James 4:13-15 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that. (NLT)
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Romans 12:9-10 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. *(NLT)
1: Honor the
1 Timothy 5:1-2 Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers. Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters. (NLT)
2: Honor your
Ephesians 5:25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her (NLT)
3: Honor your
Ephesians 5:33 So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (NLT)
4: Honor your
Ephesians 6:3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.” (NLT)
5: Honor your
Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. (NLT)
6: Honor your
1 Thessalonians 5:11 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. (NLT)
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Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven! (NLT)
Colossians 3:13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. (NLT)
Forgivness doesn’t mean your
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1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (NIV)
1 John 4:9-12 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. (NLT)
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Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (NIV)
Psalm 126:2-3 We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.” Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us! What joy! (NLT)
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