As we count our blessings, may we not neglect the miracle of Your nearness as most precious above all.

You are in control, and we trust You with not only our today, but an eternity of tomorrows. May we live in celebration. You have been so good to us!

May our habit be to carry thanksgiving in our hearts and on our lips, for every good thing comes from You.

True obedience is immediate obedience. Don’t put off until later what God asks of you today.

Whether or not you acknowledge God, His very involved activity in your life has one purpose – to draw you into relationship with Him.

World leaders, forces of nature, everyday circumstances – ultimately, all are subject to Him. Nothing happens that He hasn’t ordained or allowed – all for our good and His glory.

Don’t let what you see in front of you blind you to what God is doing behind the veil. He’s always at work, and His good and perfect will always prevails.

Jesus has taken on the sins of our youth – and our yesterday and our “five minutes ago” – and has covered them in His righteous blood.

Your Spirit stirs in our hearts a homesickness for a land we’ve never visited and a longing for a life we’ve yet to live.

A spirit of contentment and humility – one that delights to obey the Lord and to honor Jesus Christ in that obedience – will allow God to do great things in and through you for the sake of His kingdom.

You, Father, have come alongside me, placed Your hands over mine, and taken up the work of transforming me into Your image.

Jesus Christ is the clear revelation of God to humanity. He speaks of what He’s seen in heaven. His words are God’s words. He is God the Son and the Savior of the world.

Never believe you’re beyond the reach and transformation of God. He knows the truest, deepest, most shameful parts of your story and has chosen to “love you till the end.”

When you have the opportunity, love like Mary, who loved extravagantly. And most of all, love like Jesus, Who loved sacrificially.

(God) sees your journey from beginning to end – the snares, the opposition, the danger. He leads you on the safest, most beneficial path, and you’ll be wise to follow Him. Your Father leads out of love. Trust Him.

How good it is to know that this awesome God – our forever King – desires to give us His strength and bless us with His peace!

Lord, don’t let me live even one day as less than who You say I am! May I walk confidently in the identity You’ve given me.

Help me to keep in mind that the river of eternity flows at a leisurely pace.

…You are held – not only in this life, but in the next – the life where no evil or harm can touch you because they don’t exist there.

Let us not stand idly by when the need is so great, but let our love in action push back the shadows.