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Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him…. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only causes harm.
Psalm 37:7-8

Recommended Reading: Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:34

Television news often features segments at the nation’s largest airports—usually based around flight delays or cancellations. When the reporters interview travelers, they are often impatient or disgruntled. No one likes their plans to be delayed, much less canceled.

Delays happen all the time in our lives. We do our best to manage them with a measure of grace. What is harder is when we find ourselves in situations where we feel we have been wronged in some way and we ask God to intervene on our behalf. That was the motivation behind David writing Psalm 37—the contrast between the righteous who suffer at the hands of the wicked and the wicked themselves. David’s counsel to the righteous is not just to wait for the Lord to act but to wait “patiently.” If we are waiting patiently, we will not be angry or anxious. Instead, we will wait actively in prayer and in pursuit of acts of righteousness.

If your plans have been delayed or changed for whatever reason, do not fret. Instead, let your waiting be a time of seeking God’s will and finding joy in it.

Faith is not idle; it works while it waits.
Ronald Dunn

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The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10

Recommended Reading: Psalm 61:3-4

“Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood, from thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure.”¹

The biblical city of Jericho is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. Modern archaeological excavations have revealed the city’s fortifications consisting of massive towers and walls. But those fortifications were not enough to preserve it when the Israelites entered Canaan (Joshua 6). Protection in the ancient world was centered around towers and walls. So it is no surprise that the Israelites referred to God as a “strong tower” in whom could be found safety and protection. Proverbs 18:11 says that the rich man considers his wealth to be a strong city with a high wall—that is, safety is found in wealth. But that notion has proven to be false. Only God’s name—His attributes—are a permanent source of safety.

Do not hide yourself in the wealth of this world but in the Rock of Ages.

A sovereign Protector I have, unseen, yet forever at hand.
Augustus M. Toplady

1. Augustus M. Toplady, “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me,” 1776.

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Do not fret because of evildoers…. Trust in the Lord, and do good.
Psalm 37:1, 3

Recommended Reading: Psalm 37:1-6

Israel, China, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Cuba, India, Nigeria. Every single day bad news circles the globe from each of the world’s nearly two hundred nations. Yes, good things are happening too, but most of them are not reported. It’s the disasters, wars, famines, and woes that capture the press and beam onto our screens.

But God is at work too. When awful things are happening all around us, we as Christians are called to “trust in the Lord and do good.” No matter what others are doing, we’re to have confidence that God is in control so we can “feed on His faithfulness” every day (Psalm 37:3). We can form our opinions about world conditions, and we can do what we can. We can pray and give and sometimes go.

Yet often the Lord wants us to look around us, trust Him where we are, acknowledge His reign and rule, and do the work He sets before us. So do not fret because of evildoers. The world is going to spin on its axis every 24 hours regardless of what is happening on its surface. So as the world turns, trust in its Maker and do good.

Faith cures fretting.
Charles Spurgeon

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Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits.
Psalm 68:19

Recommended Reading: Exodus 16:1-6

Karolina Sandell-Berg was a Swedish hymn writer who suffered a terrible tragedy when she was 26 years old. While on a boat trip her father fell overboard, and he disappeared beneath the water as she watched helplessly. Later she wrote a hymn that said, “Day by day, and with each passing moment, strength I find to meet my trials here.”

God often does things in our lives step by step, little by little, and day by day. That’s how He gives us strength, for Deuteronomy 33:25 says, “As your days, so shall your strength be.” Jesus taught us to pray for our daily bread, and we’d be wise to also pray for the Lord to provide our daily work, our daily joy, and grace sufficient for each day.

When the Israelites were in the wilderness, God didn’t provide them food for a week or a month or a year. He provided what they needed day by day. In this way, He wanted them to learn to rely on Him. Do you rely on Him to meet your daily needs? Learn to take life one day at a time.

Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment, I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
Karolina Sandell-Berg

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And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Exodus 16:31

Recommended Reading: John 6:31-40

Visitors to America from underdeveloped nations are often amazed at the variety on the shelves of the typical grocery store. But what if you went to the grocery store everyday for forty years and found only one product available: a whitish wafer with a semi-sweet taste?

