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BUT GOD who is rich in mercy (Eph 2) I messed up, BUT GOD who is rich in mercy... I fail him, BUT GOD who is rich in mercy... My back was turned against him, BUT GOD who is rich in mercy... Who does not break a bruised reed, and does not snuff out a smoldering wick... God who is patient, who is kind. Who is not easily angered, who keeps no record of wrongs... Who always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.. The God who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, aboudning in love, who does not always accuse, who does not harbor his anger forever. He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a FATHER has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed; he remembers that we are dust. But f...

1 Pet 2:2 - Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1Cor 2:6 - We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 1Cor3:1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly -- mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed you are still not ready. 2Pet3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Col 1 -- we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good w...

If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. ... So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable ; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory ; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power ; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body . (1 Cor 15) I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you , the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints , and his incomparably great power for us who believe . (Eph 1) Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? ...Do you not know that we will judge angels? (1 Cor 6) Now if we are children, then we are heirs -- heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory . I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. (...

I am dearly beloved.... I am precious in your sight... God made me different from anyone else, uniquely, and so how He interacts with me is unique. I am His one and only me... I am not replaceable to God... Zephaniah 3 The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Song of Songs 2 My lover is mine and I am his... I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me... Psalm 139 Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in -- behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the ...

  The God who spoke  I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it (Gen 15:7, to Abraham) I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you (Genesis 26:24, to Isaac) I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. [...] I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you (Gen 28:13,15, to Jacob) Jacob! Jacob! [...] I am God, the God of your father. [...] Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt [...] I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. (Gen 46:2-4) I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. (Exodus 3:6, to Moses) I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt (Exodus 20:2) with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm (Deut 26:8) As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will...

  Make me more like Christ Till He’s formed in me (Gal) Sanctify me by the truth; your word is truth (John) Sanctify me through and through (1 THess) For that is your will for me Your good, pleasing, perfect will Use the hard things and pain To form Christ in me To work my patience, love, joy, peace Use the one I don’t like To work my patience and love It’s a chance for me to practice loving someone I don’t like I no longer live but Christ lives in me the life i live now i live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me This dry season of life When good gifts are gone Prune me and train me So I will be fruitful When I come out of it  I’ll be able to say My ears had heard of you but now my eyes see you NOT VICTIMIZED You work in ALL things for the good of those who love you I have joy and give thanks Because even this moment You’re working somehow To make me more like Christ Sanctification God works in all things (trials, suffering, pain) for my good (my sa...