"Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble!" Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV)

"He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." Proverbs 13:20 (NIV)

Our friends and associates affect us, sometimes profoundly. Be careful whom you choose as your closets friends. Spend time with people you want to be like because you and your friends will surely grow to resemble each other.

"The Lord says, 'Forget about what has happened before. Do not think about the past. [Instead] look at the new thing I am going to do." Isaiah 43:18-19 (NCV)

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request. I Chronicles 4:10 (NIV)

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request. I Chronicles 4:10 (NIV)

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people." Luke 2:10 (NIV)

"A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." Proverbs 16:9 (NKJ)

"...anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

"For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God." 1 Peter 1:18-19 (NLT)