Becoming Best Friends with God Since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life. Romans 5:10 (NLT) God wants to be your best frie...
The Heart of Worship Give yourselves to God.... Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes. Romans 6:13 (TEV) The heart of worship is surrender. Surrender is an unpopular word, disliked almost as much as the word submission....
What Makes God Smile? May the LORD smile on you.... Numbers 6:25 (NLT) Smile on me, your servant; teach me the right way to live. Psalm 119:135 (Msg) The smile of God is the goal of your life. Since pleasing God is the first purpose of your life, you...
Planned for God's Pleasure You created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created. Revelation 4:11 (NLT) The Lord takes pleasure in his people. Psalm 149:4a (TEV) You were planned for God's pleasure. The moment you were...
Life Is a Temporary Assignment LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered, and that my life is fleeing away. Psalm 39:4 (NET) I am here on earth for just a little while. Psalm 119:19 (TEV) Life on earth is...
Seeing Life from God's View What is your life? James 4:14b (NIV) We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin The way you see your life shapes your life. How you define life determines your destiny. Your perspective will influenc...
Made to Last Forever God has ... planted eternity in the human heart. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (N LT) Surely God would not have created such a being as man to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. Abraham Lincoln This life is not all t...
What Drives Your Life? I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy! Ecclesiastes 4:4 (LB) The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder-a waif, a nothing, a no man. Thomas Carlyle Everyone's life...
You Are Not an Accident I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born. Isaiah 44:2a (CEV) God doesn't play dice. Albert Einstein You are not an accident. Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. You...
WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR? A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree. Proverbs 11:28 (Msg) Blessed are those who trust in the Lord.... They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that re...