God has something better planned for us than our own natural tendencies

write something these verses tell us about human nature:

we lose focus easily. we lose touch with God and with reality.

write any new discovery you have made reading these verses:

“His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.” it's the Holy Spirit that makes us (and others) fit for God.

write the most exciting verse in your opinion and why:

new life is possible!

write anything you don’t understand or want to ask about:

what does Paul/Eugene Peterson mean by sexual obsession and every sort of perversion. that's a different way of translating the verse than others. i wonder what both had in mind in their writing and translating.

write something these verses say we should do:

live a new life! don't go back to the old ways of doing things. we're called to be different. if we stole before, stop. if we gossiped before, stop. if we lied before, stop.

Heaven on Earth, we need it now
I'm sick of all of this hanging around
Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain
I'm sick of hearing again and again
That there's gonna be peace on Earth

Where I grew up there weren't many trees
Where there was we'd tear them down
And use them on our enemies
They say that what you mock
Will surely overtake you

And you become a monster
So the monster will not break you
And it's already gone too far
You say that if you go in hard
You won't get hurt

“We would like to turn our song into a prayer. The prayer is that we don't become a monster in order to defeat a monster.” -Bono

Comparing my cover and the Cousin Silas album it looks like I should have asked your brother to do my cover.