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Acts 5:42
Every day they taught in the temple courtyards and from house to house. They never stopped telling people the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.
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Acts 20:7
On the first day of the week we met to break bread and eat together. Paul spoke to the people. He kept on talking until midnight because he planned to leave the next day.
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Psalms 86:11
Lord, teach me how you want me to live. Do this so that I will depend on you, my faithful God. Give me a heart that doesn’t want anything more than to worship you.
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2 Corinthians 1 12
Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.
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Acts 16:34
The jailer brought them into his house. He set a meal in front of them. He and everyone who lived with him were filled with joy. They had become believers in God.
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Acts 2:42
The believers studied what the apostles taught. They shared their lives together. They ate and prayed together.
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Acts 1:13-14
When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Here is a list of those who were there. Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas son of JamesThey all came together regularly to pray. The women joined them too. So did Jesus’ mother Mary and his brothers.
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Nehemiah 8:10
Nehemiah said,“ Go and enjoy some good food and sweet drinks. Send some of it to people who don’t have any. This day is holy to our Lord. So don’t be sad. The joy of the Lord makes you strong.”
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Romans 12:8
Is it encouraging others? Then encourage them. Is it giving to others? Then give freely. Is it being a leader? Then work hard at it. Is it showing mercy? Then do it cheerfully.
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Luke 24:53
Every day they went to the temple, praising God.
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1 Corinthians 11 20-1 Corinthians 11 22
So when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.As you eat, some of you go ahead and eat your own private meals. Because of this, one person stays hungry and another gets drunk.Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? You are shaming those in the church who have nothing. Do you think so little of God’s church that you do this? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? Certainly not about the Lord’s Supper!
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Deuteronomy 16:11
Be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. Be joyful at the special place he will choose for his Name. You, your children, and your male and female servants should be joyful. So should the Levites living in your towns. So should the outsiders and widows living among you. And so should the children whose fathers have died.
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Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything. Don’t do it just to please them when they are watching you. Obey them with an honest heart. Do it out of respect for the Lord.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go and enjoy your food. Be joyful as you drink your wine. God has already approved what you do.
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Luke 24:30
He joined them at the table. Then he took bread and gave thanks. He broke it and began to give it to them.
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Matthew 6:22
“ The eye is like a lamp for the body. Suppose your eyes are healthy. Then your whole body will be full of light.
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1 Corinthians 10 30-1 Corinthians 10 31
Suppose I give thanks when I eat. Then why should I be blamed for eating food I thank God for?So eat and drink and do everything else for the glory of God.
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Acts 3:1
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. It was the time for prayer.
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Acts 5:21
Early the next day they did as they had been told. They entered the temple courtyard. There they began to teach the people. The high priest and his companions arrived. They called the Sanhedrin together. The Sanhedrin was a gathering of all the elders of Israel. They sent for the apostles who were in jail.
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Luke 11:41
Give freely to poor people to show what is inside you. Then everything will be clean for you.
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Deuteronomy 12:7
You and your families will eat at the place the Lord your God will choose. He will be with you there. You will find joy in everything you have done. That’s because he has blessed you.
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Deuteronomy 12:12
Be filled with joy there in the sight of the Lord your God. Your children should also be joyful. So should your male and female servants. And so should the Levites from your towns. The Levites won’t receive any part of the land as their share.
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2 Corinthians 11 3
But Eve’s mind was tricked by the snake’s clever lies. And here’s what I’m afraid of. Your minds will also somehow be led astray. They will be led away from your true and pure love for Christ.
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Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your masters here on earth. Respect them and honor them with a heart that is true. Obey them just as you would obey Christ.