“Say not, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.” (Ecclesiastes 7:10). Careful with nostalgia! Longing for “the good old days” can be an insult to God’s providence in the present. Wisdom doesn’t live in the past, it fears the.

Someone might say- “I know Jesus died for me, but I struggle with falling into the same sins and I’m in a dark place. What should I do?”. Answer:.“Flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”.

God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of His own purpose and grace, which He gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began (2 Timothy 1:8–9).

The Lord is my light and my salvation; .whom shall I fear? .The Lord is the stronghold of my life; .of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1).

Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. (Psalm 25:4–5).

“Train yourself for godliness.” (1 Timothy 4:7). The word train or exercise comes from the root gymnazō, where we get our word gymnasium. Paul is saying—work at godliness like an athlete trains for competition. It’s disciplined, deliberate, daily.

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; .you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed (Psalm 10:17–18).

“We also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13). Scripture is the Word of God.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? (Psalm 8:3–4).

“The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory belongs to the Lord.” (Proverbs 21:31).

“I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.” Psalm 3:5. Thank you for sustaining me Lord. Today is enough!.

I have the greatest news in the world. For those trusting Christ: “you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its.

Who is Jesus?. He is the Son—in whom we can have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or.

“Believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.” (John 20:31). If the Bible could be summed up in one verse.

Has Jesus made you His own? If so,. “Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body, by the power that enables Him even to subject all things to Himself. (Philippians 3:20–21).

“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is .than a fattened ox and hatred with it.” (Proverbs 15:17). The greater poverty isn’t what’s on the plate, but what’s missing from the heart.

“It is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ” (Philippians 1:9–10). This is not aimless love. It’s not sentimental love. It’s anchored.

“The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, .but the belly of the wicked suffers want.” (Proverbs 13:25). What would it reveal if you suffered want? Maybe a much deeper form of poverty…a soul untethered from the Giver….

Try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:10). How? . Solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (Hebrews 5:14).

Philip said to Jesus—Lord show us the Father. (John 14:8). Jesus answered—Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. (v.9). And—I am in the Father and the Father is in me. (v.11). Jesus is how we can know the Father, come to the Father, see the Father, pray to the Father,.