Val, awesome vid.
I am glad to have known you.
You truly have an genuine heart after the one true love.
I can see His glory reflected in and through your face and your heart.
People, check out this vid. It is an inspirational and life changing rap from the heart.
I hope it will change your heart too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4UFA6dHY9Q
Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
The Most Beautiful Lake in America
Man! I can't believe I get to come to Lake Tahoe! I came here to work, but, I am definitely squeezing as much fun time out of it as possible.
When you start driving up here, you can definitely tell when the city starts to peel off your car wheels and the mountain starts to creep into your nostrils. The smell of a perfect mixture of mountain dirt mixed with the scent of the giant pine trees is so refreshing. Besides, how often you feel so dwarfed by giant living creatures? I often want to feel dwarfed if I can see dinosaurs again. Yet, driving in these thinly paved roads in the midst of all these living giants, it certainly impress a sense of awe!
Yesterday, I went to the beach on the lake and frolicked for about 1 hour before my pager went off. I enjoyed the gentle sun, beaming on my head, gentle breeze cooling off my skin, and site of big goose waddling on the beach amongst the little kids... unafraid and friendly. It was a serene scene of vacationers and the beauty of a vast clear blue pool called Tahoe.
Some one once said, Lake Tahoe has enough water to cover the entire California with 14 inches of water. It is about 1,600 feet deep and on the clear day, the water is so clear, you can see directly almost 70 feet down without difficulty! It is so blue and emerald... so calm... no waves... beautiful.
Today, I took off for an hour and went to the Renaissance Fair. It was so fun and goofy! People dress up in medieval clothing... some people are even in-character, talking in old-English and asking where people are from... clearly, all the locations he talked about were in medieval England somewhere. It was so fun! There were sword fights, lots of drinking, clay pot smashes, archery, vulgar plays, vendors of various medieval art, clothing, incense, food, weapons...
After work around 7:30pm, I drove to the trail head of the Vikingsholm off the stunning Emerald Bay. I did the 2.2 mile hike down and back up. I spent 30 min sitting at the lake side. There were even 3 beavers that were playing in the lake by themselves. They noticed me and started to swim toward me, but dare not to get too close. Then I see a big bunch of pine needles and green bulky leaves floating purposefully from the shore off in to the middle of the bay... I was like... that's odd! Why would a bulk of debride be floating purposefully? Beaver!
Other than beavers, did see the Vikingsholm Castle. I spent time enjoying what God had made. I appreciated and thank God for His beauty that is displayed in creation.
And... oh... there is a really awesome stretch of road off the 89 highway next to Emerald Bay when you literally see huge body of water on both sides of the road!!!! Emerald Bay on the right, and Cascades Lake on the left. It almost feel like you are driving on the dinosaur's back while the dinosaur is flying above the lake! So awesome! I wanted to take pictures so bad, but there's no where I can stop... no shoulders on the road... cliffs on both sides, you know what I mean?! Awesome!
What a day?! God even gave me time to go to church today, uninterrupted, while being on call. I really like the place and the message was really good. It gave me a lot to think about. I'll process that in a little bit... I will process it. It is so good!
I took a lot of picture, but can't get it off my phone... I'll add it soon. Next time, I am bring my camera!
When you start driving up here, you can definitely tell when the city starts to peel off your car wheels and the mountain starts to creep into your nostrils. The smell of a perfect mixture of mountain dirt mixed with the scent of the giant pine trees is so refreshing. Besides, how often you feel so dwarfed by giant living creatures? I often want to feel dwarfed if I can see dinosaurs again. Yet, driving in these thinly paved roads in the midst of all these living giants, it certainly impress a sense of awe!
Yesterday, I went to the beach on the lake and frolicked for about 1 hour before my pager went off. I enjoyed the gentle sun, beaming on my head, gentle breeze cooling off my skin, and site of big goose waddling on the beach amongst the little kids... unafraid and friendly. It was a serene scene of vacationers and the beauty of a vast clear blue pool called Tahoe.
Some one once said, Lake Tahoe has enough water to cover the entire California with 14 inches of water. It is about 1,600 feet deep and on the clear day, the water is so clear, you can see directly almost 70 feet down without difficulty! It is so blue and emerald... so calm... no waves... beautiful.
