Truths for a Tuesday

The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save.

He will take great delight in you,

He will quiet you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 NIV

Truths for a Tuesday

O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary, beholding Your power and glory. Because Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:1-4

Truths for a Tuesday

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Philippians 4:4

Truths for a Tuesday

Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! Psalm 100:2

Truths for a Tuesday

Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Psalm 37:3-7

God's Purpose for Me II

"After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you." I Peter 5:10 NASB

or in the words of The Living Bible,

"He 'personally will come and pick you up, and set you firmly in place, and make you stronger than ever'." Elyse Fitzpatrick, A Steadfast Heart, (Phillipsburg,N.J.: P&R Publishing,2006), 96.

My purpose? To suffer for a little while, remaining steadfast, and then to be picked up, set firmly in place and made even more steadfast.

God's Purpose for Me I

{Daughter}" beloved by the Lord...God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the spirit and faith in the truth." 2 Thessalonians 2:13
I was "chosen before time began for salvation through His transforming power!"
Elyse Fitzpatrick, A Steadfast Heart, (Phillipsburg,N.J.: P&R Publishing,2006), 96.

A Christmas Verse

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:19

Truths for a Tuesday

I know, O Lord, that Your rules are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Let Your steadfast love comfort me according to Your promise to Your servant.
Let Your mercy come to me, that I may live;
For Your law is my delight.
Psalm 119:75-77 ESV

Truths for a Tuesday

When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul!

Psalm 94:19

Truths for a Tuesday

I am collecting verses to remind me of who God is and how He deals with me. I write them on index cards and keep them as my bookmark in the Psalms. I don't read them daily, more like every other day. On particularly tough days, I have been known to keep them in my hand and refer to them frequently. Some are quite crumpled and tear-stained but my heart does stay true when I cling to these precious words. I call these paper declarations "statements of confidence."

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul. Psalm 54:4