Thursday, November 20, 2008
Rockford Auburn Road Church of the Nazarene

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. — 1 John 4:9-10, NIV

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! — 2 Corinthians 5:16-17, NIV

Keep me from deceitful ways;
     be gracious to me through your law.
I have chosen the way of truth;
     I have set my heart on your laws.
I hold fast to your statutes, O LORD;
     do not let me be put to shame.
I run in the path of your commands,
     for you have set my heart free.

— Psalm 119:29-32, NIV

May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.

— Psalm 20:4-5, NIV

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men-the testimony given in its proper time. — 1 Timothy 2:5-6, NIV