Be not afraid, O land (of Judah); be glad and rejoice. Surely the Lord has done great things. — Joel 2:21 This reassurance from God is given to a people facing

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son

I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” — Genesis 2:18. Two powerful principles are presented here.

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. —Habakkuk 2:14 Habakkuk sees the worthlessness of what most people

[The Lord declares,] “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from

“Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the Lord. “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have

Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. — Proverbs 2:11 I have made my greatest mistakes when I made decisions, commitments, and plans in haste when I didn’t

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. —Ephesians 2:10. We are God’s artistry in human

“Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!” —Habakkuk 2:9. In our world, our race to

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no

the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. – Genesis 2:7

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped —Philippians 2:5-6 What

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. —Philippians 2:3 Humility is recognizing who we would be without God’s grace and