John 6:35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst."
Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world.
Romans 12:13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
Song of Songs 8:6 NIV Place Me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
May you know that the Lord works in mysterious ways, hiding Himself from casual view, though He has created the heavens and fashioned the earth, designing it to be inhabited, not empty, and saving His people with an everlasting salvation. Isaiah 45
May you understand that the Lord wants to be in relationship with you, for God has not spoken in secret nor told you to seek Him in vain, but speaking the truth and publicly proclaiming bold promises, He declares what is right, drawing you by hunger for His Word and thirst for His Spirit. Isaiah 45
May you be confident that there is no God apart from the Lord, Who is a righteous God and a Savior, for He has declared what will be from long ago and foretold what would happen from the distant past. Isaiah 45
May you turn to God and be rescued for there is none but the Lord Who can swear by Himself with integrity, Whose mouth utters words that will not be revoked, before Whom every knee will bow and by Who every tongue will swear allegiance, proclaiming, “In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength.” Isaiah 45
May you exult and boast in the Lord, glorying in Him Who justifies you and declares you to be righteous in His Son, vindicated as He delivers you from your sinful nature, while all who have raged against Him will be put to shame. Isaiah 45
May you listen to the word of the Lord, Who has upheld you since you were conceived and carried you since your birth even to your grey hairs, for He has made you and He will hold you, He will sustain you and He will rescue you; therefore, to whom can you compare God on an equal basis? Isaiah 46
May you remember this and fix it in mind, taking to heart that He is God and there is none like Him Who knows the end from the beginning, declaring what is still to come even from times long ago, for His purpose will stand and He will do all that He pleases, calling those who will fulfill His purpose, for His righteousness is not far away and His salvation will not be delayed; He will grant His splendor to His people as they accept His salvation and purification. Isaiah 46
May you show mercy to those God is dealing with, for you will need mercy in a time to come, and may you humbly help lift the load of the aged, lest the anger of the Lord come upon you in the midst of your pride and remove you from your comforts. Isaiah 47
May you daily understand anew the need to always walk in humility before the Lord, trusting only in God, depending on Him for the strength, wisdom, direction, and resources that you will need that day, never resting in what you claim to have accomplished or relying on your own prudence as you boast of your own abilities, for you cannot remove yourself from the reach of calamity nor protect yourself from the plagues of the world. Isaiah 47
My child, do you stand confident and calm, filled with peace at the thought of God's justice being visited upon you? Or do you feel a certain fearful, terrifying expectation of fire and fierce fury threatening to envelope you when you think of receiving divine judgment in your life?
Your conscience and My Spirit no longer accuse you once you have accepted the free offer of My redemption from your sins. Peace enters your heart and, though memory looks back on past sins with deep sorrow, your thoughts are no longer filled with great dread of punishment or penalty but thanksgiving for the joy of justification before the Father.
I paid the debt of your sin, willingly, to the utmost demand and received the receipt marked “Paid in Full” when the Father judged Me worthy of life eternal, sending the Spirit of resurrection into the tomb where My body lay.
The very justice of the Father's nature that causes fear in one who does not know Me will bring peace to one who is found in Me for you know that He will not, and cannot, be so unjust as to demand payment again for a debt that no longer exists.
The power of sin is broken and the authority of the carnal nature is canceled as you identify with My death and walk in the new life, reborn, a new creation accepted by the Father in Me. The life you now live in your body is lived by faith in Me because I love you and have given Myself for you. There is no more fearful expectation of punishment, for I bore that once, for all.
From here, there is only growing into the maturity and unity of faith with all the other members of My Body as you are led by My Spirit and walk in humility before the Father, obedient to the ministry of My Word by My servants. In this way you will attain to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ, bearing gently with one another in love.
May you walk ever more closely with the Lord, giving Him access to more of your life and opening your heart to His Spirit so that He can cleanse and purge the attitudes and rebellion that prevent His holiness from permeating all you do and say, for unless you dwell in the truth and righteousness of Christ, you cannot know the Lord Almighty. Isaiah 48
May you not yield His glory to another or let Him be defamed, for in His mercy, and for His praise, He has held Himself back and delayed His wrath so that He might refine you and form you into a vessel to His honor and receive the praise He is worthy of as you show forth His grace and salvation. Isaiah 48
May you live a life worthy of the calling you have received, to be completely humble and gentle, patient, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace in the one hope to which you were called, for there is one body and one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all Who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4
May you receive the grace which has been apportioned to each of us by Christ, Who ascended above the heavens after descending to the lower regions in order to fill the whole universe, giving some one task and others another skill, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4
May you daily walk in God's grace that will grow you to maturity so that each day you will be less affected by tossing waves and blowing winds of doctrine and teaching and scheming, but instead, speaking the truth in love, grow up into Him Who is the Head, that is, Christ, for from Him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Ephesians 4
May you give praise to the Lord, to God our Savior, Who daily bears our burdens, for our God is a God Who saves, and our Sovereign Lord provides escape from death, since He has crushed the heads of His enemies. Psalm 68
May you willingly join the procession of God, going into the sanctuary of your King, led by the singers, then the musicians, praising God in the great congregation, so that when God summons His power and reveals His strength, the beast among the reeds will be rebuked and humbled, and the nations who delight in war will be scattered, for God is awesome in His sanctuary, the God who gives power and strength to His people. Psalm 68
May your house be built by wisdom from God and established through understanding of God's ways, with rare and beautiful treasures filling its rooms through knowledge of God's Word. Proverbs 24:3-4
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