- Psalm 51:7 NASB
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. - Psalm 147:16-18 NASB
He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes.
He casts forth His ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?
He sends forth His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow. - Psalm 148:7-8 NASB
Praise the Lord from the earth,
Sea monsters and all deeps;
Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word - Proverbs 25:13 NASB
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters. - Proverbs 31:21 NASB
She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet. - Isaiah 1:18 NASB
“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool. - Isaiah 55:10-11 NASB
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. - Lamentations 4:7 NASB
Her consecrated ones were purer than snow,
They were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than corals,
Their polishing was like lapis lazuli. - Daniel 7:9 NASB
“I kept looking
Until thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days took His seat;
His vesture was like white snow
And the hair of His head like pure wool.
His throne was ablaze with flames,
Its wheels were a burning fire. - Revelation 1:14 NASB
His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.
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Bible Verses and a Prayer for a New Year
- Psalm 33:3 NIV
Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy. - Psalm 40:3 NIV
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him. - Psalm 65:11 NIV
You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance. - Psalm 96:1 NIV
Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth. - Psalm 98:1 NIV
Sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him. - Psalm 144:9 NIV
I will sing a new song to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, - Psalm 149:1 NIV
Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people. - Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens: - Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. - Isaiah 42:9 NIV
See, the former things have taken place,
and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
I announce them to you.” - Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland. - Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. - Ezekiel 11:19 NIV
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. - Zephaniah 3:5 NIV
The Lord within her is righteous;
he does no wrong.
Morning by morning he dispenses his justice,
and every new day he does not fail,
yet the unrighteous know no shame. - 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! - Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. - Philippians 3:13-14 NIV
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Colossians 3:9-10 NIV
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. - 1 Peter 1:3 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, - Revelation 21:5 NIV
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
Bible Verses on Joy #Advent
- 1 Chronicles 16:27 ESV
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and joy are in his place. - Nehemiah 8:10 ESV
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” - Psalm 4:7 ESV
You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound. - Psalm 16:11 NIV
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand. - Psalm 21:6 ESV
For you make him most blessed forever;[a]
you make him glad with the joy of your presence. - Psalm 30:5 ESV
For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning. - Psalm 47:1 ESV
Clap your hands, all peoples!
Shout to God with loud songs of joy! - Psalm 51:12 ESV
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit. - Psalm 71:23 ESV
My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed. - Psalm 94:19 NIV
When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy. - Psalm 100:1 ESV
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! - Psalm 105:43 ESV
So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing. - Psalm 119:111 NIV
Your statutes are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart. - Psalm 126:5 ESV
Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy! - Proverbs 10:28 ESV
The hope of the righteous brings joy,
but the expectation of the wicked will perish. - Proverbs 15:23 ESV
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,
and a word in season, how good it is! - Proverbs 17:22 ESV
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. - Isaiah 9:3 ESV
You have multiplied the nation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as they are glad when they divide the spoil. - Isaiah 12:6 ESV
Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
for great in your[a] midst is the Holy One of Israel.” - Isaiah 29:19 ESV
The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. - Isaiah 35:10 ESV
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. - Isaiah 55:12 ESV
For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. - John 16:22 ESV
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. - John 16:24 NIV
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. - Romans 12:12 NIV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. - Romans 14:17 ESV
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. - Romans 15:13 ESV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. - Galatians 5:22-23 NIV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. - Colossians 1:11 ESV
being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV
Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. - Philemon 1:7 ESV
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. - 1 Peter 1:8 ESV
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, - Jude 1:24 ESV
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy
Bible verses on hope #Advent
- Job 14:7-9 NASB
“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.
“Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant. - Psalm 31:24 NIV
Be strong and take heart,
all you who hope in the LORD. - Psalm 33:18
But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, - Psalm 33:20-22
We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, LORD, even as we put our hope in you. - Psalm 39:7 NIV
“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you. - Psalm 43:5 NASB
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God. - Psalm 71:5 NASB
For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth. - Psalm 71:14 NASB
But as for me, I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more. - Psalm 119:81 NIV
My soul faints with longing for your salvation,
but I have put my hope in your word. - Psalm 119:114 NIV
You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in your word. - Psalm 146:5 NIV
Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God. - Psalm 147:11
the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love. - Proverbs 10:28 NASB
The hope of the righteous is gladness,
But the expectation of the wicked perishes. - Proverbs 13:12 NASB
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - Proverbs 23:18 NASB
Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off. - Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Lamentations 3:25
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; - Romans 5:2-5 NIV
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 8:24-25 NASB
For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. - Romans 12:12 NIV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. - Romans 15:4 NIV
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. - Romans 15:13 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. - 1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. - Ephesians 1:18 NIV
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people - Colossians 1:27 NIV
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. - 1 Timothy 4:10
That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe. - Hebrews 6:198-20 NIV
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek. - Hebrews 11:1 NASB
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. - 1 Peter 1:13 NIV
Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the graceto be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. - 1 John 3:3 NIV
All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
Bible Verses for Those Who Mourn
- Psalm 23:4 ESV
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me. - Psalm 30:5 ESV
For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning. - Psalm 34:18 ESV
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit. - Psalm 46:1-2 ESV
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[b] help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea - Psalm 73:26 ESV
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - Psalm 119:50 ESV
This is my comfort in my affliction,
that your promise gives me life. - Psalm 147:3 ESV
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds. - Isaiah 53:4 ESV
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted. - Lamentations 3:31-33 ESV
For the Lord will not
cast off forever,
32 but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 for he does not afflict from his heart
or grieve the children of men. - Matthew 5:4 ESV
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 ESV
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. - Revelation 21:4 ESV
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
10 Bible Verses to Pray for Election Day
Let us pray:
For us as citizens and for our nation:
Lord, forgive us as a nation:
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land (2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV).
Turn our hearts to You so that we walk in righteousness:
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people (Proverbs 14:34 NIV)
Lord, help us revere You and respect those in authority. Show us how to be good citizens.
Make the Master proud of you by being good citizens. Respect the authorities, whatever their level; they are God’s emissaries for keeping order. It is God’s will that by doing good, you might cure the ignorance of the fools who think you’re a danger to society. Exercise your freedom by serving God, not by breaking the rules. Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. Revere God. Respect the government (1 Peter 2:13-17 MSG).
Be a good citizen. All governments are under God. Insofar as there is peace and order, it’s God’s order. So live responsibly as a citizen. If you’re irresponsible to the state, then you’re irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible. Duly constituted authorities are only a threat if you’re trying to get by with something. Decent citizens should have nothing to fear. (Romans 13:1-3 MSG).
Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s. Matt. 22:21 NASB
For those in authority:
Thank You, Lord, that all authority is subject to You:
For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations (Psalm 22:28 ESV).
He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away. He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste. They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man (Job 12:23-25 ESV).
We ask that You guide and direct our leaders:
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness (1 Timothy 2:1-2 NASB)
Give them wisdom as they lead us:
He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning (Dan. 2:20-21)
For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers (Proverbs 11:14 NIV).
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Bible Verses on Overcoming Fear and Worry
- Exodus 14:13
And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again (ESV) - Deuteronomy 31:
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” - Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened,and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” - Nehemiah 4:14
After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.” - Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. - Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 34:4
“I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” - Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. - Psalm 56:4
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? - Psalm 91:4-6
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. - Psalm 112:7
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. - Isaiah 35:4Say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
He is coming to save you.” - Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. - Isaiah 41:13
“For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” - Isaiah 44:8
Fear not, nor be afraid;
have I not told you from of old and declared it?
And you are my witnesses!
Is there a God besides me?
