Sunday, August 31, 2014

...we make it our aim
       to please Him.

     2 Corinthians 5.9

(Mindful of God in
      every situation.)

Saturday, August 30, 2014

...so that the life of Jesus
may be manifested
in our mortal flesh.

      2 Corinthians 4.11

(Let Jesus be revealed
in whatever I do today,
supernatural impact
in ordinary things)

Friday, August 29, 2014

For He will complete
what He appoints for me,
and many such things
are in His mind.

           Job 23.14

(Strategically placed,
divinely appointed)

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

...to make us rely
        not on ourselves
but on God...

          2 Corinthians 1.9

(Seek Him first into it.
His purposes are deeper
than the situation.)

Monday, August 25, 2014

Let all you do
   be done in love.

      1 Corinthians 16.14

(How can I see this
   and do this differently?)

Sunday, August 24, 2014

The horse is made ready 
     for the day of battle,
but the victory
     belongs to the LORD.

                  Proverbs 21.31

(Do your part with excellence
and God will complete it.
He will fulfill His purposes.)

Saturday, August 23, 2014

But in fact
      Christ has been
      raised from the dead...

          1 Corinthians 15.20

(And that changes everything.)

Friday, August 22, 2014

For God is not a God of confusion
               but of peace.

             1 Corinthians 14.33

(God will lead you through)

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Make love your aim...

       1 Corinthians 14.1

(In every situation,
in every encounter,
in every relationship,
in every deed.
     Even in this.)

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Trust in the LORD
         and do good.
Take delight in the LORD,
   and He will give you
   the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD,
   trust in Him,
          and He will act.

                Psalm 37. 3-5

(and He will change your life)

Monday, August 18, 2014

...in remembrance
             of Me...

      1 Corinthians 11.25

( in whatever I do)

Sunday, August 17, 2014

And the joy of Jerusalem 
was heard afar off.

             Nehemiah 12.43

(how worship is reflected
    in our daily lives)

Friday, August 15, 2014

The young lions
suffer want and hunger,
but those 
who seek the LORD
lack no good thing.

           Psalm 34.10

(Not dependent on
circumstances.)



Thursday, August 14, 2014

And You divided the sea
                 before them,
so that they went through
       the midst of the sea
            on dry land...
By a pillar of cloud
  You led them in the day,
and by a pillar of fire
   in the night
   to light for them
the way in which
       they should go.

       Nehemiah 9. 11-12

(God is guiding you,
          step by step,
not just getting you through.)

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

He who pursues
righteousness and
            kindness
will find life and honor.

           Proverbs 21.21

(Go out of your way to do 
what is right and kind.
God has given you
    a different heart.)

Sunday, August 10, 2014

But I trust in You,
         O LORD,
I say ,
   "You are my God."
My times are 
        in Your hand.

Psalm 31. 14-15

(Even when we don't understand,
His timing is perfect,
His purposes are incredible.)

Saturday, August 9, 2014

You have set my feet
      in a broad place.

                Psalm 31.8

(even in the
most unlikely places.
That is how God
     changes us.)

Friday, August 8, 2014

When reviled,
    we bless;
when persecuted,
    we endure;
when slandered,
    we try to conciliate;
we have become,
and are now,
as the refuse of the world 
the off scouring of all things.

          1 Corinthians 4. 12-13

(With His grace,
turn the world
      right side up.)

Thursday, August 7, 2014

...and you are Christ's.

        1 Corinthians 3.23

(That changes everything.
It is the defining point
in all I am and do)

Love you immensely.
Praying for you
   as you are known
   as His.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

But we have
the mind of Christ.

     1 Corinthians 2.16

(How does that reality
change how I respond
today?)

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Wait for the LORD;
be strong,
and let your heart
            take courage;
yea, wait for the LORD.

                  Psalm 27.14

(Don't run ahead of God)

Monday, August 4, 2014

And stand in the holy place...

         2 Chronicles 35.5

(Wherever you are today,
whatever you do.)

Sunday, August 3, 2014

My foot stands
on level ground...

           Psalm 26.12

(That is what
    trusting God does.
No matter what.)

Saturday, August 2, 2014

...acts of faithfulness...

 2 Chronicles 32.1

(Every day is a story 
of God's faithfulness.)

Friday, August 1, 2014


To You, O LORD,
      I lift up my soul.
O my God,
      in You I trust...

             Psalm 25.1

(Written not just
         on our coins,
but engraved
         on our hearts.
Trusting God
     changes everything.)