Name: All-Sufficient Grace
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		1 A Path to Soul Health January 1, 2025 1 Peter 4:17-18 The time has come for judgment, to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God? "If it is hard for the righteous person to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and sinful person?" (Proverbs 11:31) So then, those who suffer according to God's will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do what is good. The only way to keep the soul healthy is to commit it to God by prayer and patient perseverance in well-doing. To Obey the Gospel of God To obey the gospel is to act by God's will. (Romans 14:7-8; Ephesians 1:11) My authority is God the Father (Romans 9:19-21; 13:1-2) Obedience to the gospel requires unyielding commitment and patient endurance. To obey the gospel means: Believing in God the Father (Hebrews 11:6; John 10:38; John 11:25-27; 14:8-11) Believing all that He has done for us in Jesus Christ (John 3:14-16) putting faith and trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior: "And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life." Repenting of sin (Acts 3:17-20); 8:22; 20:21; James 4:8-10) Discipleship Submit to Him and obey His Word (John 14:15, 21, 23; 15:10; 1 John 2:3-6, 3:21-24; 5:3) Die to selfish desires (2 Corinthians 5:15; Galatians 2:20; 1 Peter 4:2) Take up your cross and follow Jesus (Matthew 16:24) Humbly serve others, loving them sacrificially (John 13:12-17; 15:9-14; 1 John 4:7-21) Suffer for the sake of Christ (Acts 14:21-22; Philippians 1:29; 2 Timothy 3:10-12; James 1:2; 1 Peter 3:14) Live for Christ - make it my aim to do His will and please Him in everything (Romans 14:7-8; 2 Corinthians 5:9, 15; 1 Peter 4:2) Obedience will make you worthy for His kingdom My aim is to do His will and please Him in everything. Read more	2 Steps Directed January 2, 2025 Proverbs 16:9 A person plans his way but the Lord directs his steps I may think I am making my own way, but in reality the Lord is leading me through interesting paths for my discipline and blessing. Proverbs 16:1 People plan but the end result is from the Lord Proverbs 16:3 Entrust your work to the Lord, and your planning will succeed. Recognize and respond to opportunities God sends your way. Further study: Proverbs 19:21 Proverbs 20:24 Proverbs 21:30 Psalm 37:23 Isaiah 46:10 Jeremiah 10:23 Read more	3 Lord, to Thee January 3, 2025 Joshua 3:5 Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you. I must expect and prepare to pass ways I have not passed before. But in these paths of life, I may walk in bold cheerfulness - whether called to suffer pain, persecution, or poverty, I am following the Author and Finisher of my faith. (Hebrews 12:2) Faith will see the prints of the Redeemer's feet, which I will follow. John 14:3 If I am going away to prepare a place for you, I will come back again and welcome you into my presence so that you may be where I am. Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days; let them flow in endless praise. Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love. Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for thee. Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King. Take my lips and let them be filled with messages from thee. Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold. Take my intellect and use every power as thou shalt choose. Take my will and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. Take my heart it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee. Take My Life and Let It Be - by Frances Ridley Havergal Read more	4 Restored to Sight January 4, 2025 John 9:1-3 As He was walking along, He observed a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that God's work might be revealed in him. I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. The night is approaching when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." Jesus healed many who were blind by disease or accident. Here, He cured the born blind. This showed His power to help in the most desperate cases and the work of His grace upon the souls of sinners, which gives sight to those blind by nature. The blind man could not see Jesus, but Jesus could see him. Uncommon calamities are not always to be thought of as special punishment for sin. Sometimes, they are for the glory of God and to manifest His works. Charles Spurgeon tells a story of an elderly Christian born blind and a happy saint. One day, speaking with another believer, he said, "You know, I have so much more to give thanks for than you." "What! More than I?" the other exclaimed. "why, I have been able to see for years!" The blind man looked up with those sightless eyes. He said, "Oh, yes, but you have had to see so many things that have been disagreeable and distressing, so many faces that were unkind and angry and unholy, but the first face that I shall ever see will be the face of my blessed Savior, who loved me and gave Himself for me. So, I have more to be thankful for than you." It takes the grace of God to enable one to speak like that. Settle in your mind and put your heart's trust in Him so that someday you will have reason to thank and praise Him even for the things that have caused you the greatest sorrow and made you weep the bitterest tears. Read more	5 Draw Close January 5, 2025 Proverbs 4:23-27 Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life. never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt. Let your eyes look directly ahead; fix your gaze straight in front of you. Carefully measure the paths for your feet, and all your ways will be established. Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. Lately, a feeling of inevitable change seems to lurk around me. There are so many fronts on which change can occur. Change, in the past, was mostly unexpected. Now, change is inevitable. There will be changes in parents as they get older. There will be changes in family members that deal with health issues. There will be changes with children as they grow up and make their way. But my constant is the Word of God. In this time when change is no longer unexpected, Scripture must be my simple revelation as to what God will do for me, in me, and through me. I must have quiet faith in His sufficient grace. My battle is not against flesh and blood, but against Satan and his demonic forces that use flesh and blood to oppose the Lord's work. If I hope to win the war and finish the work, I must use the spiritual equipment God has provided (Ephesians 6:10-18; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6) How can I be compassionate on this day? How can I mourn what has been lost but give care outside of myself and my pain - for I am not desolated. Allow me to see this burden transformed into a blessing. O Lord, help me to be a godly visionary who sees the invisible, chooses the imperishable, and does the impossible. Help me measure my problems by the greatness of God, not by my weakness and inexperience. Please help me to stand by faith like Nehemiah and change my world. James 4:7-8, 10 Submit yourself therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw close to God, and He will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up. Read more
6 Sow Righteousness - Reap Love January 6, 2025 Hosea 10:12 Sow in righteousness in your own interest, reap in gracious love, break up your own unprepared ground; It is now time to inquire of the Lord, until He comes to pour out righteousness for you. Cleanse your heart from all corrupt affections and lusts, and be a broken and contrite spirit. The ground of your heart can only be broken up by the Word of God ministered in the energy of the Holy Spirit.Proverbs 11:18 evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded. Eccl 11:6 Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well. Isa 32:20 How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range freely. James 3:17-18 the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers. James 1:2-4 consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. but you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. Read more	7 To Know God January 7, 2025 John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love. 1 John 2:3-6, This is how we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we continually keep His commandments. The person who says, "I have come to know Him," but does not continually keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth has no place in that person. But whoever continually keeps His commandments is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure we are in union with God. The one who says he abides in Him must live the same way He Himself lived. You CANNOT Hate! Surely we should love those whom God has loved, and so loved. The Holy Spirit grieved at selfishness, will leave the selfish heart without comfort, full of darkness and terror. By what can it be known that a man has a true sense of the love of Christ for perishing sinners or that the love of God has been planted in his heart by the Holy Spirit if the love of the world and its good overcomes the feelings of compassion to a perishing brother? Listen to your conscience. Does it condemn you? The Spirit of God works a change; in all true Christians, it changes from Satan's power to God's. Would you forego all the world for that peace? 1 John 3:21-24 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God. Whatever we request, we receive from Him because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him. And this is His commandment: to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus the Messiah, and to love one another as He commanded us. The person who keeps His commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure He remains in us: He has given us His Spirit. 1 John 5:3 For this demonstrates our love for God: We keep His commandments, and His commandments are not difficult because everyone who is born from God has overcome the world. Our faith is the victory that overcomes the world. Read more	8 True Faith to Live By January 8, 2025 2 Corinthians 5:15 and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again. If Jesus Christ had not died, all would be lost and undone, ruined slaves to sin, having no power to deliver themselves. A Christian's life should be devoted to Jesus the Messiah instead of living to themselves and the world. Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Those who have true faith live by that faith, and faith fastens upon Christ's giving Himself for us. He loved me and gave Himself for me. The more simply the believer relies on Jesus for everything, the more devotedly he walks before Him in all His Word. Faith in the Son of God works by love, causes obedience, and changes into His holy image. God's grace is, therefore, not abused or made in vain. An Exhortation to Cease from Sin by the Example of Jesus Christ 1 Peter 4:1-2 Therefore, since the Messiah suffered in a mortal body, you, too, must arm yourselves with the same determination, because the person who has suffered in a mortal body has stopped sinning, so that he can live the rest of his mortal life guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God. A true conversion makes a remarkable change in the heart and life. It alters the mind, judgment, affections, and conversation. When one is truly converted, it is very grievous to him to think how the time past of his life has been spent. One sin draws on another. Be quickened to the Divine life by the Holy Spirit and live to God as His devoted servant. Read more	9 Humbly Serve Others Loving Them Sacrificially January 9, 2025 John 13:12-17 When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer robe, He sat down again and told them, "Do you realize what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right because that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you must also wash one another's fee. I have set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you. Truly I tell all of you emphatically, a servant is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him. If you understand these things, how blessed you are if you put them into practice! John 15:9-14 Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love. If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you. No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. 