These are some verses that I keep in mind and remember throughout my day. They are all in the Message translation. Then below each verse is my description of each verse.
Psalm 40:17a
And me? I'm a mess. I'm nothing and have nothing:
make something of me.
In other words...
We are sinners. We may have "the latest thing" but we might not have Jesus. We are dust compared to God. We need God to use his plan for us to make something good out of us.
make something of me.
In other words...
We are sinners. We may have "the latest thing" but we might not have Jesus. We are dust compared to God. We need God to use his plan for us to make something good out of us.
Psalm 69:13
And me? I pray. God, it's time for a break! God, answer in love! Answer with your sure salvation!
In other words...
We should pray instead of Facebook, texting, reading magazines, we should pray as our study or homework break! A break from reality even. We want God to answer gently, caring, and with his saving grace.
In other words...
We should pray instead of Facebook, texting, reading magazines, we should pray as our study or homework break! A break from reality even. We want God to answer gently, caring, and with his saving grace.
Isaiah 26:10
If the wicked are shown grace,
they don't seem to get it.
In the land of right living, they persist in wrong living,
blind to the splendor of God.
In other words...
When we show grace to our enemies they don't learn what's fair. Even though their communtiy is full of "goody-two-shoes" and righteous people, your enemies don't understand the concept of the Lord.
they don't seem to get it.
In the land of right living, they persist in wrong living,
blind to the splendor of God.
In other words...
When we show grace to our enemies they don't learn what's fair. Even though their communtiy is full of "goody-two-shoes" and righteous people, your enemies don't understand the concept of the Lord.
John 21:25
There are so many other things Jesus did. If they were all written down, each of them, one by one, I can't imagine a world big enough to hold such a library of books.
In other words...
Jesus did so many miraculous deeds that a giant library of books couldn't tell them all! How awesome is our God to send such a wonderful being into our lives?
In other words...
Jesus did so many miraculous deeds that a giant library of books couldn't tell them all! How awesome is our God to send such a wonderful being into our lives?
Psalm 36:5-6
God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic, His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.
In other words...
God is huge, His love is bigger, He can't be moved. But even though he's so big and great he doesn't lose a thing! He remembers all of our thoughts and cares, even ones to come. Nothing can break free of his grip and love.
In other words...
God is huge, His love is bigger, He can't be moved. But even though he's so big and great he doesn't lose a thing! He remembers all of our thoughts and cares, even ones to come. Nothing can break free of his grip and love.