"O Lord God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O Lord, and your faithfulness surrounds you." Psalm 89:8 The majority of biblical references to faithfulness are about God, not about us.

"A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself." Proverbs 11:17 Kindness builds up those who are most interested in building up others. Cruel people try to give themselves

"A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense." Proverbs 19:11 Those who are patient (slow to anger, deliberate in their steps, etc) are those that are held in

"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts" Colossians 3:15 Peace is elusive all over the world including churches and families but most troubling is that it's elusive in our own hearts. We

"The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10 The human heart never feels weaker than when it's faced with its undeniable shortcomings. But it's a great place to be as God meets us in

"His banner over me is love." Song of Songs 2:4 Love is so important that Jesus spent the major part of His last words to His disciples on the subject. Does your life bear the banner of love?

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Galatians 5:22-23 Instead of praying for love, joy, peace, etc we must

"An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up." Proverbs 12:25 God doesn't want us to be anxious because an anxious heart weighs a person down. When we are absorbed in the

"Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me." Job 41:11 It's human nature to begin to expect something after we've received it for so long. Don't let this

"Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that man gets justice." Proverbs 29:26 Our sense of fairness is thrown off when God's timing doesn't match ours. When we're offended,

"The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord gives rain on the land." 1 Kings 17:14 At what point do you have so little that you stop giving

"Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." Proverbs 16:24 There are few things in this world as contagious as words. Rumors spread like wildfire, but encouragement

"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." Colossians 4:6 Words can be as powerful as fire. They can be used to warm a heart

"A good man obtains favor from the Lord, the but Lord condemns a crafty man." Proverbs 12:2 All of us have a tendency to manipulate circumstances to stack the odds in our favor and get everyone

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom." James 3:13 Humility is a natural by-product of wisdom because

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard

"Just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy.'" 1 Peter 1:15-16 If we're honest with ourselves, deep down we don't think becoming

"Just as He who called you is holy so be holy in all you do; for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy.'" 1 Peter 1:15-16 Take a minute to realize that human beings can have a relationship

"You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ." Galatians 3:26-27 We stand holy before God. No, we aren't

"Those who walk in pride he is able to humble." Daniel 4:37 Down deep we know that everything we have has been given to us. We didn't ask to be born into a specific family or our place of birth