“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24 NIV
Overflow with hope!
“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.”Romans 15:13 NIV
But whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm!
“Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech: “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?”….. Proverbs 1:20-22…
Read MoreI lack nothing!
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”Psalms 23:1 NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved!
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:8-10…
Read MoreHidden with Christ in God!
“For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”Colossians 3:3 NIVUK
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise!
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things – and the things that are not – to nullify the things that are, so that no-one may…
Read MoreHas not God made foolish the wisdom of the world!
“Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” 1 Corinthians 1:20 NIVUK “For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what…
Read MoreAttention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life!
Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in…
Read MoreNation will no longer fight against nation…
“The Lord will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.” Isaiah 2:4 NLT