1 Peter 1:23 (NRSV) — 23 You have been born anew, 

not of perishable but of imperishable seed, 

through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 1:23 (NLT) — 23 For you have been born again, 

but not to a life that will quickly end. 

Your new life will last forever because

it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

1 Peter 1:23 (The Message) — 23 Your new life is not like your old life. 

Your old birth came from mortal sperm; 

your new birth comes from God’s living Word. 

Just think: a life conceived by God himself!

1 Peter 1:25 (NRSV) — 25 ... the word of the Lord endures forever.

1 Peter 1:25 (NLT) — 25 ... the word of the Lord remains forever.

1 Peter 1:25 (The Message) — 25 God’s Word goes on and on forever. 

This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.

The imperishable Word of God is within you!

Sustaining you!

Enlarging you!

Empowering you!

Imperishable Forever!

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

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

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

It is HE Who

gives our life purpose

makes our story an important one

prompts our dreams

gives life to our voice

and

empowers us to impact for Him.

Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) — 3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, 

all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

John 14:27 (NLT) — 27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. 

And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. 

So don’t be troubled or afraid.

John 20:21 (NRSV) — 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. 

As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

Romans 15:13 (NRSV) — 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 (NLT) — 13 I pray that God, the source of hope, 

will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. 

Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Having your mind fixed on Jesus

empowers you to live in peace IN Him

and abound in joy and confident hope

through our Beloved Holy Spirit!

Thank You Jesus!

Hosea 6:3 (NRSV) — 3 Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; 

his appearing is as sure as the dawn; 

he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Hosea 6:3 (NLT) — 3 Oh, that we might know the Lord! 

Let us press on to know him. 

He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or 

the coming of rains in early spring.”

Hosea 6:3 (The Message) — 3 We’re ready to study God, eager for God-knowledge. As sure as dawn breaks, so sure is his daily arrival.

He comes as rain comes, as spring rain refreshing the ground.”

Ephesians 1:17 (NRSV) — 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom

 and revelation as you come to know him,

Ephesians 1:17 (The Message) — 17 But I do more than thank. I ask—

ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—

to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally,

Knowing God ...

Our journey and our life's work!

What a joy this is!

Thank You Jesus!

Psalm 23:2–3 (NASB95) — 2b ... He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul; 

He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.

Isaiah 38:16 (NLT) — 16b ... You restore my health and allow me to live!

Jeremiah 30:17 (NRSV) — 17 For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, 

says the Lord, ...

Our Loving God restores us

in His Son

through His Beloved Holy Spirit

daily!

You are His!

Amen.

2 Peter 3:18 (NRSV) — 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

2 Peter 3:18 (The Message) — 18 Grow in grace and understanding of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. Glory to the Master, now and forever! Yes!

Colossians 1:10 (NRSV) — 10 ... lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 1:10 (The Message) — 10b ... As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work.

Galatians 6:9 (NLT) — 9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

Galatians 6:9 (The Message) — 9 So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit.

The times of 'hard yards' and seeming silence

are exactly the times when much is happening

beneath the surface of your life.

Be still and know that I AM God!

Do not weary of doing good ...

the harvest is just around the corner!

Isaiah 55:9 (NRSV) — 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 

so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:9 (The Message) — 9 “For as the sky soars high above earth, 

so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think.

Isaiah 55:6 (NLT) — 6 Seek the Lord while you can find him. 

Call on him now while he is near.

Jeremiah 17:10 (NRSV) — 10 I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, ... ...

Jeremiah 17:10 (The Message) — 10 But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. 

I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. ... ...

1 Corinthians 2:16 (NLT) — 16 For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? 

Who knows enough to teach him?” 

But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16 (The Message) — 16 ... ... Christ knows, and we have Christ’s Spirit.

We seek the answer to our questions

IN Christ Jesus,

for through the Power of our Holy Spirit

our mind becomes one with His.

Jesus IS the Answer!