That was the experience of the Israelites as they traveled in the wilderness for forty years prior to entering the land of Canaan. Their daily diet consisted of manna which appeared on the ground like dew every morning. It was a food they had never seen before. Indeed, manna got its name from the Hebrew expression, “What is it?” (Exodus 16:15) Jesus used manna as an illustration of His own role as the true Bread of Life that came down from heaven (John 6:32-33). Just as the Israelites were to be nourished daily by the manna God provided, so are we to be nourished daily as we feed on Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life.

Make sure you are setting aside time each day to be nourished by feeding on God’s living and written Word.

The Bible is meant to be bread for our daily use, not just cake for special occasions.
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But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” So [God] said, “I will certainly be with you.”
Exodus 3:11-12

Recommended Reading: Judges 6:14-16

Every Christian has been given spiritual gifts by God as well as natural talents and abilities. Even so, God sometimes calls a believer to a task that seems beyond one’s abilities.

Moses is a good example. Though his first forty years were spent being educated in the royal courts of Egypt, his second forty years were spent as a shepherd in Midian. At approximately age eighty, Moses probably considered himself unqualified for what God asked him to do next: go to Pharaoh in Egypt and lead the Hebrew slaves from bondage to freedom in the Promised Land of Canaan. When God first commissioned Moses to go, his first response was, “Who am I?” God didn’t address who Moses was; instead, He addressed who He was: “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). And He promised that He would be with Moses in the task to which he was called.

If God asks you to do something for Him and you feel unqualified, you are in the right place to depend on Him.

You will never need more than God can supply.
J. I. Packer

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And [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9

Recommended Reading: Philippians 4:12-13

Paul wrote, “The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you” (Philippians 4:9). One example of imitating Paul was when he dealt with “a thorn in the flesh” (2 Corinthians 12:7).

Paul does not say what this “thorn” was, but he surmised that God allowed it as an antidote to pride. In the Old Testament, “thorn” was used to describe the Canaanites who irritated the Israelites when they moved into Canaan (Numbers 33:55-56). Perhaps Paul’s thorn was a false apostle trying to undermine his ministry in Corinth (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). Whatever the thorn was, Paul asked God three times to remove it. Instead of removing the problem, God gave Paul grace to endure it and to manifest Christ’s strength in his own human weakness.

If you are in a moment of weakness that God is not solving, imitate Paul by relying on God’s grace to give you strength.

Many are taught with the briars and thorns of affliction that would not learn otherwise.
Matthew Henry

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He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalm 62:2

Recommended Reading: Psalm 89:26

“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand.”¹

It is no wonder that the Prudential Insurance Company of America chose the famous Rock of Gibraltar as its symbol. This massive limestone mountain, standing guard over the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, is part of the British territory of Gibraltar. As a fortress it presents an image of permanence and unassailability. Nor is it any wonder that the psalmist David pictured God as his “rock”—an impenetrable fortress of protection and security against any attack, physical or spiritual: “I will never be shaken” (Psalm 62:2, NIV). As Moses said, “He is the Rock, His work is perfect” (Deuteronomy 32:4). Just as massive rocks don’t change, so God’s ways and works don’t change: “His work is perfect.”

Take shelter in the protection of the God who is a solid Rock rather than on the sinking sands of this world.

The sea ebbs and flows, but the rock remains unmoved.
Robert Murray M’Cheyne

1. Edward Mote, “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less,” 1834.

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But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans 7:6

Recommended Reading: Romans 6:5-11

In Romans 6 and 7, the apostle Paul explains that in coming to Christ we die to the law. That is, we die to the idea that we can be saved by keeping the law. We die to the law as a binding covenant authority over us. The law is no longer the governing framework of our relationship with God. Having trusted in Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirit comes to enable us to live a life that fulfills the undergirding principle of the law—love. We now serve in the newness of the Spirit.

We simply cannot live in a Christlike way on our own or in our own abilities. Jesus wants to live His life through us by means of the Holy Spirit. He wants to do His work through us by the Holy Spirit. A Christlike attitude is one that isn’t focused on us but on doing the will of God. We can only do that through the power of the Holy Spirit within us.

Each day ask the Holy Spirit to guide you in knowing and doing God’s will. Ask the Spirit to fill you today and to have His complete way in your words, deeds, and actions.

All of Christ in all of you. You can never have more. You need never have less.
Major Ian Thomas

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And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him.
Matthew 14:31

Recommended Reading: Matthew 14:22-33

Logan Hayes was stuck in traffic on Interstate 95 when he noticed a vehicle sinking in a nearby pond. He leaped from his car and jumped in the water. A panicked woman was stuck in the front seat. Logan pulled her out and swam her fifty feet to shore. The woman was pregnant, and hours after the rescue she gave birth to a healthy baby girl. One unselfish act, two lives saved!¹

It’s important to keep our eyes open for drowning people. They may be drowning in debt, drowning in sorrow, or drowning in sin. When Peter was sinking beneath the waves, Jesus reached down and pulled him up. Later Peter stretched out his hand to a lame man, pulled him to his feet, and the man began walking and leaping and praising God (Acts 3:7-8).

The same Jesus who knew how to pull Peter from the overwhelming waves can empower us to pull people from their bad places in life. As we attempt to live our lives as Christ did, we have the responsibility of looking out for the interests of others. Ask Him to show you ways to pull others up.

The Bible teaches that we have a Christian duty to help our neighbors in their time of need. We are called by God to bring the water of life for both soul and body.
Billy Graham

1. “Good Samaritan Rescues Pregnant Woman From Sinking Car in Florida,” 6ABC Action News, February 10, 2026.

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He is able to aid those who are tempted.
Hebrews 2:18

Recommended Reading: Psalm 27:1-5

What’s the strongest animal on earth? African elephants, which are also the largest land animals. Much of their strength is concentrated in their trunks, which have more than forty thousand muscles. Think of that! Forty thousand muscles just in their trunks! Humans only have six hundred muscles in their entire bodies. These massive animals can carry more than six tons, knock down mature trees, and lift more than six hundred pounds with their trunks. But their trunks are also very gentle and can pick up a single blade of grass. The useful appendage also serves as a snorkel when the creatures swim underwater.

God has built incredible strength into His creation—the power of the atom, the explosion of volcanos, and the measureless energy of the sun. Our God possesses endless energy, which is never depleted or exhausted. We say He is omnipotent—all powerful.

His limitless strength is available to us when we’re tempted or tested. Hebrews 2:18 says, “He is able to aid those who are tempted.” When you feel yourself being tempted or tested, try praying: Your strength, Lord! A simple prayer for help, sincerely offered, avails much!

To be tempted is in itself no sin. It is the yielding to the temptation…which we must fear.
J. C. Ryle

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Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Colossians 4:6

Recommended Reading: Ephesians 4:29-30

It has been said that people don’t care how much we know until they know how much we care. Whether we are talking to fellow believers or to non-believers, the way we speak has a lot to do with how others hear us.

First, our speech must be courteous—or in Paul’s words, “always be with grace.” Graceful speech is kind, gentle, helpful, and edifying. Think of God’s grace toward you and let your speech be the same. Second, our speech must be compelling—that is, “seasoned with salt.” We salt our food because it makes the taste appealing; the right amount of salt makes us want to eat more. Our speech should make our listener want to hear more. Third, our speech must be compassionate—we should “know how to answer each one.” That is, we must be able to read the room, to know what another person needs to hear. The Holy Spirit will enable us to meet others’ needs if we follow His lead.

We must know what to say (1 Peter 3:15); equally important is knowing how to say it.

We have all felt the brazenness of words without emotion, the hollowness, the unaccountable unpersuasiveness, of eloquence behind which lies no love. 
Henry Drummond

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But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God.
Jude 20-21

Recommended Reading: Jude 20-25

If you drive down 6th Street in Lambert, Mississippi, on a Tuesday morning, you might see this sign in front of a local church: “Drive-Thru Prayer.” Several church members will be waiting outside for cars to pull up. “How can we pray for you today?” they ask. Both men and women have poured out their troubles and received prayer for their needs.¹

It’s wonderful to know we can pray on streets and sidewalks, in offices and factories, at our homes and with our families. It’s also vital to learn to withdraw to the Lord in solitude during our daily time with the Lord. We have the Holy Spirit to help us pray. Ephesians 6:18 tells us to be “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.”

When the Holy Spirit is within us, we should also be vigilant in prayer. This means to be spiritually alert, looking out for spiritual danger in our lives and the lives of others. Have you missed a few days of prayer? God longs for your fellowship! Get back to God and back to vigilant prayer.

The very act of prayer is a blessing.
Charles Spurgeon

1. Lindsey Williams, “Drive-Through Prayer Ministry Sparks Unexpected Prison Outreach,” The Baptist Record, February 9, 2026.

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How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Psalm 104:24, NIV

Recommended Reading: Psalm 104:24-27

National Geographic had a story with this title: “Letting Kids Run Wild Outside is Surprisingly Good for their Brains.” Harvard Medical School published a report entitled, “Six Reasons Children Need to Play Outside.” The Washington Post wrote on the same subject: “How Time in Nature Builds Happier, Healthier, and More Social Children.”

Many children spend too much time sitting on couches, looking at screens, and playing video games. How they need to be outside more, under God’s sky, climbing His trees, running across His grass, blowing the tufts off His dandelions!

But wait! It’s not just children that need more time outdoors. It’s you and me too! God has given us two sources of revealed truth—His Written Word and His world of nature. We can learn much about Him by looking at His manifold works, crafted with omniscient wisdom. The whole earth is full of His glory!

This summer spend more time outdoors—and if you have kids, take them along!

One of the central teachings of Scripture is that the natural world is not at all natural. It is the creation of a supernatural God. What we routinely call “nature” is in fact “creation.”
T. M. Moore

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Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Recommended Reading: Romans 15:30-33

The subject of God’s will for the individual Christian always promotes lively debate. How are we to know what God’s will is for us? While the discussion continues, we can know for certain at least three things that are God’s will for every Christian: to rejoice always, to be persistent in prayer, and to live with an attitude of gratitude in all things.

When Paul wrote that “this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you,” he was likely referring to all three of the disciplines he had just mentioned—not just to the last one about giving thanks. And it is not incidental that his very next words were a warning about quenching the Holy Spirit’s fire (1 Thessalonians 5:19). When the Holy Spirit is given free range in the Church, Christians will manifest joy, will be consistent in prayer, and will be grateful (along with other manifestations—Galatians 5:22-23). Joy, prayer, and gratitude are three “barometers” which can reveal the presence of the Holy Spirit and how yielded Christians are to His filling and leading.

Based on these three measures, are you walking in God’s will today?

The essence of Christian ethics is gratitude.
R. C. Sproul

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His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness … by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises.
2 Peter 1:3-4

Recommended Reading: Matthew 6:31-34

Someone has said that it is hard to be mad at a person you are praying for! So the best way to deal with negative emotions about another person is to pray for them. Likewise, it is hard to worry when we consider God’s promises. So when we start to worry, the best thing to do is to immerse our mind in Scripture to be reminded of God’s promises to care for us.

The apostle Peter wrote his two epistles to Christians who were scattered in churches across Asia Minor. First Peter dealt with persecutions from outside the churches; 2 Peter dealt with radical attacks from within the churches. In 2 Peter 1:3-4, Peter prescribes a defense for withstanding both situations: God’s “great and precious promises” that provide “all things that pertain to life and godliness.” The defense against all sources of worry or anxiety is God’s promises found in Scripture.

When worry rises, go to the Word and meditate on it until the promise of peace is met (Isaiah 26:3).

