“How long, O LORD, must I call for help?  But you do not listen!  “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save.  Must I forever see these evil deeds?  “How long, O LORD, must I call for help?  But you do not listen!  “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save.  Must I forever see these evil deeds?  Why must I watch all this misery?  Wherever I look, I see destruction and violence.  I am surrounded by people who love to argue and fight.  The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts.  The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice has become perverted.”  Habakkuk 1:2-4 (NLT)

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite!  First, get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye."  Matthew 7:3-5 (NLT)

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life."  Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)

"Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit. Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God."  Romans 15:31-32 (NLT)

"But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."  Romans 5:8 (NLT)

“So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.”  John 1:14 (NLT)

"Do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?"  2 Corinthians 13:5 (ESV)

“I used to believe that prayer changes things. But now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.”
Mother Teresa