Serving God

‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Self-Righteous vs. Repentant

“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Repent & Be Baptized

“Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins…”

Walk Humbly

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Permissible Favor

And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs…

Reverent Submission

“… and he (Jesus) was heard because of his reverent submission.”

Reasonable

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lᴏʀᴅ: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool…”

Willing

“… How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!”