The Hours from 9 to 5 (Give or Take)

Live It! Faith in action

Matthew 7:20 – Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. (New Living Translation)

Colossians 1:11 – We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,. . . (New Living Translation)

Key to 24-hour living is recognizing when I usually set my ‘Backpack of Faith’ down

2 Corinthians 13:5 – Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith. (New Living Translation)

We drop our backpack when . . .

▸ . . . integrity is required

1 Chronicles 29:17 – I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. . . . (New Living Translation)

Proverbs 11:20 – The Lord detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights in those with integrity. (New Living Translation)

▸ . . . money is involved

1 Timothy 6:10 – For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. (New Living Translation)

Ecclesiastes 5:10 – Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! (New Living Translation)

▸ . . . the pace is rushed

Share It! _______________________________________

Matthew 5:16 – Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven. (Contemporary English Version)

How to live it and share it more naturally

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2 Corinthians 5:17 – Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new. (Contemporary English Version)

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Galatians 5:6 – . . . the only thing that counts is faith working through love. (New Revised Standard Version)

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1 Thessalonians 1:8 – And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, . . . for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. . . . (New Living Translation)

1 Thessalonians 1:8 – . . . The news of your faith in God is out. We don’t even have to say anything anymore – you’re the message! (The Message)