Colossians 1:19–20 (NIV)

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

In God I live and move and have my being.

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"I have never been separate from God, nor can I be, except in my mind."

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Luke 20:38 (NIV)

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.

I have nothing left to prove.

Brennan Manning, from The Ragamuffin Gospel

"God loves you as you are and not as you should be, because none of us are as we should be."

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Revelation 21:5–6 (NRSVUE)

And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life."

God is making all things new — including me.

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"Faith at its essential core is accepting that you are accepted. We cannot deeply know ourselves without also knowing the One who made us, and we cann

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2 Peter 1:4 (NRSVUE)

Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.

I am a participant in the divine nature.

Athanasius

"God was consistent in working through one man to reveal himself everywhere, as well as through the other parts of His creation, so that nothing was left devoid of his Divinity and his self-knowledge... so that the whole universe was filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters fill the sea."

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John 8:58 (NRSVUE)

Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am."

Before I knew God, God knew me.

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"Christ is the light that allows people to see things in their fullness. The precise and intended effect of such a light is to see Christ everywhere else. In fact, that is my only definition of a true Christian. A mature Christian sees Christ in everything and everyone else."

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Hebrews 12:2 (NRSVUE)

Looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

I am accepted, just as I am.

Paul Tillich, from The Shaking of the Foundations

"Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything; do not perform anything; do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted. If that happens to us, we experience grace. After such an experience we may not be better than before, and we may not believe more than before. But everything is transformed."

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Romans 6:4 (NRSVUE)

Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that,

just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,

so we too might walk in newness of life.

I carry resurrection into this day.

Wendell Berry, from Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. Practice resurrection."

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John 20:19–21 (NRSVUE)

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week,

and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear,

Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."

After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."

Peace be with me, even here.

St. Seraphim of Sarov

"Acquire inner peace and thousands around you will find their salvation."

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