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Joshua 24:15-28
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If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve the LORD."
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The people replied, "We would never leave the LORD to serve other gods!
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The LORD our God brought our fathers and us out of slavery in Egypt, and we saw the miracles that he performed. He kept us safe wherever we went among all the nations through which we passed.
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As we advanced into this land, the LORD drove out all the Amorites who lived here. So we also will serve the LORD; he is our God."
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Joshua said to the people, "But you may not be able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God and will not forgive your sins. He will tolerate no rivals,
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and if you leave him to serve foreign gods, he will turn against you and punish you. He will destroy you, even though he was good to you before."
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The people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD."
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Joshua told them, "You are your own witnesses to the fact that you have chosen to serve the LORD." "Yes," they said, "we are witnesses."
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"Then get rid of those foreign gods that you have," he demanded, "and pledge your loyalty to the LORD, the God of Israel."
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The people then said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God. We will obey his commands."
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So Joshua made a covenant for the people that day, and there at Shechem he gave them laws and rules to follow.
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Joshua wrote these commands in the book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree in the LORD's sanctuary.
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He said to all the people, "This stone will be our witness. It has heard all the words that the LORD has spoken to us. So it will be a witness against you, to keep you from rebelling against your God."
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Then Joshua sent the people away, and everyone returned to their own part of the land.
Luke 14:25-33
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Once when large crowds of people were going along with Jesus, he turned and said to them,
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"Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.
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Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.
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If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.
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If you don't, you will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who see what happened will make fun of you.
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'You began to build but can't finish the job!' they will say.
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If a king goes out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to face that other king.
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If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off.
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In the same way," concluded Jesus, "none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have.
the Lord
Philippians 4:18
Here, then, is my receipt for everything you have given me---and it has been more than enough! I have all I need now that Epaphroditus has brought me all your gifts. They are like a sweet-smelling offering to God, a sacrifice which is acceptable and pleasing to him.
Philippians 4:19
And with all his abundant wealth through Christ Jesus, my God will supply all your needs.
2 Timothy 1:16-18
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May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he cheered me up many times. He was not ashamed that I am in prison,
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but as soon as he arrived in Rome, he started looking for me until he found me.
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May the Lord grant him his mercy on that Day! And you know very well how much he did for me in Ephesus.
the dead
Ruth 1:5
Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left all alone, without husband or sons.
Ruth 2:20
"May the LORD bless Boaz!" Naomi exclaimed. "The LORD always keeps his promises to the living and the dead." And she went on, "That man is a close relative of ours, one of those responsible for taking care of us."
Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord.
Ephesians 6:2
"Respect your father and mother" is the first commandment that has a promise added:
Ephesians 6:3
"so that all may go well with you, and you may live a long time in the land."
Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, for that is what you should do as Christians.
Colossians 3:24
Remember that the Lord will give you as a reward what he has kept for his people. For Christ is the real Master you serve.