Sunday, July 16, 2017

Stay focused on God & what He has given you to do; Don’t Be Distracted by Other Things

Be careful, therefore, to do as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, not turning aside to the right or to the left

Do not get heated about the wicked or envy those who do wrong. 2 Quick as the grass they wither, fading like the green of the fields.

3 Put your trust in Yahweh and do right

Stay quiet before Yahweh, wait longingly for him, do not get heated over someone who is making a fortune, succeeding by devious means. 8 Refrain from anger, leave rage aside, do not get heated -- it can do no good

Turn your back on evil and do good, you will have a home for ever

Put your hope in Yahweh, keep to his path, he will raise you up to make the land your own

Observe the innocent, consider the honest

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul like a child quieted at its mother’s breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.

Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.26 Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.27 Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.

He who guards his way preserves his life.

Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men; it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

it is God’s gift to man that every one should … take pleasure in all his toil.

My son, perform your tasks in meekness; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts. 18 The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favor in the sight of the Lord.

Concentrate on what has been assigned you, you have no need to worry over mysteries. 23 Do not meddle with matters that are beyond you; what you have been taught already exceeds the scope of the human mind. 24 For many have been misled by their own notions, wicked presumption having warped their judgment.

Do not seek from the Lord the highest office, nor the seat of honor from the king. Do not assert your righteousness before the Lord, nor display your wisdom before the king.Do not seek to become a judge, lest you be unable to remove iniquity, lest you be partial to a powerful man, and thus put a blot on your integrity.

My child, stand by your agreement and attend to it, grow old while doing your work.

When a powerful man invites you, be reserved; and he will invite you the more often.10 Do not push forward, lest you be repulsed; and do not remain at a distance, lest you be forgotten. 11 Do not try to treat him as an equal, nor trust his abundance of words; for he will test you through much talk, and while he smiles he will be examining you. 12 Cruel is he who does not keep words to himself; he will not hesitate to injure or to imprison.

13 Keep words to yourself and be very watchful, for you are walking about with your own downfall.

15 Every creature loves its like, and every person his neighbor; 16 all living beings associate by species, and a man clings to one like himself. 17 What fellowship has a wolf with a lamb? No more has a sinner with a godly man.

Do your work before the appointed time, and in God’s time he will give you your reward.

I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content. 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want. 13 I can do all things in him who strengthens me.

you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

What did we bring into the world? Nothing! What can we take out of the world? Nothing! So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us. But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.


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