And he will be our peace when the Assyrians invade our land and march through our fortresses. Micah 5:5 (NKJV) It would seem here in Micah 5 that the people were expecting an invasion… Expecting trials and hard times… BUT in all their expectations of...
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5 (NKJV) To be sanctified means to be “set apart – made holy, to consecrate, prepare, dedicate, be separate”. This passage of...
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:10 (NLT) Fear. Most of us live with it, day-in and day-out, directing our decisions,...
Even to your old age and grey hairs, I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. – Isaiah 46:4 (NIV) This promise lasts a lifetime… It starts in V3 with “I have cared for you since...
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. Ps 126:5 (NLT) What amazes me about this verse is that the people it speaks of who are grieving and depressed… Who were going through dark and hard times, a season marked with tears… Those people still planted....
The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm. Ex 14:14 (NLT) Panic doesn’t do anybody any favours. It creates confusion, promotes hysteria, and cultivates chaos. When I feel the cold thread of panic weave its way down from my brain to my heart, I know that...
But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety for all the Gentiles to hear. And he rescued me from certain death. 2 Tim 4:17 (NLT) This is one of the last things Paul had written before he was martyred. He was...
That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Cor 12:10 (NLT) It's easy for us 2000 years later, to look at the life of Paul and think “he was...
Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Colossians 3:23 (NLT) I remember being at a staff retreat for a Church I was working at, and being given the exercise of reading Colossians and bringing back my...
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. James 1:2 (NLT) Get ready cos this is one of the hardest pills we need to swallow as Christians… but it will bless you if you can get it! Every part of our flesh wants...
