13 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) Life can be difficult. We feel tired and overwrought, burdened with the weight of the...

7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:7 NIV) Any process of being refined means that the material must go through...

12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! (1 Corinthians 10:12 NIV) Some times our ability to just stand against the world can be tested. Every form of temptation and vice is thrown at us. At these points we can be easily lead...

14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. (James 1:14 NIV) There is much in this world to tempt and entice us. So many things to draw our attention away from God and keep our mind trapped, focused anywhere but...

33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 NIV) Too often we see the word Overcome and immediately go to the negative connotation about being overcome....