Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. Psalm 34:8. The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29. I started reading yesterday, The Good and Beautiful Life Putting on the Character of Christ by James Bryan Smith. Even the first…

Now may God, the fountain of Hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy, and perfect peace as you trust in Him. And may the power of the Holy Spirit continually surround your life with His super abundance until you radiate with hope. Romans 15:13 TPT. I will instruct you and teach you in the…

Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God. 1 Corinthians 8:1-3. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that…

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by Him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 NRSV. Worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water. Revelation 14:7 NKJV. I don’t think we can truly understand…

I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart. Psalm 40:8. Do not let any part of your bodies become tools of wickedness, to be used for sinning; but give yourselves completely to God – every part of you – for you are back from death and you want…

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 KJV. Come to me. Matthew 11:28. Yet I am always with You; You hold me by my right hand. You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but…

We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made Him who had no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For He says, “In the time of My favor…

But I will sing of Your strength, in the morning I will sing of Your love; for You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. O my strength, I sing praise to You; You, O God, are my fortress, my loving God. Psalm 59:16-17. This passage from My Utmost for His Highest by…

Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God Himself willing and working at what will give Him the most pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 THE MESSAGE. Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up…

The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:10-11. In Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets…