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7 “Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down to eat’? 8 “But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’? 9 “He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he? 10 “So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

- Luke 17:7-10 NASB

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But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy.

- 2 Timothy 3:1-2 NASB

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I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadowsIf I fail, if I succeedAt least I'll live as I believeNo matter what they take from meThey can't take away my dignityBecause the greatest love of allIs happening to meI found the greatest love of allInside of meThe greatest love of allIs easy to achieveLearning to love yourselfIt is the greatest love of all

- Whitney Houston, "Greatest Love Of All"

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

- John 15:13 NASB

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In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

- 1 John 4:10 NASB

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7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us

- Romans 5:7-8 NASB

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3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

- Philippians 2:3-8 NASB

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For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps

- 1 Peter 2:21 NASB

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My child arrived just the other dayHe came to the world in the usual wayBut there were planes to catch and bills to payHe learned to walk while I was awayAnd he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grewHe'd say "I'm gonna be like you, DadYou know I'm gonna be like you"When you comin' home, DadI don't know when, but we'll get together thenYou know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other dayHe said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's playCan you teach me to throw", I said "Not todayI got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok"And he walked away but his smile never dimmedAnd said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeahYou know I'm gonna be like him"

Well, he came from college just the other daySo much like a man I just had to say"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while"He shook his head and said with a smile"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keysSee you later, can I have them please"

I've long since retired, my son's moved awayI called him up just the other dayI said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the timeYou see my new job's a hassle and the kids have the fluBut it's sure nice talking to you, DadIt's been sure nice talking to you"

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to meHe'd grown up just like meMy boy was just like me

- Sandy Chapin, Harry F. Chapin, "Cat's In The Cradle"

1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails;

- 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 NASB

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19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price

- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20a NASB

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And be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

- Ephesians 5:21 NASB

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And be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.


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Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.


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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,


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This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.


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