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2 Peter 1:5-11

For this very reason, 

make every effort to add to your faith goodness; 

and to goodness, knowledge; 

and to knowledge, self-control;

 and to self-control, perseverance;

 and to perseverance, godliness;

and to godliness, mutual affection;

 and to mutual affection, love. 

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. 

But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters,
make every effort to confirm your calling and election. 

For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 

and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom 

of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Micah 6:6-8

With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

with calves a year old?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?

Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, 

let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

James 1:2
Trials and Temptations

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, 

whenever you face trials of many kinds,

Ephesians 1:4-5

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. 

In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, 

in accordance with his pleasure and will—

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own.

As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. 

That is why the world hates you.

Hebrews 10:34

You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.