Lord, continue to use Your Word to transform me into Your image and likeness. I want to be a person whom others trust without reserve. In Jesus' name, Amen.
If a person has grasped grace they do justice. If they don't, they say they are grateful for God's grace, but in the heart they are far from him. Not caring for the poor reveals that at best one doesn't understand grace and at worst you may not have encountered Gods saving mercy.
If your Christianity sees kindness as weakness and compassion as compromise and treating with dignity those with whom you disagree as collaboration with the enemy, you have utterly lost touch with Christ.
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My favorite fear-quenching bedtime word.
“God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.” 1 Thessalonians 5:9–10
I encourage you to take steps to reorder your life and to say a daily no to the relentless pressure around you to be a “human doing” rather than a “human being.”
Worry is an investment in your future.
Fear is an investment in your future.
Doubt is an investment in your future.
Action is an investment in your future.
Discipline is an investment in your future.
Belief is an investment in your future.
Invest wisely. Do the work.
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