The Morning Focus Daily Devotional with Rick and McKenna

My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.    Psalm 27:8  

By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen. Hebrews 11:3  

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5  he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. Titus 3:4-5  

O Lord, you have searched me and known me!   You know when I sit down and when I rise up;   Psalm 139:1-2

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:7  

But Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.   Jeremiah 17:7-8  

The LORD will work out his plans for my life—for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever .   Don't abandon me, for you made me. Psalm 138:8  

For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."  Romans 10:11  

  "Come now, let us settle the matter,"        says the Lord.   "Though your sins are like scarlet,        they shall be as white as snow;   though they are red as crimson,        they shall be like wool." Isaiah 1:18  

"For the Lord your God is the one  who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭20‬:‭4  

"When I said, "My foot is slipping," your unfailing love, Lord, supported me."   ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭94‬:‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬  

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."   ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭19‬ ‭NIV‬‬  

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.   Hebrews 13:8  

For  if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life Romans 5:10  

Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, "Where are your accusers? Didn't even one of them condemn you?"  "No, Lord," she said.   And Jesus said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more."   John 8:10-11  

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.    1 John 5:14  

So God can point to us in all future ages  as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us , as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.   Ephesians 2:7  

  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.    Philippians 4:13  

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.   Numbers 23:19  

Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.   Isaiah 49:15-16  

And what does the  Lord  require of you?  To act justly and  to love mercy  and to walk humbly  with your God.    Micah 6:8  

But when this happens, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, I will honor you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant. I will make you like a signet ring on my finger, says the LORD, for I have chosen you. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!"   Haggai 2:23  

For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21

And, "I will be a Father to you,      and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:18

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:7