God Cares for You!

You hem me in—behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

~ Psalm 139:5-6

Tears in a Bottle?

Record my lament; list my tears on Your scroll are they not in your record?

~ Psalm 56:8

Worship the Lord

"Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness."

~ Psalm 29:2

God's Love

This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.

~ 1 John 4:9

Grace Abounds

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

~ 2 Corinthians 9:8

Truly Life

In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

~ 1 Timothy 6:19

An Open Door

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My Name."

~ Revelation 3:8

Peace and Joy

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

~ Romans 5:1-2

Celebrate the Lord

They will celebrate Your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

~ Psalm 145:7-8

Heal me, Save me

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You are the one I praise.

~ Jeremiah 17:14

Pray

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

~ Ephesians 6:18

Be still...

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

~ Psalm 46:10

You are From God

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

~ 1 John 4:4

God Overcomes the World

This is love for God: to obey His commands. And His commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

~ 1 John 5:3-5

Praise the Lord

Praise the LORD. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His acts of power; praise Him for His surpassing greatness. Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp and lyre, praise Him with tambourine and dancing, praise Him with the strings and flute, praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

~ Psalm 150:1-6

A word aptly spoken...

A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

~ Proverbs 25:11

A Happy Heart

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

~ Proverbs 15:13

Rejoice in Suffering

But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

~ 1 Peter 4:13

Do Not Worry

I need to meditate on this verse with the way gas prices, groceries, etc. are going these days...

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?"

~ Matthew 6:25

Stand Firm

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

~ 1 Corinthians 15:58

Victory

for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

~ 1 John 5:4

Trust in the Lord

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

~ Jeremiah 17-7-8

God Can Do Anything!

Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.

~ Jeremiah 32:17

Don't be Afraid

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

~ John 14:27

Why Love?

We love because He first loved us.

~ 1 John 4:19

Paradox of Life

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

~ Matthew 10:39

Good News!

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

~ Isaiah 52:7

Suffering and Comfort

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

~ 2 Corinthians 1:5

Gray Hair?

"The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old."

Proverbs 20:29

Greater love...

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.

~ John 15:13-14

Born Again

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God.

~ 1 Peter 1:23