Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge!

How impossible it is for us to understand

his decisions and his ways!

Romans 12:33

(Clock tower in old Prague, Czech Republic)

And I am convinced that nothing 

can ever separate us from God’s love.

Neither death nor life,

neither angels nor demons,

neither our fears for today

nor our worries about tomorrow—

not even the powers of hell 

can separate us from God’s love. 

Romans 9:38

So you have not received a spirit

that makes you fearful slaves.

Instead, you received God’s Spirit

when he adopted you as his own children.

Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”

For his Spirit joins with our spirit

to affirm that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:15-16

The Spirit of God, 

who raised Jesus from the dead,

lives in you.

And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead,

he will give life to your mortal bodies

by this same Spirit living within you.

Romans 8:11

(St Barbara’s Cathedral, Kutna Hora, The Czech Republic)

But you are not controlled by your sinful nature.

You are controlled by the Spirit 

if you have the Spirit of God living in you.

(And remember that those who do not have

the Spirit of Christ living in them

do not belong to him at all.)

Romans 8:9

(St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, The Czech Republic)

So now there is no condemnation for those 

who belong to Christ Jesus. 

Romans 8:1

(St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, The Czech Republic)

But God showed his great love for us

by sending Christ to die for us

while we were still sinners.

Romans 5:8

(St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, The Czech Republic)

Therefore, since we have been made right 

in God’s sight by faith,

we have peace with God

because of what Jesus Christ our Lord 

has done for us.

Romans 5:1

(The Czech Republic)

“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.

Remind me that my days are numbered—

how fleeting my life is. 

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.

My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;

at best, each of us is but a breath.”

And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?

My only hope is in you.

Psalm 39:4-5;7

…”Beware!

Guard against every kind of greed.

Life is not measured by how much you own.”

Luke 12:15