Monthly Archives: October 2014
The Comfort of a Savior
Psalm 23:4 (MSG) Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I’m not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd’s crook makes me feel secure. Psalm 119:76-77 (HCSB) 76 May Your faithful love comfort me as You promised Your servant. 77 May Your compassion come to me so that I may live, for Your … Continue reading
The Sin of Pride
Matthew 23:12 (NIV) For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 9:46-48 (NIV) 46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside … Continue reading
Our God in Times of Trouble
Psalm 9:9 (NIV) The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Psalm 32:7 (NIV) You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah Psalm 37:39 (NIV) The salvation of the righteous comes from the … Continue reading
The God of Nature
Genesis 1:21 (NIV) So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Psalm 104:30 (NIV) When you send your Spirit, … Continue reading
The Spirit of Missions
Psalm 96:3 (NKJV) Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. Matthew 28:19 (TLB) Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mark 16:15 (TLB) And then he told … Continue reading
Trusting in Him
Matthew 21:22 (NIV) “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Romans 1:17 (NIV) For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Luke … Continue reading
Humility
Psalm 10:17 (NKJV) LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear. Psalm 25:9 (NKJV) The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way. Proverbs 3:34 (NKJV) Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives … Continue reading
Moths & Rust & Death
Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. … Continue reading
The Sounds of Silence
Habakkuk 2:20 (NKJV) But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him. Psalm 94:17 (NKJV) Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence. Revelation 8:1 (NKJV) When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in … Continue reading
The Dead in Christ are Alive Forever!
Romans 6:8-11 (NIV) 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to … Continue reading