Stiving to get closer to Jesus every day and sharing what I learn.
He gives strength to those who grow tired and increases the strength of those who are weak.
– Isaiah 40:29 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
When you feel like you can’t go on anymore look to God to give you the endurance you need.
A wicked person flees when no one is chasing him, but righteous people are as bold as lions.
– Proverbs 28:1 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
When you know that God is on your side, nothing can make you afraid!
I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
– Psalm 40:1 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
Tell God what you need and in His time He will help you if you wait on Him.
My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart.
– Psalm 7:10 (American King James Version)
If your heart is right with God, He will surely rise up to defend you.
Then Jacob woke up from his sleep and exclaimed, “Certainly, the LORD is in this place, and I didn’t know it!”
– Genesis 28:16 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
Even if you don’t realize it, God is with you.
For though the LORD is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
– Psalm 138:6 (New American Standard Bible (©1995))
God is attracted to the humble and repelled by the proud.
The LORD will continually guide you and satisfy you even in sun-baked places. He will strengthen your bones. You will become like a watered garden and like a spring whose water does not stop flowing.
– Isaiah 58:11 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
God is not only our Protector but also our Provider.
Dear friends, since you are foreigners and temporary residents [in the world], I’m encouraging you to keep away from the desires of your corrupt nature. These desires constantly attack you.
– 1 Peter 2:11 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
Our fleshly desires will always go against what God’s will is for our lives and the ‘world’ offers nothing of eternal value.
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Those who want to come with Me must say no to the things they want, pick up their crosses, and follow Me.
– Matthew 16:24 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
Are you willing to crucify your own personal desires to follow after Christ?
For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.
– Romans 7:15 (New American Standard Bible (©1995))
Our flesh is a very powerful thing within us. If we don’t keep spiritually strong we will no doubt displease God.