Today, I took off for an hour and went to the Renaissance Fair. It was so fun and goofy! People dress up in medieval clothing... some people are even in-character, talking in old-English and asking where people are from... clearly, all the locations he talked about were in medieval England somewhere. It was so fun! There were sword fights, lots of drinking, clay pot smashes, archery, vulgar plays, vendors of various medieval art, clothing, incense, food, weapons...
After work around 7:30pm, I drove to the trail head of the Vikingsholm off the stunning Emerald Bay. I did the 2.2 mile hike down and back up. I spent 30 min sitting at the lake side. There were even 3 beavers that were playing in the lake by themselves. They noticed me and started to swim toward me, but dare not to get too close. Then I see a big bunch of pine needles and green bulky leaves floating purposefully from the shore off in to the middle of the bay... I was like... that's odd! Why would a bulk of debride be floating purposefully? Beaver!
Other than beavers, did see the Vikingsholm Castle. I spent time enjoying what God had made. I appreciated and thank God for His beauty that is displayed in creation.
And... oh... there is a really awesome stretch of road off the 89 highway next to Emerald Bay when you literally see huge body of water on both sides of the road!!!! Emerald Bay on the right, and Cascades Lake on the left. It almost feel like you are driving on the dinosaur's back while the dinosaur is flying above the lake! So awesome! I wanted to take pictures so bad, but there's no where I can stop... no shoulders on the road... cliffs on both sides, you know what I mean?! Awesome!
What a day?! God even gave me time to go to church today, uninterrupted, while being on call. I really like the place and the message was really good. It gave me a lot to think about. I'll process that in a little bit... I will process it. It is so good!
I took a lot of picture, but can't get it off my phone... I'll add it soon. Next time, I am bring my camera!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
House of Horrors in Cleveland, Ohio. My thoughts on Sex Slavery and Trafficking.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/07/missing-women-cleveland-brothers-arrested/2140359/
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?! Did you see this piece of news? On USA Today, today, front page: House of horrors... 3 missing young girls rescued! They were kidnapped about 10 years ago, when they are 14 (Gina Dejesus), 17 (Amanda Berry), and 20 (Michelle Knight) years old by a school bus driver (Ariel Castro) and his 2 brothers (Onil and Pedro)!
These 3 perverts locked the 3 girls in a house for 10 years. Sexually/physically/mentally abused them over and over in the last 10 years! In the article, they mentioned repeated chained rapes, violent physical abuses... they had total of at least 5 pregnancies and some loss of pregnancies because of traumatic abuse during their pregnancy. Why in hell are these things happening?! Doesn't it give you just this nauseous feeling and a craving for justice?
Why are we fight about all these less important 'rights' issues in America, when we have such bigger issues to address? We should turn our energy in fighting these 'justice' issues? These kind of injustice committed against women and children are SO MUCH BIGGER than what American likes to fight about with what we called 'rights.' Please, don't ignore this anymore. Shouldn't we all feel disgusted so we want to learn more and help fight it. Doesn't this disgust you as it disgusts me? Should we continue to turn a blind eye until it happens to us? What would it take for YOU to change how you are behaving toward this issue?
Are you aware that the Pornography industry is one of the largest profitable industries in the world... Drug trafficking is the most profitable. The second most profitable is Human Trafficking, which is also the 3rd fastest growing criminal industry in the world! Do you still think Porn is benign if you just do what you do behind closed doors? The supply is meeting the demand... you have to ask yourselves, where are these demand coming from? Do you think porn is as consensual as the American TVs made it seemed to be? Do you think women likes to degrade their bodies to any men willing? Do you think Sex Trafficking is a 'foreign issue'? Well, look again, it is in ALL of our neighborhoods... it is probably in your own house!
This disgusting porn industry is feeding into the Sex Slavery industry. Check out these statistics:
1. 27 million humans are enslaved each year according to the most conservative estimates. The real number is more like 50 million world wide. This is more than DOUBLE to QUADRIPLE the number during the height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
2. 80% of victims are WOMEN AND GIRLS, and over 50% are minors ==> Sex slaves
3. UNICEF estimates about 1.2 million children are trafficked every year around the world, that is about 2 CHILDREN PER MINUTE ARE TRAFFICK FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
4. A lot of these exploits are for 'sexual tourism.' What do you think that means? That means, overwhelming majority are men traveling around the world just to RAPE another innocent CHILD!
