The document contains several Bible verses and passages from scripture presented by the Global Institute For Transformation. The verses discuss themes of love, faith, obedience, serving others, and transforming one's life through following God's will. The Institute for Transformation is identified as the source and provides contact information.

1. What A Gift! For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life . John 3: 16 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

2. May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3: 5 NIV® Clear! © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

3. Tough Guys Love A Lot Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16: 13, 14 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

4. Let Your Love Grow “ A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”-- Jesus John 13: 34-35 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

5. “ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” - Jesus John 15:8 NIV® Be A Fruit Gusher © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

6. The Secret To Being A Happy Camper Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers… love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1: 22 NIV® Go Deep! © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

7. © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation ® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org Searching For True Love? God is Love. 1 John 4: 16 NIV®

8. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139: 23-24 NIV® Give It To God © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

9. You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. Galatians 5:13 Freedom © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

10. Other-wise Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others . Philippians 2: 3, 4 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

11. “ Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” – Jesus Mt 5:11-12 NIV® Be Blessed © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

12. I Can’t Bear To See You That Way Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared. Proverbs 22: 24, 25 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

13. “ If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” -- Jesus Matthew 6:14 – 15 NIV® Even Exchange © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

14. Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3 : 5 – 6 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

15. Choose Your Love Boat Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away but the man who does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2: 15 – 17 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

16. Possible Choking Hazard “ The worries of this life the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word (of God in us), making it unfruitful.” -- Jesus Mark 4:19 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

17. Walk The Walk Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2: 6 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation ® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

18. The Original Purpose-Driven Life He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness. 1 Peter 2: 24 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

19. “ I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” -- Jesus John 14: 6 NIV® Reroute Your Trip © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

20. Be Transformed Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will. The man who does the will of God lives forever. Romans 12: 2; 1 John 2: 17 NIV® © 2007 Global Institute For Transformation® 877-WE-GIFT2 www.institutefortransformation.org

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