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Scripture:  I Peter 1:15-16 -  but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.We often see surveys that ask people if they are happy or satisfied with their work or enjoying life, but I’ve never seen an opinion poll that asked are you living a holy life?  Holiness is defined as living a separate life unto God, dedicated and...  Read More

Scripture:  Daniel 3:15-18 - Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, and you fall down and worship the image which I have made, good! But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”16 Shadrach, Mes...  Read More

Jeremiah 31:13b – I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow.John 16:33 - These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.Romans 5:3-4 - And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 a...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 12:2 - And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.Paul traveled throughout Asia Minor telling people how they could be transformed by faith in Jesus Christ.  Paul wrote “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of the world, but let God transform you into a new per...  Read More

Scripture:  Proverbs 4:20-27 - My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from th...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 42:1-4 - As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me,“Where is your God?”4  When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. for I used to go with the multitude; I went with t...  Read More

Scripture:  II Corinthians 5:21 - For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.As I think about the great exchange, I am so thankful that for the moment that I believed on the Lord Jesus Christ with all of my heart and His death, burial, and resurrection!  God forgave me of my past, present and future sins.  God declares sinners not guilty ...  Read More

Scripture:  John 4:34-38 -  Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he ...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 30:11 – You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness.John 20:1-16 - The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unt...  Read More

Scripture: Ephesians 3:16 – That He would grant you according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.There are many times in the Bible that God strengthened His people.  This is so encouraging to me, because there have been many times in my life that  I needed strength/encouragement. Some of those times were:  when I had several  operations to remo...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 12:2 (KJV) - And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.Romans 12:2 (NLT) - Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfec...  Read More