My Daily Inspiration

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3:13-14    New International Version  (NIV)

No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. – 1 John 3:9 New International Version (NIV)

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. – Psalm 20:7 New International Version (NIV)

When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.” – Genesis 5:28-29 New International Version (NIV)

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. – Romans 8:29-30 New International Version (NIV)

Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law. - Psalm 94:12 New International Version (NIV)

They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” – Acts 4:7 New International Version (NIV)

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.– Matthew 23:23   New International Version (NIV)

but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’ – Nehemiah 1:9 New International Version (NIV)

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. - Psalm 91:4 New International Version (NIV)

This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. – Jeremiah 9:23-24 New International Version (NIV)

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. – James 1:5-6 New International Version (NIV)

If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened – Psalm 66:18 New International Version (NIV)

We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. - 1 John 4:13-15 New International Version (NIV)

In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain. For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. – Psalm 11:1-2 New International Version (NIV)

“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” – Luke 10:36-37 New International Version (NIV)

And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. – Genesis 17:18-19 New International Version (NIV)

When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. – 1 Chronicles 17:11-12 New International Version (NIV)

Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. – Matthew 22:29 New International Version (NIV)

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. – Deuteronomy 7:6 New International Version (NIV)

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? – Ezekiel 18:23 New International Version (NIV)

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. – Proverbs 22:1 New International Version (NIV)

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. – Proverbs 19:21 New International Version (NIV)

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. – Proverbs 18:21 New International Version (NIV)

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. - Galatians 6:7-9 New International Version (NIV)

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. – Proverbs 15:22 New International Version (NIV)

The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps. – Proverbs 14:15 New International Version (NIV)  

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests. – Proverbs 14:4 New International Version (NIV)

One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. – Proverbs 13:7 New International Version (NIV)

Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. – Proverbs 12:16 New International Version (NIV)