"I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them...
"'But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.'" (Luke 6:27 NIV) I...
CALL TO PRAYER "I urge you, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanks giving be made for everyone - for kings, and all those in ...
"He was despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering." (Isaiah 53:3 NIV) I have been studying the prophets of the Old ...
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." (Romans 8:37 NIV) What are the greatest challenges you have faced this past...
"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength" (Isaiah 40:30,31, NIV). In the...
"Show me Your ways, O LORD, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long." Psalm...
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you."...
"May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your Word. May my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your promise."...
"God is "able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20, KJV). Whenever God...
Eyes of Love "When they had crucified Him....sitting down, they kept watch over Him there." (Matthew 35-36 NIV) Your eyes look down with love As You're hanging...
"See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction" (Isaiah 48:10, NIV). Let's imagine that we're all sitting...
"O LORD, You have searched me and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying...
"The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating Him. They blindfolded Him and demanded, 'Prophesy! Who hit You?' And they said many other insulting...
"Father, forgive them,for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). There are many days when I think I am suffering with my various diseases; "Please...
"For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoeveer believes in him shall not perish but have enternal life. (John 3:16 NIV) WHAT A...
"When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdelene, Mary the mother of James and Salome brought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the...
"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." John 11:25 If man die shall he live again? This has...
'No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.' Romans 8:37 NIV What are the greatest challenges you have faced this past ...
"So we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'" (Hebrews 13:6, NIV) With great anticipation I made the...
"My yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30, NIV). These words that Jesus speaks seem impossible. How can a yoke be easy and a burden light? A yoke...
"For my days vanish like smoke; My bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. Because of my loud...
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Romans 12:12 NIV Have you ever felt that you were at the end of your rope? You are trying...
"It was (God) who set all the boundaries of the earth; (He) made both summer and winter." (Psalm 74:17 NIV) A few days ago I received an email from a friend...
"You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand." (Psalm 16:11) NIV Lying...
Learning Trust "....those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek You." Psalms 9:10 Learning to trust, it is a...
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked me to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail" (Luke 22:31,32, NIV). Sifting wheat...
"I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33...
My Soul Thirsts For You "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my body longs for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no...
"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me." Psalm 50:15 NIV I've had to neglect my dental needs for years because of a...