Sep 1.00: Light For The Day - "Keep Away From Doing Wrong"

-- 1 Thessalonians 5:13 (NLT)
"Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those
who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. 
Take tender care of those who are weak. 
Be patient with everyone.
15 See that no one pays back evil for evil,
but always try to do good to each other and
to everyone else.
16 Always be joyful. 
17 Keep on praying.
18 No matter what happens, always be thankful,
for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
19 Do not stifle the Holy Spirit.
20 Do not scoff at prophecies,
21 but test everything that is said.
Hold on to what is good. 
22 Keep away from every kind of evil."

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-- Proverbs 17:13 (RSV)
"If a man returns evil for good, 
evil will not depart from his house."

-- Romans 12:21 (RSV)
"Don’t let evil get the best of you,
but conquer evil by doing good."

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-- Mathhew 5:44-48 (NLT)
44 But I say, love your enemies!
Pray for those who persecute you! 
45 In that way, you will be acting as true children
of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight
to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain
on the just and on the unjust, too.
46 If you love only those who love you, what good
is that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.
47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you
different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.
48 But you are to be perfect,
even as your Father in heaven is perfect."

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-- 1 John 4:7,8 (RSV) 
"Dear friends, let us continue to love one another,
for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born
of God and knows God.
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God
-- for God is love."

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