5. About 800,000 persons are trafficked across international borders each year, that means the rest of 97%, or 26 + million people are trafficked within the country... they are domestic slaves! More than 50% of these are sexual slaves!
6. The SuperBowl is the event that earns most money for sex traffickers in the world. Look at any major sporting event around the world... it's the same thing...
Ahhhh, THIS MAKES ME ABSOLUTELY SICK TO MY STOMACH!
TAKE NOTE: THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. IN THE UNITED STATES, A GIRL THAT IS LEFT TO HERSELF IN ANY MAJOR U.S. CITY WILL BE APPROACHED BY A HUMAN TRAFFICKER WITHIN 72 HOURS!!! Think Again!
*** YOU CANNOT DO NOTHING! DOING NOTHING MEANS YOU ARE OK WITH THESE KIND OF TERRORISM AND ATROCIOUS VIOLENCE. DO NOT TURN A BLIND FACE TO THESE SUFFERING WOMEN AND CHILDREN!!! ***
You can do something about this:
1. READ, READ, READ!
2. STOP USING PORN, STOP SUPPORTING THIS INDUSTRY.
3. Learn to protect yourself
4. Watch movies about this issue
5. You can check out these following links. Be educated about how to properly approach this issue.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?! Did you see this piece of news? On USA Today, today, front page: House of horrors... 3 missing young girls rescued! They were kidnapped about 10 years ago, when they are 14 (Gina Dejesus), 17 (Amanda Berry), and 20 (Michelle Knight) years old by a school bus driver (Ariel Castro) and his 2 brothers (Onil and Pedro)!
These 3 perverts locked the 3 girls in a house for 10 years. Sexually/physically/mentally abused them over and over in the last 10 years! In the article, they mentioned repeated chained rapes, violent physical abuses... they had total of at least 5 pregnancies and some loss of pregnancies because of traumatic abuse during their pregnancy. Why in hell are these things happening?! Doesn't it give you just this nauseous feeling and a craving for justice?
Why are we fight about all these less important 'rights' issues in America, when we have such bigger issues to address? We should turn our energy in fighting these 'justice' issues? These kind of injustice committed against women and children are SO MUCH BIGGER than what American likes to fight about with what we called 'rights.' Please, don't ignore this anymore. Shouldn't we all feel disgusted so we want to learn more and help fight it. Doesn't this disgust you as it disgusts me? Should we continue to turn a blind eye until it happens to us? What would it take for YOU to change how you are behaving toward this issue?
Are you aware that the Pornography industry is one of the largest profitable industries in the world... Drug trafficking is the most profitable. The second most profitable is Human Trafficking, which is also the 3rd fastest growing criminal industry in the world! Do you still think Porn is benign if you just do what you do behind closed doors? The supply is meeting the demand... you have to ask yourselves, where are these demand coming from? Do you think porn is as consensual as the American TVs made it seemed to be? Do you think women likes to degrade their bodies to any men willing? Do you think Sex Trafficking is a 'foreign issue'? Well, look again, it is in ALL of our neighborhoods... it is probably in your own house!
This disgusting porn industry is feeding into the Sex Slavery industry. Check out these statistics:
1. 27 million humans are enslaved each year according to the most conservative estimates. The real number is more like 50 million world wide. This is more than DOUBLE to QUADRIPLE the number during the height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
2. 80% of victims are WOMEN AND GIRLS, and over 50% are minors ==> Sex slaves
3. UNICEF estimates about 1.2 million children are trafficked every year around the world, that is about 2 CHILDREN PER MINUTE ARE TRAFFICK FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
4. A lot of these exploits are for 'sexual tourism.' What do you think that means? That means, overwhelming majority are men traveling around the world just to RAPE another innocent CHILD!
5. About 800,000 persons are trafficked across international borders each year, that means the rest of 97%, or 26 + million people are trafficked within the country... they are domestic slaves! More than 50% of these are sexual slaves!
6. The SuperBowl is the event that earns most money for sex traffickers in the world. Look at any major sporting event around the world... it's the same thing...
Ahhhh, THIS MAKES ME ABSOLUTELY SICK TO MY STOMACH!
TAKE NOTE: THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. IN THE UNITED STATES, A GIRL THAT IS LEFT TO HERSELF IN ANY MAJOR U.S. CITY WILL BE APPROACHED BY A HUMAN TRAFFICKER WITHIN 72 HOURS!!! Think Again!
