Let your roots grow down into him and draw up
nourishment from him. See that you go on growing
in the Lord, and become strong and vigorous in
the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow
with joy and thanksgiving for all he has done.—Colossians 2:7 TLB
And a highway will be there; it will
be called the Way of Holiness; it will
be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.—Isaiah 35:8 NIV
As surely as the sun rises, he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that water the earth.—Hosea 6:3 NIV
For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.—Song of Solomon 2:11-12 ESV
I can do all this through him
who gives me strength.—Philippians 4:13 NIV
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.—2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
You are familiar with all my ways.—Psalm 139:3 NIV
“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”—John 9:5 ESV
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this.—Psalm 37:5 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.—Romans 15:13 NIV
In this story from August 1976, Corrie ten Boom, the author of The Hiding Place, recalls her watchmaker father’s timeless advice.
How to make decluttering part of Lent.
