Be Alert...

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ~ 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)

Saved through HIM...

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ~ John 3:17 (NIV)

For God so Loved...

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16 (NIV)

Jesus Loved Us First...

We love because  He (Jesus) first loved us. ~ 1 John 4:19 (NIV)

Jesus Canceled the Debt...

He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. ~ Colossians 2:14 (NLT)

Children of God

Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—  John 1:12 (NIV)

He Is Faithful and Just

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ~ 1 John 1:9 (NIV)

All Have Sinned

 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us ~ 1 John 1:8 (NIV)

Spend Yourselves...

and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.

~ Isaiah 58:10 (NIV)

Early Morning Prayer...

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed. (NIV)

Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. (NLT)

~ Mark 1:34

Many Plans...

Many are the plans in a person’s heart,    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

~ Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)

Love Covers...

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. 
~ Proverbs 10:12 (NIV)

Confidence...

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 
~ Hebrews 10:35 (NIV)

Trust in HIM

But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in Him. ~ Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV)

Guard Your Heart

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. ~ Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

HOPE...

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. ~ Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)

Pour Out

28 “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. ~ Joel 2:28-29 (NIV)

Pray...

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. ~ 1 Timothy 2:8 (NIV)

Committed to the Creator

So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. 

~ 1 Peter 4:19 (NIV)

Fiery Ordeal...

12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed.

~ 1 Peter 4:12-13 (NIV)

Watchful and Thankful

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. ~ Colossians 4:2

No One...

10 As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
11     there is no one who understands;
    there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”

~ Romans 3:10-12 (NIV)

All Things Are Possible with God

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 

~  Matthew 19:26 (NIV)

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)

Watch and Pray

 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ~ Jesus Matthew 26:41

If My People...

 if my people, who are called by my name,will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
~ 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)

Call on Him...

Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ~ Jeremiah 29:12

HIS Strength...

Look to the Lord and His strength;
    seek His face always.
~ 1 Chronicles 16:11 (NIV)

His Glory...

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

~ 1 Peter 4:13 (NIV)

Share in Our Comfort

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:7 (NIV)

Comfort Abounds

For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. ~2 Corinthians 1:5 (NIV)

He Is...

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
~ Colossians 1:17 (NIV)

Heart, Soul, Strength

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ~ Deuteronomy 6:5 (NIV)

HIS Example

Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children. ~ Ephesians 5:1 (NIV)

My Portion Forever...

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

Someday...

Jesus replied, "You don't understand now what I am doing, but someday you will."
~ John 13:7 (NLT)

We, like Simon Peter, have circumstances in our lives that we don't understand, but one day we will see clearly.