P. Persad
Romans 15:30-33
Let's go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile. He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn't even have time to eat.
-- Mark 6:31
D. Jones
Mark 10:46-52
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
-- John 14:16-17
P. Paras
Luke 2:36-38
Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
-- Matthew 6:20-21
R. To
Lamentations 3:19-26
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant;
-- Psalms 86:15-16
B. Leung
Malachi 3:10
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
-- Hebrews 6:10
P. Mao
Romans 15: 1-13
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
-- Romans 15:1-2, 7
P. Persad
Mark 11: 1-11
When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
-- Mark 11:7-10
D. Jones
Matthew 5:3-10
From there he went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught
people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme—that beginning right now they were
under God’s government, a good government! He also healed people of their diseases and
of the bad effects of their bad lives.
-- Matthew 4:23 (MSG)
C. Sun
Matthew 25:14-30
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
-- Romans 12:4-5
L. Guo
Mark 7:1-23
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
-- Romans 12:1
G. Van Bruggen
Genesis 12:3
And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
-- Revelation 5:9
P. Persad
Matthew 18:21-35
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
-- Ephesians 4:32
D. Jones
1 Corinthians 8:1-4a
I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way – in all your speaking and in all your knowledge – because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
-- 1 Corinthians 1:4-6
B. Leung
Luke 2:22-40
The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
-- Luke 4:18-19
P. Persad
Ruth 1:1-22
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
-- John 16:33
P. Persad
Luke 18:1-8
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
-- 1 Thessalonians 5:18