Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
Hebrews 13:16, HCSB
God created a home for us and called us to love as He loves, so let us find ways to love others well, sacrificially and compassionately, just like Christ.
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2, CSB
We find joy and peace by remaining focused on the joy Christ could see on the other side of the cross, knowing He took our shame and punishment on Himself to bring us into fellowship with God when we believe He saved us from the curse of sin and is always with us.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love
Ephesians 4:2, CSB
We find joy in imitating the patience, humility, and gentleness of God’s love, living sacrificially as Christ did with us. We believe Jesus lived this way, so we bring His peace to others.
But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name
John 1:12, CSB
We find joy in the love of God who saves all those who believe in Jesus, God in the flesh who saved us from sin and separation from God by His death and resurrection.
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
1 John 4:16, CSB
We find joy in the love of God, the one who made us, came for us, saved us, and now dwells within us.
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6, CSB
We love the Church, for this is where Christ dwells by the Holy Spirit, and we share the Truth as the only Way to eternal Life as a collective Body for His glory.
Do we truly love the Lord our God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths? Maybe I can help with the mind part, at least! This is Daniel M. Klem, apparent poet, reluctant yet passionate Disciple (Peter?), and foolish man attempting to understand theology!
a simple man of God 