Good Words for Today

When chaos breaks out on earth, perfect peace reigns in heaven.

“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). Note that Jesus doesn’t say, “I have overcome your trouble,” but rather, “I have overcome the world.” Our Lord is telling us, “Don’t worry. I’ve got this.”

“All I have needed Thy hand hath provided.”

You will never regret serving the Lord.

What we look at determines what we see. If we focus on our problems, they will fill our minds until we see nothing else. No wonder we complain and mutter and murmur under our breath. But when we focus on the Lord and his goodness, we see our problems in the light of eternity. God doesn’t work on our timetable. Once we grasp that, we will not complain against the Lord.

“We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you” (2 Chronicles 20:12). This is my favorite one-sentence prayer because it perfectly describes how most of us feel most of time. Admit your weakness, cry out to God, then stand back and see what the Lord will do.

I believe in the perseverance of God and the preservation of the saints. Because God perseveres with us, we are preserved safe through our many trials. Do we persevere? Yes, but only because God first perseveres with us. If he didn’t, we never would and never could.

"Though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet."

Only God knows everything. It's okay to say, "I have no opinion about that."

Christians don't fit in, and we never will. We can't serve the world by becoming like the world.

It's one thing to be a fool for Christ. It's something else to be an ordinary fool. Make sure you know the difference.

Lord Jesus, teach us to count our days so we can make our days count for you. Amen.

Thank God for friends who care enough to confront you.

God has prepared the answers for prayers you haven't even prayed yet.  

A tool left in the toolbox is not useless to its owner. The best usefulness is being ready when the Master Carpenter calls for you.

"Finally a convenient time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet" (Mark 6:21). When you ignore your conscience repeatedly,  a convenient day for sin always comes.

In the School of Grace, God doesn’t offer a “No Trials” degree program.

Faith is a choice, not a feeling. God never asks me to explain the unexplainable. He simply asks me to trust him. That’s where the choice comes in. Faith chooses to believe in God even when life doesn't make sense.

You will never regret getting right with God.

Thank you, Lord Jesus, that we don’t have to be perfect to come to you. They called you the Friend of Sinners. Thank God it is true. You are the friend, and we are the sinners. Thank you for taking us in. Amen.

"When we have exhausted our store of endurance, When our strength has failed ere the day is half done, When we reach the end of our hoarded resources Our Father’s full giving is only begun." Annie Flint

If you know you were wrong, admit it. We only make things worse when we try to deny our sin.

Seasons come and go, but Jesus is Lord now and forever. Hold on to that truth in the months to come. If Christ is magnified in us, we will not have lived in vain.

You are not less of a Christian because life is hard for  you. Trust God and take the next step. Let God take care of tomorrow.

The only people who go to heaven are those who admit they don’t deserve to be there. As long as you cling to the tattered rags of your self-righteousness, you can’t be saved. Your stubborn pride will keep you out of heaven for all eternity. But when you finally stop trying and start trusting Christ alone, you will be saved.

Increase our faith, Lord Jesus, so that our whole life will be one great Amen.

Lord Jesus, without you we can do nothing. Unless you help us, we are bound to fail. May your mighty strength may flow through us today. Amen.

If Lot hadn’t been  in Sodom in the first place, Abraham would never have had to rescue him. When will we learn that nothing good comes from compromising our convictions?

Never be ashamed to pray about "small things." If it matters to you, it matters to Him.

If you’re going to be a Christian, put on the uniform and get in the game. If you’re not going to do that, turn in your uniform and go join another team. The world expects you to act like a Christian. Actually we can strengthen that statement this way. The world wants you to act like what you say you are.

In these days when the world seems to shake beneath us, I rest my faith on you, Lord Jesus, ruler of the kings of the earth. Amen.