The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 14:29 (NLT)
29 People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 105:42-45 (NLT)
42 For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.
43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.
44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.
45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the LORD!
The Word of God for encouragement:
John 5:18-23 (ESV)
18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
19 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
22 The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so thankful you are a God who is sovereign, and that you love your people with an enduring love. However, help me to remember that you value and reward your children who are obedient and faithful.
Father God, I pray that you would form in me obedience and faithfulness so that I will experience the joy that you give to those who obey your instructions. Then I will be able to say with thanksgiving in my heart, "Praise the LORD!"
Father, I thank you for reminding me that you remember and you bless your faithful and obedient people. Amen.
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1 Timothy 4:4-5 (HCSB)
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
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