Seeing the people, [Jesus] felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 1. WHEN JESUS SAW THE CROWDS, HE WASN’T MOVED WITH DISDAIN BUT WITH COMPASSION. He went about “doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil” (Acts…

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, . . .for he was looking to the reward. Hebrews 11:24-26 1. RESIST FEAR. When…

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart. 1 Peter 1:22 1. GET WISE. God has appointed you to be an ambassador who is so filled with love, so aware, and so confident…

Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer nor His lovingkindness from me. Psalm 66:20 1. PRAISE. This is adoration. He’s worthy of praise. 2 Samuel 22:4; Psalm 18:3; Psalm 66:4 2. WAIT. You love God so you wait on Him; you wait before Him. Psalm 27:14; Psalm…

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. Colossians 2:6 I once was alienated and separated from God. I had no hope, and I was without God in the world (Ephesians 2:12). Then I had an encounter with Jesus, and I asked Him to come…

Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 Your commitment makes a difference. The world right now needs people who have backbone, who persevere through challenging circumstances. “It is not the critic who counts: not…

[Pray] at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ. Colossians 4:3a 1. SALVATION IS FOR EVERYONE. God desires no one to perish but all to come to eternal…

The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]. John 10:10 AMP 1. WHY WE NEED IT. When Jesus showed up on earth, the Roman Empire was in…

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. Psalm 73:28 As we draw near to God, He draws near to us (James 4:8). Because of the shed blood of Jesus, we…

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands. Psalm 143:5 1. REMEMBER PAST BREAKTHROUGHS. When King David wrote this psalm, he was viewing his life in light of all the breakthroughs God had provided. When you deal with the…