God doesn’t demand perfection
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3 ESV)
Commendation or praise
We will all stand before the judgment seat of God … So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. (Romans 14:10,12 ESV)
He instructed us to forgive
Forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32 ESV)
Let’s take Him at His Word
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. (1 John 5:14-15 NKJV)
Rooted in His Character
You are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. (Nehemiah 9:17 ESV)
The “law of returns”
Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back. (like 6:38 NLT)
Look for the light
When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (Psalm 61:2 KJV)
Seeking the Lord’s forgiveness
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16 KJV)
Feeling secure in God’s love
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3 NIV)
The path to restoration
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
Our work is not in vain
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies — in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 4:10-11 ESV)
You have given me life today!
He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he. (Proverbs 14:21 NKJV)
In Him we see the Father
Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me—not that anyone has seen the Father except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. (John 6:45-46 ESV)
The school of life
But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you. (Job 12:7–8a ESV)
Motivated to serve by…
Though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. (Philippians 2:6-7 ESV)
A little bit of faith
You don’t have enough faith,' Jesus told them. 'I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.' (Matthew 17:20 NLT)
To rejoice in His blessings
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. (Psalm 150:1-2)
Room for improvement
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. (Proverbs 27:6 KJV)
We speak to Him and He speaks to us
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20 ESV)