Placed in the Light

"Then Jesus told them, 'You are going to have the light just a little while longer.  Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you.  Whoever walks in the dark knows not where they are going.  While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light'...."  

-John 12:35-36a

Imperfect

"God demonstrates his own love for us in this:  While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  -Romans 5:8

Empty-Handed

"Your name, LORD, endures forever, your renown, LORD, through all generations.  For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants."  -Psalm 135:13-14

God's Peace

"In your anger do not sin:  Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry."  -Ephesians 4:26

Relationships

"No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known." -John 1:18

Cleansed

"But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin."  -1 John 1:7

Guilt

"Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity....And you forgave the guilt of my sin."
-Psalm 32:5

Parable of the Flowers

"We love because He first loved us." - 1 John 4:19

Do Not Fret

"Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away." 

-Psalm 37:1-2

Root of Bitterness

"Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.  See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many." -Hebrews 12:14-15

Arrogance

"But the LORD God called to the man, 'Where are you?'  He answered, 'I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.'"  -Genesis 3:9-10

Contrite Heart

"You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.  My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise."  -Psalm 51:16-17

Stop and Smell the Flowers

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you." - Job 12:7

Merciful

"Blessed are the merciful for they shall be shown mercy."  

-Matthew 5:7

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

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

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

Bridges

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