Faith Is...

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. ~ Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

HIS Ways Are Higher

8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

~ Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)

Choose

12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?
    He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.

Psalm 25:12 (NIV)

Actions Always Speak Loudest!

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. ~ 1 John 3:18 (NIV)

Hidden and Concealed

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. ~ Mark 4:22 (NIV)

He Is Coming

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. ~ Revelation 1:7 (ESV)

Hope in Him

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.

~ Lamentations 3:25-26 (NIV)

Truth or Myth?

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. ~ 2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NASB)

Forgive Each Other

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. ~ Ephesians 4:30-32 (NIV)

See What Great Love...

1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends,now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

~ 1 John 3:1-3 (NIV)

Give What You Owe

Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. ~ Romans 13:7 (NIV)

Do Not Take Revenge

19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
    if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

~ Romans 12:19-21 (NIV)

Train Up a Child

Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

~ Proverbs 22:6 (NASB)

Restoration

He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, ~ Malachi 4:6a (NASB)

Cloud of Witnesses

1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross,despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

~ Hebrews 12:1-3 (NASB)

Proclaim the Good News

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,

~ Isaiah 61:1 (NIV)

Be Still

Be still before the Lord
    and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.

~ Psalm 37:7 (NIV)

Father of a Righteous Child

The father of a righteous child has great joy;
    a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

~ Proverbs 23:24 (NIV)

Compassion

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; ~ Psalm 103:13 (NIV)

Let Us Rejoice!

This is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118:24 (NASB)

Make Known the Mystery of the Gospel

18 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 Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me,that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. ~ Ephesians 6:18-20 (NIV)

We Shall Be Like Him

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. ~ 1 John 3:2-3 (NIV)

Remember HIS Miracles

I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.

~ Psalm 77:11 (NIV)

Greater Love...

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ~ John 15:13 (NIV)

Blessed is the one...

Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.

~ Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)

Be Still...

He says, “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 (NIV)

The Narrow and Wide Gates

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. ~ Matthew 7:13-14 (NASB)

Be Wise...

5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. ~ Colossians 4:5-6 (NIV)

Hinds' Feet on High Places

The Lord God is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet,
And makes me walk on my high places. (NASB)

The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights. (NIV)

The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. (KJV)

God, the Lord, is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the deer's;
    he makes me tread on my high places. (ESV)

~ Habakkuk 3:19

Thank Offering

I will sacrifice a thank offering to you
    and call on the name of the Lord.

~ Psalm 116:17 (NIV)