The meteorite that struck Russia today is just a glimpse of what will be, and proof that we need God to keep things in place until then.
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.”
Mark 13:24-26 ESV
We give people the opportunity to believe the truth, every time we speak it.
Do not hold back a word.
It may be they will listen,
and every one turn from his evil way,
that I may relent of the disaster
that I intend to do to them
because of their evil deeds.
Jeremiah 26:2-3 ESV
Christians are regular people who struggle with the hard things in life,
but don’t consider giving up on God an option.
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Psalm 42:5 NIV
Knowing God has the power to change our situation,
gives us courage to trust Him when He doesn’t.
‘Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.’
Jeremiah 32:17 ESV
We are blessed if we have one friend who tells us what we need to hear,
rather than what we want to hear.
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
Proverbs 27:6 NIV
I don’t want a God
who merely knows the future–
I want one who controls it!
Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
Lamentations 3:37 NIV
False gods can’t do anything good,
but not to worry,
they can’t do anything evil either.
“Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
Jeremiah 10:5 ESV
God delivers His people!
He always has and He always will.
“Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the Lord.”
Jeremiah 1:8 ESV
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying…
Jeremiah 1:4 ESV
Praise God! We don’t have to wait for His word to come to us, or to a Prophet who will then tell us what God said. We have access to it every moment of every day.
Every circumstance
gives us the opportunity
to either trust God
or rely on our own understanding.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
One minute is better than no minutes,
but many minutes are better than one.
When it comes to reading the Bible–
more is better.
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 NKJ
We tend to confuse worry with care;
as if worrying about someone
somehow helps their situation.
Prayer is better.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you… May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy.
Colossians 1:9,11 ESV
Doing good is an acquired skill;
it doesn’t come naturally,
or apart from the Holy Spirit.
“Cease to do evil, learn to do good.”
Isaiah 1:16-17 ESV
Abortion harms a mother,
kills a child,
and destroys a nation.
Thankfully, we can call upon
the God who forgives
even the worst of our sins–
we have His promise on that.
“If my people who are called by my name
humble themselves, and pray and seek my face
and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven
and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV
Leaders of this earth
are no match
for the God of heaven.
He brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth useless.
Scarcely shall they be planted,
Scarcely shall they be sown,
Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,
When He will also blow on them,
And they will wither,
And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
Isaiah 40:23-24 NKJ
The more we know God,
the less we’ll feel the need to worry.
Grace and peace be yours in abundance
through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:2 NIV
Birthdays probably aren’t celebrated in heaven.
A good name is better than fine perfume,
and the day of death better than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 NIV
On the eve
of the day of their death,
those who love God
will be singing,
“We had a good day.”
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21 ESV
The God who provided for His people in the past–still provides.
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts;
He made water flow for them from the rock;
He split the rock and the water gushed out.
Isaiah 48:21 ESV
A stubborn resolve is necessary for the life of faith:
I will trust God.
I will trust God!
If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?
Romans 8:31-32 ESV
