EquipHer Vol. 20: "Contentment Is a Mindset"

When God Says No!

Lessons From Ezra

A Teen's Guide To: Unshakeable Faith

A Kid's Guide To: Ordinary Kids, Extraordinary God

Hosting God’s Presence in Your Marriage – a 10-Day Devotional Guide

Titus: Do What God Says

Transforming Culture

Jacob: Our Patriarch of Truth

Purpose, People, & Prevention: Thriving in Public Health With God

New International Version

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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="RUT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="RUT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="RUT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look,&#8221; said Naomi, &#8220;your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="RUT.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="RUT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But Ruth replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="RUT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel&#8212;all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Call of Elisha</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. &#8220;Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and then I will come with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="content">&#8220;Go back,&#8221; Elijah replied. &#8220;What have I done to you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To Timothy, my dear son:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has saved us and called us to a holy life&#8212;not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As you go, proclaim this message: &#8216;The kingdom of heaven has come near.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word traditionally translated </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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