Needs

NEEDS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER
GOD WILL GLADLY GIVE
TO EVERYONE WHO SEEKS HIM
AND TRIES EACH DAY TO LIVE
A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY TO
GOD AND TO EACH OTHER,
SEEING EVERYONE WHO PASSES
AS A NEIGHBOR, FRIEND OR BROTHER,
NOT ONLY JOY AND HAPPINESS BUT
THE FAITH TO MEET EACH TRIAL
NOT WITH FEAR AND TREPIDATION
BUT WITH AN INNER SMILE.





JESUS REPLIED: "LOVE THE LORD YOUR
GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL
YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.
'THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREATEST COMMANDMENT.
AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT: 'LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."



MATTHEW 22:37-39
NIV







TRULY THE EYE OF THE LORD IS ON
THOSE WHO FEAR HIM,
ON THOSE WHO HOPE IN HIS
STEADFAST LOVE.



PSALM 33:18
NRSV



CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD,
AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.



PSALM 51:10
NKJV



THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS PURE,
IT ENDURES FOREVER.
THE DECISIONS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE.
THEY ARE COMPLETELY FAIR.



PSALM 19:9
GOD'S WORD



YES, HE ALONE IS MY ROCK, MY RESCUER,
DEFENSE AND FORTRESS.
WHY THEN SHOULD I BE TENSE WITH
FEAR WHEN TROUBLES COME?



PSALM 62:2
TLB



HOW GREAT IS YOUR GOODNESS
THAT YOU HAVE STORED UP FOR
THOSE WHO FEAR YOU, THAT YOU HAVE
GIVEN TO THOSE WHO TRUST YOU. YOU
DO THIS FOR ALL TO SEE.



PSALM 31:19
NCV