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Proverbs 1: Under God’s sovereignty, it magnifies grace and summons covenant faithfulness to God’s glory.
Jeremiah 31: By prevenient grace, it meets us gently—invites a real response that grows into holy love.
In 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50, the Spirit turns ordinary people into bold messengers of Jesus.
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Galatians 3: By prevenient grace, it doesn’t flatter us—invites a real response that grows into holy love.
Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15 frames history under God’s plan—promises unfold and Christ will return as King.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 1 Timothy 1:12-17 feels demanding, remember: love is demanding because it is real—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 5: In soul liberty before God, it meets us gently—calls for personal faith that bears public fruit.
1 Kings 18: In soul liberty before God, it calls for personal faith that bears public fruit.
In Luke 9:28-36, the Church is not a clubhouse but a sent people, embodying the kingdom.
Philippians 2: In God’s mission, it sends the Church to embody the Kingdom in word and deed.
In Philippians 3:4b-14, we remember: trouble can’t cancel God’s promises—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 13: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 21:5-19 14 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.
Philippians 3:4b-14 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
Luke 4:21-30 refuses cheap assurance; genuine faith bears fruit in holiness—today, not someday.
Acts 5:27-32 warns us: you can inherit religious vocabulary and still miss the living Christ.
2 Kings 5: In the red thread, it doesn’t flatter us—leads us to Jesus—the center and fulfillment of Scripture.
1 Samuel 16:1-13 66:1-12 declares God’s preferential option for the oppressed—salvation as concrete liberation—today, not someday.
Hebrews 2:10-18 Lamentations 1:1-6, Christ meets us as Physician, tending wounds we can’t name—today, not someday.
2 Samuel 7: From the underside of history, it names oppression as sin and calls the Church to liberating praxis.
Jeremiah 31:27-34 exposes pious excuses—if faith never costs power, it’s probably not liberation—today, not someday.
James 1: Within the deposit of faith, it draws us into grace through the Church’s sacramental life.