A Practical Guide for Transformative Growth Part 3

The Women We've Been Waiting For

Celebrate Everything: 3 Days to Joyful Living

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Jesus + Nothing

Overcoming Suffering

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God Gives Good Gifts to Everyone

Daily Wisdom: A Proverb-a-Day

Gratitude: Rooted in God's Goodness

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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband&#8217;s will, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no one righteous, not even one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">there is no one who understands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="content">there is no one who seeks God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All have turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">they have together become worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">not even one.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their throats are open graves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">their tongues practice deceit.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 5:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">&#8220;The poison of vipers is on their lips.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 140:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their feet are swift to shed blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">ruin and misery mark their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and the way of peace they do not know.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 59:7,8</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There is no fear of God before their eyes.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 36:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God&#8217;s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Righteousness Through Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">This righteousness is given through faith in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">through the faithfulness of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:25 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">sacrifice of atonement </span><span class="ft">refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).</span></span></span><span class="content"> through the shedding of his blood&#8212;to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God&#8217;s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever would love life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and see good days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">must keep their tongue from evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and their lips from deceitful speech.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They must turn from evil and do good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="content">they must seek peace and pursue it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">and his ears are attentive to their prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 34:12-16</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1PE.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. &#8220;Do not fear their threats</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fear what they fear</span></span></span><span class="content">; do not be frightened.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 8:12</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1PE.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1PE.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1PE.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For it is better, if it is God&#8217;s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span><span class="content"> make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.</span></span></div>
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