Joy Bomb: A 8-Day Devotional by Tauren Wells

Ten Men: The Rich Connections Every Man Needs (A Study of King David)

Cultivating Consistency in the Word

God Is Writing Your Story

A Teen's Guide To: Learning to Be Fearless Through Jesus

Jesus Came for the Sick

I'm Just a Guy: Fighting for My Marriage

Stick Together

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Everyone Plays a Part

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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;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?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">single cubit to your height</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.6.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you&#8212;you of little faith?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So do not worry, saying, &#8216;What shall we eat?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we drink?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we wear?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God&#8217;s sight.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God&#8217;s grace was so powerfully at work in them all </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.4.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.4.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.4.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means &#8220;son of encouragement&#8221;), </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.4.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="ACT.5.1+ACT.5.2+ACT.5.3+ACT.5.4+ACT.5.5+ACT.5.6+ACT.5.7+ACT.5.8+ACT.5.9+ACT.5.10+ACT.5.11">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With his wife&#8217;s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Peter said, &#8220;Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Didn&#8217;t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn&#8217;t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Peter asked her, &#8220;Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; she said, &#8220;that is the price.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Peter said to her, &#8220;How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture</span></span></span><span class="content"> among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, &#8220;It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="1CO.9.1+1CO.9.2+1CO.9.3+1CO.9.4+1CO.9.5+1CO.9.6+1CO.9.7+1CO.9.8+1CO.9.9+1CO.9.10+1CO.9.11+1CO.9.12+1CO.9.13+1CO.9.14+1CO.9.15+1CO.9.16+1CO.9.17+1CO.9.18">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t we have the right to food and drink? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord&#8217;s brothers and Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn&#8217;t the Law say the same thing? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For it is written in the Law of Moses: &#8220;Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 25:4</span></span></span><span class="content"> Is it about oxen that God is concerned? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Surely he says this for us, doesn&#8217;t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If others have this right of support from you, shouldn&#8217;t we have it all the more?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="content">But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="2CO.8.16+2CO.8.17+2CO.8.18+2CO.8.19+2CO.8.20+2CO.8.21+2CO.8.22">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CO.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CO.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CO.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Charge to Timothy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Be shepherds of God&#8217;s flock that is under your care, watching over them&#8212;not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JUD.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam&#8217;s error; they have been destroyed in Korah&#8217;s rebellion.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JUD.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JUD.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm&#8212;shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted&#8212;twice dead. </span></span></div>
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