Psalm 130:6 (NRSV) — 6 my soul waits for the Lord 

more than those who watch for the morning, 

more than those who watch for the morning.

Psalm 138:3 (NRSV) — 3 On the day I called, you answered me, 

you increased my strength of soul.

Psalm 16:9 (NRSV) — 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; 

my body also rests secure.

IN Him we watch and wait

knowing that it is well ...

all will be well, all will be well,

all manner of things will be well.

Thank You Jesus!

Psalm 38:9 (NLT) — 9 You know what I long for, Lord; 

you hear my every sigh.

Psalm 38:9 (The Message) — 9 Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight, 

my groans an old story to you.

Psalm 4:3 (NLT) — 3 You can be sure of this: 

The Lord set apart the godly for himself. 

The Lord will answer when I call to him.

Psalm 4:3 (The Message) — 3 Look at this: look Who got picked by God! 

He listens the split second I call to him.

Psalm 66:19 (NRSV) — 19 But truly God has listened; 

he has given heed to the words of my prayer.

Psalm 66:19 (The Message) — 19 But he most surely did listen, 

he came on the double when he heard my prayer.

Our God, Who created the universe,

and Who dwells within us

 through His Beloved Holy Spirit

hears us when we call to Him ...

we can expect an answer!

Here I am Lord! Your servant listens.

Amen.

Psalm 23:1–3 (NRSV) — 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; 

he leads me beside still waters; 

3 he restores my soul. 

He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.

2 Corinthians 5:17–18 (NRSV) — 17 So if anyone is in Christ, 

there is a new creation: 

everything old has passed away; 

see, everything has become new! 

18 All this is from God, 

who reconciled us to himself through Christ, 

and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

With our eyes joyfully focused on Jesus

we are empowered to live peacefully

as new creations IN Him and

thus to engage in the ministry of reconciliation

for which we have been equipped!

Hallelujah!

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NRSV) — 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT) — 7 For we live by believing and not by seeing.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (The Message) — 7 It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going.

Ephesians 2:8 (NRSV) — 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, 

and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—

Ephesians 4:13 (NLT) — 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith 

and knowledge of God’s Son 

that we will be mature in the Lord, 

measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

Our faith in the ALL of God

is leading us onward to maturity in Christ.

Keep your eyes on Jesus!

He is with you.

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

according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:16 (NRSV) — 16 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, 

he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being 

with power through his Spirit,

2 Corinthians 9:8 (NRSV) — 8 And God is able to provide you 

with every blessing in abundance, 

so that by always having enough of everything, 

you may share abundantly in every good work.

Ephesians 2:4–5 (NRSV) — 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, 

out of the great love with which he loved us 

5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, 

made us alive together with Christ—

by grace you have been saved—

The Truth is ...

God is super-abundantly MORE than enough

to bring us through to 

fullness of life and

maturity IN Christ!

(This is a fact - not a feeling!)

Zephaniah 3:17 (NLT) — 17 ... He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.

Zephaniah 3:17 (The Message) — 17 ... He’ll calm you with his love and 

delight you with his songs.

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

Ephesians 1:3–6 (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. 

4 Even before he made the world, 

God loved us and chose us in Christ 

to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 

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.

He Who sings over us,

lives through us,

and blesses us with every spiritual blessing ...

sees us as beautiful

because we are His!

Hallelujah!

Psalm 91:4 (NRSV) — 4 he will cover you with his pinions, 

and under his wings you will find refuge; 

his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Psalm 91:4 (NLT) — 4 He will cover you with his feathers. 

He will shelter you with his wings. 

His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

Psalm 17:8 (NRSV) — 8 Guard me as the apple of the eye; 

hide me in the shadow of your wings,

Psalm 17:8 (The Message) — 8 Keep your eye on me; 

hide me under your cool wing feathers

He gathers us and guards us

so gently and tenderly.

He is GOD Who loves us dearly.

