Posts from 2024 (Page 11)

John 6:66-68 After this, many of his disciples turned back and were not walking with him anymore. So Jesus asked the Twelve, “You do not want to leave, too, do you?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life. Dear Lord Jesus, The simplicity of your love and the message of forgiveness is often too complicated for many to understand and frequently becomes a stumbling block for many to walk away…

Romans 3:23-24 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for keeping us from becoming overconfident in ourselves. We can look into the mirror and consider the image looking back at us to be a good person. While we might do many good things for those around us, there is still that underlying problem of sin: our…

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, well equipped for every good work. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for giving us your word; in it, we hear your will for all people, and that is for us to know, believe, and trust in you for salvation and eternal life. You instruct us to love you above…

Psalm 34:18-19 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. He saves those whose spirits have been crushed. Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him from them all. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for being close to us when we are having bad days. When things are not going right, and problems come our way, it feels like we are out of control, spiraling from everything coming at us and being crushed under the pressure of our problems. You never…

1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, the people who are God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. At one time, you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. At one time, you were not shown mercy, but now you have been shown mercy. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the mercy…

Philippians 1:6 I am convinced of this very thing: that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Dear Heavenly Father, We thank you for the faith that your Holy Spirit has instilled in us. For all who trust in you, you have established your promise of sustaining us until the last day, when Jesus comes again in all his glory. Your will is for all people to…

Ephesians 1:7-10 In him we also have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in keeping with the riches of his grace, which he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight. He made known to us the mystery of his will in keeping with his good purpose, which he planned in Christ. This was to be carried out when the time had fully come, in order to bring all things together in Christ, things in heaven and things…

Psalm 16:8  I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Dear Heavenly Father, You are set before us only because of your instruction, which leads us to faith and restores us to you. So, let us consider your instruction for us. We are, by nature, sinful; when Adam and Eve fell into sin, we inherited their sin; it has become a part of who we are, and we cannot escape…

Psalm 139:23-24 Investigate me, God, and know my heart. Test me and know my troubled thoughts. See if there is any way in me that causes pain, and lead me in the way everlasting. Dear Heavenly Father, We like to appear as if everything is going okay, all is well, and there are no problems we are dealing with; we put on a good mask for the world. The problem is we live in a sinful world, and each of…

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us get rid of every burden and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and let us run with patient endurance the race that is laid out for us. Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who is the author of our faith and the one who brings it to its goal. In view of the joy set before him, he endured the cross,…