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4-30-11

13 Invite some people who never get invited out, the misfits from the wrong side of the tracks. 14 You'll be-and experience-a blessing. They won't be able to return the favor, but the favor will be returned-oh,…

Luke 14:13 (MSG), Luke 14:14 (MSG)

4-29-11

40 Then the King will say, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me-you did it to me.' 45 "He will answer them, 'I'm telling the…

Matthew 25:40 (MSG), Matthew 25:45 (MSG)

4-28-11

37 "The one who treated him kindly," the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, "Go and do the same."

Luke 10:37 (MSG)

4-27-11

11 What I'm saying is, If you walk around with your nose in the air, you're going to end up flat on your face. But if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself."

Luke 14:11 (MSG)

man in the arena

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose…

4-26-11

11 Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, 12 cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder. 13 Help needy Christians; be inventive in…

Romans 12:11 (MSG), Romans 12:12 (MSG), Romans 12:13 (MSG)

4-24-11

19 If all we get out of Christ is a little inspiration for a few short years, we're a pretty sorry lot. 20 But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are…

1 Corinthians 15:19 (MSG)

4-23-11

4 When Jesus got the message, he said, "This sickness is not fatal. It will become an occasion to show God's glory by glorifying God's Son."

John 11:4 (MSG)

4-22-11

13 Don't even run little errands that are connected with that old way of life. Throw yourselves wholeheartedly and full-time-remember, you've been raised from the dead!-into God's way of doing things.…

Romans 6:13 (MSG), Romans 6:14 (MSG)

4-21-11

27 He said, "That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence-and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself."

Luke 10:27 (MSG)

4-20-11

10 For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

Romans 5:10 (NIV)

4-19-11

9 Love from the center of who you are; don't fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. 10 Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.

Romans 12:9 (MSG), Romans 12:10 (MSG)

4-18-11

10 When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us. 11 From now on, think of it this way: Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to you; God speaks your mother tongue,…

Romans 6:10 (MSG), Romans 6:11 (MSG)

4-17-11

4 God is higher than anything and anyone, outshining everything you can see in the skies. 5 Who can compare with God, our God, so majestically enthroned, 6 Surveying his magnificent heavens and earth?…

Psalm 113:4 (MSG), Psalm 113:5 (MSG), Psalm 113:6 (MSG), Psalm 113:7 (MSG)

4-15-11

8 Never out-of-date, never obsolete, rust-proof. All that he makes and does is honest and true: 9 He paid the ransom for his people, He ordered his Covenant kept forever. He's so personal and holy, worthy…

Psalm 111:8 (MSG), Psalm 111:9 (MSG)

4-14-11

the work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.

John 6:29 (MSG)

4-13-11

30 My mouth's full of great praise for God, I'm singing his hallelujahs surrounded by crowds, 31 For he's always at hand to take the side of the needy, to rescue a life from the unjust judge.

Psalm 109:1 (MSG)

4-12-11

9 Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take." The Taking of the Land

Joshua 1:9 (MSG)

4-11-11

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6 (NIV), 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

4-10-11

1 Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 106:1 (NIV)

4-9-11

look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.

Psalm 105:4 (MSG)

4-8-11

3 "You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule. 5 "You're blessed when you're content with just who you are-no more, no less. That's the moment…

Matthew 5:3 (MSG), Matthew 5:4 (MSG), Matthew 5:5 (MSG)

4-7-11

6 The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in.

Proverbs 27:6 (MSG)

4-6-11

My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God.

Psalm 101:1 (MSG)

4-5-11

14 And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.

Colossians 3:14 (MSG)