John 13:34-35 – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Forrest Gump “I may not be a smart man, but I know what Love is.” Every Down Syndrome person I have known has…
Continue ReadingPsalm 51:10-12 – Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 71:9 – Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast…
Continue ReadingGalatians 1:8-10 – But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! 10 Am…
Continue ReadingPsalm 107:1-2 – Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—those He redeemed from the hand of the foe. Every day, and as often as possible throughout the day, give thanks to God. It is for our good that we should do it. In doing that we increasingly know that…
Continue ReadingJohn 1:15-18 – (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No…
Continue ReadingJohn 1:14 – The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. Do we get the point that through John God is driving home (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21) the point that Jesus was God…
Continue ReadingJohn 1:10-13 – He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own people did not accept Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will…
Continue ReadingJohn 1:6-8 – There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The man being spoken of is John the Baptist. John was a man whom God…
Continue ReadingProverbs 27:12 “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.” Proverbs 22:3 “The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.” It is well said that a wise person may make a mistake but will learn from it and not repeat it. A…
Continue ReadingProverbs 27:19 “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” Luke 6:45 “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” I…
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