Faith is not about everything turning out ok. Faith is about being ok no matter how things turn out.
Take comfort knowing that God has a plan for you - His perfect plan for you. He promises to give you a future of hope. Put your faith in Him.
For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the LORD—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself.
Are there things in your life that you know you need to change in order to have a closer relationship with God? What are you waiting for? Ask God and He will provide you the strength and courage to make the changes you know you need to make. Do it now.
I command you: be strong and steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD, your God, is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Ask God for the strength to keep the faith and never to stop rowing no matter how strong life’s currents are flowing against you. For most things in life, nothing stays the same; you are either moving ahead or falling behind.
Indeed someone may say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.
James 2:18
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Be thoughtful in your actions today. Your heart generally knows the right choices. Listen to it carefully and avoid answering the wrong call.
Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Often our greatest peace of mind happens when we lie exhausted next to the results of our best efforts. Ask God for the drive to seek more opportunities to do His work.
The appetite of the sluggard craves but has nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is amply satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4
Stand for something, always have class and be humble.
Wise advise for any God loving Christian. Practice these three things daily in everything you do. Most importantly, begin by showing others you stand for Christ in your words and actions.
Only, conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear news of you, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind struggling together for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 1:27
I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.
Make it a priority. Ask for God's help. Be your best. Set an example for others. Do it daily and you'll find a whole new you emerging.
Be diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be evident to everyone.
1 Timothy 4:15
Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.
God challenges each of us with a specific and significant plan here on earth. Now is not the time to sit back and coast. Ask God’s help to continue to reveal His plan for you.
Many are the plans of the human heart, but it is the decision of the LORD that endures.
Proverbs 19:21
No matter how far you think you have moved from God, He is still there; waiting for you to acknowledge Him.
Just as God is always there for us, we too should follow that example and be available for others. Make a concerted effort today to be available for those around you. Be attentive to the needs of others so you can keep your focus where it needs to be... helping others and serving God.
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost.
1 Timothy 1:15
A small and simple action done for another is like a drop into a pond, rippling through the water.
Take time today to acknowledge one person in your life who you admire, and let them know the positive difference they make in your life and on others.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may eventually become wise.
Proverbs 27:9
When you get to your wits end, you will find, God lives there.
No one likes to get into a hopeless place but it does happen once in a while. Know this - God will be there helping you through it. Carry the comfort of an every loving God throughout your day knowing He WILL be there when you need Him most.
VII - To Sheol the wicked will depart, all the nations that forget God.
Psalm 9:18
Too often what we read and profess become part of our libraries and vocabularies instead of part of our lives.
It is truly beneficial to pursue inspiration from books, podcasts, movies, music and even from today's TAGline. However, if you don't internalize it and allow it to influence your actions and your life, it is of little value. Make more of an effort today to allow the things that inspire you to be more than just a superficial mask. Digest it and let it inspire your actions in order that you may positively influence those around you.
We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.
Hebrews 10:24
A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
While it is easy to praise success, encouragement during or after failure is so much more powerful and meaningful. It's not easy finding the right words, but they will mean more than you know to the recipient. Your encouraging words WILL change their lives. How powerful is that?
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus,
Romans 15:5
Prayer immediately turns us into something greater than ourselves.
Never underestimate the power of prayer. We are always better when we include God in our lives. Have you talked to God yet today?
Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you great things beyond the reach of your knowledge.
Jeremiah 33:3
God wants "Soul Custody" not just weekend visitations.
God sacrificed His Son so we could be with him each and every day - now through eternity! Allow the celebration of Easter to revitalize your your relationship with your Heavenly Father. Happy Easter from the TAGteam!
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
John 3:16
When the Lord said "It is finished," He meant FINISHED!
Each day, as you place your faith in Jesus as your Savior, rest assured that you are 100% forgiven of your sins. Trust that Jesus knew how to finish His work so that we have the opportunity for eternal life. Take time to thank him now for dying on the cross so you could live.
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.
John 19:30
God uses broken things - It takes broken soil to create a crop, broken grain to make bread, broken grapes to make wine and a broken body to bring salvation.
In obedience to God, Jesus allowed himself to be broken for the sake of our broken souls. The next time you break bread in remembrance of His sacrifice, close your eyes and imagine Jesus putting your broken life back together, then thank Him for this eternal gift.
The Lord’s Supper. While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.
Mark 14:22-24
His poverty was so great that He was born in another man’s house, and buried in another man’s tomb.
The more you recognize that you are "poor in spirit" the more you will recognize that you need God. Admit your spiritual poverty and ask the Holy Spirit to strengthen you through God's grace, wisdom and power.
The Beatitudes - “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3
You can be powerful or pitiful, choose one because you can't be both.
Since you can’t choose both, and you are covered by the glory of the cross – you must choose power! Let Christ’s power flow through you and wash away the pity.
Paradox of the Cross. The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18
The Bible was never intended to be a book for scholars only. From the very beginning it was intended to be everybody’s book.
If you don't already, create a new routine to read a chapter from the world's best seller each day. Start with Matthew's gospel and read through the New Testament. There are 260 chapters so you can read the New Testament in less that a year!
For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4