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To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3, ESV
We no longer need to offer animal sacrifices to God, but we must sacrifice our own rights and desires to God’s will to spread His righteousness and fight injustice in our world.
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10, ESV
Our Lord is greater than anything we face. We need not fear, for our strong and faithful God is with us.
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3, ESV
When we feel afraid, may we turn to the source of strength and peace: our loving Father God.
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
Deuteronomy 6:6, ESV
God’s Word should be our primary source of knowledge that all other knowledge filters through. This is one way we love God, and by extension others.
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
Deuteronomy 6:4, ESV
Wholly holy, wholly righteous, and wholly loving.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are wholly one God who calls us to Himself.
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33, ESV
There are many things that can scare us or give us anxiety in this world, yet we can remember that our Lord has warned us they would come, He went through worse, and He is with us until He returns to remove all those things for ever.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psalm 46:11, ESV
We can rest our minds and hearts knowing Emmanuel, our mighty King and refuge, is with us and has saved us.
“‘And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'”
Acts 2:21, ESV
Calling on the name of the Lord is not merely praying or saying you understand or want something.
It is realizing you have been wrong and that Christ is the only way to be made right with God, believing He died for your sins, and trusting that He has indeed saved you and brought you into a saving, loving relationship.
“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12, ESV
It cannot be said enough:
Jesus Christ is our only hope, for this life and to attain eternal life by freedom from our sin of rebellion against God.
The earth is the Lord ‘s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Psalm 24:1-2, ESV
God created everything, even our home of Earth. He provides all we need, yet we must remember that we are His.
God needs nothing, but we need Him.
a simple man of God 