“Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.”
January 1, 2023
“Be strong and take heart all who hope in the Lord”
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense ; he has become my salvation.”
“I will keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at at time”
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
“When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles”
“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice”
“To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him.”
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
“God is light; in him is no darkness at all.”
“So you must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding”
“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them.”
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
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“If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.”
“Nothing in creation can separate us from God’s love.”
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.”
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13”
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“Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds .
Psalm 36:5”
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about
that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”
“Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us even as we hope in you.”
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
“Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people!”
“I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
“But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations.”
“The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.”
“Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.”
“Waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.”
“Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make know his deeds among the peoples!”
“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
“You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
“The Lord within the city is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail...”
“The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy...”
“The Lord your God...executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.”
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” ”
“The Lord raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor.”
“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit... And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.”
““The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.””
“For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.”
“Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations. My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm.”
“The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.”
“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.”
“The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.”
“Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.”
“This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.”
“Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.”
“When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.”
“Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.”
“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!”
“Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish. The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.”
“Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!”
“He has shown you, O mortal, 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.”
“For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.”
“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”