8 quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. that you need to read today.
Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. - Revelation 3:8
Sin entered the world through one man’s sin.
His mercies never fail. They are new every morning - Lamentations 3:22-23
Say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.” - Isaiah 35:4
God’s promises never expire.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! ... I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. - Isaiah 43:18-19
Forget the former things...do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness... and streams in the wasteland. - Isaiah 43:18-19
Hope is here
Here are some things to remember after Christmas.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. - Isaiah 9:6
If you want the hope of Christmas, you need the person of Christmas.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light…
Though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson they shall be like wool. - Isaiah 1:18
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. - John 1:9
I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. - Job 42:2
He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new!' - Revelation 21:5
May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. - Psalm 25:21
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. - Psalm 130:5
Nothing you’ve been through is wasted in God's hands.
Read what these theologians had to say about Christmas:
The Lord makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. - Psalm 18:33
As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. - Psalm 71:14
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. - Psalm 33:22
God with us here
Watch, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come. - Matthew 24:42
The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. - Isaiah 9:2
Emmanuel doesn’t mean: God mad at us. It means: God with us.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. - 2 Corinthians 4:16
Those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. - Psalm 37:9
The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances. - Elisabeth Elliot
