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1 Timothy 1:12-17

On 12/09/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Nehemiah 9:6

On 12/01/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Nehemiah 9:6 — from biblegateway.com

⁶You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Psalm 100:4-5

On 11/24/2022, in creativity, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Psalm 100:4-5

⁴Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.
⁵For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
    his faithfulness continues through all generations.

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Thank you for you LORD!!! And thank you for your patience with me, and for your mercy, forgiveness, and love (which it has taken me a long time to realize/embrace). Thank you for being active (most likely, mind-blowingly so).

Thank you for your creativity. Thank you for my/our senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch — and for all that our bodies can do. We truly are fearfully and wonderfully made. Thank you for our minds and our hearts — may they be inclined towards doing right by you and by others.

Psalm 95: 1-7

On 11/20/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Psalm 95: 1-7 — from biblegateway.com

¹Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
²Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.

³For the Lord is the great God,
    the great King above all gods.
⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth,
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come, let us bow down in worship,
    let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
⁷for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,
    the flock under his care.

Psalm 40:5 and Proverbs 15:22-23

On 10/23/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

⁵Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many to declare.

²²Plans fail for lack of counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.

²³A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—
and how good is a timely word!

Isaiah 55:6 & Micah:8 6

On 10/09/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, parents/guardians, relationships, religion, society, youth, by Daniel Christian

Isaiah 55:6 — from biblegateway.com

Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.

Micah 6:8 — from biblegateway.com

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Proverbs 3:5-6

On 08/22/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

⁵Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.

Psalm 34:18

On 07/09/2022, in Emotion, faith, global / globalization, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

¹⁸The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 33

On 07/06/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

¹Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
    it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
²Praise the Lord with the harp;
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
³Sing to him a new song;
    play skillfully, and shout for joy.

⁴For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
⁵The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
⁷He gathers the waters of the sea into jars^[a];
    he puts the deep into storehouses.
⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the people of the world revere him.
⁹For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
¹¹But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
    the people he chose for his inheritance.
¹³From heaven the Lord looks down
    and sees all mankind;
¹⁴from his dwelling place he watches
    all who live on earth—
¹⁵he who forms the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.

¹⁶No king is saved by the size of his army;
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
¹⁸But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
¹⁹to deliver them from death
    and keep them alive in famine.

²⁰We wait in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹In him our hearts rejoice,
    for we trust in his holy name.
²²May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

Psalm 36:5-7

On 07/03/2022, in Access to Justice (A2J), faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

⁵Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the skies.
⁶Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
    your justice like the great deep.
    You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
⁷How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Hebrews 9:28 and 1 Chronicles 29:11

On 06/10/2022, in faith, future, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, history, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Hebrews 9:28 — from biblegateway.com

²⁸so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

¹¹Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
    and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
    for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
    you are exalted as head over all.

Revelation 21: 2-4 “He will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

On 06/01/2022, in faith, future, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Revelation 21: 2-4 (New International Version)

²I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. ³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’^[a] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

A doxology from Romans 11:33-36

On 05/18/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Romans 11:33-36 — from biblegateway.com

Doxology

³³Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!
³⁴“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”
³⁵“Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”
³⁶For from him and through him and for him are all things.
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.

To those who celebrate it: Happy Easter to you! Thank you LORD!!!

On 04/16/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Picture of an empty tomb -- so glad the tomb was empty! Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!

Romans 5:6-8

On 04/11/2022, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Romans 5:6-8

⁶You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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