Romans 12:5

So we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. Romans 12:5

Marc Chagall on Love

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
- Marc Chagall

Sunset with Gandhi

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. 
- Mahatma Gandhi

Psalm 16:11

You show me the path of life.
 In your presence there is fullness of joy
Psalm 16:11

John 15:16a

You did not choose me but I chose you. 
And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last
John 15:16a
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Isaiah 43:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
 and streams on the dry ground;
 I will pour my spirit upon your descendants,
 and my blessing on your offspring.
Isaiah 43:3
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Psalm 36:7

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
 All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 36:7
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Isaiah 35:4a

Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
 "Be strong, do not fear!
Isaiah 35:4a
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1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 1:23
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1 Timothy 3:16a

Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great
1 Timothy 3:16a
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John 13:34-35

[Jesus said] "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." 
John 13:34-35
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Psalm 22

future generations will be told about the LORD,
 and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn
Psalm 22:30b-31a
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2 Corinthians 5:17

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 
2 Corinthians 5:17
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John 4:13-14

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."
John 4:13-14
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Joshua 23:8

Hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. 

Joshua 23:8

1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. 
1 Corinthians 12:4-6
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1 Peter 2:4-5

Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God's sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:4-5
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Matthew 25:35

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
Matthew 25:35

Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions,
 crushed for our iniquities;
 upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
 and by his bruises we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5

Song of Songs 6:3a

I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine

Song of Songs 6:3a

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Psalm 108:3-4

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples,
 and I will sing praises to you among the nations.
 For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
 and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Psalm 108:3-4

Psalm 130:6a

My soul waits for the LORD
 more than those who watch for the morning
Psalm 130:6a

Matthew 23:11-12

The greatest among you will be your servant. 
All who exalt themselves will be humbled, 
and all who humble themselves will be exalted.
Matthew 23:11-12

Psalm 107

O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
 for his steadfast love endures forever.
 For he satisfies the thirsty,
 and the hungry he fills with good things.
Psalm 107:1, 9

Ruth 1:16

Do not press me to leave you
 or to turn back from following you!
 Where you go, I will go;
 where you lodge, I will lodge,
 your people shall be my people,
 and your God my God.
Ruth 1:16

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child 
will never enter it.
Mark 10:15

Psalm 113:3

From the rising of the sun to its setting
 the name of the LORD is to be praised
Psalm 113:3

Psalm 139:7-10a

Where can I go from your spirit?
 Or where can I flee from your presence?
 If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
 if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
 If I take the wings of the morning
 and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
 even there your hand shall lead me
Psalm 139:7-10a

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness
 have seen a great light,
 and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
 light has dawned.
Matthew 4:16

Romans 1:20a

Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. 
Romans 1:20a

Galatians 3:27-28

As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. 
Galatians 3:27-28

John 17:11

And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. 
John 17:11

Psalm 38

O LORD, all my longing is known to you;
 my sighing is not hidden from you.
Do not forsake me, O LORD;
 O my God, do not be far from me;
Psalm 38:9, 21

Psalm 46:1-5

God is our refuge and strength,
 a very present help in trouble.
 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
 though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
 though its waters roar and foam,
 though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
 the holy habitation of the Most High.
 God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
 God will help it when the morning dawns.
Psalm 46:1-5

Psalm 88

My eye grows dim through sorrow.
 Every day I call on you, O LORD;
 I spread out my hands to you.
 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
 Are your wonders known in the darkness?
 But I, O LORD, cry out to you;
 in the morning my prayer comes before you.
- Excerpts from Psalm 88, a Psalm of Lament. 

Jeremiah 31.5b

A voice is heard in Ramah,
 lamentation and bitter weeping.
 Rachel is weeping for her children;
 she refuses to be comforted for her children,
 because they are no more.
Jeremiah 31:15b

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9

3 John 3:11

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. 
3 John 1:11a

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
 because he has anointed me
 to bring good news to the poor.
 He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
 and recovery of sight to the blind,
 to let the oppressed go free
Luke 4:18

John 15:13

No one has greater love than this, 
to lay down one's life for one's friends.
John 15:13

1 Corinthians 16:13

Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. 
Let all that you do be done in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28

Deuteronomy 18

You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul....Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
Deuteronomy 11:18a, 19

Matthew 7:16b-17a

Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? 
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit
Matthew 7:16b-17a

Psalm 23:2b

[The Lord] leads me beside still waters;
 he restores my soul.
Psalm 23:2b

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
1 Corinthians 13:12

Matthew 19:14

Jesus said, Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.
Matthew 19:14

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:12

2 Corinthians 5:17

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 
2 Corinthians 5:17

Ephesians 4:31

Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another.
Ephesians 4:31