Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand. —Jeremiah 18:6 The creation of the universe is told in ten words: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” He made it all out of nothing: the sky was vacant, and “the earth was formless and empty” …
He has prepared a city for them. —Hebrews 11:16 We came into this world totally helpless and unable to contribute a dime of capital or a day of work to the family that welcomed us. Even so, our coming had been excitedly anticipated, and every imaginable preparation …
[God] will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. —1 Corinthians 10:13 A person “is tempted,” wrote James, “when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown gives birth to death” (Jas …
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. —Proverbs 3:5 Trust isn’t tested in the pew; it’s tested in battle. It’s tested when the night is dark, and cold, and lonely. It’s tested when loss is devastating and answers are elusive. Jesus knows …
We put our hope in the Lord. —Psalm 33:20 Last night I turned the final page of an on-the-edge-of-your-seat novel. Laying it aside, I thought, “I don’t know why I didn’t see that coming.” That’s the way of a good novel—it holds you in suspense until the …
The troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever. —2 Corinthians 4:18 We’re living in the first chapter as we navigate the challenges of this life, all the while anticipating the last chapter: “the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God …
Hope is our anchor, firm and secure. —Hebrews 6:19 Christianity entered the world at a time of terrible turmoil, but Christians found hope of victory over circumstances, as we do today. Biblical hope is not wishful thinking or rah-rah optimism. When Paul and Timothy …
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace. —Romans 15:13 When Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus started recording the history of the first century AD, he wrote, “I am entering upon the history of a period rich in disaster, gloomy with wars, rent with seditions.” He went on to …
There are a handful of things in my life that have always been there—changeless, consistent, dependable: the sun has not failed to rise or set since the day I was born; the earth has not perceptibly changed its spin in my lifetime; God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And then there is my …
God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world. —John 3:17 In a commencement address at Stanford University, Steve Jobs said, “No one wants to die. Even people who want …
