Posts Tagged ‘ Church ’

VerseD: 33:15

“If your presence does not go,” Moses responded to him, “don’t make us go up from here.”

Exodus 33:15, CSB

God loves us, and if He calls us to something then we can know He is with us. If we are wise, we know He is always with us, though we may be out of step with Him.

VerseD: Ezekiel 37:5

This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.

Ezekiel 37:5, CSB

God loves us and calls us to life in Him. He can revive us from spiritual deadness, and we have hope in Christ for the resurrection from the dead and eternity with Him.

VerseD: James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

James 5:16, CSB

God’s love for us is expressed through forgiveness, and He calls us to confess our sins even to each other so that we may join in Hisbloving work and bring healing to our relationships, our thoughts, our emotions, and our bodies.

VerseD: Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.”

Matthew 7:7, CSB

God loves us and wants what’s best for us. He calls us to seek Him first and foremost, and He will meet all our needs.

VerseD: 2 Chronicles 7:14

and my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14, CSB

God loves us and calls us to repentance and to love Him. May we humbly accept our need for God and seek Him, praying for others out of love for God and their souls.

VerseD: Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1, CSB

God is love, which is why He created everything: to make people to share in His love. May we love the God who created us and this universe we call home.

VerseD: John 13:34

“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.”

John 13:34, CSB

We love God, we love the people of the world with God’s love, and we love His Church even more with God’s love. We know we are His of our love for the Church grows.

VerseD: John 13:34

“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.”

John 13:34, CSB

The power of Christ moves in us by the Holy Spirit, helping us love His Church with the same selfless, sacrificial love He shows us.

VerseD: Luke 1:49

because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and his name is holy.

Luke 1:49, CSB

Nothing we do can make us righteous, but our Holy and migjt y God grants us the righteousness of Jesus when we put our faith in His death on the cross and His resurrection.

VerseD: Acts 20:35

“In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Acts 20:35, CSB

It is not what we do that makes us righteous before God, but it’s faith in Christ’s death on the cross and His resurrection that brings us righteousness. We then should want to share that righteousness with others to bring them to faith, and any other ways we can give like our Lord has to us should be our desire.