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Luke 18:11 (NIV)
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:12 (NIV)
I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
Luke 18:14 (NIV)
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:11 (NIV)
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Romans 12:12 (NIV)
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
1 Corinthians 7:5 (NIV)
Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
1 Corinthians 9:27 (NIV)
No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Luke 2:36 (NIV)
There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
Matthew 4:1 (NIV)
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:6 (NIV)
“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
Matthew 4:10 (NIV)
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ ”
Matthew 6:10 (NIV)
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:12 (NIV)
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 6:13 (NIV)
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’
Matthew 6:21 (NIV)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:25 (NIV)
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Matthew 6:29 (NIV)
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Matthew 6:33 (NIV)
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 9:16 (NIV)
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.
Zechariah 7:6 (NIV)
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?
Zechariah 7:5 (NIV)
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?
Zechariah 7:9 (NIV)
“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.