Psalm 29:2 (NRSV) — 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; 

worship the Lord in holy splendor.

Psalm 29:2 (NLT) — 2 Honor the Lord for the glory of his name. 

Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

Psalm 29:2 (The Message) — 2 In awe before the glory, in awe before God’s visible power. 

Stand at attention! Dress your best to honor him!

Take time today to ascribe greatness to the Lord our God!

Honor Him with your Hallelujahs!

Rejoice in the awesome things He has done for you!

He loves you!

1 Corinthians 6:17 (NLT) — 17 But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

1 Corinthians 12:27 (NLT) — 27 All of you together are Christ’s body, 

and each of you is a part of it.

Ephesians 1:5–6 (NLT) — 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family 

by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. 

This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 

6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

Colossians 2:10 (NLT) — 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, 

who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Where I wander—You!

Where I ponder—You!

Again, always ... You! You! You!

When I am glad—You!

When I am sad—You!

Only You ... again, always You!

You above—!

You below—!

In every trend—at every end!

Only You! You again, always You!

You! You! You!

[Where can I flee from Your Presence? I can’t and I am glad! Amen.]

Psalm 139:7

Ephesians 2:19–22 (The Message) — 19 That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. 

God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. 20 He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone 21 that holds all the parts together. 

We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, 22 all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.

1 Peter 1:2 (NLT) — 2 God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. 

May God give you more and more grace and peace.

1 Peter 1:2 (The Message) — 2 God the Father has his eye on each of you, and has determined by the work of the Spirit to keep you obedient through the sacrifice of Jesus. 

May everything good from God be yours!

Rejoice!

You are locked into His Loving Heart forever!

You are His!

Amen.

Isaiah 54:10 (NLT) — 10 For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, 

but even then my faithful love for you will remain. 

My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, 

who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54:10 (The Message) — 10 For even if the mountains walk away 

and the hills fall to pieces, 

My love won’t walk away from you, my covenant commitment of peace won’t fall apart.” 

The God who has compassion on you says so.

Matthew 28:20 (NLT) — 20b ... And be sure of this: I am with you always, 

even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:20 (The Message) — 20b ... I’ll be with you, day after day after day, 

right up to the end of the age.”

Father, Son and Holy Spirit

has promised to be with you

at all times, always and forever.

You are not alone in your journey of life.

Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT) — 3 ... I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. 

With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.

Jeremiah 31:3 (The Message) — 3 ... I’ve never quit loving you and never will. 

Expect love, love, and more love!

John 15:9 (NLT) — 9 I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.

John 15:9 (The Message) — 9 I’ve loved you the way my Father has loved me. 

Make yourselves at home in my love.

Romans 5:5 (NRSV) — 5 ... God’s love has been poured into our hearts 

through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

Romans 5:5 (The Message) — 5 ... we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything 

God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!

God's love is unfailing and eternal ...

Today spend time pondering the wonders of His Love for you ...

you will be blessed!

1 Kings 19:11–12 (NLT) — 11 ... And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, 

and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. 

It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, 

but the Lord was not in the wind. 

After the wind there was an earthquake, 

but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 

12 And after the earthquake there was a fire, 

but the Lord was not in the fire. 

And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.

1 Kings 19:11–12 (The Message) — 11 ... A hurricane wind ripped through the mountains 

and shattered the rocks before God, but God wasn’t to be found in the wind; 

after the wind an earthquake, but God wasn’t in the earthquake; 

12 and after the earthquake fire, but God wasn’t in the fire; 

and after the fire a gentle and quiet whisper.

Psalm 37:7 (NLT) — 7a Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. 

Psalm 46:10 (NLT) — 10a “Be still, and know that I am God! 

The Almighty and Majestic God of all creation

speaks to us in the stillness of our heart.

Hear His precious whispers!

Be still! 

 He Loves you!

John 14:6 (NRSV) — 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 

No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6 (NLT) — 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. 

No one can come to the Father except through me.

Acts 17:28 (NRSV) — 28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; ... ...’

Acts 17:28 (NLT) — 28 For in him we live and move and exist. ... ...

Acts 17:28 (The Message) — 28 We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! 

One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’

IN Jesus we have life and life abundant!

Abundant life abundantly!

Rejoice!

Philippians 4:19–20 (NRSV) — 19 And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours 

according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 

20 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Philippians 4:19–20 (NLT) — 19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. 

