Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17   You’re not just an improved version of your old self. You’re not just a cleaned-up version of who you used to be. You’re not the same person with some...Read More

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13   We run our lives on empty just like we drive around in our cars. We flirt with disaster wondering how much...Read More

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5   You were dead. Spiritually dead. Dead in your trespasses and sins. Separated from God. Without hope....Read More

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:11   Think about the best parent you know. The one who loves their children selflessly, who sacrifices for them, who delights...Read More

I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. Philippians 4:12   Paul had experienced both extremes. He’d had plenty and he’d had nothing. He’d been comfortable and he’d...Read More

So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great. Job 2:13   Job had lost everything. His children. His wealth. His health. His life was shattered. And his friends came to comfort him....Read More

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31   You face opposition. You have enemies. You deal with people who want to see you fail. You encounter obstacles that seem impossible to overcome. But here’s the question that changes everything: If God is...Read More

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Matthew 10:30   God knows how many hairs are on your head. Right now. That’s not just a random fact. It’s a statement about how intimately God knows you. How attentively He watches over you. How carefully He pays attention to even the smallest details...Read More

Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Philippians 2:1-2   You’ve experienced Christ’s consolation. You’ve felt the comfort of His love....Read More

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. Ephesians 1:18   You can have something and not realize what you have. You can possess treasure and think you’re poor. You can have...Read More