"Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son” (Genesis 18:14, NIV).

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20, NIV).

For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority (Colossians 2:9-10, NLT).

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28, ESV).

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness (Colossians 2:6-7, NIV).

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry (Matthew 4: 1-2, NIV).

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10, ESV). I love the...

When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross (Philippians 2:8, NLT).

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NIV). Labor Day weekend! It marks...

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen (Ephesians 3:20, ESV).

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path (Psalm 119: 105, NLT).

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:18, NIV).

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7, NIV).

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16, NIV).

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed (Luke 5:16, NIV). When I first wrote a devotion with this title, being still was...

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rules, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12, NIV).

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old is gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV).

Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark...

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool (Isaiah 1:18, ESV).

John 14:6, NIV.