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Seven Words That Carried Us 1,600 Miles

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up... and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”

ECCLESIASTES 4:9–10, 12 (ASV)

Who's Really in Control When the Glare Comes Out

“But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”

JAMES 1:19–20 (ASV)

Where to Look When Everything Is Loud 

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; 

because he trusteth in thee.” 

ISAIAH 26:3 (ASV)

Where Hope Actually Comes From

"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)

God Tells Us What His Promises Are, Not When They'll Arrive

"For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay." — Habakkuk 2:3 (ESV)

“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” — Lamentations 3:22–23 (KJV)

“He drove out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers... ‘The Scriptures declare, My Temple will be called a house of prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves!’” Matthew 21:12–13, NLT

“How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies. I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!” — 

Psalm 84:1–3, NLT

A devotional on Faith, Hope & Love

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13

The Potter and the Clay

Jeremiah 18:1–6

“The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.”

— Jeremiah 18:1–6 (KJV)

The Tent and the Table 

"The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’ ... those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor." 1 Corinthians 12:21–23

What Dr. Chasteen Was Really Teaching Me

“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function... Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them.”

Romans 12:4-6