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1. ANGRY
Genesis 4:5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:6 So the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."
Genesis 4:8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
1 Samuel 18:8-9 Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?" So Saul eyed David from that day forward.
Psalms 37:8-118 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret — it only causes harm
Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.
Psalms 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
Psalms 103:9 He will not always. strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.
Psalms 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
Ephesians 4:25-26 Therefore, putting away lying, 26 "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:30-32 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Mark 3:5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
2. OVERCOMING THE DARK SIDE
Genesis 1:4 God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness,
Job 17:12 They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’
Psalms 18:28 For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Isaiah 5:20 "How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness...
Isaiah 9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
Matthew 6:23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
John 12:46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
Romans 8:35, 37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
1 John 4:4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 5:4-5 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
3. THE WALKING DEAD
James 1:15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
Ephesians 2:1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
John 5:25 Most assuredly, I tell all of you with certainty, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 1:4-5 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness does not comprehend it.
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4. FOCUS ON FORGIVENESS
Matthew 18:32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
Matthew18:33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'
Matthew 18:34 his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
Matthew 18:35 "So My heavenly Father also will do to you. if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."
1 John 1:9-10 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Joel 2:25 So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten ...
Matthew 6:13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
John 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
5. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
Romans 8:37-39 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 6:10-13 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
​1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
6. LONG AND WINDING ROAD
Romans 1:21-22, 25 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools... who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 3:10-11 As it is written: "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS; THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS AFTER GOD.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 5:6-9 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 10:8-10 But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:13 For "WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED."
7. ONLY THE LONELY
Genesis 2:18 LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.
Ecclesiastes 4:8-10 There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks, "For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?" This also is vanity and a grave misfortune. Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up.
Lamentations 1:1 How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow is she, who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces has become a slave!
Lamentations 1:2 She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers She has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.
Lamentations 3:27-28 It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone and keep silent, because God has laid it on him;
Exodus 24:2 "And Moses alone shall come near the LORD
Ezekiel 9:8 , I was left alone; and I fell on my face and cried out, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD!
Daniel 10:8 (NKJV) "Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength."
John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
Joh 16:32 Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
John 8:29 " He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.
John 8:16 "And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me.
8. TEN RULES FOR DATING
God brought the woman to the man...
Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.
Genesis 2:18 And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him."
Heb 13:4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
Genesis 2:21-23 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man. When the man was asleep, he removed one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been. Then the LORD God formed the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. So the man exclaimed, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one will be called 'Woman,' because she was taken from Man."
Genesis 24:67 Isaac took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her.
Rule #1: DON'T sleep together before marriage! Rule 2-10: Refer to rule #1.
9. PARTY AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Luke 12:19-20 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you.
Luke 17:26-27 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Ezekiel 16:49-50 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.
Matthew 14:6-8 But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter."
10. AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE
2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Jeremiah 3:22 "Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings."
Proverbs 3:5-8 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, Do not trust in your own opinion. Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. And He shall direct your paths. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
Psalms 41:4 I said, "Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You."
Psalms 6:2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
11. POKÉMON GO
Proverbs 2:4-5 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.
Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
12. COVID-19, THE FORESHADOWING
One World Government, One World Religion and One World Economic System
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Revelation 13:7-8 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 13:16-17 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13. CLEAR MIND
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Ephesians 4:22-24 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
2 Corinthians 10:5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
14. THE ENJOYED MARRIAGE
Proverbs 31:10-12 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
Genesis 24:67 Isaac took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her:
15. STOP LYING TO OURSELVES
Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Psalms 116:11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Proverbs 6:16-17, 19 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal truthfully are His delight.
Psalms 52:3 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies will not escape.
John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the. truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Ephesians 2:1-2 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Zephaniah 3:12 -13 I will leave in your midst. A meek & humble people, And they shall trust in the name of the LORD. The remnant of Israel. shall do no unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed their flocks. and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid."
