Anxiety

Scripture When we arrived in Macedonia, there was no rest for us; outside, trouble was on every hand and within us, our hearts were full of dread and fear. ~II Corinthians 7:5, LNT Quote Worry and anxiety is like rocking in a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but you don’t get any…

Dealing With Fear

Scripture The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? ~Psalm 27:1, NIV Quote I know not what the future holds but I know who holds the future. ~Stuart Hamblin I love Psalm 27 and have since my…

Potholes In The Road

Scripture Turn to me and have mercy, for I am alone and in deep distress. My problems go from bad to worse. Psalm 25:16-17, NLT Quote To make life less difficult, accept the fact that life is difficult. ~M. Scott Peck I think it is Max Lucado who talks about potholes in the road to glory…

Triumphant Faith

Scripture I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the LORD was watching over me. Psalm 3:5, NLT Quote Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that man coult stake his life on it a thousand times. ~Martin Luther The setting for Psalm 3 is…

Feelings And Foes

Scripture I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me. ~Psalm 142:4, NLT Quote Feeling are wonderful at times but they are fickle in nature and cannot be trusted. ~Ya’akov Psalm 142 was…

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Scripture You scrutinize my path and my lying down,  And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. ~Psalm 139:3, NASB Quote Your strength lies in your intimacy with Christ. ~Anonymous The Hebrew word for ‘scrutinize’ is zä·rä,’ a term that refers to winnowing grain. To separate the grain from the chaff, they spread the grain on a…

Working With A Net

Scripture If you make the LORD your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter,  no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.  ~Psalm 91:9-10, NLT Quote God’s servants are immortal until their work on earth is done. ~Warren W. Wiersbe Psalm 91 is known as the Soldiers Psalm because…

When I Am Afraid

Scripture When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. ~Psalm 56:3, NRSV Quote Faith is living with an unshakable confidence in the word of God. ~Ya’akov Psalm 56:3 is the very first verse my Mother had me memorize. I began thinking about infinity when I was 7-8 years old and I marvel at…

Heavenly Hope

Scripture Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. ~John 14:27, NIV Quote Death can still terrify us, but the more we know about Jesus, the more death’s power fades. ~Erwin…

Peace Be With You

Scripture That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. ~John 20:19, NLT Quote “To go back is nothing but death: to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it.…