“So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.
Luke 12:32
You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
Genesis 4:7
When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.”
“What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”
Matthew 27:3-4
Gracious God, draw us back to your loving embrace. May we abandon lives that rely on our own strengths and ideas, and may we find the courage to return to you with contrite hearts. Amen.
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