Although I can’t tell left
From right,
Please help me, Lord,
Throughout my life,
As I seek out
The path towards
Your kingdom,
Deep within.
References
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21; NIV).
Jesus answered, “I am the way the truth and the life” (John 14:6).
Travel steadily along his path (Psalm 37:34; NLT).
The kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21; NKJV).
Dear Friend,
We both suffer,
So I send my love –
My deep fellow-feeling;
That’s my kind of love.
Better than pity,
I’m sending my love –
My deep fellow-feeling;
That’s my kind of love.
Stronger than sympathy,
Sending my love –
My deep fellow-feeling;
That’s my kind of love.
Greater than empathy,
Sending my love –
My deep fellow-feeling;
The best kind of love.
References
In all their suffering he also suffered (Isaiah 63:9; NLT).
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us (2 Corinthians 1:4, NLT).
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another (1 John 4:11; NIV).
Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2; NLT).
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them (Romans 12.9; NLT).
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn (Romans 12:15).
We do not have a great high priest who is unable to empathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet he did not sin (Hebrews 4:15; NLT).
Lord,
All you make
Becomes your sacred body;
All living things
Are born
Within your mind;
And all of us
Are temples
Of your Spirit,
For your heart
Beats within
All humankind.
References
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1; NLT).
He himself gives life and breath to everything (Acts 17:25; NLT).
Don’t you realise that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16; NLT).
There is one Lord […] who is over all and in all and living through all (Ephesians 4:5-6; NLT).
As you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life (Jude 1:20-21; CSB).
We cannot build
A holy faith
By judging those
Who don’t behave like us.
We cannot build
A holy faith
By hating those
Who don’t agree with us.
We cannot build
A holy faith
By killing those
Who don’t share our beliefs.
We only build
A holy faith
By loving all our enemies,
And friends.
References
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else’ (Luke 18:11; NLT).
How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! (Matthew 7:4-5; NLT).
Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favouritism. In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right” (Acts 10:34-5; NLT).
Love your enemies! (Matthew 5:44; NLT).
You, too, must show love to foreigners (Deuteronomy 10:19; NLT).
Love ye therefore the stranger (Deuteronomy 10:19; KJV).
Love your neighbour as yourself (Mark 12:31; NLT).
We see your Word
Reflected in the chalice,
And taste your Word
Embodied in the bread.
We share your Word
Through mingled wine and water,
And love your Word,
Whose precious blood was shed.
References
In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1; NLT).
He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:19-20; NIV).
Jesus gave his life for our sins (Galatians 1:4; NLT).
Jesus,
May I share your birth;
Jesus,
May I share your breath.
Jesus,
May I share your pain;
Jesus,
May I share your death.
Jesus,
May I share your flesh;
Jesus,
May I share your blood.
Jesus,
May I share your faith;
Jesus,
May I share your love.
References
Unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3; NLT).
Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” John 20:22; NLT).
If we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering (Romans 8:17; NLT).
Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies (2 Corinthians 4:10; NLT).
Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life (John 6:54; NLT).
If you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more (Matthew 21:21; NLT).
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends (John 15:13; NIV).
Rejoice in God
Both night and day;
Give thanks to him,
And always pray.
Put all your faith
In God above;
Don’t give up hope,
But grow in love.
References
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; NIV).
Three things will last forever – faith, hope and love – and the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13; NLT).
