WORDS for your PSYCHE - Part I

Topic: Human Beings

“Then God said, ’And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us….’ So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female.” (Genesis 1:26-27 / TEV)

“The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time, ’I make a vow by my own name - the Lord is speaking - that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me, I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore….’” (Genesis 22:15-17 / TEV)

“When I look at the sky, which you have made, at the moon and the stars, which you set in places - what are human beings that you think of them; mere mortals, that you care for them? Yet you made them inferior only to yourself; you crowned them with glory and honor. You appointed them rulers over everything you made; you placed them over all creation: sheep and cattle, and the wild animals, too; the birds and the fish and the creatures of the seas.” (Psalm 8:3-8 / TEV)

“God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth.” (Isaiah 42:5 / NLT)

“You are the light of the world...let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14 and 16 / ASD-NIV)

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ’Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me...I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’” (Matthew 25:34-36 and 40 / ASD-NIV)

“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptised into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” (Galatians 3:26-27 / NIV ®)

“And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, ’Abba, Father.’ Now, you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.” (Galatians 4:6-7 / NLT)

“Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 1:4-5 / NLT)

“For we are God’s masterpieces. He has created us anew in Christ, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10 / NLT)