December 4, 2020
GOD PROMISES TO MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS

“I want you to have the good that comes from giving . . . My God will use his wonderful riches in Christ Jesus to give you everything you need.”

Philippians 4:17, 19 (NCV)

God promises in the Bible that if you learn to give like him, then he will meet all your needs.

Does that sound too goo…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
John 21:21-22

“When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, ‘Lord, what about this man?’ Jesus answered him, “If I want him to live until I come, what is it to you? Follow me!”

Verse of the Day
Isaiah 55:2

“Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all”

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 7:29

“This is all that I have learned; God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated”

December 1, 2020
YOUR WEAKNESS SHAPE YOUR WITNESS TO THE WORLD

“I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.”

Philippians 1:12 (NLT)

Your witness to the world will come out of your weaknesses, not your strengths.

A lot of people have it backwards: They thi…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 6:9

“It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else”

November 30, 2020
THE BEST USE OF YOUR DEEPEST PAIN

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“[God] comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort oth…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

“So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do. Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.”

November 29, 2020
LET YOUR PAIN DRAW YOU CLOSER TO OTHERS

“Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.”

Galatians 6:2 (NLT)

Suffering changes you. It can turn you away from self-centeredness and toward caring more about other people in pain.

One important way you can use your pain for good is to draw closer to other…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 4:9

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either if them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity for anyone who falls and has no one to help them up”

November 28, 2020
LET YOUR PAIN DRAW YOU NEARER TO GOD

We were really crushed and overwhelmed . . . and saw how powerless we were to help ourselves; but that was good, for then we put everything into the hands of God, who alone could save us, for he can even raise the dead. And he did help us.”

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 (TLB)

When anything painful h…[Read more]

Verse of the Day

Ecclesiastes 3:1
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity”

November 27, 2020
HEAL YOUR HURT WITH GRACE

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)

How do you let go of the hurt in your life? You heal it with grace.

When you heal a hurt with grace, it doesn’t just mean you let someone off the hook. You forgive the person who…[Read more]

Verse for the Day

“The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.”

November 26, 2020
LIFT HOLY HANDS INSTEAD SHAKING FISTS

“Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him [drop the issue, let it go], so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions and wrongdoings.”

Mark 11:25 (AMP)

How much energy does it take to drop something? Nothing. You just let…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

“What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.”

November 25, 2020
DON’T LET BITTERNESS WEAR YOU DOWN

“A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.”

Proverbs 27:3 (NLT)

Any time you breathe bitterness, you suffocate your spirit.

Bitterness doesn’t just choke out your happiness and your healthy emotions. It also strangles your spirit. When you h…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
2 Corinthians 4:8-9

“We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.”

November 24, 2020
DON’T LET YOUR EMOTIONS GIVE SATAN A FOOTHOLD

“Anger gives a foothold to the devil.”

Ephesians 4:27 (NLT)

In every quarrel, an unseen spiritual war is going on behind the scenes.

At the surface, a quarrel may seem minor. You may think you’re arguing about who didn’t take out the garbage or who left their clothes on the flo…[Read more]