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Matthew 10:37-38
“ Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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Psalms 119:2
Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—
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Deuteronomy 6:5
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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Psalms 119:9-11
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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Proverbs 4:25-27
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
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Proverbs 4:4
Then he taught me, and he said to me,“ Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
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Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
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Hosea 14:9
Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
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Psalms 107:43
Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.
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Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
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Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
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2 Corinthians 5 14-2 Corinthians 5 15
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
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Luke 14:26
“ If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters— yes, even their own life— such a person cannot be my disciple.
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2 Peter 1 19
We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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2 Corinthians 8 5
And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.