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Difficult verses

Which of these verses are difficult for you?


Pick one and focus on it this week!

There are always going to be poor and needy people among you. So I command you: Always be generous, open purse and hands, give to your neighbors in trouble, your poor and hurting neighbors. Deuteronomy 15:11 MSG

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 1 John 2:15

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Phil 1:27

Do everything without complaining... Phil 2:14

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.  Phil 4:8-9

Don't seek vengeance. Don't bear a grudge; but love your neighbor as yourself, for I am Jehovah Lev. 19:18

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Rev. 3:15-16

He lifts the poor from the dust-- Yes, from a pile of ashes-- And treats them as princes sitting in the seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord's and he has set the world in order.  1 Samuel. 2:8

The Christian who is pure and without fault, from God the Father's point of view, is the one who takes care of orphans and widows, and who remains true to the Lord--not soiled and dirtied by his contacts with the world. James 1:27

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.        Luke 9:23-24

 Dear brothers, what's the use of saying that you have faith and are Christians if you aren't proving it by helping others? James 2:14

Don't seek vengeance. Don't bear a grudge; but love your neighbor as yourself, for I am Jehovah Lev. 19:18

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20

The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself. Rom. 13:9

 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22

Is not this the kind of fasting  I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?  Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Isa. 58:6-7

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22

Do everything without complaining... Phil 2:14

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”  Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.   Matthew 18:21-22

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. James 2:8-9

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.   Luke 9:23-24

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-20

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Phil 4:8-9

There are always going to be poor and needy people among you. So I command you: Always be generous, open purse and hands, give to your neighbors in trouble, your poor and hurting neighbors. Deuteronomy 15:11 MSG

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Phil 1:27

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.        Luke 9:23-24

Challenge for week 1

Skip a visit to the grocery store and donate that money to a local charity. Please respond if you did this. How did it go?

Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.

Do Something

What are you going to do? 


What is your response to Do Something?

Micah 6:8

                                 And what does the LORD require of you? 

To act justly 

and to love mercy

and to walk humbly

 with your God. 

Micah 6:8

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