Beautiful, shareable Bible verses and Christian quotes, each with a short, warm reflection on what it means. Find encouragement, then pass it on.https://316quotes.com/en-gbhttps://316quotes.com/shadow-of-the-almighty-psalm-91-1-2/https://316quotes.com/shadow-of-the-almighty-psalm-91-1-2/Psalm 91:1-2 promises that the person who makes God their home, not just an occasional visitor, finds a settled rest in his shadow. The verse piles up names for him: Most High, Almighty, the LORD, refuge, fortress. The point is trust. When danger and fear close in, God himself is the safe place we live in, not merely run to.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/i-have-overcome-the-world-john-16-33/https://316quotes.com/i-have-overcome-the-world-john-16-33/John 16:33 means Jesus gives his followers peace in himself while being honest that life in this world brings real trouble. He does not promise an easy road. He tells us to take heart because he has already overcome the world, so the outcome is settled even when the day is hard.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/all-things-work-together-romans-8-28/https://316quotes.com/all-things-work-together-romans-8-28/Romans 8:28 promises that God is at work in everything, weaving even the hard and painful parts of life into good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose. It does not call every event good. It says God is good enough to bring good out of all of it.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/my-grace-is-sufficient-2-corinthians-12-9/https://316quotes.com/my-grace-is-sufficient-2-corinthians-12-9/2 Corinthians 12:9 is the Lord's reply to a prayer he did not answer the way Paul wanted. Paul begged three times for relief from a painful thorn. Instead, Jesus gave him a promise: his grace would be enough, and his power would show up most clearly in Paul's weakness.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/fruit-of-the-spirit-galatians-5-22-23/https://316quotes.com/fruit-of-the-spirit-galatians-5-22-23/Galatians 5:22-23 lists the character God's Spirit grows in a believer over time: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness and self-control. Paul calls it fruit, not achievement, because it ripens slowly as we walk with God. No law can produce it, and no law stands against it.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/food-of-faith-george-muller/https://316quotes.com/food-of-faith-george-muller/Müller fed thousands of orphans on prayer alone, and he meant this from hard experience. Faith is not weakened by difficulty; it is fed by it. The very things we would remove if we could are often what God uses to make our trust in him stronger.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/knowledge-of-god-tozer/https://316quotes.com/knowledge-of-god-tozer/Tozer opens his book on the character of God with a claim that sounds like an overstatement until you sit with it. The picture of God you carry quietly shapes everything: how you pray, how you handle failure, whether you can rest. So it is worth making sure that picture is true.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/restless-heart-augustine/https://316quotes.com/restless-heart-augustine/Augustine opens his Confessions with the truest line he ever wrote. We are made for God, so nothing smaller will ever finally settle us. The restlessness we keep trying to cure with the next thing is not a fault to fix but a signpost pointing us home.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/trust-his-heart-charles-spurgeon/https://316quotes.com/trust-his-heart-charles-spurgeon/Spurgeon knew long seasons of illness and depression, so this is not a line written from an easy chair. When God's purposes are impossible to make out, he says, we are not left with nothing. We still have his proven goodness and wisdom, and on hard days that is enough to rest on.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/fearfully-wonderfully-made-psalm-139-14/https://316quotes.com/fearfully-wonderfully-made-psalm-139-14/Psalm 139:14 is David's wonder at being made by God on purpose and with care. To be 'fearfully and wonderfully made' is to be the considered work of a Maker who knew exactly what he was doing. It is a verse to steady anyone who has ever quietly doubted they matter.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/do-not-fear-isaiah-41-10/https://316quotes.com/do-not-fear-isaiah-41-10/Isaiah 41:10 is God's promise to a frightened people: do not be afraid, because I am with you. He gives four reassurances in a row, to be present, to be their God, to strengthen them and to hold them up, so the real answer to fear is not a pep talk but his nearness.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/new-every-morning-lamentations-3-22-23/https://316quotes.com/new-every-morning-lamentations-3-22-23/Lamentations 3:22-23 is the bright centre of the Bible's saddest book. Surrounded by grief over a ruined city, the poet remembers that God's loving kindness never runs out and his mercies arrive fresh with every sunrise. These are the verses that gave us the hymn 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness'.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/rejoice-over-you-with-singing-zephaniah-3-17/https://316quotes.com/rejoice-over-you-with-singing-zephaniah-3-17/Zephaniah 3:17 is one of the most tender pictures of God in the whole Bible. After pages of warning, the prophet shows the Lord himself in the middle of his people, strong enough to save, quietening them with his love, and so delighted in them that he actually sings.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/peace-i-leave-with-you-john-14-27/https://316quotes.com/peace-i-leave-with-you-john-14-27/John 14:27 is Jesus' parting gift to his friends on the night before he died: his own peace, not the fragile kind the world hands out, but a settled calm that does not depend on circumstances. It arrives with a gentle command, to stop letting our hearts be troubled and afraid.