Monthly Archives: June 2018

Romans 8:24 (NLT2) We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. Vision is the world’s most desperate need. There are no hopeless situations, only people who think hopelessly. —Winifred Newman Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best Illustrations – … Continue reading →

Matthew 6:19-21 (NLT2) 19  “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20  Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21  Wherever your treasure … Continue reading →

Psalm 30:4 (NLT2)  Sing to the LORD, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name. A silent love is acceptable only from the lower animals. God has given us speech that we should call upon his name. Worship is to religion what fragrance is to the flower. —Henry Van Dyke … Continue reading →

Psalm 51:6 (NET1) Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must … Continue reading →

Hope is hearing the melody of the future. Faith is to dance to it. —Rubem Alves 1 Peter 1:21 (NLT2)  Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great … Continue reading →

The power of the Holy Spirit is not optional but necessary. Without it the children of God simply cannot live the life of heaven on earth. The hindrances are too many and too effective. — A. W. Tozer Galatians 5:17 (NLT2)   The sinful nature wants to do evil, which … Continue reading →

“The major cause of discouragement is a temporary loss of perspective.” —J. Francis Peak Exodus 6:9 (NLT2) So Moses told the people of Israel what the LORD had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery. Today’s Best Illustrations – … Continue reading →

If you’re ever tempted to give up, think of Brahms who took seven long years to compose his famous Lullaby. He kept falling asleep at the piano. — Robert Orben Proverbs 24:16 (NLT2)  The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to … Continue reading →

Philippians 4:11 (NLT2) Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitude toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what … Continue reading →

Of all the inventions of our time, TV [and the Internet?] is likely to prove the most destructive. [It] grinds us down to spiritual dust so fine that a puff of wind scatters us, leaving nothing behind. —Malcolm Muggeridge, late British journalist. Psalm 101:2-4 (NLT2)  I will be careful to … Continue reading →