Stiving to get closer to Jesus every day and sharing what I learn.
Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise Him. He is my Savior and my God.
– Psalm 42:11 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
When all seems hopeless you can still trust God to see you through.
All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
– 2 Corinthians 5:10 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
Will we be happy or ashamed when Christ judges the way we lived or did not live for Him?
The LORD is my strength and my song. He is my Savior. This is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will honor Him.
– Exodus 15:2 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
Do you know God for yourself or through someone else?
But I thank God, who always leads us in victory because of Christ. Wherever we go, God uses us to make clear what it means to know Christ. It’s like a fragrance that fills the air.
– 2 Corinthians 2:14 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
With Christ at our side we will overcome. Let His love flow through you.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways.
– 1 Corinthians 13:11 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
God will let you get away with immature behavior for a little while but there’s a time to grow up.
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”
– John 14:15 (New American Standard Bible (©1995))
If you really love Jesus no one will have to wonder about it because your actions will show it.
The person who has God’s approval will live by faith. But if he turns back, I will not be pleased with him.
– Hebrews 10:38 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
Living in fear and doubt is displeasing to God. Put your faith in Him!
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life to turn [one] away from the grasp of death.
– Proberbs 14:27 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))
The fear of the Lord will help keep you safe by preventing you from doing foolish things.
So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude He had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.
– 1 Peter 4:1 (New Living Translation (©2007))
It’s much easier to fall into sin when everything is going right. It’s funny how suffering brings us back to our knees.
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice–the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him.
– Romans 12:1 (New Living Translation (©2007))
If Jesus gave His body over to those who crucified Him can’t we freely offer our own bodies back to the One Who created them?