Romans 12:2 (NRSV) — 2 Do not be conformed to this world, 

but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, 

so that you may discern what is the will of God—

what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12:2 (The Message) — 2 Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture 

that you fit into it without even thinking. 

Instead, fix your attention on God. 

You’ll be changed from the inside out. 

Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. 

Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, 

God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Colossians 2:10 (NRSV) — 10 and you have come to fullness in him, 

who is the head of every ruler and authority.

Colossians 2:10 (The Message) — 10 When you come to him, 

that fullness comes together for you, too. 

His power extends over everything.

Praise God!

Our identity is not in our circumstances!

We are IN Him

and His fullness embraces us!

Hallelujah!

2 Corinthians 5:17–18 (NRSV) — 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: 

everything old has passed away; 

see, everything has become new! 

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, 

and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

2 Corinthians 5:17–18 (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! 

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. 

And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

2 Corinthians 5:17–18 (The Message) — 17 ... The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! ...

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.

Colossians 3:10 (NLT) — 10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed 

as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

All of this is from God ...

you are reflecting His Image

and drawing others unto Him! 

Hallelujah!

Philippians 4:6 (NRSV) — 6 Do not worry about anything, 

but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving 

let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:6 (The Message) — 6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. 

Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, 

letting God know your concerns.

Psalm 139:1–3 (NRSV) — 1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me. 

2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; 

you discern my thoughts from far away. 

3 You search out my path and my lying down, 

and are acquainted with all my ways.

Psalm 139:1–3 (The Message) — 2 I’m an open book to you; 

even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking. 

3 You know when I leave and when I get back; 

I’m never out of your sight.

Romans 8:4 (NRSV) — 4b ... walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:4 (The Message) — 4b ..., instead of redoubling our own efforts, 

simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.

His mercies are new every morning!

Each step you take is a step of faith

on the journey He has planned, purposed and prepared for you.

Walk in faith this day!

Jeremiah 29:13 (NRSV) — 13 When you search for me, you will find me; 

if you seek me with all your heart,

Jeremiah 29:13 (The Message) — 13 “When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. 

“Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else,

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

John 10:10 (The Message) — 10 ... I came so they can have real and eternal life, 

more and better life than they ever dreamed of.

1 John 5:20 (NRSV) — 20 And we know that the Son of God has come 

and has given us understanding 

so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, 

in his Son Jesus Christ. 

He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:20 (The Message) — 20 And we know that the Son of God came 

so we could recognize and understand the truth of God—

what a gift!—

and we are living in the Truth itself, in God’s Son, Jesus Christ. 

This Jesus is both True God and Real Life.

Discover Jesus afresh this day!

He is both True God and Real Life!

He dwells in you!

John 17:23 (NLT) — 23 I am in them and you are in me. 

May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know 

that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.

John 17:23 (The Message) — 23 I in them and you in me. 

Then they’ll be mature in this one-ness, 

And give the godless world evidence 

That you’ve sent me and loved them 

In the same way you’ve loved me.

Ephesians 4:12–13 (NRSV) — 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, 

for building up the body of Christ, 

13 until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, 

to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.

Ephesians 4:12–13 (The Message) — 12 to train Christ’s followers in skilled servant work, 

working within Christ’s body, the church,

13 until we’re all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, 

efficient and graceful in response to God’s Son, 

fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, 

fully alive like Christ.

Therein lies God's Perfect Plan

and Purpose for our lives ...

IN Him we become

fully mature, fully developed and

fully alive like Christ!

Hallelujah!

Exodus 3:14 (NLT) — 14b ... I Am Who I Am. 

Matthew 28:20 (NRSV) — 20b ... I am with you always, to the end of the age.

John 6:35 (NRSV) — 35b ... I am the bread of life. 

John 8:12 (NRSV) — 12b ... I am the light of the world. 

John 11:25 (NRSV) — 25b ... I am the resurrection and the life. 