1 John 4:7-21 Dear friends, let us continually love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God. The person who does not love does not know god, because God is love. This is how God's love was revealed among us: god sent His unique Son into the world so that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love one another. No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and His love is perfected in us. This is how we know that we abide in Him and He is us: He has given us His Spirit. We have seen for ourselves and can testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world. God abides in the one who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, and he abides in God. We have come to know and rely on the love that God has for us. God is love, and the person who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him. This is how love has been perfected among us: we will have confidence on the day of judgment because, during our time in this world, we are just like Him. There is no fear where love exists. Rather, perfect love banishes fear, for fear involves punishment, and the person who lives in fear has not been perfected in love. We love because God first loved us. Whoever says, "I love God," but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love the God whom he has not seen. And this is the commandment that we have from Him: the person who loves God must also love his brother. Read more	10 Testing of Faith Produces Endurance January 10, 2025 James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. but you must let endurance have its full effect, sot hat you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. We should not pray so much for the removal of affliction, as for wisdom to make a proper use of it. A mind with single and prevailing regard to its spiritual and eternal interest that keeps steady in its purposes for God will grow wise by afflictions, continue fervently in devotion, and rise above trials and oppositions. No condition of life is such as to hinder rejoicing in God. Acts 14:21-22 As they were proclaiming the good news in that city, they discipled a large number of people. Then they went back to Lystra, Iconium, and Antiock, strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must endure many hardships to get into the kingdom of God." Philippians 1:29 For you have been given the privilege for the Messiah's sake not only to believe in Him but also to suffer for Him. 2 Timothy 3:10-12 but you have observed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance. Read more	11 Good Managers of God's Grace January 11, 2025 1 Peter 4:1-2 Therefore, since the Messiah suffered in mortal body, you, too, must arm yourselves with teh same determination, because the person who has suffered in a mortal body has topped sinning, so that he can live the rest of his mortal life guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God. The strongest and best arguments against sin are taken from the sufferings of Jesus the Messiah. He died to destroy sin, and though He cheerfully submitted to the worst sufferings, He never gave way to the least sin. Temptations could not prevail were it not for man's corruption, but true Christians make the will of God the rule of their lives and actions, not their passion or desires. And true conversion makes a wonderful change in the heart and life. It alters the mind, judgment, affections, and conversation. When one is truly converted, it is deplorable to him to think how he spent his time in the past. Quickened to Divine life by the Holy Spirit, live to God as His devoted servant. Let not believers care, though the world ridicules and criticizes them. Read more	12 Quiet your Mind January 12, 2025 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted by God. What do you need today? Courage, healing, or comfort? Or all of the above? Is it love, contentment, or peace? Look to God. He will supply. Quiet your mind. Talk to God about those things your heart is wrestling with. God's Protection Psalm 18:1-3 I will love Thee O Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God Psalm 18:16-19 He sent from above, He took me. He drew me to many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them who hated me for they were too strong for me. Psalm 32:7 Thou art my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble; You shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep you from evil. God promises to keep me from evil if I seek Him. John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. Follow Him. Read more
13 Seek Peace January 13, 2025 Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as hoiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Faith and patience enable me to follow peace and holiness, as well as a calling constantly, diligently and with great joy. Read more	14 Shield of Faith January 14, 2025 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that tis extraordinary power comes from God and not from us. In every way we are troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair, persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. God will never leave you nor forsake you. There may be fears within, as well as fighting without; yet we are not destroyed. You are now in need of your shieled of faith to deflect ruthless talk, inward insinuations, accusations, distortions and doubt. Ephesians 6:16 ...having taken up the shield of faith with which you will be able to put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one, Faith - applying the Word of God and the grace of Jesus Christ - quenches the darts of temptation. Read more	15 God Loves You and That Will Never Change. January 15, 2025 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus the Messiah is the same yesterday and today and forever. Jesus will forever be equally merciful, mighty, and all-sufficient. He fills the hungry, encourages the fearful, and welcomes those who repent. He rejects the proud and self-righteous, abhors fake profession, and teaches all who believe in Him to love righteousness and to hate iniquity. Believers should seek to have their hearts established in simple dependence on free grace by the Holy Spirit, which would comfort their hearts and keep them safe from deception. Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord. I change not. The love of God never changes. His love never fails. This is what brought me to God with deep commitment. I was hurt and brokenhearted. I had no genuine faith in my future. But then I learned that God never changes - He would always love me no matter what, no matter how I looked or felt - He would love me. Read more	16 Holy Spirit Influence January 16, 2025 John 3:8 The wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. That's the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. Song 4:16 Awake, north wind and come, south wind. Make my garden breathe out. let its fragrance flow. let my beloved come in Hid gardens and let Him eat His choicest fruits. Pray for the influences of the blessed Holy Spirit to make this garden fruitful. Read more	17 God's Destiny for You January 17, 2025 Jeremiah 1:5 I knew you before I formed you in the womb: I set you apart for Me before you were born... A sense of my own weakness and insufficiency should make me go humbly about my work. It should not make me draw back when God calls me. I have a message to deliver from God, so I must not fear the face of man. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for well-being, and not for calamity, in order to give you a future and a hope. Read more	18 The Secret of Strength January 18, 2025 Nehemiah 8:10 the joy of the Lord is your strength. What is the secret of strength? Where can power be found to avoid the failures and short comings of the past? The Joy of the Lord Joy is based on forgiveness. Joy is nourished in Affliction have a calm, quiet serenity in every situation have a life that is radiant and joyful even when affliction is deep bear affliction triumphantly so that the joy of the Lord is revealed John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full Joy is dependent upon obedience Jesus' joy came from doing what God sent Him to do. Doing God's will and obeying God's command - these are the things that bring joy. Joy is independent of circumstances. I lose my joy when I look for recognition from others. The joy of the Lord enables me to... consider it pure joy when you are involved in various trials James 1:2 Discover infinite resources in Jesus Christ our Lord by true conviction of the Holy Spirit, which will bring you to the end of your strength. Romans 7:18 For I know that in me dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me but how to perform that which is good I find not. My prayer: Let my life and walk ever be in the spirit of adoration. In deep humility, let me yield myself to Him to be made so entirely one with Jesus Christ that He may be seen to dwell in me. Read more	19 Sow in Tears, Reap in Joy January 19, 2025 Psalm 126:5-6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goes forth and weeps bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. We Harvest What We Plant Galatians 6:7-9 Be not deceived; God is not mocked. A person harvests whatever he plants: The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the spirit. Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest - if we do not give up. Sow seeds of mercy and loving-kindness. Manifest the goodness of God so that He is magnified. Live under the guidance and influences of the Holy Spirit; a life of faith in Jesus Christ abounds in His graces, and you will reap life everlasting. In a fuller, deeper sense, the sower in tears is the Man of sorrows himself. Believers know him thus. He has accomplished, in the sore travail of his soul, the seed time of affliction which is to bear its satisfying harvest when he shall again appear as the reaper of his own reward. He will fill his bosom with sheaves in that day of joy. The garner of his gladness will be filled to overflowing. By how much his affliction surpassed the natural measure of human grief, when he underwent for our sakes the dread realities of death and judgment; by so much shall the fulness of his pure delight as the eternal blesser of his people excel their joy (yet what a measure, too, is there!) whose sum of blessedness is to be for ever with the Lord. —Arthur Pridham, in "Notes and Reflections on the Psalms", 1869. Read more
20 Waiting on the Lord January 20, 2025 Isaiah 40:31 But those who keep waiting on the Lord will renew their strength. Then they will soar like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired. Being told to wait stirs one to be restless in spirit. Those told to wait are faint, weary, and without strength. We cannot fathom God's plans, so we should seek to submit without question to His providential dealings. When distress or suffering becomes prolonged, it is easy to think that God has forgotten or is indifferent to what one is going through. But this is always wrong. He is very concerned about His people and will give deliverance in His own time; until then, His grace is available to sustain and strengthen the soul so one may endure. 