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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21, ESV
Everything we do apart from Christ is evil, yet He came to overcome our evil with His righteousness by His death.
May we live like our Lord and Savior, loving others sacrificially and with goodness.
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2, ESV
Our God showed us that a cursed person was hung on a tree, facing ultimate shame. Yet He came to us, knowing He would take our shame, and knowing He would see us in Eternity.
“and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32, ESV
We know we are horrible, and this truth hurts, but the truth that God came to us to redeem us and restore us frees us to move past mistakes, sins, and horribleness and into life, love, and grace.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
Matthew 10:16, ESV
The world hates Christ and wants to stop Hos Word from spreading, but as we walk with Him, He guides us by the Holy Spirit in all wisdom while keeping us innocent amidst the wickedness.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Romans 12:10, ESV
Let us love like our Lord who came to us, served us, died for us, and helps us even now.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Jude 1:20-21, ESV
We have no fear of this world or death as we seek the love of God through faith, growing more into the Christ-likeness we are called to as we await our full redemption in eternity.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12, ESV
We fear what others may say or do to us, but God’s Word can cut much deeper and reveal more about us than anything or anyone in this world. But He also can heal and restore us better than any other.
Let us trust in Him.
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Romans 5:3-5, ESV
We need not fear what this life does to us, for we know that as we pursue Him, God uses our circumstances to make us more like Jesus, living inside us by the Holy Spirit who gives us the hope of eternal life free from sin and pain.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:10, ESV
We don’t have to live in fear, knowing that God has defeated Satan and the lower of this world through the cross.
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7, ESV
We should not fear those in this world nor even death, for our God has given us power over death and the Spirit to help us love this world and show self-control, even in the midst of chaos.
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