23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
Encouraging Word (Page 7)
Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves
Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, [Jesus] made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. 19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification
35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked