Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.…

“I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 1:8. Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for I trust in You; teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8. As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem,…

They replied, “Let one of us sit at Your right and the other at Your left in Your glory.” “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?” “We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will…

Man’s steps are ordained by the LORD, how then can man understand his way? Proverbs 20:24. “What shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ‘Father, glorify Your name.’” John 12:27-28. The LORD your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult…

Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12. In their time of trouble they cried to You, and You heard them from heaven. Nehemiah 9:27. And…

I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O LORD my God. Psalm 38:15. He was despised and forsaken of men. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:3. What is the price of…

I will listen to what God the LORD will say; He promises peace to His people, His saints – but let them not return to folly. Psalms 85:8. Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it…

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellence of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had…

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17. The LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Job 42:10. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one…