Worry is like a rocking chair; it will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere. 
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Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans 8:26

Recommended Reading: John 14:15-16

The Greek word Jesus used for the Holy Spirit is parakletos, a combination of para (“beside”) and kaleo (“to call”). The Holy Spirit is, therefore, called to come alongside believers to help them—“Helper” being the translation of parakletos in many modern English versions (John 14:16).

Paul employs the image of helper when he says that the Holy Spirit “helps in our weaknesses” when it comes to prayer. When we come before God in prayer, sometimes “we do not know how to pray as we should” (NASB1995). Not so much what to pray for but how to pray at all. In such cases the Spirit “makes intercession for us” before God. That image is consistent with another rendering of parakletos—“advocate.” The Spirit helps us by representing us before the throne of God, interceding for us when we simply don’t know how to intercede ourselves.

When you want to pray but don’t know how, don’t despair. Trust that the Holy Spirit will represent your heart before the throne of God.

It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.
Jeremy Taylor

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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20

Recommended Reading: Galatians 2:20

In 1954, the late pastor Robert Boyd Munger published a 32-page pamphlet that has become a classic among writings on Christian discipleship: My Heart—Christ’s Home. He suggested that Christians should think of their heart and their life as their home into which Jesus is invited—even the dark closets we rarely open. What would Jesus find if He walked through the home of our heart?

Munger drew inspiration for his booklet from the fact that Christ does dwell in every believer through the presence of the Holy Spirit. Galatians 2:20 says, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” Revelation 3:20 pictures Christ knocking on the door of the church in Laodicea, seeking entrance and fellowship. By extension, we can picture Christ desiring to enjoy intimate fellowship with everyone who believes in Him (John 14:23). The question is, do we have a reciprocal desire?

Your sanctification (holiness) is God’s will (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Make sure the home of your heart is a welcome place for the Holy Spirit.

A man’s heart is what he is.
R. B. Kuiper

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Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
2 Timothy 2:21

Recommended Reading: 2 Timothy 2:20-26

Angie Foley bought a barn in northern Michigan to turn into an event venue. Inside she found eighteen classic cars, including a 1941 Buick Special. The vehicles had sat in the barn for years. They were rusty and caked with dirt. Their tires were flat. But imagine their value when restored!¹

Anything deteriorates if unused, but restoration is an exciting process. Take your spiritual gift, for example. It will deteriorate if unused. You’ll become rusty and fall short of your potential in the Lord’s work. But if you begin using your gift, God will restore its worth.

When you know your spiritual gift, you should begin using it. Don’t let it sit idly in a barn. Dust it off. Polish it so you can use it for the glory of God. Ask God to give you the spark of the Holy Spirit. Fuel yourself with the Word and hit the road. You’ll be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and useful for the Master in every good work.

The very best way to discover spiritual gifts … is to get involved in ministry and see where the Spirit leads and equips.
Charles Swindoll

1. Joseph Brogan, “Graveyard Goldmine: Woman Clears Out Old Barn and Auctions Off Over a Dozen Vintage Cars,” The U.S. Sun, September 16, 2025.

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So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
Luke 5:16

Recommended Reading: Luke 5:12-16

Did you ever attend a church camp? Maybe the cabins were primitive or the mosquitoes relentless. But there’s something about being in the woods, beside a lake, or camping in the mountains that often opens our hearts to the Lord. Only heaven knows how many young people have dedicated their lives to Christ after hearing the Gospel around a campfire while the crickets chirped and the frogs sang in the distance.

Even now, adventurers young and old find some of their best times in prayer along mountain trails or while occupying a cabin in the woods. Those less adventurous enjoy reading their Bibles on the seaside balcony of their hotels as the waves rise and crash to shore.

If we have the opportunity to vacation in the mountains, along the coast, or in the desert, let’s take our Bibles. If we can’t travel, let’s find a park bench or backyard swing. When we’re surrounded with God’s creation, we find it natural to do as Jesus did—to withdraw to the Lord and pray.

God writes his gospel, not in the Bible alone, but in tress, and flowers, and clouds, and stars.
Martin Luther

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