*** YOU CANNOT DO NOTHING! DOING NOTHING MEANS YOU ARE OK WITH THESE KIND OF TERRORISM AND ATROCIOUS VIOLENCE. DO NOT TURN A BLIND FACE TO THESE SUFFERING WOMEN AND CHILDREN!!! ***
You can do something about this:
1. READ, READ, READ!
2. STOP USING PORN, STOP SUPPORTING THIS INDUSTRY.
3. Learn to protect yourself
4. Watch movies about this issue
5. You can check out these following links. Be educated about how to properly approach this issue.
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/
http://www.slaverymap.org/
http://streetlightusa.org/2012/child-sex-trafficking-research-and-statistics/
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2012/
http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/policy-advocacy/current-laws
http://www.caseact.org/learn/humantrafficking/
http://www.f-4-c.org/statistics/Default.asp
http://www.freedom-summit.org/2013/about-us/humantrafficking/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/03/super-bowl-sex-trafficking_n_2607871.html
http://www.slaverymap.org/
http://streetlightusa.org/2012/child-sex-trafficking-research-and-statistics/
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2012/
http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/policy-advocacy/current-laws
http://www.caseact.org/learn/humantrafficking/
http://www.f-4-c.org/statistics/Default.asp
http://www.freedom-summit.org/2013/about-us/humantrafficking/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/03/super-bowl-sex-trafficking_n_2607871.html
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
(*) The Heavenly Man - Brother Yun...
I am
Reading fast
My heart is anguished
My eyes are filled with tears
My throat choke out my laughters
In amazement for the undying Spirit
In love and obedience to Almighty God
For those who are beaten and killed to love another
Modeled by our beloved Jesus
Is the only source for
Faith
Hope
Love
.....
Amazed and ashamed
of my request for God's mercy and help
when in comparison
my life is a walk in the park
as compared to my brothers and sister
who are suffering such unimaginable terror
under the hands of those who they are hoping to reach
with the love of Jesus
They were beaten and killed
They suffered greatly
Perseverance
Push past the limit
Miracles
.....
.....
The absolutely crazy Hybrid Car Hype. Count your cost. It is a hole in your wallet and your logic!
I got to test drive a 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid... Man, I got so many looks and good comments! From its Maserati inspired grill, to smooth body curves, to a metallic black color, to a quiet eco-friendly philosophy and yet a muscular sporty look... I would have to say, this is a very sexy car. I love the absolute quietness of the electric engine while I sneak up on unsuspected pedestrian, to watching me 'grow green leaves' on my driving efficiency feedback, to a CVT transmission that allow me to accelerate without feeling gear changes, to its responsive acceleration for a hybrid... it really zips, and I really had fun driving this car! While good driving is rewarded by 'growing green leaves' on the monitor, bad driving makes the leaves fall off... I have tried both --> to grow as many leafs as possible by driving 60 mph on the freeway until the vines are full of green, to punching the accelerator until all the leaves fall off.... I still averaged 39.8 mpg!!!!
But, as much as I love driving this car and getting attention... is it worth the money?! The answer is NO! Here are the calculations... do it for yourself and see...
2013 FORD FUSION HYBRID
The minimal car MSRP price is $30,000, with a gas tank size of 13.5 gallons, and a 39 MPG efficiency, it give s a whopping 526.5 miles for a full tank. At $4 per gallon of gas, it takes $54 to fill up a tank. According to statistics, an average American drives about 1100 miles per month, with the average life span of a car being around 8 years and 150,000 miles. So that means, you will spend about average of $1,353.85 per year on gas money and about $15,384.62 in its life span.
2013 TOYOTA COROLLA
This is one of the most popular selling car, an Toyota stable. The minimal MSRP is $17,000, with a gas tank size of 13.2 gallons, and a 30 MPG combined efficiency. That gives 396 miles for a full tank of gas. At $4 per gallon, that is around $52.8 per tank to fill up. With the above given statistics, the average total yearly cost for gas would be $1,760, and around $20,000 on gas over its average life span.
