32 Bible Verses about Staying Positive

Be on the watch. Stand firm in your faith. Act like men. Show yourselves strong.

offering men the message of life. Then I will have reason to boast of you on the Day of Christ, because my exertion and labor have not been wasted.

I am undecided between the two, for I long to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better,

Now brothers, goodbye! Be what you ought to be, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and God the source of love and peace will be with you.

not wanting in devotion, but on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

Fix your thoughts on the things that are above, not on those that are on earth.

For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better.

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

and one of you says to them, "Goodbye, keep warm and have plenty to eat," without giving them the necessaries of life, what good does it do?

To all who are unmarried and to widows, I would say this: It is an excellent thing if they can remain single as I am.

Do the things that you learned, received, and heard from me, and that you saw me do. Then God who gives peace will be with you.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.

You must remain united to me and I will remain united to you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains united to the vine, you cannot unless you remain united to me.

Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

For it is the will of God that by doing right you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish people.

Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

So faith by itself, if it has no good deeds to show, is dead.

and keep your conscience clear, so that those who abuse your upright Christian conduct may be made ashamed of their slanders.

I do not do the good things that I want to do; I do the wrong things that I do not want to do.

"You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"??22 referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations.

But do not forget to be helpful and generous, for that is the kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

Therefore I will always remind you of this, although you know it and are firmly grounded in the truth that you have.

and avoiding every kind of evil.

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd will give his life for his sheep.

To those who have no law I have become like a man without any law??hough I am not without the law of God, but under the law of Christ??o as to win over those who are without any law.

But she will be happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is, and I think I have God's spirit as well as other people.

To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean.

Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.

Be happy in your hope, steadfast in time of trouble, persistent in prayer.

Whatever town or village you come to, inquire for some suitable person, and stay with him till you leave the place.

Faith means the assurance of what we hope for; it is our conviction about things that we cannot see.

In it God's way of uprightness is disclosed through faith and for faith, just as the Scripture says, "The upright will have life because of his faith."