5. For the message of the cross
is foolishness to those who
are perishing, but to us who
are being saved it is the
power of God.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:18
6. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may
strengthen you with power through his Spirit
in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith. And I pray that
you, being rooted and established in
love, may have power, together with all the
Lord’s holy people,
to grasp how wide and long and high and
deep
is the love of Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled
EPHESIANS 3:16-19
7. For the message of the cross
is foolishness to those who
are perishing, but to us who
are being saved it is the
power of God.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:18
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15. Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind
me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me;
you do not have in mind the concerns of God,
but merely human concerns.”
MATTHEW 16:23
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants
to be my disciple must deny themselves
and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
LUKE 9:23
16. The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed,
took bread, and when he had given thanks,
he broke it and said, “This is my body,
which is for you; do this in remembrance of
me.”
1 CORINTHIANS 11:23
17. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such
a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off
everything that hinders and the sin that so easily
entangles. And let us run with perseverance the
race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus,
the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy
set before him he endured the cross, scorning
its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God. Consider him who endured such
opposition from sinners, so that you will not
grow weary and lose heart.
HEBREWS 12:1-3
18. Life is full of the sort of joys
and sorrows that don’t resolve neatly
in a major key.
God knows that.
The Bible knows that.
Why don’t we?
RACHEL HELD EVANS
19. We are hard pressed on all
sides,
but not crushed; perplexed,
but not in despair; persecuted,
but not forsaken; struck down
but not destroyed.
We always carry around
in our body the death of Jesus,
so that the life of Jesus may
also
2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-10
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21. This is not going away.
Lord, can you just make
something holy of it?
22. Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the
vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the
pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
HABAKKUK 3:17-18
23. 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
