To Believe

Matthew 19:26 (ESV) But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” ‘Tis the season of wishes and dreams. Children have in the hearts and heads the list of their deepest desires in full expectation that anything is possible. It has been a tough year, yet it…

Missed Opportunity

John 14:21-23 (TLB) He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us,…

Check Your Source

James 1:12-13 (TLB)  Happy is the man who doesn’t give in and do wrong when he is tempted, for afterwards he will get as his reward the crown of life that God has promised those who love him. And remember, when someone wants to do wrong it is never God who is tempting him, for God…

What Do You Believe?

Romans 8:28 (AMP) And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose. I went to church yesterday. Not online in my pajamas, but I got…

Unprecedented

2 Corinthians 9:8 (AMP) And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity. God…

Bereft

Isaiah 43:18-19 (TLB) But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I’m going to do! For I’m going to do a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun! Don’t you see it? I will make a road through the wilderness of the world for my people to go home, and create rivers for them…

Never Forsaken

Deuteronomy 31:6 (TLB)  Be strong! Be courageous! Do not be afraid of them! For the Lord your God will be with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you.” I have come to realize that for most of my lifetime that I have struggle with fear of abandonment. Most people have been let down…

Take Home

Lamentations 3:24 (AMP) “The Lord is my portion and my inheritance,” says my soul. “Therefore I have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.” A local restaurant has offered a special for a while now that gives patrons the opportunity to purchase a “take home” meal after enjoying an entrée for a significantly reduced price. What a deal! Mom doesn’t…

Don’t Forget

Isaiah 53:4-6 (TLB) Yet it was our grief he bore, our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, for his own sins! But he was wounded and bruised for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace; he was lashed—and we were healed! We—every one of us—have strayed away like sheep! We, who left God’s…

Perfect Peace

Isaiah 26:3-4 (TLB) He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord! Trust in the Lord God always, for in the Lord Jehovah is your everlasting strength. Perfect peace. I wish I had adequate words to describe “perfect peace”. It is complete. It is whole. It…