The Lord’s Passion for Us
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness,
but according to his own mercy,
by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
– Titus 3:4-7 (ESV)
Compassion for People
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
– Colossians 3:12-14 (ESV)
Our Passion for God
And whatever you do, in word or deed,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
– Colossians 3:17 (ESV)
The Lord’s Passion For Us
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness
and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
– Colossians 1:13-14 (ESV)
Compassion for People
Learn to do good;
seek justice, correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
– Isaiah 1:17 (ESV)
Our Passion for God
O God, you are my God;
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
– Psalm 63:1 (ESV)
The Lord’s Passion For Us
The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.
But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
on those who fear him.
– Psalm 103:8, 11, 17 (ESV)
The Lord’s Passion For Us
Why do you seek the living among the dead?
He is not here, but has risen.
– Luke 24:5b-6a (ESV)
The Lord’s Passion For Us
Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways
inherited from your forefathers,
not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
but with the precious blood of Christ,
like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
– 1 Peter 1:18-19 (ESV)
The Lord’s Passion For Us
Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
– Isaiah 1:18 (ESV)
Brian J. Mikul 