So that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders...(1 Thess. 4:12 NIV) When others look at your life, what do they see? Does your daily life win the respect of others? As believers, we are Christ's representatives in the earth. We are called to a higher...

You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.(Ps. 139:16 NLT) In difficult times, you have to remind yourself that nothing is a surprise to Almighty God. He's not up in the...

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.(Rom. 8:37 NIV) In scripture, Paul went through hard times. How did he come through? He wasn't complaining, living in self-pity or despair. No, he shook off that defeated mindset and chose...

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.(2 Thess. 1:3 NIV) God’s desire is to see you grow and increase in every area of your...

If anyone has this world's goods (resources for sustaining life) and sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him? Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or...

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.(Phil. 4:13 NKJV) In scripture, Paul had been through a lot of trials. He had been shipwrecked, spent the night on an open sea, and gone days without food. He was falsely accused, beaten with rods, and thrown...

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.(1 Cor. 10:13 NKJV) We all...

Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset — rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined]...(1 Peter 5:9 AMP) The very moment you first feel fear, you have to resist it. In other words, you have to act against it. If you make the mistake of...

...With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. When was the last time you declared out loud "I can"? It's not something people think to do every day. In fact, most people tend to magnify their limitations. They focus on their shortcomings....

There are many plans in a man's heart, nevertheless the LORD's counsel — that will stand.(Prov. 19:21 NKJV) God is strategic. He has laid out an exact plan for our lives right down to the smallest details. He knows the people you need to meet in order to fulfill...

These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold...(1 Peter 1:7 NLT) One thing we have to realize is that God is not going to deliver us from every difficulty. He is not going to keep us from every challenge. If...