1. Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23; NLT).
2. If we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering (Romans 8:17; NLT).
3. You cannot serve both God and money (Luke 16:13; NLT).
4. Search for peace and work to maintain it (Psalm 34:14; NLT).
5. A person who seeks to honour the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies (John 7:18; NLT).
6. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children (Romans 8:23; NLT).
7. I pray that God, the source of all hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him (Romans 15:13; NLT).
8. We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7; NKJV).
1. You are the source
Of all my joy,
My confidence,
And hope.
2. You are the source
Of my salvation,
Comfort, strength,
And peace.
3. You are the source
Of all my faith,
My light, my truth,
My love.
4. You are the source
Of my poor soul:
My God,
In heaven above.
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References
1. I will go to the altar of God, to God – the source of all my joy (Psalm 43:4; NLT).
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence (Jeremiah 17:7; NLT).
God [is] the source of all hope (Romans 15:13; NLT).
2. He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him (Hebrews 5:9; NLT).
God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3; NLT).
The Lord is my strength (Psalm 28:7; NLT).
He will be the source of peace (Micah 5:5; NLT).
3. It is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8; NIV).
The Lord is my light (Psalm 27:1; NLT).
The Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6; NKJV).
God is love (1 John 4:16; NLT).
4. The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (Genesis 2:7; KJV).
The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).
Whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; NIV).
You are my God (Psalm 31:14; NLT).
Only God in heaven is your spiritual Father (Matthew 23:9; NLT).
Someone who falls alone is in real trouble (Ecclesiastes 4:10; NLT).
1. I reach out for your peace, Lord God,
When troubles overcome me.
2. I reach out for your shining light
When darkness hides my way.
3. I reach out for your perfect truth
When lies are overwhelming.
4. I reach out for your constant love
When hatred wins the day.
5. I reach out for your raging fire
When evil overtakes me.
6. I reach out for your ceaseless hope
When no one hears my plea.
7. I reach out for your steady faith
When all my trust has vanished.
8. I reach out for your hand, Lord God –
And you reach out to me.
Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith, “ he said, “why did you doubt me”? (Matthew 14:31; NIV).
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References
1. The Lord is peace (Judges 6:24; NLT).
Troubles without number have surrounded me (Psalm 40:12; CSB).
2. God is light (1 John 1:5; NIV).
The way of the wicked is like total darkness (Proverbs 4:19; NLT).
3. The Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6; NKJV).
All day long they scheme and lie (Psalm 38:12; NIV).
4. God is love (1 John 4:16; NLT).
Hatred stirs up conflict (Proverbs 10:12; NIV).
5. God is a raging fire (Deuteronomy 4:24; GW).
“They have infuriated me with all their evil deeds,” says the Lord (Jeremiah 32:30; NLT).
You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to abandon the Lord your God (Jeremiah 2:19; NLT).
6. God [is] the source of hope (Romans 15:13; NLT).
There is no one who hears your words (Isaiah 41:26; NKJV).
7. The promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift (Romans 4:16; NLT).
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? (Psalm 22:1; NLT).
8. Then he [Jesus] said to Thomas, […] “Reach out your hand” (John 20:27; NIV).
You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me (Psalm 138:7; NLT).
1. Lord,
Please give me inner space,
So I can hear your silent voice.
2. Lord,
Please give me inner peace,
So I can make each vital choice.
3. Lord,
Please give me inner light,
So I can tread your narrow way.
4. Lord,
Please give me inner joy,
So I can praise your name all day.
5. Lord,
Please give me inner truth,
Then I will grasp what Jesus taught.
6. Lord,
Please give me inner love,
Then I will serve you as I ought.
7. Lord,
Please give me inner hope,
Then I will never cease to pray.
8. Lord,
Please give me inner faith,
Then I will trust you, come what may.
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References
1. Let me hear your voice (Song of Songs 2:14; NLT).
2. Peace I leave you; my peace I give you (John 14:27; NIV).
I choose to obey your precepts (Psalm 119:173; NET).
3. This light within you produces only what is good and right and true (Ephesians 5:9; NLT).
Travel steadily along his path (Psalm 37:34; NLT).
4. May all who are godly rejoice in the Lord and praise his holy name! (Psalm 97:12; NLT).
5. You will give truth to Jacob (Micah 7:20; NKJV).
6. Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them (Romans 12:9; NLT).
7. I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11; NKJV).
Pray constantly (1 Thessalonians 5:17; NIV).
8. The promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it (Romans 4:16; NLT).
Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge (Psalm 62:8; NIV).
Now we see things imperfectly,
like puzzling reflections…
1. Light on water,
Fire from heaven.
Living presence:
Jesus Christ.
2. Peace rains down
On earth, forever.
Love for all,
His sacrifice.