The Word of God is living, active and trustworthy ...

our feelings and thoughts can lead us astray.

Take captive every thought this day -

fix your eyes upon Jesus!

Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT) — 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. 

“They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11 (The Message) — 11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—

plans to take care of you, not abandon you, 

plans to give you the future you hope for.

Zephaniah 3:17 (NLT) — 17b ... He will take delight in you with gladness. 

With his love, he will calm all your fears. 

He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”

Zephaniah 3:17 (The Message) — 17b ... Happy to have you back, 

he’ll calm you with his love and delight you with his songs.

Jude 2 (The Message) — 2 Relax, everything’s going to be all right; 

rest, everything’s coming together; 

open your hearts, love is on the way!

Jude 2 (NLT) — 2 May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.

A beautiful life!

A life filled with beauty!

That is our life IN Christ Jesus our Lord!

Isaiah 48:10 (NRSV) — 10 See, I have refined you, but not like silver; 

I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.

Isaiah 48:10 (NLT) — 10 I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, 

I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

Isaiah 48:10 (The Message) — 10 Do you see what I’ve done? 

I’ve refined you, but not without fire. 

I’ve tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction.

Romans 8:18 (NRSV) — 18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time 

are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NRSV) — 18 And all of us, with unveiled faces,

seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, 

are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; 

for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (The Message) — 18 All of us! Nothing between us and God,

 our faces shining with the brightness of his face. 

And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, 

our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful 

as God enters our lives and we become like him.

We know that all things work together for good 

for those who love God, 

who are called according to His Purpose.

Romans 8:28 (NRSV) 

Amen.

Psalm 118:24 (NLT) — 24 This is the day the Lord has made. 

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 5:11 (NLT) — 11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; 

let them sing joyful praises forever. 

Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be filled with joy.

Zephaniah 3:17 (NLT) — 17 For the Lord your God is living among you. 

He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. 

With his love, he will calm all your fears. 

He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.

Psalm 16:9 (NLT) — 9 No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. 

My body rests in safety.

Rejoice!

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NRSV) — 18 And all of us, with unveiled faces, 

seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, 

are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; 

for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (The Message) — 18 All of us! 

Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. 

And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, 

our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful 

as God enters our lives and we become like him.

Therein lies the purpose of our life ...

IN Him we are becoming more like Him!

This is surely Good News!

Hallelujah!

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

Colossians 3:3 (NLT) — 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

Galatians 2:20 (NLT) — 20 ... It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. ... 

You ARE a better person because 

you have a new I living in you.

The Great I AM lives in you!

Psalm 62:2 (NLT) — 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, 

my fortress where I will never be shaken.

Psalm 62:2 (The Message) — 2 He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, 

An impregnable castle: I’m set for life.

1 Corinthians 3:11 (NLT) — 11 For no one can lay any foundation 

other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:11 (The Message) — 11 Remember, there is only one foundation, 

the one already laid: Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:4 (NLT) — 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us 

and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

Ephesians 1:4 (The Message) — 4 Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, 

he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, 

to be made whole and holy by his love.

On God - the Solid Rock I stand!

Jesus is the one, true Foundation of my life!

I am safe and secure IN Him!

Amen.

Psalm 103:1–5 (NLT) — 1 Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, 

I will praise his holy name. 2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; 

may I never forget the good things he does for me. 

3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. 

4 He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. 

5 He fills my life with good things. 

My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

Isaiah 43:1 (NLT) — 1b ... Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. 

I have called you by name; you are mine.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT) — 18 So all of us who have had that veil removed 

can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. 

And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him 

as we are changed into his glorious image.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (The Message) — 18 All of us! Nothing between us and God, 

our faces shining with the brightness of his face. 

And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, 

our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful 

as God enters our lives and we become like him.

THIS is your life!

Ever-changing from glory to glory!

Becoming more like Him every day!

Yours Ways are not only mysterious but oh so good!

Thank You Jesus!

Amen.