2 Corinthians 1:11,  “And you must add your help by praying for us, for the more people there are praying, the more people there will be to give thanks when their prayer for us is answered.” When you find yourself asking why God would answer your prayer, or if...

James 1:2-3,  Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Every day there are things, some good, some that are overwhelming, and some that are just...

Isaiah 36:18-20,  “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’  Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?  King Sennacherib, king of Assyria was on a mission and had...

2 Corinthians 5:17,  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.   When you accept Jesus as your Savior He gives you His Spirit to guide you into all He created you to be.  We...

John 8:31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,” What do you do when you have prayed and believed and hoped, you have remained faithful, and yet still nothing has changed!  You know God has promised and...

Joshua 4:14, “On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.” Joshua had been Moses' assistant for years.  I am sure he was in absolute awe as he watched God work through Moses...

Ezra 5:17 Now if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to see if King Cyrus did in fact issue a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem.  Then let the king send us his decision in this matter. That was the end of the...

Psalm 120:1. In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. No one is exempt from struggles and heartaches in this life.  Here we have David talking about crying out to God when He was at the end of his rope!  Think about Joseph and his prison stay for...

Proverbs 4:23-27,  Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.  Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.  Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.  Give...

John 3:16,  For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but will have eternal life. It is really as simple as that.  So many people try to add to it, but that is what God Himself has to say about...

Psalm 19:14, Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer A young woman was waiting to board her airplane.  Since she was facing a rather lengthy layover due to weather delays she...