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/new-creation-2-corinthians-5-17/https://316quotes.com/new-creation-2-corinthians-5-17/2 Corinthians 5:17 is the promise that coming to Christ is not turning over a new leaf but becoming a new creation. The old account is closed and a fresh start has genuinely begun. It is good news for anyone weighed down by the person they used to be.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/vineyard-of-the-lord-almighty-isaiah-5-7/https://316quotes.com/vineyard-of-the-lord-almighty-isaiah-5-7/Isaiah 5:7 explains his song of the vineyard. God planted and tended Israel with great care, longing for a harvest of justice and righteousness, yet found oppression and the cries of the hurt instead. The verse shows both the disappointment of God over fruitless lives and the deep love that planted the vine in the first place.Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/hiding-from-the-lord-genesis-3-8/https://316quotes.com/hiding-from-the-lord-genesis-3-8/Genesis 3:8 shows Adam and Eve hiding from God among the trees after their first sin. It captures what guilt still does to us: it makes us want to run from the very One we most need. Yet God comes walking, not rushing to punish, but seeking the people he loves.Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/on-earth-as-in-heaven-matthew-6-10/https://316quotes.com/on-earth-as-in-heaven-matthew-6-10/In Matthew 6:10 Jesus teaches us to pray for God's kingdom to come and his will to be done here as perfectly as it already is in heaven. It is a prayer that asks God to reign, that surrenders our own way to his, and that longs for the day when earth is fully made right under his rule.Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/the-alpha-and-the-omega-revelation-1-8/https://316quotes.com/the-alpha-and-the-omega-revelation-1-8/Revelation 1:8 has God name himself as the Alpha and the Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. He is the beginning and the end of all things, present in your past, your present and your future. Whatever you face, nothing falls outside his keeping, for he is the Almighty.Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/what-is-mankind-that-you-are-mindful-of-them-psalm-8-4/https://316quotes.com/what-is-mankind-that-you-are-mindful-of-them-psalm-8-4/Psalm 8:4 asks how the God who made the stars could possibly take notice of one small human life. David is not doubting; he is amazed. Set against the vastness of creation we look like nothing, yet God knows us, thinks of us and cares for us by name. That is the wonder of it.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/he-refreshes-my-soul-psalm-23-3/https://316quotes.com/he-refreshes-my-soul-psalm-23-3/Psalm 23:3 promises that God brings a tired, worn-out soul back to life and then leads it along the right path. Like a shepherd reviving a weak sheep and steering it home, the Lord restores you when you are drained and gently guides you in the way that honours his own good name.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/rejoice-today-be-glad-psalm-118-24/https://316quotes.com/rejoice-today-be-glad-psalm-118-24/Psalm 118:24 reminds us that every single day comes from God's hand, including this one. It is not a vague wish for good weather, but a choice to receive today as a gift and find reasons for gladness in it, whatever else the day holds, because the Lord himself has made it.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/perfume-incense-bring-joy-to-heart-proverbs-27-9/https://316quotes.com/perfume-incense-bring-joy-to-heart-proverbs-27-9/Proverbs 27:9 compares the honest, heartfelt advice of a true friend to the pleasure of perfume and incense. Just as a lovely scent lifts the spirits, the loving and truthful counsel of someone who knows us gladdens the heart. It reminds us that real friendship is measured not by flattery but by sincere care.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/love-your-neighbor-as-yourself-matthew-22-39/https://316quotes.com/love-your-neighbor-as-yourself-matthew-22-39/In Matthew 22:39 Jesus names the second great commandment: love your neighbour as yourself. He sets the standard at the steady care we already give ourselves, and he means it for everyone we can help, not only the people next door. It is love made practical, shown in real kindness to real people.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/now-you-fish-for-people-luke-5-1-11/https://316quotes.com/now-you-fish-for-people-luke-5-1-11/In Luke 5:1-11 Jesus meets Simon Peter at the end of a long night that caught nothing, tells him to try once more, and fills his nets to breaking point. Then he calls this ordinary, weary fisherman to follow him. It shows that Jesus meets people in their failure and gives them a purpose far bigger than they imagined.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/your-faith-has-made-you-well-luke-17-11-19/https://316quotes.com/your-faith-has-made-you-well-luke-17-11-19/In Luke 17 ten men with leprosy are healed by Jesus, yet only one turns back to thank him, and he a despised Samaritan. The story is about gratitude and the deeper wholeness that comes with it. All ten were cleansed, but only the thankful one heard Jesus say his faith had made him well.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/put-childhood-behind-1-corinthians-13-11/https://316quotes.com/put-childhood-behind-1-corinthians-13-11/1 Corinthians 13:11 pictures the natural move from childhood to maturity, and sets it inside Paul's great chapter on love. Growing up in faith means leaving behind small, self-centred ways of seeing, and learning to love more fully as God patiently matures us towards the day we see him face to face.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/terrible-times-last-days-2-timothy-3-1-5/https://316quotes.com/terrible-times-last-days-2-timothy-3-1-5/Paul warns Timothy that the last days will bring grievous times, marked not mainly by disasters outside us but by hard hearts within: people who love self, money and pleasure more than God, and who keep a form of godliness while denying its power. The call is to turn away and live differently.