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John 15: No Greater Love ——– My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. There is no greater love than this: To lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ——– The endless stream of hateful headlines can cause us to lose track of the fact that we are still surrounded by […]

Psalm 49: Why Should I Fear? ——— Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me— those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches? This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their backslappers, who believe everything they say. But God will redeem […]

2 Corinthians 5: Ambassadors of Christ ——– If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not […]

Psalm 8: The Moon and the Stars ——– When I consider your heavens The work of your fingers The moon and the stars Which you have set in place What are women and men that you are mindful of them? Or human beings that you care for them? Yet you have made them just a […]

Hebrews 13: Kindness to Strangers ——— Do not forget to show kindness to strangers, for by so doing some have welcomed angels unaware. ——— The photo is a bronze statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz, showing people crowded into a 20 foot skiff. Among the 140 sculpted faces are Africans who were forced onto slave […]

Philippians 4: Concentrate on Kindness ——– Let your loving kindness be evident to all. And the Peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if […]

Ephesians 4: Kindness and Compassion, Day 2 ——– When you are angry, do not sin Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry and do not give the devil a foothold Do not let any negative words come out of your mouths but only what is helpful for building others up […]

Psalm 36: The Power of Kindness ——– Your loving kindness, Lord, reaches to the heavens Your faithfulness to the skies Your righteousness is like the highest mountains Your justice like the great deep You, Lord, preserve both people and animals How priceless is your unfailing loving kindness, O God! ——– Kindness is an ordinary gift […]

Matthew 28 Dealing with doubt ——— Then the disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and […]

Psalm 1: Which way are you going? ——– Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers but whose delight is in the law of the Lord and who meditates on his law day and night […]