Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;
righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,
and righteousness will look down from the sky…
righteousness will go before him,
and will make a path for his steps. –Psalm 85:10-11,13
To live strongly and creatively in the kingdom of God, we need to have firmly fixed in our minds what our future is to be like. We want to live fully in the Kingdom now, and for that purpose our future must make sense to us” –Dallas Willard
When Christ, who is our life shall appear then you will be revealed with Him as glorious. –Colossians 3:4
How great a love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be described as children of God! But it has not yet been shown what we shall be. We only know that when He appears we shall be as He is. –I John 3:1-2
He will transform our lowly body to be like his glory body, using the power He has over everything. –Philippians 3:20
Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come…
He will come and save you!—Isaiah 35:4
Lord, help me to prepare for the coming of your Son. May he find me waiting and watching in joyful anticipation.Through Christ, I pray.—Robert Webber
Lord Jesus Christ, as I await your coming show me your ways,Teach me your paths. For you are the God of my salvation.On you I wait all the day.—adapted from Psalm 25:4-5
God’s purpose in history is implicitly disclosed: to enter the arena of fallen humanity and effect the redemption of His creation—the mission in which his people are also to be totally engaged that invites us to be about something bigger than ourselves.
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world—Jesus (John 17:18)
I still believe deeply that our few years on this earth are part of a much larger event that stretches out far beyond the boundaries of our birth and death. I think of it as a mission into time, a mission that is very exhilarating and even exciting. Mostly because the One who sent me on the mission is waiting for me to come home and tell the story of what I have learned.-Henri Nouwen
Somehow all I really need to know is if You who live in eternity hear the prayers of those of us who live in time. We can’t see what’s ahead and we can not get free from what we’ve left behind, I’m reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears all the words of shame and doubt, blame and regret. I can’t see how You’re leading me unless You’ve led me here where I’m lost enough to let myself be led.-Song lyrics from Rich Mullin’s ‘Hard to Get’
And if you leave My path and go astray, you will hear a Voice behind you say, “no this is the way, walk here”—Isaiah 30:21
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.—2 Corinthians 5:18
Unity is a gift of God that we maintain through a life of speaking the truth, confessing when we are wrong, changing our ways of thinking and doing that are opposed to God and violate others, receive forgiveness and ask forgiveness of those we wrong. When this is our practice we see the fruit of reconciliation which is healing and new life and becoming one
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.—John 17:20,21
My heart is transformed by the smile of trust given by some people who are terribly fragile and weak. They call forth new energies from me. They seem to break down barriers and bring me a new freedom.
It is the same with the smile of a child: even the hardest heart can’t resist. Contact with people who are weak and who are crying out…is one of the most important nourishments in our lives. When we let ourselves be really touched by the gift of their presence, they leave something precious in our hearts.
As long as we remain at the level of “doing” things for people, we tend to stay behind our barriers of superiority. We ought to welcome the gift of the poor with open hands. Jesus says, “What you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me. -Jean Vanier
I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun,
not just because I see it,
but because by it I can see everything else–C.S. Lewis
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples,
and I will sing praises to you among the nations.
For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.-Psalm 108
The countless hints of kindness that surround us in moments of beauty, glimpses of compassion, and felt provision are rumors that tell us we are not alone; we are not orphans left alone. A grateful soul is opened to wonder as it follows the sunbeam up to the sun. It is possible, with practice, to see only the beam of light and not the source that offers it. But a thankful heart, reminds us that there is, in all things, Someone greater to thank.
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.
I will enter into your presence with thanksgiving,
and Your courts with praise!
I will Give thanks to You; and bless Your name! For the LORD is good;
His steadfast love endures forever,
and His faithfulness to all generations.
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