2. 1 Samuel 16:6-7 (NKJV) 6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him." 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

3. 1 Peter 4:2 (GNT) Good News Translation 2 From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.

4. 3 John 2 (AMP) 2 Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].

5. Ephesians 4:26-27 (NKJV) 26 "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.

6. Genesis 1:26 (NKJV) 26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

7. Mark 12:29-30 (NKJV) 29 Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. 30 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.

9. Matthew 9:36 (NKJV) 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

10. Emotionalism (def)—When all that matters is how I feel.

11. Stoicism (def)—The endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint

12. Proverbs 14:12 (NKJV) 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

13. Romans 8:6 (GNT) Good News Translation 6 To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace.

14. 1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV) 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

15. 1 Kings 19:13-14, 18 (NKJV) 13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 14 And he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life." 18 Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."

16. Proverbs 5:22-23 (NLT2) 22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him. 23 He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness. Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.