So, pretty close aye? Now, here is where the 'robber-meets-the-road:'
1. The difference in MSRP = $13,000
2. The difference in gas cost per year = $406.15
3. The difference in gas cost for the life span of car = $4,615.38
4. That means to buy a hybrid is to spend $13,000 more to save $406 per year on gas.
5. With these differences... how many years do you think you will have to drive a hybrid to make the difference of the MSRP worth money you save each year on gas by driving a hybrid???? =====> 32 years!
Now, tell me, is it financially worth it to buy a hybrid?!!!
Now, talk about how environmentally better is a hybrid... which has both gas engine parts and electric engine with lithium batteries? Isn't that double the waste?
I think this is a no-brainer! Hybrids are another form of economic waste based on fancy/sexy/strategic/celebrity/green/earth-saving marketing. You know what is another economic waste based on fancy marketing? Pharmaceuticals! We have a lot more to talk about if you wanna chat about that...
But, as much as I love driving this car and getting attention... is it worth the money?! The answer is NO! Here are the calculations... do it for yourself and see...
2013 FORD FUSION HYBRID
The minimal car MSRP price is $30,000, with a gas tank size of 13.5 gallons, and a 39 MPG efficiency, it give s a whopping 526.5 miles for a full tank. At $4 per gallon of gas, it takes $54 to fill up a tank. According to statistics, an average American drives about 1100 miles per month, with the average life span of a car being around 8 years and 150,000 miles. So that means, you will spend about average of $1,353.85 per year on gas money and about $15,384.62 in its life span.
2013 TOYOTA COROLLA
This is one of the most popular selling car, an Toyota stable. The minimal MSRP is $17,000, with a gas tank size of 13.2 gallons, and a 30 MPG combined efficiency. That gives 396 miles for a full tank of gas. At $4 per gallon, that is around $52.8 per tank to fill up. With the above given statistics, the average total yearly cost for gas would be $1,760, and around $20,000 on gas over its average life span.
So, pretty close aye? Now, here is where the 'robber-meets-the-road:'
1. The difference in MSRP = $13,000
2. The difference in gas cost per year = $406.15
3. The difference in gas cost for the life span of car = $4,615.38
4. That means to buy a hybrid is to spend $13,000 more to save $406 per year on gas.
5. With these differences... how many years do you think you will have to drive a hybrid to make the difference of the MSRP worth money you save each year on gas by driving a hybrid???? =====> 32 years!
Now, tell me, is it financially worth it to buy a hybrid?!!!
Now, talk about how environmentally better is a hybrid... which has both gas engine parts and electric engine with lithium batteries? Isn't that double the waste?
I think this is a no-brainer! Hybrids are another form of economic waste based on fancy/sexy/strategic/celebrity/green/earth-saving marketing. You know what is another economic waste based on fancy marketing? Pharmaceuticals! We have a lot more to talk about if you wanna chat about that...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
(*) The Faithful and Unfailing Love
PURPOSE: I believe
that God is love. What a mystery! Love connotes a lover and a beloved. What a wonderful way to think about God! Yes, God is great, powerful, just, forgiving,
merciful… and all that… yeah, but, seriously, what is more powerful than
Love? Of course, God is complete, that
means all those characteristics exist, and I do believe in God as all of those
things. But, which one has to stand out
above all others? Think about yourself,
can you live in a world purely of ‘greatness, power, justice, mercy, wisdom’
and no ‘Love’? What kind of world would
that be? How would a child develop without
love? What would a child become if all
he/she knows is your greatness, justice, and sometime mercy and no love? Be real!
God is all about relationships. He
loves like a God… pure and holy love. He
loves like a Father… fatherly love. He
loves like a brother/sister… as our friend.
He loves like a lover… romantic.
How incomprehensible! How does
God really say that He is love? How does
He love us? Don’t just listen to my
words and my interpretation… read it for yourself! May be you are somewhat like me, sick of
listening to what other people say and needing to search it out for myself… let the search begin!
· God also testifies Himself through His disciples: Matthew, John, Paul, Peter
· Words that goes together with the love of God: unfailing, faithful, merciful, endures forever, slow to anger, truth, no bounds, corrects
· God expresses His unfailing love not just through the mouth of Christ, but it had been there since the beginning of time, even in the very first book of the scriptures.
2. Exodus 34:6 The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
3. Leviticus 19:18 “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
4. Deuteronomy 6:5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
5. Deuteronomy 10:18 He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.
7. Nehemiah 9:17 But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them
8. Job 10:12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.
9. Psalm 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.
10. Psalm 40:11 Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me. Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.
