Thursday, May 27, 2010

Hebrews 11:6 (NIV) -- Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Song of Solomon 2:11-12 (KJV) -- For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come. -- It's amazing how God works isn't it? As I am writing this, the birds are singing outside. The flowers are in full bloom. The grass and the trees are starting to green. God is amazing in how He works. He brings the rains, but along with those rains come the newness of Spring. Thank God for the changing of seasons and for Spring!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Matthew 28:19-20 (KJV) -- Go ye therefore, and teach all nations... Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. -- Amen.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Proverbs 29:17 (NRSV) -- Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

1 Peter 5:7 (NLT) -- Give all your worries and cares to Go, for he cares about what happens to you.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

1 Timothy 2:4-6 (MSG) -- He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we've learned: that there's one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us - Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Matthew 24:12-13 (MSG) -- For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in - nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes. Staying with it - that's what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry, and you'll be saved.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Jeremiah 31:25 (NIV) -- I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint. -- Are you weary? Are you faint? God says that He will refresh and satisfy you. Don't you want to be refreshed?

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Hebrews 10:22-25 (NIV): Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith... Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together... but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Proverbs 11:14 (MSG)-- Without good direction people lose their way; the more wise counsel you follow, the better your chances. -- Basically from this you can gather, if you follow the foolish, you will be foolish. If you follow the wise, you have a better chance of being wise. Don't be a fool!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Hosea 10:12 (NRSV) -- Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. -- I love that word picture. Break up the hard group and God will come into your life and bring the rain. Has God been raining in your life?

Monday, May 10, 2010

Romans 11:33 (KJV) -- O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Ezekiel 38:23-- I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord. -- If you have ever seen God do something awesome, you know that He is the Lord. Take some time to look for those moments where you can see that the Lord is God. You will know that He is the Lord!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Psalm 128:5 (TLB) -- May the Lord continually bless you with heaven's blessings as well as with human joys. -- God is going to not only bless us with heaven's blessings, but He's going to give us what we need here on earth. Now we can't take that as, if God doesn't give what I want to me, He doesn't love me. You have to be faithful to His call and what He wants you to do. If you follow Him with all your heart, He will bless us.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. -- Your heart is a precious thing. You have to take care of you heart. It will affect all your other decisions. That's how God made us. Protect your heart, guard your heart, and you will guard your life.

Psalm 36:7 (KJV)

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. -- He is excellent. He is love. He is kind. Where do you put your trust? Do you put it comfortably under the shadow of His wings, or do you put your trust in things of this world?