The Bible inspires me to:
1) Show unconditional love towards others
2) Expect the best and receive it
3) Be grateful for the abundance around me
4) Find the best in others
5) Treat others with dignity and respect
6) Not be consumed with worry or fear
7) Understand there is an eternal home for me that will have no fear, hatred, jealousy, envy, pain or suffering
8) Be the best Parent I can be
9) Not be consumed with stuff
10) Not be disappointed in the temporary
11) Rely on the spiritual plane, not the emotional or physical
12) Stick with a committment
13) Stand for the poor, the oppressed and the downtrodden
14) Give generously to others
15) Understand the concepts of grace, mercy and reconciliation
16) Understand that people screw up, but they're still ok
17) Understand there are evil forces roaming the Earth
19) Understand those evil forces will not be victorious
20) To see God's Spirit moving in me and through me
21) See there are all kinds of whacky new ideas all the time that are temporal.
22) See that I need to help others
23) Be generous toward others
24) Not judge others
25) Not call others names
26) Treat others as I would hope and expect to be treated
27) Live on a higher plane than those that have no hope in the eternal
28) Forgive others
29) Seek forgiveness from others when I wrong them
30) Act morally and ethically in matters of trust
31) Be committed to my spouse in a monogamous relationship
32) Treat my parents with respect and take care of them
33) Run from evil
34) Know right from wrong
35) Understand the temptations of evil
36) Understand I have grace and redemption even though I fail
37) See hurting people in the world
38) Help hurting people
More coming later, but that's a decent start.
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