If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will healtheir land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Romans 4:18-25
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans 5:1-5
"Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance." John Donne
"Honesty is the best policy" is a notion that's gathered some dust! Integrity has fallen on hard times in many areas of society. The qualities of honesty, truthfulness, reliability and sincerity have often been pushed into the closet and replaced by hypocrisy, thievery, unfaithfulness and deceit. Are you as good as your word? Christians must raise up the standard of integrity in a world where honor and uprightness grow ever dimmer (CBN Network).
Unshakeable, unquenchable, unchangeable, unconquerable (beh té) are steps of determination of our individuality, integrity, and destiny.
These three languages agree: the language of good, the language of life, and the language of the nature of God, that is love, unity, and holiness.
Is it wise to say of the number 11 that the first '1' is last and the last '1' is first.
The first '1' is the paradigm, the pattern, the model of the second '1.' One and one are twins - they are parallel ones - they are equal ones. It seems that the space before the first one becomes one, and the second space before the second one becomes one. It expresses the miracle of the eleventh hour.