Be Holy Podcast

GOD is in TOTAL CONTROL! (No need to worry about it)

God Is In Control
 
Romans 8:28 ESV / 4,844 helpful votes
 
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 4,710 helpful votes
 
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Proverbs 19:21 ESV / 4,424 helpful votes
 
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 3,426 helpful votes
 
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3,349 helpful votes
 
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Joshua 1:9 ESV / 3,304 helpful votes
 
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 3,191 helpful votes
 
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Matthew 6:34 ESV / 3,097 helpful votes
 
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 2,874 helpful votes
 
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
Psalm 27:1 ESV / 2,802 helpful votes
 
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 115:3 ESV / 2,683 helpful votes
 
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
Matthew 19:26 ESV / 2,682 helpful votes
 
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Isaiah 14:24 ESV / 2,523 helpful votes
 
The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
Isaiah 45:6-7 ESV / 2,453 helpful votes
 
That people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things.
Proverbs 21:1 ESV / 2,452 helpful votes
 
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
Psalm 94:19 ESV / 2,395 helpful votes
 
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

Fear The LORD...but don‘t be Scared of the LORD! He didn‘t come to scare us.

Fear The Lord
 
Proverbs 28:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
Luke 1:50 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
Matthew 10:28 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Deuteronomy 5:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!
Proverbs 2:1-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

God Has a Case!

God Wont Lie
 
Hebrews 6:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
Titus 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalm 119:160 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
James 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
John 8:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

If You Need Help...

God Is Help
John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. ...
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...
Exodus 3:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...
Hebrews 7:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
Romans 16:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
Acts 24:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
Acts 16:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
Acts 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
Acts 4:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,
John 14:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ...
Luke 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.
Mark 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
Matthew 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 6:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 4:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
Matthew 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 1:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Isaiah 53:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. ...
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Psalm 138:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...
Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...
Psalm 48:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress. For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together. As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight. ...
Psalm 46:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. ...
 

Don‘t Worry About the Wicked...

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 20:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Revelation 6:9-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
Psalm 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Genesis 19:1-38 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.” But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.” ...
Revelation 14:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
Revelation 2:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’
Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Let‘s Talk About GOD pt. 2

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Lamentations 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Psalm 117:1-2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 143:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 90:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Isaiah 55:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Genesis 2:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
1 John 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
Zechariah 13:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Let‘s Talk About...GOD

Unfailing Love
Psalm 13:5 ESV / 19 helpful votes
But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...
Romans 5:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Job 10:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.
Matthew 22:37-40 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
1 John 4:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
1 John 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

The Wicked pt. 2

The Wicked
Revelation 21:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Malachi 4:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
Matthew 10:28 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Revelation 20:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Matthew 25:46 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Matthew 25:41 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Psalm 37:32 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

Spiritual Reality...Don‘t Judge‘em yet...

Sin Whispers To The Wicked
Psalm 36:1-12 ESV / 7 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord. Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. ...
Psalm 36:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord. Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Psalm 10:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Hebrews 7:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever. See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils! And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham. ...
Philemon 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

Things you can do today to be holy...

 
6 Wounds from a sincere friend    are better than many kisses from an enemy.
7 A person who is full refuses honey,    but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.
8 A person who strays from home    is like a bird that strays from its nest.
9 The heartfelt counsel of a friend    is as sweet as perfume and incense.
10 Never abandon a friend—    either yours or your father’s.When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.    It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
11 Be wise, my child,[a] and make my heart glad.    Then I will be able to answer my critics.
12 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.    The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
13 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.    Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[b]
14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning    will be taken as a curse!
15 A quarrelsome wife is as annoying    as constant dripping on a rainy day.16 Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind    or trying to hold something with greased hands.
17 As iron sharpens iron,    so a friend sharpens a friend.