Thankful For God’s Love

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“This is how God showed his love among us:  He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.  This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

1 John 4:9-10

(This photo was taken in February of 2013 in a neighborhood near Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Thoughts and Ways

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“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:8-9

(This photo was taken in July of 2016 while driving in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming)

Commitment

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“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.”

Hebrews 12:1

(This photo was taken in August of 2016 at Elliot Bay next to downtown Seattle, Washington)

The Gift of Grace

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“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is a gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:8-10

(This photo was taken in August of 2016 near Glacier National Park in Montana)

No Fear In Love

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“There is no fear in love.  But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love.  We love because he first loved us.”

1 John 4:18-19

(This photo was taken in August of 2016 while driving in the state of Utah)

Do Not Be Afraid

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“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

Deuteronomy 31:6

(This photo was taken in August of 2016, the statue is the largest Virgin Mary statue in North America, 90 ft tall.  It is called “Our Lady of the Rockies” located in Butte, Montana)

Rest

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The words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew…

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Matthew 11:28

(This photo was taken in August of 2012 while hiking along the North Shore near Lake Superior in Minnesota)

Attitude

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“If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”

Philippians 2:1-4

(This photo was taken in July of 2016 in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota)