The Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
I know that You can do everything. § The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. § He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?” § There is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it? § Abba, Father, all things are possible for You.
“Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” § “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” § Mighty God. § All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. § Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed … for there are more with us than with him.
Rev. 19:6; Job 42:2; Luke 18:27; Dan. 4:35; Isa. 43:13;
Mark 14:36; Matt. 9:28–29; 8:2–3; Isa. 9:6; Matt. 28:18; Ps. 20:7; 2 Chron. 32:7
What is the word that the Lord spoke to you?
He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? § And to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
As many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” … What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made.
God, who at various times and in different ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son.
Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.
1 Sam. 3:17; Mic. 6:8; Deut. 10:13; Gal. 3:10–11, 19; Heb. 1:1–2; 1 Sam. 3:9
My father once received a handsome Swiss watch from some good friends. After he had worn it for a while, the watch stopped working. When my mother took it to the local jewelry store, the repairman said he was very sorry, but he could not fix it. So Mother took it to another repairman and another. They all said it was beyond mending.
Not too long after that, my mother happened to be going to Switzerland, so she tucked the broken watch into her bag. When she arrived, she arranged for the watch to be sent to the company that had made it, explaining that it had broken and no one could fix it.
Within a short period of time, she received the watch in the mail, running like new. The company that had crafted it had no trouble at all in making it work again.
Marriage is God’s idea. He “crafted” it. If your marriage is broken, all the “repairmen” or counselors you take it to will be unable to fix it. Take it to the Creator Who made it in the first place. He can make it work again.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God. § Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear. § For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
Jacob said to his household … “Let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.” § Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.
I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. The pains of death surrounded me, and the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow. Then I called upon the name of the Lord.
Ps. 50:15; 42:11; 10:17; 86:5; Gen. 35:2–3; Ps. 103:2; 116:1–4
Yet a little while, and He who is coming
will come and will not tarry.
Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. § You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, long- suffering and abundant in mercy and truth. § Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! … For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him.
Heb. 10:37; Hab. 2:2–3; 2 Peter 3:8–9; Ps. 86:15; Isa. 64:1, 4
When have you observed the blazing glory of a tropical sunset
or the soft, silvery shimmer of moonlight on the ocean waves,
or a baby’s birth and first lusty cry,
or a bird weaving her nest, hatching and feeding her young
and wondered, who made it?
When we thoughtfully consider the world around us, we instinctively know our environment is not some haphazard cosmic accident but the handiwork of a Master Designer. The earth did not come about by the snap of some giant fingers but was deliberately planned and prepared in an orderly progression of events. Like Planet Earth around us, your life is not a haphazard cosmos, either. You were deliberately planned to be filled with the beauty of love and joy and peace and purpose-filled with God Himself.
Moses did not know that the skin of his
face shone while he talked with Him.
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory. § Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? § In lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. § Be clothed with humility.
[ Jesus] was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. § All who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at [Stephen], saw his face as the face of an angel. § The glory which You gave Me I have given them. § We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp-stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Ex. 34:29; Ps. 115:1; Matt. 25:37; Phil. 2:3; 1 Peter 5:5;
Matt. 17:2; Acts 6:15; John 17:22; 2 Cor. 3:18; Matt. 5:14–15
There are diversities of activities,
but it is the same God who works all in all.
Some from Manasseh defected to David … And they helped David against the bands of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor. § The manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all.
The sons of Issachar … had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do. § To one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit.
Of Zebulun there were fifty thousand who went out to battle, expert in war with all weapons of war, stouthearted men who could keep ranks. § A double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. § There should be no schism in the body, but … the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. § One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
1 Cor. 12:6; 1 Chron. 12:19, 21; 1 Cor. 12:7; 1 Chron. 12:32;
1 Cor. 12:8; 1 Chron. 12:33; James 1:8; 1 Cor. 12:25–26; Eph. 4:5