20 Now all glory to God our Father forever and ever! Amen.

Philippians 4:19–20 (The Message) — 19 You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus. 

20 Our God and Father abounds in glory that just pours out into eternity. Yes.

Rest IN Him!

He knows your needs.

He holds ALL things in the palm of His Hands!

Psalm 88:1–2 (NRSV) — 1 O Lord, God of my salvation, 

when, at night, I cry out in your presence, 

2 let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

Psalm 16:11 (NLT) — 11 You will show me the way of life, 

granting me the joy of your presence 

and the pleasures of living with you forever.

Psalm 139:7 (NRSV) — 7 Where can I go from your spirit? 

Or where can I flee from your presence?  

Psalm 140:13 (NLT) — 13 Surely righteous people are praising your name; 

the godly will live in your presence.

Amen!

Becoming overwhelmed with concerns of life

cannot outweigh the joy of His Presence that constantly surrounds us!

Turn you eyes upon Jesus!

Amen!

John 10:10 (NRSV) — 10b ... I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

John 10:10 (The Message) — 10b ... I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.

John 10:28 (NLT) — 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. 

No one can snatch them away from me,

John 10:28 (The Message) — 28 I give them real and eternal life. 

They are protected from the Destroyer for good. 

No one can steal them from out of my hand.

Romans 8:6 (NRSV) — 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, 

but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Romans 8:6 (The Message) — 6 Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; 

attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.

Love has come!

Fear is dispelled!

Live the LIFE of Christ IN you this day and ...

rejoice!

Again I say rejoice!

1 Peter 2:9–10 (NRSV) — 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, 

God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him 

who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 

10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; 

once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 2:9–10 (NLT) — 9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. 

You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. 

As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, 

for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 

10 “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. 

Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.”

1 Peter 2:9–10 (The Message) — 9 But you are the ones chosen by God, 

chosen for the high calling of priestly work, 

chosen to be a holy people, 

God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, 

to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—

10 from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.

Before Christ we were a mess!

IN Christ we are a masterpiece ...

chosen, called, from nothing to accepted ...

a holy people!

How awesome is that now?

Thank You Jesus!

1 Samuel 26:24 (NRSV) — 24b ... may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, 

and may he rescue me from all tribulation.”

Isaiah 43:4 (NRSV) — 4a you are precious in my sight, and honored, and

 I love you ...

1 Corinthians 8:3 (NRSV) — 3 anyone who loves God is known by him.

1 John 3:1 (NRSV) — 1a See what love the Father has given us, 

that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. 

Colossians 3:10 (NRSV) — 10 [you] have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.

You are no small thing!

You are clothed in Christ - Son of the Living God!

Rejoice that He has ransomed, redeemed and restored you

into His Image ...

for that is how Father God sees you!

Galatians 2:20 (NLT) — 20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. 

It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. 

So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, 

who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20 (The Message) — 20 Christ’s life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. 

I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. 

My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you 

or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. 

Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not “mine,” 

but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, 

who loved me and gave himself for me.

This is 'Jesus in me' and Jesus in you.

We no longer see one another through worldly eyes,

but through spiritual eyes and

we rejoice in the magnificent work He has done in each of us!

(and PTL He is not finished with us yet!)

Psalm 61:2 (NRSV) — 2 From the end of the earth I call to you, 

when my heart is faint. 

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I;

Psalm 61:2 (NLT) — 2 From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help 

when my heart is overwhelmed. 

Lead me to the towering rock of safety,

Psalm 61:2 (The Message) — 2 When I’m far from anywhere, down to my last gasp, 

I call out, “Guide me up High Rock Mountain!”

Jesus is ...

the Rock that is higher than you!

the Towering Rock of safety!

High Rock Mountain!

Rely on Him ... trust Him ... He loves you!

Psalm 96:6 (NLT) — 6 Honor and majesty surround him; 

strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.

Psalm 96:6 (The Message) — 6 Royal splendor radiates from him, 

A powerful beauty sets him apart.

Micah 3:11 (NRSV) — 11b ... “Surely the Lord is with us! No harm shall come upon us.”

Isaiah 8:10 (The Message) — 10b ... Because when all is said and done, 

the last word is Immanuel—God-With-Us.

God is ...

Misthapodotes - Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him ...

He makes Himself SO easy to find!

He surrounds us!

Open your eyes to see Him in every moment of your day.

Romans 6:4 (NLT) — 4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. 

And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, 

now we also may live new lives.

