Things We All Need
To know Christ and him crucified.
To trust God with all our hearts.
To have the Spirit.
To be born again.
To know Christ and him crucified.
To trust God with all our hearts.
To have the Spirit.
To fear God and keep his commandments.
To be loved.
To be disciplined.
To be rebuked.
To be comforted.
To tell the truth.
To tell the truth about ourselves.
To take the log out of our own eye.
To forgive.
To forgive again.
To walk in the light no matter what.
To be suspicious of our own wisdom.
To beat our chests and plead for mercy.
To look to the interests of others.
To bear one another’s burdens.
To look over offenses.
To get over ourselves.
To compete only in showing honor.
To be patient.
To expect people to be frustrating.
To know we are those people.
To remember the real Enemy.
Second chances.
Four hundred and ninety chances.
Grace.
Mercy.
Help.
Silence.
Love.
Love.
Love.
To meet together.
To sing together.
To pray together.
To eat together.
To go to weddings and funerals.
To celebrate births.
To make soup.
To remember the poor.
To learn from the children.
To honor the elderly.
Food.
Clothing.
To accept trial.
To pray without ceasing.
To hang on God’s every word.
To stop and sit and listen.
God’s help.
God’s mercy.
God’s kindness.
Deliverance from evil.
To insist on these things.
In short:
The Holy Spirit.
The holy catholic church.
The communion of saints.
The forgiveness of sins.
The resurrection of the body.
And the life everlasting.
