In difficult situations, worry seems necessary.
For some reason, we feel as though it’s the responsible thing to do,
even though it has never helped us in the past.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
Jesus suffered every reproach known to man.
Surely we can trust Him with our deepest aches.
He was
tempted,
scorned,
mocked,
betrayed,
stripped,
whipped,
bruised,
beaten,
murdered.
But He was wounded for our transgressions;
He was crushed for our iniquities;
upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with His stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 ESV
You’re amazing just the way you are.
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well.
Psalm 139:14 ESV
Christians don’t pray to a god–
they pray to the God.
What a privilege!
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel,
enthroned above the cherubim,
you are the God, you alone,
of all the kingdoms of the earth;
you have made heaven and earth.”
Isaiah 37:16 ESV
Our confidence begins with God;
without Him, it ends.
“If you are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.”
Isaiah 7:9 ESV
Nothing will deter God in His commitment to protect His children.
“Because he holds fast to me in love,
I will deliver him; I will protect him,
because he knows my name.
When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.”
Psalm 91:14-15 ESV
Nothing will deter God in His commitment to love His children.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Jeremiah 31:3 ESV
May God give us eyes to see the many evidences of His great love for us this Christmas and throughout the New Year.
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalm 36:5 ESV
May our love for the sinner be stronger than our hatred of the sin.
“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.”
John 3:17 ESV
May we experience the love of God,
rest in the sovereignty of God,
and rejoice in the glory of God–this Christmas!
Blessed be His glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with His glory!
Amen and Amen!
Psalm 72:19 ESV
You better watch out, I’m telling you why…
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Matthew 24:42, 44 ESV
Faith is believing something
that seems to good to be true,
and then living like you believe it.
“For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only Son,
that whoever believes in Him
should not perish
but have eternal life.”
John 3:16 ESV
In times of greatest need,
God makes Himself greatly known.
As Stephen was about to be dragged away and stoned,
this is what happened:
But (Stephen), full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing
at the right hand of God. And he said,
“Behold, I see the heavens opened,
and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Acts 7:55-56 ESV
We are not hopeless,
when we know the One
who has power beyond the grave.
After Martha’s brother died,
Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise again…
I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in Me will live,
even though he dies; and whoever lives
and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
John 11:23, 25-26 NIV
We can be bold because the only One
worthy of our fear is on our side.
The wicked flee when no one pursues,
but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
Proverbs 28:1, 29:5 ESV
Our prayers don’t need to be long;
a few words will do.
Be not rash with your mouth,
nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God,
for God is in heaven and you are on earth.
Therefore let your words be few.
For a dream comes with much business,
and a fool’s voice with many words.
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 ESV
Imagine the excitement
if children everywhere
were told about Jesus,
instead of Santa.
And the angel said to them,
“Fear not, for behold,
I bring you good news of great joy
that will be for all people.
For unto you is born this day
in the city of David a Savior,
who is Christ the Lord.”
Luke 2:10-11 ESV
God is the only one who dares to guarantee eternal security.
“For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who looks on the Son
and believes in Him should have eternal life,
and I will raise him up on the last day.
Truly, truly, I say to you,
whoever believes has eternal life.”
John 6:40, 47 ESV
You better not cry. You better not pout.
Rejoice in the Lord always;
again I will say, Rejoice.
And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun
but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil
through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
Rejoice always.
Philippians 4:4, Ecclesiastes 8:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV
He sees you when you’re sleeping.
He knows when you’re awake.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Psalm 139:3 NIV