Luke 5:37–38 (NRSV) — 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; 

otherwise the new wine will burst the skins 

and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 

38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

Galatians 3:27 (NRSV) — 27 As many of you as were baptized into Christ 

have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Colossians 3:10 (NRSV) — 10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, 

which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.

Walking in newness of life - in your new self -

is walking IN Christ!

Clothed IN Him!

Being ALL He has called you to be!

Doing what He has equipped you to do!

This IS newness of life!

Enjoy and rejoice!

Amen.

Romans 8:17 (NLT) — 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. 

In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. 

But if we are to share his glory, 

we must also share his suffering.

Romans 8:17 (The Message) — 17 And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—

an unbelievable inheritance! 

We go through exactly what Christ goes through. 

If we go through the hard times with him, 

then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him!

2 Corinthians 1:3–4 (NRSV) — 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, 

4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that 

we may be able to console those who are in any affliction 

with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.

2 Corinthians 1:3–4 (The Message) — 3 All praise to the God and Father of our Master, 

Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! 

4 He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, 

and before you know it, 

he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that 

we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.

God's Purpose in our pain is far greater than we could ever imagine ...

however in hindsight we get to see His Purpose

in the Light of His Glory and Grace!

And so we are blessed.

John 3:16 (NLT) — 16 “For this is how God loved the world: 

He gave his one and only Son, so that 

everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 8:1–2 (NLT) — 1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit 

has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.

1 Corinthians 1:30 (NRSV) — 30 He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, 

who became for us wisdom from God, 

and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Ephesians 2:13 (NRSV) — 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off 

have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Jesus Christ has declared It is finished!

In His Worth is your worth making you both worthy and worth it!

Rejoice!

Psalm 31:7 (NRSV) — 7 I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, 

because you have seen my affliction; 

you have taken heed of my adversities,

Psalm 31:7 (The Message) — 7 I’m leaping and singing in the circle of your love; 

you saw my pain, you disarmed my tormentors,

Luke 1:47 (NLT) — 47 How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

Psalm 31:7 (The Message) — 7 I’m leaping and singing in the circle of your love; 

you saw my pain, you disarmed my tormentors,

Ephesians 1:3 (NLT) — 3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms 

because we are united with Christ.

Therein lies our happiness ...

IN Jesus only!

Psalm 21:13 (NLT) — 13 Rise up, O Lord, in all your power. 

With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.

Psalm 21:13 (The Message) — 13 Show your strength, God, so no one can miss it. 

We are out singing the good news!

Psalm 16:11 (NRSV) — 11 You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 16:11 (The Message) — 11 Now you’ve got my feet on the life path, 

all radiant from the shining of your face. 

Ever since you took my hand, I’m on the right way.

The joy of the Lord is my strength!

I will praise Him with every breath I have!

Rejoice this day ... your salvation and healing has come!

Psalm 23:3 (NRSV) — 3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.

Psalm 23:3 (The Message) — 3 True to your word, you let me catch my breath 

and send me in the right direction.

Isaiah 58:12 (NRSV) — 12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; 

you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; 

you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.

Isaiah 58:12 (The Message) — 12 You’ll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew, 

rebuild the foundations from out of your past. 

You’ll be known as those who can fix anything, restore old ruins,

 rebuild and renovate, make the community livable again.

1 Peter 5:10 (NLT) — 10 In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory 

by means of Christ Jesus. 

So after you have suffered a little while, 

he will restore, support, and strengthen you, 

and he will place you on a firm foundation.

In your place of pain, know that our Loving God

will transform it into His Purpose and

will renew and restore you

as a new creation IN Christ.

Psalm 59:16 (NLT) — 16 But as for me, I will sing about your power. 

Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. 

For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress.

Psalm 59:16 (The Message) — 16 And me? I’m singing your prowess, 

shouting at cockcrow your largess, 

For you’ve been a safe place for me, a good place to hide.

Revelation 2:28 (NRSV) — 28 even as I also received authority from my Father. 

To the one who conquers I will also give the morning star.

Revelation 2:28 (NLT) — 28 They will have the same authority I received from my Father, 

and I will also give them the morning star!

Jesus is that bright and morning star ...

He is yours and you are His!

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) — 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ 

has become a new person. 

The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

Colossians 3:10 (NRSV) — 10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, 

which is being renewed in knowledge 

according to the image of its creator.

You are IN Christ.

God sees you IN Christ.

How could He not love you?

He rejoices over you with much singing!