When your faith is tested, you will grow.
Read: James 1:2-3
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
You will travel unfamiliar paths, and on those paths, you must trust God.
Read: Genesis 12:1
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
Don’t build your own tower without God. Be dependent on Him. Doing things without Him causes failure.
Read: Hebrews 11:4,9
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.
Take time to build your character and grow in wisdom as you are building your wealth.
Read: Isaiah 28:10
He tells us everything over and over—
one line at a time,
one line at a time,
a little here,
and a little there!”
You know when you’re doing wrong, so stop! Sin no more.
Read: Ephesians 4:28
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.
You’ve heard He has the whole world in His hands, well that’s the truth. We need to be reminded.
Read: Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Don’t quit because someone disagrees with you.
Read: I Corinthians 16:13-14
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous.[a] Be strong. 14 And do everything with love.
It is so good to be known as different!
Read: 1 Peter 2:8-9
“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
the rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[b] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
Good advice must be righteous advice.
Read: Proverbs 13:10
Pride leads to conflict;
those who take advice are wise
True humility is a key to being heard and receiving from God.
Read: Proverbs 11:2
Pride leads to disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom.