God’s mercy is not just something we receive; it is a love that reshapes our purpose for living. Jonah 1:1-3 1 The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.” 3 But Jonah got up

Luke 4:16-21 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is

Faith isn’t just believing God can. Faith is trusting Him when He doesn’t. Daniel 3:16-18 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power,

The Spirit doesn’t promise that we’ll always see the whole path but He Promises to faithfully lead us one step at a time. Judges 13:3-5 3 The angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah’s wife and said, “Even though you have been unable to have children, you will soon become pregnant and give birth to a son. 4 So be

You rarely rise to the occasion, you fall to your level of preparation Daniel 6:1-9 6 Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province. 2 The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s

Whatever has your attention eventually shapes your life. 1 Samuel 17:16 16 For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.

The victories everyone celebrates are usually built in places nobody sees. 1 Samuel 16:6-13 6 When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the Lord’s anointed!” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People

Here I Am – Hineni. I am present. I am available. I am listening. I am ready. I belong to you. Genesis 22:1-14 22 Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.” 2 “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land

The pattern of sin begins when we see something through the lens of self, take what we want instead of trusting God, and then pass the consequences on to others. Genesis 3:1-6 3 The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say

Fear causes us to withhold from God Genesis 4:1-8 4 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a