3. Truth streams out
To every mortal.
Faith is offered:
Make your choice!
4. Hope floods down
To all the nations:
Seek God’s Kingdom!
Hear his voice!
5. Ask the Father
To forgive you.
Welcome him
Into your soul,
6. Then, take your cross,
And follow Christ,
For he, alone,
Can make you whole.
…but then we will see everything with perfect clarity
(1 Corinthians 13:12; NLT).
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References
1. God is light (1 John 1:5; NIV).
I am the light of the world (John 8:12; NLT).
Rivers of living water will flow from his heart (John 7:38; NLT).
God is a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 4:24; NIV).
I am with you always, even to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20; NLT).
God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17; NLT).
2. The Lord is peace (Judges 6:24; NLT).
He made peace with everything in heaven and earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross (Colossians 1:20; NLT).
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you (John 14:27; NKJV).
God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16; NLT).
He took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and said, “Each of you drink from it, for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many” (Matthew 26:27-8; NLT).
He loves us with unfailing love (Psalm 117:2; NLT).
3. The Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6; NKJV).
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes (Romans 1:16; NLT).
The promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift (Romans 4:16; NLT).
Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make (Deuteronomy 13:19; NLT).
4. I pray that God, the source of all hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13; NLT).
My strong arm will bring justice to the nations. All distant lands will look to me and wait in hope for my powerful arm (Isaiah 51:5; NLT).
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously (Matthew 6:33; NLT).
Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts (Hebrews 4:7; NLT).
5. Perhaps even yet they will turn from their evil ways and ask the Lord’s forgiveness before it is too late (Jeremiah 36:7; NLT).
To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God (John 1:12; NIV).
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them (1 John 4:16; NLT).
6. Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23; NLT).
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me”(John 14:6; NLT).
He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole (Isaiah 53:5; RSV).
The kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21; NKJV).
The Lord must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion
(Isaiah 30:18; NLT).
1. The source of all light is within us,
Just waiting for those, Lord, who yearn.
2. The source of all truth is within us,
Just waiting for those who can learn.
3. The source of all peace is within us,
Just waiting for those who accept.
4. The source of all love is within us,
Just waiting for those who connect.
5. The source of all faith is within us,
Just waiting for those who receive.
6. The source of all hope is within us,
Just waiting for those who believe.
7. The source of all joy is within us,
Just waiting to end our long night.
8. The source of all life is within us,
Just waiting for us to unite.
I have given them the glory you gave me,
so they may be one as we are one
(John17:22; NLT).
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References
1. God is light (1 John 1:5; NIV).
I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning (Psalm 130:6; NET).
2. The Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6; NKJV).
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me (Matthew 11:29; NIV).
3. The Lord is peace (Judges 6:24; NLT).
The peace I give is a gift the world cannot give (John 14:27; NLT).
4. God is love (1 John 4:16; NIV).
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them (1 John 4:16; NIV).
5. The […] Spirit gives great faith (1 Corinthians 12:8-9; NLT).
To all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children (John 1:12; NET).
6. I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy (Romans 15:13; NLT).
Those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life (John 5:24; NLT).
7. I will go to the altar of God, to God – the source of all my joy (Psalm 43:4; NLT).
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned (Isaiah 9:2; NIV).
The city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light […] Its gates will never be closed at the end of the day because there is no night there (Revelation 21:23,25; NLT).
8. He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth (Isaiah 42:5; NLT).
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them (1 John 4:16; NIV).
Whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; NIV).
Only God can turn the dark night into glorious heavenly light
(Alan Kearns).
Lord,
1. Turn our suffering
To hope;
Our blindness
Into perfect sight.
2. Turn our faithlessness
To trust;
Our darkness
Into dazzling light.
3. Turn our sinfulness
To grace;
Our meanness
Into eager care.
4. Turn our selfishness
To thanks;
Our sorrow
Into joyful prayer.
5. Turn our enmity
To love;
Our sickness
Into healing rest;
6. And turn our dying
Into life eternal,
When we’ve faced
Each test.
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References
1. We long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering [and] wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us (Romans 8:23; NLT).
Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgement – to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind” (John 9:39; NLT).
2. Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief” (Mark 9:24; NIV).
Trust in God (John 14:1; NLT).
The Lord turns my darkness into light (2 Samuel 22:29; NIV).
3. Just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 5:21; NLT).
4. Turn from your selfish ways (Luke 9:23; NLT).
Give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:18; NIV).
5. Love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you (Luke 6:27; NLT)
The Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confidence (Isaiah 30:15; CSB).
6. Those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life (John 5:24; NLT).
Our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies (1 Corinthians 15:53; NLT).
Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows (John 16:33; NLT).
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying” (John 11:25; NLT).
The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul (Deuteronomy 13:3; NIV).
