Lack Of Motivation

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.” — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter. — read the full passage →

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Pray without ceasing.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; — read the full passage →

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints: — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

We love him, because he first loved us.

who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Do all things without murmurings and disputes, — read the full passage →

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”