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“...Dear friends, now we are the children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is...” (1 John 3:2, NIV) Start Thinking as a Son It’s easy to have the wrong image of ourselves. The...

“...For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow...” (James 1:3, NLT) When God is Silent Sometimes when we’re being tested by discouragement, it seems God is silent. We pray and don’t hear anything. We read the Scripture and still come away feeling as...

“When the Lord brings you into the Promised Land, as he soon will, he will destroy the following seven nations, all greater and mightier than you are.” (Deuteronomy 7:1, ) You’re Not on Your Own God was about to take the Israelites into the Promised Land, but there were seven nations in their...

Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed. (James 5:16, Ask for Help It’s easy to hide things in our lives and let people see only what we want them to see. All the heroes of faith in the Scripture had their weaknesses and failures. Everyone has...

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it...” (Proverbs 4:23, NIV) One of our most important responsibilities is to keep our hearts pure. It’s easy to let what’s on the outside get on the inside. It takes discipline to say, “I’m not going to dwell on that offense...

“…Be still, and know that I am God!...” (Psalm 46:10, ) It’s easy to live frustrated because somebody is not doing what we want, discouraged because of a disappointment, upset because our dreams haven’t come to pass. And the lock down and pandemic. But God doesn’t remove every...

“...See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands...” (Isaiah 49:16, NIV) We all get dropped in life—dropped by an illness, by a divorce, by a friend who turns on you. It’s easy to feel alone and forgotten, as though you don’t matter. But don’t believe those lies and get stuck in...

“...The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?...” (Proverbs 20:24, NLT) When troubles come our way, it’s easy to get discouraged, but God uses difficulties to move us toward our destiny. You won’t become all you were created to be without trouble. You...

16 Powerful Affirmations to Declare Boldly during Crisis Written by Anne Peterson on Crosswalk.com 1. Nothing Is Bigger than God While we go through trials, some seem to overwhelm us. When we can’t see the solutions, we start doubting that any exist. And yet, the truth is, no matter how big...