“Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?” (Hebrews 12:7, NRSV)
Endurance and Discipline
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
To Please God
“…but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts.” (1 Thessalonians 2:4, NRSV)
Living Waters
“As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:38b, NRSV)
Disciplines
“Prayer with fasting is good, but better than both is almsgiving with righteousness.” (Tobit 12:8a, NRSV)
Knowing
“For to know you is complete righteousness,
and to know your power is the root of immortality.” (Wisdom of Solomon 15:3, NRSV)
Thirsty?
“…[Jesus] cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink.’” (John 7:37b-38a, NRSV)
The Greatest Commandment
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37, NRSV)
A Future with Hope
“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11, NRSV)
Inheritance
“We are your people, O Lord, and your inheritance.” (1 Kings 8:51, LH)
Locating Hope
“And now, what is my hope?
O Lord, my hope is in you.” (Psalm 39:8, BCP)