WHOLLY JOYFUL

“Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations.” – James 1:2 Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and […]

MY OWN PEACE I NOW GIVE TO YOU

“Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated […]

GOD GIVES US MORE AND MORE GRACE

“But He gives us more and more grace (power of the Holy Spirit, to meet this evil tendency and all others fully). That is why He says, God sets Himself against the proud and haughty, but gives grace [continually] to the lowly (those who are humble enough to receive it).” – James 4:6 Be subject […]

OUT OF YOU SHALL PROCEED THANKSGIVING

“And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.” – Jeremiah 30:19 It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing […]

HE WHO FOLLOWS ME

“Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life.” – John 8:12 The Light of the world is Jesus! He has come as a Light into the world, so that […]

THE PRESENT TROUBLES WON’T LAST VERY LONG

“For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will […]

LORD YOU ARE WONDERFUL

“You are wonderful, Lord, and you deserve all praise, because you are much greater than anyone can understand. Each generation will announce to the next Your wonderful and powerful deeds. I will keep thinking about Your marvelous glory and Your mighty miracles.” – Psalms 145:3‭-‬5 Everyone will talk about Your fearsome deeds, and I will […]

GOD IS WITH YOU

“So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.” – Deuteronomy 31:6 The LORD will not reject His people; He will not abandon His special possession. May the LORD our […]

TO HIM WHO HAS NO MIGHT GOD INCREASES STRENGTH

“God gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound]. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;” – Isaiah 40:29- 30 The Lord is our [unyielding] Strength, and […]

I AM THE LORD

“I am the Lord; that is My name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.” – Isaiah 42:8 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them. Sing to the Lord a new […]