"I am a mess. But in your will, I am not meant to be a mess. I am made by you with the intent that I should shine with the glorious goodness of your image. Your purpose for me is that I should bear the light of your likeness into this darkened world." (To see the complete prayer, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #254: Not by Violence but by Self-Giving Love
"At the heart of John’s kingdom theology is God’s love revealed in the death of his Son, the Lamb, the Messiah. This is conquest, but by love. This is power, but in weakness. This is kingship, but in self-giving suffering for others." Wright & Bird (For the full quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #253: Justice Rooted in Love
"Love is the fiery heart beating at the center of the urgent call for justice in our world." J. Tisby (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Prayer Note #239: Healing Among the Thorns
"Lord Jesus, the thorns and thistles of the fallen and troubled life are everywhere I turn my eyes. Some days that’s all that I can see, all that I can feel. Their sharp spines tear at me. They steal all my attention." (For the complete prayer, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #252: Reconciling our Divisions
"The first sin of Adam and Eve separated human beings from God and from one another. Anything that widens that divide is also sin--it contradicts God's will for humans as a community and for each of us individually." J. Perkins (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #251: Jesus our All in All
"For then God wills to be all things to us--home and friend, mother hand and food for the coming day, the place where we can lay our heads, the heart in which we can find rest and can be like the fowls of the air and the lilies of the field, and say, 'I have nothing, and now Thy hand must be all things.'" H. Thielicke (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #250: Jesus Knows our Sufferings
"By my own suffering, I understood a fraction of Jesus' suffering. And that gave me strength. Now I could bear my own suffering." Corrie ten Boom (For complete quote, click link below.)
Bible Note #69: A Grace-based Society after God’s Heart
"This graciousness and free generosity that we see expressed both in the gospel of salvation and in God’s vision for society are both rooted in the character of God—our gracious, generous, compassionate God." (For the complete post, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #249: Cultural Influence
"In our attitude toward what is going on in the world around us, we evangelicals often present ourselves with a false choice. Either we try to separate ourselves as much as possible from the larger culture, or we think we have to attempt to dominate it." Richard Mouw (For complete quote, click the link below.)
Prayer Note #238: A Prayer on an Easter Morning
"In my own body, in my own life, may I have an in-breaking of your Easter Victory over death? You are risen! May I also be raised with you! Amen."
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