“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good…

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand. I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread. He is ever merciful and lends; And his descendants are blessed.” Psalm 37: 23-26 Let us thank God for always providing us with what we need, not what we want. Let us also thank Him for His…

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 The Lord is worthy of praise and thanksgiving regardless of our health. For He is our Creator and our Healer! When we are ill, we can turn to Him for healing and comfort, and when we are healthy, we know that it is because of Him, since every good and…

“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” John 15: 15-16…

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 17: 17 Today, let us thank God for putting people around you:  your family, friends, and other people you share life with, because through them you learn how to give and receive the Father’s love, grace, and blessings. Though they are not perfect (who is?) and we can hurt or quarrel with each other sometimes, it is important to remember that they are not in our…

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 What is the purpose of your life? If someone asked you this question before you truly started to live for Christ, you would probably have answered to be rich, happy, or to travel the world. Our answers have been shaped by our desires, which are often self-seeking and self-centered. They rarely affect the lives of those…

“Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” Acts 2:38-39 Have you ever formatted your phone or computer memory? If you have, you know that the entire…

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” John 15: 16 Have you ever felt the joy of being picked first for a team sport at school? Being chosen gives us validation. It makes us feel secure about our capabilities and can even boast our performances. Well, the good news is that…

“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book, they all were written, the days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!” Psalm 139:16-17 Each one of us is unique; we inherited different things from our parents, we are brought up differently, we go to different schools, have different friends. We learn different things, work in…

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1: 1-4 Life is a God-given gift. Is it not amazing to be alive and to be able to remember to celebrate the blessing of life with others?  Let us thank God because our lives are…