May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16
Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name. Psalm 33
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Corinthian 2:9
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11
“Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Please, don’t think like children. When it comes to evil, be like babies, but think like mature people.”
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2-3
“If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”
January 31st
For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you. Psalm 71:5-6
Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a boy’; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.” Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” The word of the Lord!
“Praise to the Lord! O, let all that is within me adore him! All that hath life and breath come now and adore him! Let the amen, sound from his people again, gladly forever adore him!”
“Let everything that hath breath, praise the Lord! Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation. O, my soul praise him, for he is my strength and salvation. Join the great throng, psaltery, organ, and song, sounding in glad adoration.”
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:6-7
My brothers and sisters in Christ, “Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; and let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!” Isaiah 70:4
“O God, You have taught me from my youth; and to this day I declare Your wondrous works. I will hope in You continually and will praise You yet more and more. My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day, for I do not know their limits. I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.”
Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You thus I will bless You while I live. Psalm 63:3,4
O Lord, “I will lift up my hands in Your name, my soul shall be satisfied with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. Because You have been my help, therefore, in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.”