December 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.

Habakkuk 3:19 | NIV | 12/31/2014 | blessing strength equipment

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

1 John 5:15 | NIV | 12/30/2014 | trust prayer listening

Monday, December 29, 2014

Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Proverbs 22:6 | NIV | 12/29/2014 | righteousness family children

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

James 5:16 | NIV | 12/28/2014 | righteousness healing prayer

Saturday, December 27, 2014

For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?

2 Samuel 22:32 | NIV | 12/27/2014 | reliability God protection

Friday, December 26, 2014

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Luke 2:20 | NIV | 12/26/2014 | worship christmas

Thursday, December 25, 2014

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Luke 2:6-7 | NIV | 12/25/2014 | Jesus christmas

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 | NIV | 12/24/2014 | Jesus redeemer christmas

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

James 1:19 | NIV | 12/23/2014 | speaking listening anger

Monday, December 22, 2014

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

Proverbs 10:20 | NIV | 12/22/2014 | valuable righteousness speaking

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Colossians 3:13 | NIV | 12/21/2014 | forgiveness peace neighbor

Saturday, December 20, 2014

There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.

1 Samuel 2:2 | NIV | 12/20/2014 | God holiness worship

Friday, December 19, 2014

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

1 John 3:18 | NIV | 12/19/2014 | honesty truth speaking

Thursday, December 18, 2014

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

1 Corinthians 15:21 | NIV | 12/18/2014 | Jesus death resurrection

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 | NIV | 12/17/2014 | law family children

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.

Romans 14:5 | NIV | 12/16/2014 | obedience wisdom neighbor

Monday, December 15, 2014

Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 | NIV | 12/15/2014 | faith evangelism salvation

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me.

Isaiah 49:15-16 | NIV | 12/14/2014 | love family children

Saturday, December 13, 2014

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Romans 5:6 | NIV | 12/13/2014 | sacrifice Jesus transformation

Friday, December 12, 2014

Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:23-24 | NIV | 12/12/2014 | eternal life holiness righteousness

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28 | NIV | 12/11/2014 | hope encouragement rest

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.

Romans 13:6 | NIV | 12/10/2014 | honesty money greed

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Psalm 56:3 | NIV | 12/9/2014 | trust God fear

Monday, December 8, 2014

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 | NIV | 12/8/2014 | love life resurrection

Sunday, December 7, 2014

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

1 Corinthians 15:56 | NIV | 12/7/2014 | sin law

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Since you are precious and honored in my sight,
and because I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.

Isaiah 43:4 | NIV | 12/6/2014 | love salvation encouragement

Friday, December 5, 2014

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Romans 1:20 | NIV | 12/5/2014 | creation strength mind