The Daily DIP

”A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.“ ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭10‬ ‭CSB‬‬

”For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.“ ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭1‬:‭10‬ ‭CSB‬‬

”The Lord is my shepherd; I have what I need.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭CSB‬‬

”Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of him. This is how we know that we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands. For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden, because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory th...

”My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.“ ‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall. No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what...

”Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.“ ‭‭

”For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭CSB‬‬

”Now this is what the Lord says — the one who created you, Jacob, and the one who formed you, Israel  — “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flame will not burn you.“ ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭CS...

”Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.“ ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭CSB‬‬

”For it was you who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well. My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in your book and plan...

”The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.“ ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12‬:‭26‬ ‭NLT‬‬

”Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.“ ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ CONFESSION My youth doesn’t disqualify me. I can lead the way even while I’m young. God often uses young people to change the world!

”For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.“ ‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God....

”The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. And consider your relative Elizabeth — even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless. For nothing will be impossible with God.” “See, I am the Lord’s servant,...

”Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us — “ ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.“ ‭‭John‬ ‭21‬:‭25‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”“Truly I tell you, the one who believes in m...

”Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ”Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭107‬:‭1‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ”I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭143‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ”But then I recall all you have done...

”This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham. When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The Lord answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins. But the two children strugg...

”For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ”So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully joined togethe...

”The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit. Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not...

”On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.” He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus ha...

”Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect. Elijah was a human being as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.“ ‭‭James‬ ‭5...

”Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬ ‭CSB‬‬

”In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.“ ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who has anointed us. He has...

”Lord, I have heard the report about you; Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds. Revive your work in these years; make it known in these years. In your wrath remember mercy!“ ‭‭Habakkuk‬ ‭3‬:‭2‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the s...

”“But seek his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.“ ‭‭Luke‬ ‭12‬:‭31‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.“ ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭2‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭105‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Wait for the Lord.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭27‬:‭14‬ ‭CSB‬‬ ”Be strong, and let yo...