Above yourselves

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves."
~Philippians 2:3

If it is God’s will

"For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil."

~1 Peter 3:17

Pictures in the Sky

"Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father."

~Matthew 13:43

Fall short

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace 

through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."

~Romeinen 3:23,24

Tablets of human hearts

"You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink

but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts."

~2 Corinthians 3:3

All His angels

"Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts."  ;-)  

~Psalm 148:2

You are with me

"I will fear no evil, for You are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

~Psalm 23

Nowhere in Africa

Wicked ways

"If My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and
seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
~2 Chronicles 7:14

To be rich

"A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished."

~Proverbs 28:20

Redeemed

"You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life."

~Lamentations 3:58

Rich welcome

"and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
~2 Peter 1:11

We do not know

"We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us through wordless groans."

~Romans 8:26b

I shall not want

"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want,

He makes me lie down in green pastures,

He leads me beside quiet waters,

 You prepare a table before me ..."

~Psalm 23:1,2,3,5

Deze kreupele eendin komt elke dag een vers broodje halen.
Ze kwam een half jaar geleden kreupel en zwaar gewond uitrusten van een klapper.
Zo mager als een magere rat.
Inmiddels kan ze weer redelijk stappen, ze doet het prima.
Nu ik nog .. ;-)

By faith

"By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command"
~Hebrews 1:3a

Pure joy

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds"
~James 1:2

The Lord will fight for you

"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

~Exodus 14:14

All sufficiency

"And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times"

~2 Corinthians 9:8

Rock for all the nations

"I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations.

All who try to move it will injure themselves."

~Zechariah 12:3b

Beauty for ashes

"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes,

the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that He might be glorified."

~Isaiah 61:3

Because of the love He has for us

We've got a little while to go yet in this life, and it's a scary thing,
but don't be afraid.
Be of good cheer. He has overcome the world.
And He has chosen to dwell within us.
And we ain't all that big a deal, but our Savior is.
He will walk with us through this life, and when it's over,
He will raise us up again, and take us to be where He is.
Not because of what we've done, but because of who He is.
Because of the love He has for us.

~Rich Mullins