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Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

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Page 1: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion.

For the Lord is a God of justice.

Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

Page 2: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

I am the light of the world.  I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, will never walk in darkness, but will have the light but will have the light of life.  of life.  John 8:12John 8:12

Page 3: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

Let us have the audacity to mark out new paths for proclaiming

the Gospel. Pope Francis

Page 4: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

God hides some ideal in every God hides some ideal in every human soul. human soul.

At some time in our life we feel a At some time in our life we feel a trembling, trembling,

fearful longing to do some good fearful longing to do some good thing. thing.

Life finds its noblest spring of Life finds its noblest spring of excellence excellence

in this hidden impulse to do our in this hidden impulse to do our best.best.

Robert Collyer

Page 5: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

In those times we yearn to have more in our lives,

we should dwell on the things we already have.In doing so, we will often find that our lives

are already full to overflowing.

Page 6: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

Never tell people how to

do things. Tell them

what to do, and they will surprise you

with their ingenuity. Gen George Patton

Page 7: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

For everything you have missed,

you have gained something else.

It is about your outlook towards life.

You can either regret or rejoice.

Page 8: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18

God can restore what is broken God can restore what is broken and change it and change it

into something amazing. into something amazing. All you need is faith. All you need is faith.

Joel 2:25Joel 2:25

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We must allow the Word of God to

confront us, to disturb our

security, to undermine our

complacency and to overthrow

our patterns of thought

and behaviour. John Stott