2 Corinthians 12:9 He has told me, "My grace is all you need, because My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's power may rest on me. He will supply the needed strength to meet every test He permits us to face. Refer everything to God and wait quietly upon Him. You will be given all needed strength to rise above depressing circumstances, enable you to sour heavenward as an eagle facing the sun, to run your race with patience, and to walk with God with renewed confidence and courage, knowing that you are over the object of His love and care. Read more	21 Everlasting Weight of Glory January 21, 2025 2 Corinthians 4:17 This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison. You have experienced much affliction on your journey through life. You have faced numerous trials, suffering, loss, and disappointment. There will be times when tears will fall. However, God contrasts the afflictions you have endured here with the glory that awaits you in the future. If the afflictions have weighed heavily on your heart, imagine how overwhelming the glory will be when you are finally at home with Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:18 because we do not look for things that can be seen but for things that cannot be seen. For things that can be seen are temporary, but things that cannot be seen are eternal. Seek to be occupied with the things that are not seen, for they are real and eternal. The things that no human eye has seen are the things that are lasting. When everything that the eye looks upon will have vanished, we shall have Jesus the Messiah, the Holy Spirit and heaven. We shall have the love of the God the Father, and communion with the people of God for all eternity, when the fleeting shadows of the earth have faded away. Read more	22	23 Look Up - Keep Still January 23, 2025 Joshua 1:8 This set of instructions is not to cease being a part of your conversations. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to carry out everything that's written in it, for then you'll prosper and succeed. Keeping God's word in my heart at all times, by my side, will keep me from complaining and from being "mournfully sad" always consider all the good things - all the blessings, the safety and shelter Wrap all your sad memories into a nice package because it is a gift. A gift that allowed you to go through severe trials and tribulations so that you would learn and grow in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Lay this package at the foot of the cross and determine to be thankful the rest of your days for all the many blessings you have enjoyed despite your trials. Always remember that you are no longer allowed to be mournfully sad. Look up for the salvation of the Lord. Exodus 14:13-14 Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid! Stand still and watch how the Lord will deliver you today because you will never again see the Egyptians whom you're looking at today. The Lord will fight for you while you keep still." The Israelites were trapped between the Red Sea and Pharaoh's army. What an impossible situation they found themselves in. Be brave and trust in God's salvation, Moses told them. God brings us into straits, that He may bring us to our knees. It is always our duty and interest when we cannot get out of trouble yet to overcome our fears; let them quicken our prayers and endeavors, but not silence our faith and hope. "Stand still," think not to save yourselves by fighting or flying; wait for God's orders, and observe them. Compose yourselves, by confidence in God, into peaceful thoughts of the great salvation God is about to work for you. If God brings His people into straits, He will find a way to bring them out. Matthew Henry And so He has done this for me, and I am eternally grateful and will keep His word hidden in my heart so that I will never forget how He has saved me and, therefore, will never be "mournfully sad" again. Read more	24 Cast All Your Cares January 24, 2025 1 Peter 5:7 Throw all your worry on Him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:8 Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Cast All Your Care Burdensome personal cares, family cares, cares for the present, and cares for the future, for yourselves for others, for the church, on God. When these cares arise from unbelief and distrust, they torture and distract the mind, and hinder our joy in the service of God. The remedy is to cast our care upon God and leave every event to His wise and gracious character. Firm belief that the Divine will and counsels are right, will calm your anxious mind. Humbly rely on God and lay your cares of provision upon His wisdom and love. Be sober. Maintain self-control in both your outward and the inward person. Be vigilant and suspicious of constant danger from this spiritual enemy. Be watchful and diligent to prevent his tactics. Be steadfast, or solid, by faith, which lifts the soul to the firm ground of His promises and fixes it there. Read more	25 The Gift of Power, Love and Self-discipline January 25, 2025 Read more	26
27 May His Face Shine Upon You January 27, 2025 Matthew 28:20 Jesus said, "Remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age." 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted. Numbers 6:24-26 May the Lord bless you and guard you. May the Lord's face enlighten you and bestow favor on you. May the Lord turn to face yo, lavishing peace on you! O Lord, cause your face to shine upon me this day. I pray for faith, increase my faith that I may not only be safe but joyful and triumphant in Your strength. Read more	28 May Peace Be Yours January 28, 2025 Philippians 1:2 May grace and peace from God our Father the the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours! True peace rests upon the work of the Cross, evident in His example of Grace. Luke 2:14 - Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to people who enjoy His favor! John 14:27 I am leaving you at peace. I am giving you my own peace. I am not giving it to you as the world gives. So don't let your hearts be troubled, and don't be afraid. John 20:19 Jesus came among them (the fearful disciples) "Peace be with you." Philippians 4:6-7 Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving. Read more	29 All-Sufficient Grace January 29, 2025 In spiritual warfare it is "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." Zechariah 4:6 Drawing upon His all-sufficient grace, you should not be easily discouraged or anxious. If you are finding your circumstances a tremendous strain and great effort, you must look to the Lord for more grace as the burdens grow and His multiplied peace for your trials. Yield to Him entirely for whatever His will may be. It is not what we give to Jesus but what we take from Him that makes us strong and victorious daily. Read more	30	31