11. Psalm 40:16 But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “The Lord is great!”
12. Psalm 57:10 For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
13. Psalm 59:17 O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love.
14. Psalm 85:10 Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed!
15. Psalm 90:14 Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
16. Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
17. Psalm 136. His faithful love endures forever.
18. Psalm 147:11 No, the Lord’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.
19. Isaiah 30:18 So the Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help.
20. Isaiah 43:4 Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.
21. Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
22. Jeremiah 3:19 “I thought to myself, ‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn from me.
23. Jeremiah 9:24 But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord, have spoken!
24. Lamentations 3:22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.
25. Lamentations 3:32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
26. Ezekiel 16:8 And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
27. Daniel 9:4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.
28. Hosea 14:4 The Lord says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever.
29. Zephaniah 3:17 For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
30. Matthew 5:44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
32. John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
33. John 13:34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
34. John 14:23 Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.
35. John 15:13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
36. Romans 5:5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
37. Romans 5:8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
38. Romans 8:35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
39. Romans 8:38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
40. Romans 8:39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
42. Romans 12:10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
43. 1 Corinthians 2:9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
44. 1 Corinthians 16:14 And do everything with love.
45. Galatians 5:13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
46. Ephesians 4:2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.
47. Ephesians 4:16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
48. Colossians 3:14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
49. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.
50. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another.
51. 1 Timothy 1:5 The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
52. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
53. 2 Timothy 2:22 Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.
54. 1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
55. 1 Peter 4:8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
56. 1 John 3:16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
57. 1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
58. 1 John 4:8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
59. 1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
60. 1 John 4:16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
61. 1 John 4:18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
62. 1 John 4:19 We love each other because He loved us first.
63. Revelation 3:19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
METHOD: Word searches
in the Bible on the word ‘love’ and then I compiled this list, chronologically.
OBSERVATION:
·
God speaks through Prophets about Himself. These prophets testifies about the unfailing
love of God: Abraham, Moses, Jeremiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Job, King David, Isaiah,
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Zaphaniah· God also testifies Himself through His disciples: Matthew, John, Paul, Peter
· Words that goes together with the love of God: unfailing, faithful, merciful, endures forever, slow to anger, truth, no bounds, corrects
· God expresses His unfailing love not just through the mouth of Christ, but it had been there since the beginning of time, even in the very first book of the scriptures.
DISCUSSION: After
reading these passages, does it invigorate you to know that our God loves you
that much? It is a Crazy Love! As we truly search our world views and our hearts
and examine our ways, do we truly believe in the possibility to be loved by our
creator this much? Do we forget that a
true relationship exist between our God and us in each moment of the day? Just like there is a strong bond of relationship
and love exist between you and your family or friends, even when you don’t see
them or get to be with them for extended periods of time. When you don’t see your loved ones, does it
mean that they don’t exist? Does it mean
that your love for them or their love for you disappears? How much more so do we treat God this way? It is not crazy to talk to an invisible
God. It is not crazy to believe in an
eternity. To love God gives us the
capacity to love others and to have hope.
How does a human get the idea of self-sacrificial love? Where did that model come from? Why do you sacrifice yourselves to love
other? Would you sacrifice yourselves to
other if you get nothing in return? Why
would anyone do that? Without God, we merely
exist. Only the ‘present’ matters. What would be the point of eternity? What would be the point of learning from the
past? Without God’s perfect love, wrong-doing
only matters to the eyes of the victims; and injustice and lawlessness becomes
debatable. Man, I am just so jazzed
about what I am reading in the scriptures below. Please don’t trust my words… Go read it for
yourselves! What do you think?
My desire is that God will make you very uncomfortable with
yourself in order to spark a lifetime of curiosity to look for Him more and more in
our world. One thing I do request of you: I beg you, do not turn off your mind and your heart to God's Word.
[--- Read on if you are intrigued ---]
[God sets up a model of sacrificial love and
tells us what we must do]
1.
Genesis
22:2 “Take your son, your only
son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go
and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will
show you.”2. Exodus 34:6 The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
3. Leviticus 19:18 “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
4. Deuteronomy 6:5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
5. Deuteronomy 10:18 He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.
[God reveals His
faithful love]
6.
