And now I command you to the care of God and to eht
message of his grace,
which is able to build you up and give you the blessings God has for all
his people
Acts 20 : 32
Photo by
Takashi KAMEI Taken in Frankfurt am mein,
Germany, 1994
I will give up whole nations to save your life,
because you are precious to me
and because I love you and give you honor.
Isaiah 43 : 4
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal
life.
John 3 : 16
I appeared to them from far away.
People of Israel, I have always loved you,
so I continbue to show you my constant love.
Jeremiah 31 : 3
I drew them to me with affection and love.
I picked them up and held them to my cheek;
I bent down to them and fed them.
Hosea 11 : 4
The time is coming when they will say to Jerusalem,
"Do not be afraid, city of Zion!
Do not let your hand shang limp!
The LORD your God is with you;
his power gives you victory.
The LORD will take delight in you,
and in his love he will give you new life.
He will sing and be joyful over you,
as joyful as people at a festival."
There is no one on earth who does
what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.
Ecclesiastes 7 : 20
If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.
But if we confess our sins toGod,
he will keep his promise and do what is right:
he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
If we say that we have not sinned,
we make a liar our of God, and his word is not in us.
The First Letter of JOHN 1 : 8 - 10
"But in spite of all this, you say,
'I am innocent; surely the LORD is no longer angry with me.
'But I, the LORD, will punish you because you deny that you have
sinned.
The LORD says,
"Now, let's settle the matter.
You are stained red with sin,
but I will wash you as clean as snow.
Although your stains are deep red,
you will be as white as wool
If you will only obey me,
you will eat the good things the land produces.
But if you defy me,
you are doomed to die.
I, the LORD, have spoken."
Isaiah 1 : 18 - 20
But if we live in the light - njust as he is in the light -
then we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.