For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

- 2 Timothy 1:7

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

- Psalm 23:5-6

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

- Psalm 23:4

Dealing with valleys can be overwhelming, but valleys display our trust in God

A child without a mother is like a door without a knob.

– Jewish Proverb

Praise is declaration, a victory cry, proclaiming faith to stand firm in the place God has given you. Praise is a proclamation that the enemys intent to plunder you will not rock you. Praise declares that you will not be moved by the enemys attempt to snatch you away.

- Darlene Zschech

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you,

- 1 Peter 1:3-4

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

- John 16:33

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures

- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

The cross is God’s centerpiece on the table of time

- Paul Guttke