Positive and Encouraging Thoughts for Women: A 5-Day Devotional From K-LOVE

Simon Peter's Journey: 'Grace in Failure' (Part 1)

Gospel-Based Conversations to Have With Your Preteen

The Bible in a Month

Reimagine Influence Through the Life of Lydia

Sharing Your Faith in the Workplace

Never Alone

Who Am I, Really? Discovering the You God Had in Mind

The Holy Spirit: God Among Us

Everyday Prayers for Christmas

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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EST.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">he sent back this answer: &#8220;Do not think that because you are in the king&#8217;s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EST.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father&#8217;s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EST.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EST.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EST.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EST.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EST.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther&#8217;s instructions.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you understand what I have done for you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked them. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You call me &#8216;Teacher&#8217; and &#8216;Lord,&#8217; and rightly so, for that is what I am.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another&#8217;s feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.10.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Jesus called them together and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.10.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.10.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.10.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.10.45"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moses&#8217; father-in-law replied, &#8220;What you are doing is not good. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Two are better than one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="content">because they have a good return for their labor:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JAS.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JAS.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JAS.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JAS.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JAS.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JAS.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JAS.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If your brother or sister</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">18:15 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">brother or sister </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">sins,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:15 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">sins against you</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that &#8216;every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:16 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 19:15</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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