ENG Justice A) having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason : reasonable B) conforming to a standard of correctness.
Psalm 10:17-18
God hears the cry of injustice, and responds.
Micah 6:8
Matthew 23:23-24
God wants His people to avoid injustice.
Leviticus 19:15
Isaiah 1:16-17
God wants His people to fight against injustice.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Amos 5: 21-24
Psalm 82:3-4
Video Interview (David Zach from Remedy Drive)
Isaiah 25:4
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Things God Loves: Mercy
Colossians 3:12-17
Colossians 3:13 [bearing with one another] and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
anexomai (an-ekh’-om-ahee) to hold up, bear with.
Proverbs 19:11
1 Peter 2:19
Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; [as the Lord has forgiven you], so you also must forgive.
Fully
Isaiah 1:18
Psalm 103:12
Faithfully
1 John 1:9
Forgetfully
Hebrews 8:12
Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, [so you also must forgive. ]
Who do you I need to forgive?
Ephesians 4:32
Things God Loves: Patience
Luke 23:24 (all verses are NASB)
Luke 23:39-43
Exodus 34:6
Psalm 86:15
Romans 2:4
2 Peter 3:9
Galatian 5:22-23
Things God Loves: Meekness
Colossians 3:12-17
prautés (prah-oo’-tace): meekness, mildness, gentleness.
English definition: a mild, moderate, humble, or submissive quality.
Meekness is NOT weakness.
Matthew 26:47-54
Meekness is NOT the way of the world.
Matthew 6:19-21
Mark 8: 36
Matthew 5:5
James 3:13-16
Meekness is how we share our faith (the gospel).
1 Peter 3:15-16
Meekness is how we challenge the sin of other believers.
Galatians 6:1-3
Meekness is how we should receive the word of God.
James 1:21
Meekness is how we should disciple others.
1 Thessalonians 2:7-8
Meekness is a fruit of the spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23
Pursue Meekness by Abiding in Jesus.
1 Timothy 6:11-12
Things God Loves: Kindness
ENG kindness: 1) the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.
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ENG Kindness: 2) A Kind Act
OT checed (kheh’-sed): goodness kindness, favor, mercy.
Exodus 34:6
Proverbs 19:22
Proverbs 31:26
NT chréstotés (khray-stot’-ace) : goodness, excellence, uprightness.
Kindness is useful.
Galatians 6:10
James 2:14-17
Kindness is good.
Titus 3:4-5a (end after “he saved us…”)
Kindness is a fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23
2 Corinthians 6:2-5
Kindness like this could change the world.
Romans 2:4
Ephesians 4:31-32
Things God Loves: Faithfulness
Faithfulness is being “full of faith.” It is having character and commitment that can be relied on.
Faithfulness is an attribute of God.
Psalm 119:90
Psalm 86:15
Lamentations 2:22-23
1 Corinthians 1:9
2Timothy 2:11
We’re meant to reflect the faithfulness God has shown us.
Hebrews 10:23
Matthew 25:21
Proverbs 3:3-4
God will support those who are faithful.
2 Chronicles 16:9
Faithfulness is a fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23
John 15: 5
Put Jesus before anything else, otherwise anything else will take His place.
Things God Loves: Integrity
Psalm 119:1-8 NLT
Integrity: (1) the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
Integrity is one of several paths. It distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path and the only one on which you will never get lost. ~ M.H. McKee
Integrity: (2) the state of being whole and undivided.
Daniel 6:4-5
Jeremiah 23:23-24
Psalm 44:21
Job 34:21
Pic : I saw that. ~God
Pic: Seriously, did you think I wouldn’t notice? ~God
God sees everything, and He has a very good memory! ~Unknown
Integrity Keeps me Secure
Integrity Guides Me
Integrity Vindicates Me
Integrity is Really an Issue of the Heart
Psalm 26:2
Psalm 139:24-25
Are you willing to let God reveal your faults?
Things God Loves: Obedience
Matthew 21:28-32 NLT
I should obey God even when I don’t want to.
Matthew 21:23-46 NLT
“Obey” means to comply with a command, direction, or request; to submit to authority.
I should obey God even when I don’t want to.
Psalm 119:1-8
Things God Loves: Humility
Philippians 2:3-4
James 4:10
humble = tapeinophrosýnē (greek)
from the root words meaning “low, humble” and “moderation as regulated by inner perspective.”
Proverbs 3:34
James 4:6-7
1Peter 5:5-6
Humility before God
Job 39:1-18 (reference only)
If we lack humility before God it’s because we don’t trust His goodness, His wisdom or His power.
Humility with Others
Humility: the feeling or attitude that you have no special importance that makes you better than others. ~Cambridge Dictionary
Luke 14:7-11
Humility of Self
Romans 12:3
Philippians 2:6-8
Things God Loves: Everyone
God loves everyone. (But he doesn’t love everyone the same.)
God has a providential love for his creation.
Matthew 5:45
God has a redemptive love for his fallen world.
John 3:16
“God loves the great totality of fallen human beings. All of them.” ~John Piper
Romans 5:8
God has a preferential love toward his chosen people.
Malachi 1:2-3
Romans 9:10-13
God has a conditional love toward his faithful ones.
John 15:9-10
Countering Objections to the statement God Loves Everyone…
If God loves EVERYONE, we ought to love EVERYONE, too.