“The darker the room, the greater the need for light.”
~ Max Lucado
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men. You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” ~ Matthew 5:13-16
“In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself.” ~ James 2:17
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, ensure justice for those who are perishing.” ~ Proverbs 31:8
“Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light. For this reason it says, ‘Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'”~Ephesians 5:11-14
“He has shown you what is good and what the Lord requires of you: to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” ~ Micah 6:8
“For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me fore just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’ Yet on the day of your fasting you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: TO STAND AGAINST INJUSTICE and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter; when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: ‘Here I AM.’ If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday. The LORD will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs… and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden…. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be call the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to walk in. The mouth of the LORD has spoken.” ~ Isaiah 58
” I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.” ~ Ezekiel 22:30
“So then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:6
“THEREFORE, PREPARE YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION…”
~ 1 Peter 1:13
