Rescue

Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?

Proverbs 24:11-12

The Cripple Run

"Raise me up from this grave
Touch my tongue and then I'll sing
Heal my limbs then joyfully I'll run to You."

"How you shine so the blind can see
And how you call out, you beckon me
The deaf hear the voice of love
You bid me come and the cripple run
You're the one."

David Crowder, You're Everything


"Great crowds came to Jesus, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel."

Matthew 15:30-31

Get Back Up Again

"Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house, do not raid his dwelling place; for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.

- Proverbs 24:15-16


"We fall down, but we get up. For a saint is just a sinner who fell down and got up. No matter where you are, no matter what you've done, you can get back up again. No matter how far you fall. He is waiting on you, with arms open wide. Run to his arms. Run to his arms. It's not too late. You can get back up again. No condemnation. For a saint is just a sinner who fell down and got up."

- Donnie McClurkin

Something from Nothing

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."

Mark 12:41-44







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Trash

There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, "Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire." But Abraham replied, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us."

He answered, "Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment." Abraham replied, "They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them." "No, father Abraham," he said, "but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent." He said to him, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead."

- Luke 16:19-31

You Found Me

"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."

Luke 15:4-7


"Lost and insecure, You found me, you found me
Lyin' on the floor, Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late, You found me, you found me"

The Fray, You Found Me

Sober

"The Lord reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me."

Psalm 18:16-19


"Aahh, the sun is blinding
I stayed up again
Oohh, I am finding
That's not the way I want my story to end

Aahh, the night is calling
And it whispers to me softly, 'come and play'
Oohh, I am falling
And if I let myself go, I'm the only one to blame

When it's good, then it's good, it's so good, 'till it goes bad
Till you're trying to find the you that you once had
I have heard myself cry
Never again, Broken down in agony
And just trying to find a friend

I'm safe, Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this party's over?
No pain, Inside
You're like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?"

Pink, Sober