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Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. Psalm 126:5. Your greatest achievements and outcomes are often born out of your greatest struggles. Sometimes we embark on a challenge that seems to be overwhelming at times, and sometimes life can deal us a cruel blow that we need to struggle through. Don't leave your outcomes to chance, keep your eyes on God and prayerfully He'll make a way. God's timing is not our timing, so persist and never give up. The darkest ho

Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts.  1 John 5:21. With Jesus in our heart the door to our past hurts, failings and pains has been shut. Instead, He fills our heart with joy and hope for an eternal future with Him- that starts now. He is our peace in the midst of every storm, He is our strength in our times of weakness, and He makes the impossible possible in our life. When we keep our eyes on Him, He becomes our confidence. When

I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6. God wants relationship, not religion. He wants us to know Him, His ways and His heart rather than religious observance. It's in our relationship with Jesus that He fills us so full with His love that it will overflow to touch the hurting, to help those in need and to be there for those who are struggling. Real Christianity is when we let God's love flow through us

All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. 1 John 4:15-17a. When we invite Jesus into our heart there is a divine exchange- our worst for His best. He fills us with His love in such a way that we begin to see others differently, and we

This is real love-not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 1 John 4:10-11.  We can love one another because God loved us first. He showed us the way to love with a heart of compassion and a desire to see us live life to our fullest potential. He sent Jesus into the world to pay a price that we couldn't pay so that we could be made right wit

In the end, people appreciate honest criticism far more than flattery. Proverbs 28:23. People are far more grateful for those who are honest, who will share their thoughts, rather than for those who use flattery to be avoid difficult conversations. Honest criticism should be given in wisdom where knowledge is knowing what to say but wisdom is knowing how and when to say it. People will readily accept a word of criticism or reprimand when given with care and compassion rather

But those who obey God's word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. 1 John 2:5-6. When God fills us with His love it becomes our desire to love Him back and to walk in His ways. As we imitate Jesus, we'll discover a whole new way of living that will bring freedom and peace into every part of our life that we never thought possible. Instead of revenge you'll be qui

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.... If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 john 5-6,8-9. In light there is total freedom, no dark pl

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 1 John 1:1-2. Jesus came to earth to reconcile humanity back to God, so that we could be made rig

I have tried hard to find you- don't let me wander from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against...

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,’ Jeremiah 1:5.a. You are so loved of God that He created you unique with gifts and talents,...

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7. To see the breakthroughs we desire in our life...

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the...

Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. James 4:2b. Our prayer life can often reflect our measure of faith in...

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does...

And don't forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God. Hebrews 13:16. God has blessed you...

God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to...

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure...

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God's...

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Proverbs 27:17. We were created for relationship, first with God and then with each...