Bible Verse to Lift You Up 1/1/24

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CAREGIVERS SET THEIR HEARTS ON LOVE AND CARE FOR THE HELPLESS

Isaiah 1:16-17 New Living Translation

16 Wash yourselves and be clean!

Get your sins out of my sight.

Give up your evil ways.

17 Learn to do good.

Seek justice.

Help the oppressed.

Defend the cause of orphans.

Fight for the rights of widows.

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HOLY SPIRIT HELP US WORK FOR PEACE

Matthew 5:9-10

New Living Translation

9 God blesses those who work for peace,

for they will be called the children of God.

10 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right,

for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

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PRAY WE STRIVE FOR LOVE EVERYDAY

WHAT IS LOVE?

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

New Living Translation

4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!

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THE GREAT FORCE OF LOVE

There are many issues that need solving in our homes, our jobs, our country and the world. Let's pray for solutions with 1 Corinthians 13 on LOVE in our hearts. Let's remember that often love for others requires self-sacrifice. We must pray and support family, church, local and government leaders who care for all people and want to make life better for the helpless.