“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters when you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” James 1:2-3 NIV None

“And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not

“And hath raised us up together, and made his sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Eph. 2:6 KJV When Christ was raised from the dead and ascended into

“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”Psalm 68:5 KJV  There are times when everyone feels vulnerable and weak.  It is

“Woe unto you, scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites!  For ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness. 

“I have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me [whoever cleaves to and trusts and relies on Me] many not continue to live in

“So the children of Israel served Eglon  the king of Moab eighteen years. But when the children of Israel cried unto  the Lord, the Lord  raised them up a deliverer…” 

“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”  Psalm 90:2 KJV The Word of

“When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in

“And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed his last.  Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.”  Mark 15: 37-38 NKJV

“I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the

“For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”  Philippians 1:21 KJV As followers of Christ, we often speak about the freedom we have in Christ.  We know

“…baring confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”  Philippians 1:6 NKJV Have you

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust…” Psalm 18:2 KJV David’s description here of God is from

“But whosoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him.  This is the way we know that we are in union with him.”  (1 John 2:5

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.” Psalm 37:16 KJV It is interesting to observe that although we live in the wealthiest

“And he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering

“How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord?  Forever?  How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?”    Psalm 13:1 KJV David was in a desperate situation.  King Saul

“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even a he is pure.” (1 John 3:3 KJV). In this passage, the Apostle John explains to the followers

“And Jesus said unto them, ‘I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me  shall never thirst.”  John 6:35 KJV