For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. Matthew 13:15. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw…

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. Lamentations 3:25 NKJV. But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their…

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him. Psalm 28:7. For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:6. “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be…

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled. John 14:27. I loved this from You Are The Beloved by Henri Nouwen: “Joy does not come from positive predictions about the state of the world. It does…

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget My words or swerve from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her and she will watch over you. Proverbs 4:5-6. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. Psalm 94:19 NKJV. Come to Me, all you who are…

I say this as a concession, not as a command…To the married I give this command (not I – but the Lord)…To the rest I say this (I – not the Lord)…1 Corinthians 7:6, 10, 12. “…that they may be one just as We are one.” John 17:22. Trust in Him at all times, O…

No prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 2 Peter 1:21 NRSV. If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1…

What may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. Romans 1:19. Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. 2 Thessalonians 3:16. Peace I leave with you; My peace I…

Teach me Your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. Psalm 27:11. Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You. Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8. Do you…

For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their heart, and on their mind I will…