2
Chronicles 7:3 When all the people of Israel saw the fire
coming down and the glorious presence of the Lord
filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised
the Lord, saying, “He is good! His faithful love
endures forever!”7. Nehemiah 9:17 But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them
8. Job 10:12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.
9. Psalm 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.
10. Psalm 40:11 Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me. Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.
11. Psalm 40:16 But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “The Lord is great!”
12. Psalm 57:10 For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
13. Psalm 59:17 O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love.
14. Psalm 85:10 Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed!
15. Psalm 90:14 Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
16. Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
17. Psalm 136. His faithful love endures forever.
18. Psalm 147:11 No, the Lord’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.
19. Isaiah 30:18 So the Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help.
20. Isaiah 43:4 Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.
21. Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
22. Jeremiah 3:19 “I thought to myself, ‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn from me.
23. Jeremiah 9:24 But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord, have spoken!
24. Lamentations 3:22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.
25. Lamentations 3:32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
26. Ezekiel 16:8 And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
27. Daniel 9:4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.
28. Hosea 14:4 The Lord says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever.
29. Zephaniah 3:17 For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
30. Matthew 5:44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
[Transition point in
scripture: from God expressing His ‘unfailing love’ to His love taking human
form]
31.
John
1:14 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full
of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the
glory of the Father’s one and only Son.32. John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
33. John 13:34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
34. John 14:23 Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.
35. John 15:13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
36. Romans 5:5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
37. Romans 5:8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
38. Romans 8:35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
39. Romans 8:38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
40. Romans 8:39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[This is what we must
do with God’s love]
41.
Romans
12:9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them.
Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.42. Romans 12:10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
43. 1 Corinthians 2:9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
44. 1 Corinthians 16:14 And do everything with love.
45. Galatians 5:13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
46. Ephesians 4:2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.
47. Ephesians 4:16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
48. Colossians 3:14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
49. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.
50. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another.
51. 1 Timothy 1:5 The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
52. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
53. 2 Timothy 2:22 Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.
54. 1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
55. 1 Peter 4:8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
56. 1 John 3:16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
57. 1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
58. 1 John 4:8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
59. 1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
60. 1 John 4:16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
61. 1 John 4:18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
62. 1 John 4:19 We love each other because He loved us first.
63. Revelation 3:19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
[--- The ‘Love’ Chapter ---]
1 Corinthians 13
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
Friday, April 12, 2013
(*) A Place of Dreams?
Would this place of dreams for you?
A place with:
Beloved family and friends
Activities you enjoy
Physical pleasures you can have
Natural beauty you can immerse in
Supernatural wonders to explore?
And a place without:
Sadness
Sickness
Human conflict
Natural disaster
Injustice & Inequality?
Would it still be a place of your dreams if,
God is absent?
A place with:
Beloved family and friends
Activities you enjoy
Physical pleasures you can have
Natural beauty you can immerse in
Supernatural wonders to explore?
And a place without:
Sadness
Sickness
Human conflict
Natural disaster
Injustice & Inequality?
Would it still be a place of your dreams if,
God is absent?
(*) Two Ancient Twigs
Symbol of Obsession and Mystery
One has to wonder...
If you don't believe in the Turning Point...
Then aren't you adorning and worshipping the symbol of injustice and death?
Anyone? Please tell me!
Embossed shirt breasts, Rhine-stoned jean derrieres
Adorn sensual neck lines, Permanent body arts
Precious metals, Twine nails
Roughen woods, Towering trees
Created by Persia, Perfected by Rome
Instrument for injustice, suffering, torture, and death
Nothing is more gruesome than thee!
How did you become a symbol of love and peace?Nothing is more gruesome than thee!
Emmanuel, Isa Al-Masih
You are the turning point
Question for our generationYou are the turning point
One has to wonder...
If you don't believe in the Turning Point...
Then aren't you adorning and worshipping the symbol of injustice and death?
Monday, April 8, 2013
(*) God's Will... What is it?
GOAL
OF THIS STUDY: I often hear people quoting “In God’s
Will”… What does that mean? What does the Bible say?
ALL REFERENCES TO ‘WILL OF GOD’ OR ‘GOD’S WILL’ IN THE BIBLE
METHOD:
Word search on ‘will of God’ and ‘God’s will’ in the Bible.
OBSERVATIONS: Paraphrase scripture
- Referring
to a trust in God’s plan with future events as if God has total control
- The
Spirit of God knows God’s will and the Children of God knows and does
God’s will
- It is
God’s will to bring us to repentance without regret through sorrow, which
leads us to salvation
- Will
of God is done from the heart and refuses to live for evil human desires
- It is
the will of God to be sanctified and abstain from sexual immorality
- God’s
will is: Be joyful always. Pray
continually. Give thanks in all
circumstances.
- Will
of God is to persevere and do right even if we suffer for doing good
- It’s
the will of God for church leaders to sacrificially, voluntarily and
tenderly showing their flock the way.
SUMMARY:
Often we say “if God wills” or “Insha’Allah” as if somehow we ‘let go’ of the
unknown and our own ‘control-issues’ to God as if we are saying ‘I am not
responsible for whatever happens next’ or ‘whatever happens, happens.’ The genuine hearts may refer to God’s will as
a process of relinquishing our controls over to God, with a total acceptance of
allowing God to guide us. In this sense,
we recognize that God has total control of our body, spirit, and mind, which is
really a perfection of the greatest commandment to “Love God with all our soul,
mind, heart, and strength.” However, I
suspect that most of us say ‘In God’s Will’ flippantly. Have we recognized and accepted that doing
‘God’s Will’ is actually as specific as the list given above? Let us take this more seriously and actually
do what we say!
On the other extreme, we can say ‘In God’s
Will’ almost fatalistically with a sense that “I can’t do anything about my
future, God has it all numbered and everything I do has already been
dictated.” This view absolutely lifts up
God’s sovereignty, which I think is awesome, but it does not take into account
that our all loving God is a God of relationships. He has created us, not as robots or chess-pieces
that have already had everything mapped out.
We just merely live as a programmed-shell that carry out whatever God
has in mind, like a robot would. No! God is mysterious. He doesn’t need us to exist. He is perfect and doesn’t need anything else
to satisfy Him. However, the truth is
that He did create us human beings, full of emotions, and full of capabilities
to do both good and evil … and to disobey Him.
It is almost like He created us for no other purpose other than letting
us develop freely as we will. As the
Bible points out to us, His will for us is to seek Him first and be fearlessly
generous and loving to our neighbors.
God wants us to tag along on this journey
with Him and witness firsthand who He is and how He works. God is also all about relationships. He communicates with us and allows us to
bargain with Him. We should be
transparent and make all of our needs and requests to God, and to offer Him our
very best. We should also confess all of
our failures and ask God for strength.
He has promised to answer ALL of our prayers. Amen.
ALL REFERENCES TO ‘WILL OF GOD’ OR ‘GOD’S WILL’ IN THE BIBLE
·
Micah
6:8 No, O people, the Lord has told you
what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love
mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
- Mark
3:35
For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother
and sister and mother.”
- John
7:17
Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find
out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
- Acts
18:21
But as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from
Ephesus.
- Acts
20:27
For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of
God.
- Romans
1:10
always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will
of God I may succeed in coming to you.
- Romans
8:27
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the
Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of
God.
- Romans
12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God
is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
- Romans
15:32
so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God
and find refreshing rest in your company.
- 1
Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
God, and our brother Sosthenes,
- 2
Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with
all his holy people throughout Achaia:
- 2
Corinthians 7:9
I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made
sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful
according to the will of God, so that you
might not suffer loss in anything through us.
- 2
Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God
produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the
sorrow of the world produces death.
- 2
Corinthians 8:5
And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to
the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.
- Ephesians
1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Ephesians
6:6
Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as
slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your
heart.
- Ephesians
5:17 Don’t
be foolish, understand what the Lord’s
will is.
- Colossians
1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Timothy our brother,
- Colossians
4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends
greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand
firm in all the will of God, mature and fully
assured.
- 1
Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your
sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
- 1
Thessalonians 5:16-18 16Be
joyful always; 17pray continually; give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- 2
Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
- Hebrews
10:36
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of
God, you will receive what he has promised.
- 1
Peter 2:15
For such is the will of God that by doing right you
may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
- 1
Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for
doing evil.
- 1
Peter 4:2
As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil
human desires, but rather for the will of God.
- 1
Peter 4:6
For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are
dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in
the spirit according to the will of God.
- 1
Peter 4:19
Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God
shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.
- 1
Peter 5:2
shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under
compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of
God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;
- 1
John 2:17
The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of
God lives forever.
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