Psalm 34:18 (ESV) “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” DEVOTIONAL There are times in this life when words fail. When sorrow grips the heart so tightly it feels hard to breathe. When grief or loss, disappointment or despair, make us feel alone, forgotten, or even forsaken. It is […]
GALATIANS 5:14 NIV 14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Most people understand it’s right to love our neighbor — but many do not realize it’s also God’s will for us to love ourselves. We need to understand this correctly. We should not think of ourselves
LUKE 22:19 NLT 19 He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.” Not only were these some of the last words of our Lord Jesus
MARK 12:31 NKJ 31 “And the second, like it, is this: `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Eight times the Bible tells us to love our neighbor as we love our self. Clearly, God considers this important. But what does it mean? It means we should
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John 10:28 (ESV) “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.” DEVOTIONAL There are few things more comforting in all of Scripture than the words of our Good Shepherd in this verse. Jesus speaks not as a distant ruler, but as the One
2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 NLT 3 Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing. God made you for a purpose. God has a plan. You are not an accident. You may not have discovered where you fit and what
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2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV) “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” DEVOTIONAL There are few verses in Scripture that so clearly express the heart of the gospel as this one. In one breathtaking sentence, the apostle Paul reveals
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HEBREWS 4:13-16 NLT 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable. 14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what
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Psalm 30:5 (ESV) “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” DEVOTIONAL Grief and sorrow often visit us like an uninvited guest in the night. It may be the loss of a loved one, a broken relationship, the sting of guilt, or the quiet ache of prayers seemingly unanswered. Sometimes, the
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1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 NLT 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Some people have trouble being thankful unless they have a perfect life with everything they think they should have. But with the right perspective, you can be thankful when you have nothing. You
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