“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.” Matthew 6:19-21
“Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full— pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” Luke 6:38
“I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, although I was severely tested by the plots of the Jews. You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you… I declare to you today, that I am innocent of the blood of all men…For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God…” Acts 20:19,20,27
‘Hesitate’ = ‘to draw back’ ‘to retreat’ ‘to withdraw’ ‘to hold back’ ‘to conceal’ ‘to keep silent’ “to avoid” “to shrink back’.
“Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?” alatians 4:16
“Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come, when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you keep your head in all situations, endure hardships, do the work of evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry…” 2 Timothy 4:2-5
“Go sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come follow me.” Mark 10:21
“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.” Luke 16:13
“…faith is the certainty of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
“Without faith no one can please God. Whoever comes to God must believe that he is real, and that he rewards those who sincerely try to find him.” Hebrews 11:6
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“Blessed are they who keep his statutes, and seek Him with all their heart.” Psalms 119:2
“Since you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:1
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth & rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also…” Matthew 6:19-21
"Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." James 1:22
