It is the LORD who keeps faith for ever, who is just to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the LORD, who sets prisoners free, the LORD who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down, the LORD, who protects the stranger, and upholds the widow and orphan. It is the LORD who loves the just but thwarts the path of the wicked. The LORD will reign for...
Christ’s peace must reign in your hearts, since as members of the one body you have been called to that peace. Dedicate yourselves to thankfulness. Let the word of Christ, rich as it is, dwell in you. In wisdom made perfect, instruct and admonish one another. Sing gratefully to God from your hearts in psalms, hymns, and inspired songs. Whatever you do, whether in speech or in action, do it in the...
All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting cove...
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all just as we about in love for you. And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. (1 Thes 3:12-13)
A friend of mine graduated from college and started a volunteer program in a city far from home where she would...