There is no Rock; I know not any.” - Isaiah 51:12
“I, I am he who comforts you;
who are you that you are afraid of man who dies,
of the son of man who is made like grass, - Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the Lord.” - Zephaniah 3:17
For the LORD your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.[a]
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” - Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. - Matthew 10:31
Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. - Mark 5:36
But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” (ESV) - Luke 1:74-75
We have been rescued from our enemies
so we can serve God without fear,
in holiness and righteousness
for as long as we live. - Luke 12:32
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. - John 6:19-20
They had rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, 20 but he called out to them,“Don’t be afraid. I am here!” - John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. - Acts 18:9
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, - Romans 8:38
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. - 2 Timothy 1:7
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. - Hebrews 13:6
So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” - 1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
Struggling with fear, anxiety, and crushing worry?
Me too.
I wrote in Anywhere Faith a reminder that I need myself some days:
“What happens in our Christian walk will always be with God. Even when we stand on the precipice of the unknown, feeling the knots in our stomach, fretting at night rather than sleeping, wondering what will happen next, we can hand that situation over to God and remember that He is with us. Jesus said it to the disciples when they called out in fear on the lake, ‘Don’t be afraid,’ he said. ‘Take courage. I am here!’ (Matthew 14:27 NLT).
Take courage, because He’s here, right here with you, present with you, never abandoning you, not sending you out all by your lonesome self. He knows the risks. He knows what makes your heart quake. He knows exactly what’s going to happen when you obey His call, and He promises to be with you no matter what.” (Anywhere Faith).
Bible Verses on Trusting God’s Plans
- Job 42:2 ESV
“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. - Psalm 138:8 ESV
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands. - Proverbs 16:9 ESV
The heart of man plans his way,
but the Lord establishes his steps. - Proverbs 19:21 ESV
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. - Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts. - Jeremiah 1:5 ESV
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” - Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. - 1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV
But, as it is written,“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”— - Ephesians 2:10 ESV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. - Philippians 1:6 ESV
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Bible Verses for When you are Feeling Small #AnywhereFaith
- Psalm 37:16 ESV
Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked. - Proverbs 15:16 ESV
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it. - Isaiah 11:6 ESV
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them. - Isaiah 40:29 ESV
He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength. - Zechariah 4:10a ESV
For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. - Micah 5:2 ESV
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. - Matthew 11:25 ESV
At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children - Matthew 13:31-32 ESV
He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” - Matthew 19:14 ESV
but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” - Matthew 25:21 ESV
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ - Luke 12:32 ESV
- Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
- Luke 16:10 ESV
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
Have you been feeling small?
Oh my friend, I have been there.
At first, it’s overwhelming. We feel weak and insignificant, maybe overwhelmed and unworthy.
But then I remember this truth: God uses the small.
When the twelve spies returned home with their report from their jaunt in the Promised Land, ten of them said this:
The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size. …and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” (Number 13:32-33 ESV)
Here’s the lesson for them and for me and for you:
Your victory or success–or even just your ability to make it through this very day–does not depend on you. So you’re a grasshopper. That’s okay. God uses grasshoppers…You can be a grasshopper and still take possession of the Promised Land because you serve a great and mighty God who is stronger than any giant and can knock down any wall.
God didn’t call you because you are able; He called you because He is able (Anywhere Faith)
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Bible Verses on How God Changes Us and Transforms Us
- Psalm 51:10 ESV
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right[a] spirit within me. - Psalm 139:23-24 ESV
Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts![a]
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting! - Ezekiel 36:26 ESV
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. - Romans 12:2 ESV
Do not be conformed to this world,[a] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. - 1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. - 2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,[a] are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.[b] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. - 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. - Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. - Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. - Philippians 1:6 ESV
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. - Colossians 1:10 ESV
So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. - Colossians 3:10 ESV
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. - 1 John 3:2-3 ESV
Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[a] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
Feeling like you need to do enough or be enough to attain perfection, to be holy, to earn God’s love? Here’s the truth:
God’s love covers us …and cleanses us. Then, in His compassion, He transforms us. He’s big enough and gracious enough to tackle our mess until the day He decides that construction is complete and He takes us home. So often, where God is taking us is less about our destination and more about our journey of becoming like Jesus. God is more interested in our character than our accomplishments anyway (Anywhere Faith).
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Heather C. King - Room to Breathe 
