I lift my eyes to the hills - from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going our and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. Ps

Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call upon him now while he is near. Let men cast off their wicked deeds; let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy upon them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon! This plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are my thoughts the same as yours! For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than yours, and my thoughts th

Then God said, "Let the waters teem with fish and other life, and let the skies be filled with birds of every kind." So God created great sea animals, and every sort of fish and every kind of bird. And God looked at them with pleasure, and blessed them all. "Multiply and stock the oceans," he told them, and to the birds he said, "Let your numbers increase. Fill the earth!" That ended the fifth day. Genesis 1:20-23 (TLB) Yes, you must be a new and different person, holy and go

Read Isaiah 66:10-13 This is what the Lord says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream." Isaiah 66:12 (NIV) John Schliesser, from Alabama, writes that whenever he reads Isaiah 66 where the prophet speaks about restoring peace and prosperity to Jerusalem, it reminds him of when his family lived in Berlin during the cold war. It was a city literally divided by the Berlin Wall. As a result, a certain tension always hung in the

At that time, says the Lord, all the families of Israel shall recognize me as the Lord; they shall act like my people. I will care for them as I did those who escaped from Egypt, to whom I showed my mercies in the wilderness, when Israel sought for rest. For long ago the Lord had said to Israel: I have loved you, O my people, with an everlasting love; with loving-kindness I have drawn you to me. I will rebuild your nation, O virgin of Israel. You will again be happy and danc

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;

Read Matthew 5:1-12 - The Beatitudes "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Mathew 5:4 (NRSV) Suzanne Montgomery, from Indiana, sat in a rocking chair on the front porch of their farmhouse watching the rain drench her garden as a storm moved across the cornfields. Almost immediately the air cooled, and the ground soaked up much-needed rain. Even though the rainfall interrupted her outdoor plans, Suzanne knew it offered the earth necessary nourishment. Earl

Read 1 John 3:16-24 But if someone who is supposed to be a Christian has money enough to live well, and sees a brother in need, and won't help him - how can God's love be within him? Little children, let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions. 1 John 3: 17-18 (TLB) Michael Kimmel lives in Texas. He works at a locally owned lumber and hardware company that has several stores across Central Texas. One common occurrence in the com

For whatever God says to us is full of living power: it is sharper than the sharpest dagger, cutting swift and deep into our innermost thoughts and desires with all their parts, exposing us for what we really are. He knows about everyone, everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from him to whom we must explain all that we have done. But Jesus the Son of God is our High Priest who has gone to heaven

Read Exodus 4:10-17 But Moses pleaded, "O Lord, I'm just not a good speaker. I never have been, and I'm not now, even after you have spoken to me, for I have a speech impediment." "Who makes mouths?" Jehovah asked him. "Isn't it I, the Lord? Who makes a man so that he can speak or not speak, see or not see, hear or not hear? Now go ahead and do as I tell you, for I will help you to speak well, and I will tell you what to say." Exodus 4: 10-12 Brian Foster lives in North Carol