This is my command–be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9 The posture God commands you to adopt each day is one of strength, courage…and a stubborn refusal to be terrified or discouraged, regardless of how you feel. The …
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Bigger than you realise
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: – 1 Corinthians 15:43 Great oaks grow from tiny seeds, and mighty acts emerge from invisible deeds. The time, effort and emotional energy that you’re sowing in obscurity are growing into something really big…something far …
With you and for you
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 1 John 2:19 Those who are with you aren’t necessarily for you. …
The other half of the battle
Because of this, take up the complete armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all things, to stand. – Ephesians 6:13 Simply knowing you’re in a battle is actually half the battle. The other half is found in doing something with that knowledge, ie …
Working for you
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. – Romans 8:28 Regardless of how things appear, God is causing everything to work for your good. That’s a basic fact…as basic as a fact that every scene …
Fireproof
each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. – 1 Corinthians 3:13 The Day is coming when the work you’re doing in Time will be tested by the fiery gaze of …
Strength is for service
We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. – Romans 15:1 The reason you can see is so you can open the eyes of the blind. The reason you can hear is so you can open the ears of the deaf. The reason you …
You’ve got Root
do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. – Romans 11:22 You’ve got roots. This doesn’t start with you and it won’t end with you. And underneath it all is the root of God within you. You’re not in this by yourself. The …
If they can already see it
For we were saved with this hope in mind. Now a hope that can be observed is not really hope, for who hopes for what can be seen? – Romans 8:24 …then there’s no need to hope for it, because you don’t need to hope for what you can already see. But if it’s still …
A different OS
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. – Romans 6:14 You were under the OS of sin, running apps based on the algorithms of being separated from God. But now you’ve switched systems. And you are now running the Operating System of grace…God’s Riches At …