We didn’t ask Jesus to go to the cross for us—He always acts first. The Lord meets us wherever we are, and He has divine compassion on us. He knows when we’re spiritually lukewarm or cold, and He knows everything that tries and tempts us. Yet our wonderful God is always waiting for us to simply turn back to Him. His mercy covers us every day! Let’s run toward His compassion today.

It’s easy to lose our zeal for the Lord in the valleys of life. We get discouraged, and then we get desperate—but that’s when God has all our attention! Here's the good news: we can still praise the Lord in those valleys! Time after time, God brings us out of our troubles. Let’s allow the Holy Spirit to renew our attitudes. Others will see the change in us and realize the faithfulness of God!

When was the last time you saw God’s grace around you? A great plague in churches today is Christians not purposefully looking for that grace. Life gets hard, and we only look at our circumstances—and miss out on the blessings surrounding us! God is not hiding the truth or His goodness from us. We just have to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth of God’s Word to us, and He will bring renew our spirits!

God is not dead! How often do we consider that the God we pray to and worship is alive? If He were dead, He couldn’t hear us, speak to us, or answer prayers. But every single day, God Almighty hears and answers us! It’s amazing how our outlooks change when we lean into that truth. Let’s pray to God today and know that He’s living and listening.

How can we expect God to change our lives if we don’t tell Him what we need? The act of pouring out our hearts—laying every thought, feeling, fear, and expectation at Jesus’ feet—is what deepens our relationship with Him. We can tell the Creator of the universe how we feel at any given moment, and He cares! Let’s take advantage of that wonderful privilege today!

Where would we be if God wasn’t full of mercy? He has forgiven us of every wrong we’ve ever done! Yet we get bitter and nasty over the smallest things that others do to us. Unforgiveness hurts us more than the person we’re bitter toward. God has forgiven us of so much—we can’t hold onto bitterness. Let’s pray for God’s grace to help us let go of every offense.

Life can be hard—but that doesn’t mean that God has forgotten or left us. When troubles and negative circumstances cause storms in our lives, we shouldn’t panic, like the disciples did when their boat was tossed by wind and waves. Instead, we need to focus on Jesus, who is walking toward us above the very storm we’re afraid of! He will be faithful to see us through.

We’ve heard it before, but it still rings true—don’t stop praying! Imagine the prayers we’ve given up on as dusty boxes in our minds. Let's shake off the dust and pray some more! Our answered prayers are no longer dusty old boxes—they’re our trophies of God’s grace. The Lord hasn’t forgotten about us, nor has He left us. Let’s rejoice in that truth and revive our prayer lives!

Many of us struggle with anxiety—we’re preoccupied with wondering if and how things will work out. But God didn’t design us to live this way. When Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross, He took the weight of the world onto His shoulders. We can have peace because God has a plan. Peace is His presence in our lives—we have the holy Answer to anxiety within us already!

Many of us equate God’s mercy with how much “good” we do for Him. But in reality, there’s nothing we can do to earn God’s love and mercy, because Jesus already paid for them by His death on the cross! Jesus taught that it's not the person who keeps all the rules who wins God's favor. Instead, it's the one who is poor in spirit. Let's go low and see God pour out His blessing on us.