No vile thing. Psalms 101:2-4

I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart. I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. (WEB)

Don’t seek revenge. Romans 12:19

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.” ~ WEB

Faithful in that which is another’s. Luke 16:12

If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? (WEB)

Lay aside the weight of sin. Hebrews 12:1

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us  (WEB)

Blessed is the faithful servant. Matthew 24:45-46

Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. (WEB)

• Translation: be about your business, and conduct your affairs as though the Lord may return at any time.

It won’t delay! Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay. (WEB)

Tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him. (WEB)

Beware the yeast. Matthew 16:6

Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” (WEB)

• In this context, yeast represented the teaching and constructs of men alone, apart from God. Too often traditions become more important then hearing His still small voice. Who are you listening to today?

Discern the signs! Matthew 16:1-3

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times.” (WEB)

Shine forth as the sun. Matthew 13:43

Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. (WEB)