From everlasting to everlasting

"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting you are God."

~Psalm 90:2

In the shelter of the Most High

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty."

~Psalm 91:1

Not be thrown down

"But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not?

Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another

that will not be thrown down."

~Matthew 24

To achieve pleasure and avoid pain

"The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain,

but to do the will of God, come what may."

~Martin Luther King Jr.

Minds set on earthly things

"Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame,

with minds set on earthly things."

~Philippians 3:19

For we all stumble in many ways

"For we all stumble in many ways."

~James 3:2

The joy of your salvation

"Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit."

~Psalm 51:22

The heavens existed long ago

Kunstwerk "History", oude Ambachtsschool.

"For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth

was formed out of water and through water by the word of God."

~2 Peter 3:5

He who descended from heaven

"No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven,
the Son of Man."

~John 3:13

God hated the apostle Paul

"If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth,

and comfort in this life,

God hated the apostle Paul."

~John Piper

No experience can satisfy

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy,
the most probable explanation is that I was made for anoter world."
~C.S. Lewis

From the Lord

"The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord."

~Proverbs 16:1

Need as much care

"We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life.
We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people
who need as much care as anyone we care for.
~Henri Nouwen

The underdog

"Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that

though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful,

God is tilted toward the underdog."

~Philip Yancey

Humility

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

~C.S. Lewis

Any should perish

"The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness,
but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish,
but that all should reach repentance."
~2 Peter 3:9

Walk as enemies

"For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears,

walk as enemies of the cross of Christ."

~Philippians 3:18

Awake and be sober

"So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober."

~1 Thessalonians 5:6

Plans in the mind

"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."

~Proverbs 19:21

The Lord of glory

"My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory."

~James 2:1