Those who use the things of the world
should not become attached to them.
For this world as we know it
will soon pass away.
(Sedlec Ossuary–the Bone Church–in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic)
Those who use the things of the world
should not become attached to them.
For this world as we know it
will soon pass away.
(Sedlec Ossuary–the Bone Church–in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic)
It’s not important who does the planting,
or who does the watering.
What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
The one who plants and the one who waters
work together with the same purpose.
And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
(Kutna Hora, The Czech Republic)
…He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus,
just as he did for all people everywhere
who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
their Lord and ours.
I pray that God,
the source of hope,
will fill you completely with joy and peace
because you trust in him.
Then you will overflow with confident hope
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
(Old Prague from Charles Bridge tower)
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God transform you into a new person
by changing the way you think.
Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,
which is good and pleasing and perfect.
(View from Charles bridge tower in Prague)
Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge!
How impossible it is for us to understand
his decisions and his ways!
(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.
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.
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.)
(St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, The Czech Republic)