Compassion

"Why have I found such favor [grace] in your eyes that you notice me--a foreigner?" -Ruth 2:10

Place of Sacrifice

"Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."  -Matthew 6:33

Consuming Fire

"For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."  -1 Corinthians 1:13

Helping Those in Need

"I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me."  -Matthew 25:43

Share Your Brokenness

"Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory."  

-Romans 8:17

Ministry of Presence

"When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."  -Matthew 9:36

A Safe Place

"Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said:  'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."  

-Mark 8:34

Love as a Roof

"[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." - 1 Corinthians 13:7

Bucket List

"God is able to bless you abundantly, so that...you will abound in every good work."  -2 Corinthians 9:8

The Mystery

"Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:  He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory."  -1 Timothy 3:16

Narrow Paths

"Judah has gone into exile to escape affliction and servitude.  She that sat among the nations, has found no rest.  All her pursuers overtook her amid narrow passes." 

-Lamentations 1:3

For Such a Time as This

"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'" -Matthew 25:40

Homeless cats

Givenness

"For God so loved the world the he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."  -John 3:16

Broken Bread

"Taking the five loaves....He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the people....About five thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children...." -Matthew 14:19b, 21

Good Brokenness

"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.  But if it dies, it produces many seeds."  -John 12:24

Brokenness

"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor.  He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set the oppressed free." -Luke 4:18

Sacrifice

"....whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."  -Matthew 10:39b

What Love Looks Like

"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."  -1 John 4:12

Gabriel

Peace of Christ

" Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts." 

-Colossians 3:15

              

Living Water

"But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.  Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life."  -John 4:14

Holiness

"Put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." -Ephesians 4:24

Freedom

"If the Son set you free, you will be free indeed." -John 8:36

Peacemakers

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." -Matthew 5:9

Bridges

"Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing'......" -Luke 23:34

Standing Out

"As all of us reflect the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, we are becoming more like him with ever-increasing glory by the Lord's Spirit." -2 Corinthians 3:18

Sharing

"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms."  -1 Peter 4:10

Open Doors

"Then Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them [because they listen for the Shepherd's voice--v. 2]."
-John 10:7-8

I Am Here For God

"Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."  -Colossians 3:17

Light to my Path

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
-Psalm 119:105

Desires of the Heart

"Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."  -Psalm 37:4

Jesus, My Shepherd

"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."  -Psalm 23:1