Genesis 45:9-11 New International Version 9 Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay. 10 You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and...

Galatians 2:20 New International Version 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Our relationship with God—the most...

Matthew 27:46 New International Version 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Jeremiah steadfastly recognized that the Lord had not abandoned his...

Jeremiah 4:3-4 New International Version 3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground     and do not sow among thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,     circumcise your hearts,     you people of Judah and...

Appearances can be deceiving. Many of us have spent a lifetime creating the mask that we wear out in public. We want people to respond to us in a certain way based on the mask we wear. For example, if we project a loving mother to the world, we hope to be treated...

Psalm 139:13-16 13 For you created my inmost being;     you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;     your works are wonderful,     I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you     when I was...

Mark 8:35 - For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. Living in this broken world, people know defeat all too well. Everyone has experienced a relationship where someone let them down, or a...