Toil Is Meaningless

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 2:17-23


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Wisdom is Meaningless

Then I thought in my heart, "The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?" I said in my heart, "This too is meaningless." For the wise man, like the fool, will not be long remembered; in days to come both will be forgotten. Like the fool, the wise man too must die!
Ecclesiastes 2: 15-16


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Wise And Fool

Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done? I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness. The wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.
Ecclesiastes 2:12-14


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Vanity Of All Vanities

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.
Ecclesiastes 1: 9-11


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Everything Is Meaningless

Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
-Ecclesiastes 1:4-6


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Shutter Speed And The Rain

This one was taken few days after I asked the Lord that I want to walk under the rain. It's one of the glorious moment of my whole life and there never will be anything else quite that fantastic...

Purity

Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, who do not put their trust in an idol or swear by a false god. They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior.
-Psalm 24:3-5


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God's I Will

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes.
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.
-Revelation 21:3-4

Faith

And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
-Hebrews 11:6


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Lovingkindness

Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments.
-Deuteronomy 7:9


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Dishonesty

All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the Lord your God.
-Deuteronomy 25:16


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Hard Work

Work hard, and you will be a leader; be lazy, and you will end up a slave.
-Proverbs 12:24


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Diligence

No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.
-2 Timothy 2:4-6


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Weakness

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
-1 Corinthians 9:22


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Possessions

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
-1 John 3:17


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Suffering

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
-Hebrews 13:3


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Compassion

Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
-1 Peter 3:8


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Change

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing
the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
-Romans 12:2


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Fear Not

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
-Isaiah 41:10


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Discipline

He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
-Proverbs 13:18


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Contentment

But godliness with contentment is great gain.
-1 Timothy 6:6


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Imperishable

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a
perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
-1 Corinthians 9:24-25


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Goal

So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please Him.
-2 Corinthians 5:9


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Boast Not

This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord
-Jeremiah 9:23-24


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Confidence

In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.
-Proverbs 14:26


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Dreams

And the Lord said to them, “Now listen to what I say: “If there were prophets among you, I, the Lord, would reveal Myself in visions. I would speak to them in dreams."
-Numbers 12:6

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Visions

And the Lord answered me, and said, "Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
-Habakkuk 2:2-3


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The Light

Your WORD is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
-Psalm 119:105

Knowing God

At one time you were not God’s people. But now you are God’s people. At one time you did not know God’s kindness. Now you do.
-1 Peter 2: 9-10

Be The Example

Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
-1 Timothy 4:12

Purpose

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
-Romans 8:28