Who Does God Love?

2 Corinthians 9:7 (New International Version)

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for

God loves a cheerful giver.

Psalm 39 (New International Version)

Psalm 39
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.


1 I said, "I will watch my ways

and keep my tongue from sin;

I will put a muzzle on my mouth

as long as the wicked are in my presence."


2 But when I was silent and still,

not even saying anything good,

my anguish increased.



3 My heart grew hot within me,

and as I meditated, the fire burned;

then I spoke with my tongue:



4 "Show me, O LORD, my life's end

and the number of my days;

let me know how fleeting is my life.



5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;

the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man's life is but a breath.

Selah

6 Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He bustles about, but only in vain;

he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.



7 "But now, Lord, what do I look for?

My hope is in you.



8 Save me from all my transgressions;

do not make me the scorn of fools.



9 I was silent; I would not open my mouth,

for you are the one who has done this.



10 Remove your scourge from me;

I am overcome by the blow of your hand.



11 You rebuke and discipline men for their sin;

you consume their wealth like a moth—

each man is but a breath.

Selah



12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD,

listen to my cry for help;

be not deaf to my weeping.

For I dwell with you as an alien,

a stranger, as all my fathers were.



13 Look away from me, that I may rejoice again

before I depart and am no more.

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Isaiah 30:21 King James Version

This is the way, walk ye in it.

Micah 6:8 NIV

He has showed you, O man, 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.

Keep In Step With The Spirit

from the New International Version

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with
the Spirit. [Galatians 5:25]

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. [Ephesians 3:16-17]

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature[a]will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. [Galatians 6:8]

He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. [Ephesians 3:20]

Mark 2:17 [The Message]

 "Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I'm here inviting the sin-sick, not the spiritually-fit." 

Jesus

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple. [NIV]

You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple. [The Message]

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 NIV

Each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

The Practice of Stillness

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