Joy Comes in the Morning

For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. ~ Psalm 30:5 (AMPC)

How to Succeed

Commit your actions to the Lord,
    and your plans will succeed.

~ Proverbs 16:3 (NLT)

Wordless Groans

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. ~ Romans 8:26 (NIV) 

HE Sent HIS Son

4 But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law, 5 so that He might redeem and liberate those who were under the Law, that we [who believe] might be adopted as sons [as God’s children with all rights as fully grown members of a family]. 6 And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out,“Abba! Father!”7 Therefore you are no longer a slave (bond-servant), but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through [the gracious act of] God [through Christ]. ~ Galatians 4:4-7

HIS Will

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 


~ 1 John 5:14  (NIV) 

Don't Be Anxious

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)

Call to Me...

‘Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ ~ Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)

A Wise Son...

A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame. ~ Proverbs 15:20 (AMPC)

Pray Continually

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)

Listen...

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

~ Proverbs 1:8 (NIV)

Children Are a Heritage

3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

4 As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth.

5 Happy, blessed,and fortunate is the man whose quiver is filled with them! They will not be put to shame when they speak with their adversaries [in gatherings] at the [city’s] gate.

~ Psalm 127:3-5

Fear Him

But the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord are from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, and His righteousness is to children’s children ~ Psalm 103:17 (AMPC)

He Listens

For He has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help. ~ Psalm 22:24 (NLT)

Serve the LORD

15 If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” ~ Joshua 24:15(AMP)

In My Father's House

1 Do not let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me.

2 In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you.

3 And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.

4 And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.

~ John 14:1-4 (AMPC)

He Shows Compassion

For no one is abandoned
    by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion
    because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
33 For he does not enjoy hurting people
    or causing them sorrow. 

~ Lamentations 3:31-33 (NLT)

Hide in His Shelter

4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.

5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock. ~ Psalm 27:4-5 (AMPC)

My Portion Forever

My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
~ Psalm 73:26 (AMP)

Faithful in Prayer

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. ~ Romans 12:12 (NIV)

The Hope of the Resurrection

13 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves.17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. 18 So encourage each other with these words.

~ 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NLT)

My Rock & Fortress

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me; My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold. ~ Psalm 18:2 (AMP)

Praise the LORD

1 Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
2 Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    may I never forget the good things he does for me.
3 He forgives all my sins
    and heals all my diseases.
4 He redeems me from death
    and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
5 He fills my life with good things.
    My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

~ Psalm 103:1-5 (NLT)

Godly Sorrow Brings Repentance

For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death]. ~ 2 Corinthians 7:10 (AMPC)

Worth It All

 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us! ~ Romans 8:18 (AMPC)

My Comfort and Consolation

This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. ~ Psalm 119:50 (AMPC)

Light in the Darkness

For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine;
The Lord my God illumines my darkness. ~ Psalm 18:28 (AMP)

When You Pass Through the Waters

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you.
~ Isaiah 43:2 (AMPC)

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God’s favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! 
~ Matthew 5:4 (AMPC)

Call on Him

The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. ~ Psalm 145:18 (NIV)

Nothing to Difficult

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too difficult for Me?” ~ Jeremiah 32:27 (AMP)

Trust in the LORD

7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
    and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
    with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
    or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
    and they never stop producing fruit.

~ Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NLT)

Remain in HIM

4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.

5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.

~ John 15:4-5 (AMPC)

He's Close to the Brokenhearted

17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles.

18 The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.

19 Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

~Psalm 34:17-19 (AMPC)

Don't Worry

25 “Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed]nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops]into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 And who of you by worrying can add one hour to [the length of]his life? ~ Matthew 6:25-27 (AMP)

Trust in the Lord

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.
6 Seek his will in all you do,
    and he will show you which path to take.

~ Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT)

Will Not be Shaken

I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

~ Psalm 16:8 (AMP)

Grace of Our Lord be with You

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. ~ Romans 16:20 (NLT)