
Therefore Your servant loves it.
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Prov 30:5
5 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
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Jer 15:16a
16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
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The LORD-IS-THERE

Some days you just don’t “feel” very “spiritual” and that’s okay, God is still there anyway. You don’t need to feel, to know He’s real - sometimes you won’t, but others will. Don’t worry about it or have a care, He said He is, so He’s always there.

Without a doubt what He said is true, and He said, “I AM there for you!”

"God-Is-There."
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“I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Matt 28:20b NKJV

Rev 1:8
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
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Heb 13:5b
For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
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Heb 13:5b
…for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not,[I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down ( relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
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Isa 54:10
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
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Ps 46:1-2
46 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
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Ps 46:1
46 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
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Isa 54:10
10 For the mountains may move
and the hills disappear,
but even then my faithful love for you will remain.
My covenant of blessing will never be broken,"
says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
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Isa 54:10
10 For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you.
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Isa 41:10
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
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Isa 41:10
10 Don't panic. I'm with you.
There's no need to fear for I'm your God.
I'll give you strength. I'll help you.
I'll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.
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Isa 41:10
10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you.
Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
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Isa 41:10
10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice.
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1 Peter 1:6-9

6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your faith — the salvation of your souls.
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1 Peter 1:8
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
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1 Peter 1:8
8 You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don't see him, yet you trust him — with laughter and singing.
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1 Peter 1:8
8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
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1 Peter 1:8-9
8 You love him even though you have never seen him; though not seeing him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from heaven itself.
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1 Peter 1:8
8 Without having seen Him, you love Him; though you do not [even] now see Him, you believe in Him and exult and thrill with inexpressible and glorious (triumphant, heavenly) joy.
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Own Your Own

If it’s wrong - don’t take the bait, your own heart don’t violate.
If you desecrate your own conviction, you propagate your own affliction.

Own your own and let God own it true,
Your own heart - with joy imbue.

Prov 5:22
2 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
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Prov 8:36
36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death."
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Prov 11:5
5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
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Prov 11:17-19
7 The merciful man does good for his own soul,
But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
18 The wicked man does deceptive work,
But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.
19 As righteousness leads to life,
So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
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Prov 14:10
10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
And a stranger does not share its joy.
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Prov 14:14
14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways,
But a good man will be satisfied from above.
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Prov 15:27
27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
But he who hates bribes will live.
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Prov 15:32
32 He who disdains instruction despises his own soul,
But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding.
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Prov 18:1-2
8 A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire;
He rages against all wise judgment.

2 A fool has no delight in understanding,
But in expressing his own heart.
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Prov 19:8
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good.
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Prov 20:6
6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?
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Prov 21:2
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs the hearts.
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Prov 25:27-28
27 It is not good to eat much honey;
So to seek one's own glory is not glory.

28 Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.
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Prov 26:11-12
11 As a dog returns to his own vomit,
So a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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Prov 26:16
16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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Prov 28:10
Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,
He himself will fall into his own pit;
But the blameless will inherit good.
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Matt 16:24-27
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Luke 6:39-45
39 And He spoke a parable to them: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch? 40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher. 41 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye? 42 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother's eye.

43 "For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
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James 1:22-26
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.
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John 5:30
30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
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John 6:38
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
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Acts 3:12-13
12 So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
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Rom 5:8
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Rom 8:32
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all thing
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2 Cor 6:12
12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
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Rom 10:3-4
3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
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Phil 3:7-9
7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
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1 Peter 2:24-25
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Will - Uphill

If you will provide the willingness God will provide the power.

You don’t only need a desire to do, but also a strong will to follow through.
You must will to do His will, but the battle is uphill.
If you try to just coast along, pretty soon you’ll be going wrong.

If you’re not willing then you can pray, and ask God to help you become that way.
“The indeed is spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak,” without His help the outlook bleak.
But if you ask, He will provide the power, to go up the hill - at eighty miles per hour.

2 Cor 8:10-12
10 And in this I give advice: It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago; 11 but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have. 12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
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1 Chron 28:9-10
9 "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever. 10 Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it."
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Isa 1:19-20
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword";
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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Matt 26:41
41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
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Luke 22:42-43
42 saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."
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Luke 11:2
2 So He said to them, "When you pray, say:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
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Rom 8:11-13
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors — not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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Rom 8:12-14
12 So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. 13 There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. 14 God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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2 Cor 9:8-9
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
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Acts 1:8
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
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Tired or Inspired?

Don’t do it because it’s good or someone said you should, but because God Himself is leading you, just like He said He would.

There are more than a million good things that you could do so how do you decide what you should do? Ask almost anyone and they’ll tell you because it’s easier to tell than to do. But of all of the voices, what is God saying to you? To your own heart you must be true or else you bid your life adieu. Everyone wants a piece of you, and if you let them they’ll make a stew. Upon your life they all will chew, and consume your life - like fondue. Your dreams devour as they subdue, and with their own - your mind imbue.

So what’s your own divine desire, what burns within like a fire, what doth the Almighty inspire, have you taken time to inquire? Seek God’s heart, hear His voice, do His will, and rejoice!

Matt 6:10
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
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Deut 11:18-21
18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
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Ps 37:4
4 Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
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Eccl 5:18-20
18 Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. 19 As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor — this is the gift of God. 20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.
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Phil 4:4
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
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MOTIF

Do what you do, because it’s what YOU want to do.
Let God change your heart - and He will lead you.
Yield to Him He lives within so you’re not a “slave of sin.”
Free from fear and the control of man, under God’s almighty Hand.

Don’t do it by compulsion,
Don’t do it for the crowd,
Don’t do it to avoid rejection,
Or merely because it is “allowed.”

Don’t do it to conform, or try to self reform,
Or fit within the box, of other people’s norm.
Don’t do it for your lusts, don’t do it for your fears,
Or to try to get the cheers, of all your little peers.

If you violate your own heart, you will convict yourself a liar,
So don’t yield to the pressure, or the world’s desire.
Do what you do, because it’s what YOU want to do,
To God and to self, you must be true.

John 8:34
34 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
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See Romans Chapter Six

Rom 6:6-7
6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
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Rom 6:16
6 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
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1 Cor 7:23-24
23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
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Gal 4:6-7
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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Rom 8:14-15
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
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2 Tim 2:11-13

11 This is a faithful saying:

For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
12 If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
13 If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
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