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/gracious-honeycomb-healing-proverbs-1624/https://316quotes.com/gracious-honeycomb-healing-proverbs-1624/Proverbs 16:24 says that kind, gracious words do real good. Like honey, they are sweet to taste and they bring healing deep down, all the way to the bones. The verse reminds us that what we say has the power to mend or to wound, and it gently urges us to speak life.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/blessed-those-who-mourn-matthew-54/https://316quotes.com/blessed-those-who-mourn-matthew-54/Matthew 5:4 promises that those who grieve, whether over loss or over their own sin, are not abandoned but are in line for God's comfort. Jesus calls them blessed, not because sorrow is pleasant, but because the One who sees their tears will wipe them away and bring lasting joy.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/house-built-on-rock-matthew-7-24-27/https://316quotes.com/house-built-on-rock-matthew-7-24-27/In Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus says that the person who hears his words and does them is like a wise builder whose house stands through the storm, while the one who only hears is like a fool who builds on sand. The difference is hidden in the foundation, and it shows when the rain comes.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/weary-burdened-rest-matthew-11-28-30/https://316quotes.com/weary-burdened-rest-matthew-11-28-30/In Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus invites tired, weighed-down people to come to him and find rest. He does not hand out a method to follow but offers himself. Taking his yoke means walking through life under his gentle leadership, and there the soul finds the deep rest it has been longing for.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/love-your-neighbour-matthew-22-37-40/https://316quotes.com/love-your-neighbour-matthew-22-37-40/In Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus is asked which commandment is greatest and answers with two. First, love God with everything you are; second, love your neighbour as yourself. Every other command hangs on these. Love for God comes first, and a real love for people grows out of it rather than apart from it.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/love-one-another-john-13-34-35/https://316quotes.com/love-one-another-john-13-34-35/In John 13:34-35 Jesus gives his followers a new commandment: to love one another the way he has loved them. The measure is no longer simply how we love ourselves but how he loved us, all the way to the cross. Real love between Christians is what shows the watching world who they belong to.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/the-vine-john-15-1/https://316quotes.com/the-vine-john-15-1/In John 15:1 Jesus calls himself the true vine and his Father the farmer who tends it. He is the real source of life, and we are the branches who can bear fruit only while we stay joined to him. To last and to flourish, we are not asked to try harder but to remain close to Christ.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/prepare-eternal-glory-2-corinthians-4-16-18/https://316quotes.com/prepare-eternal-glory-2-corinthians-4-16-18/2 Corinthians 4:16-18 holds two things together. Our present troubles are real, yet measured against eternity they are light and brief, and God is using them to prepare a glory that lasts forever. So we look past what we can see to the unseen things that will never fade.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/scripture-inspiration-god-2-timothy-316-17/https://316quotes.com/scripture-inspiration-god-2-timothy-316-17/2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us the Bible is God-breathed, his own words and not merely human ones. It is useful for four things: teaching, correcting us when we are wrong, setting us right, and training us to live well, so that God's people are fully equipped for every good work.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/perseverance-james-12-4/https://316quotes.com/perseverance-james-12-4/James 1:2-4 urges believers to meet trials with joy, because the testing of our faith builds endurance, and endurance allowed to finish its work makes us mature and complete. It does not pretend trials are pleasant. It promises that, in God's hands, even hard seasons are shaping something good and lasting in us.Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/hatred-stirs-up-conflict-but-love-covers-all-wrongs-proverbs-10-12/https://316quotes.com/hatred-stirs-up-conflict-but-love-covers-all-wrongs-proverbs-10-12/Proverbs 10:12 sets two ways of living side by side. Hatred keeps poking at old grievances and breeds quarrels, while love does the opposite: it covers wrongs over, choosing to forgive rather than expose. The verse points us towards the patient, healing love that mends what bitterness only ever pulls apart.Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/faith-is-the-substance-hebrews-11-1/https://316quotes.com/faith-is-the-substance-hebrews-11-1/Hebrews 11:1 gives us a working definition of faith. It is the assurance of things we hope for and the proof of things we cannot see. Faith treats God's promises as solid ground, real enough to stand on, even before they arrive. It is confidence that what God has said is true, sight or no sight.Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/no-sorrow-heaven-cannot-heal-revelation-21/https://316quotes.com/no-sorrow-heaven-cannot-heal-revelation-21/Revelation 21:4 is God's promise that in the new heaven and earth he will personally wipe away every tear, and death, grief and pain will be gone for good. It does not say our sorrow now does not matter. It says it will not last, and that God himself will be the one to end it.Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/faith-goes-up-the-stairs-charles-spurgeon/https://316quotes.com/faith-goes-up-the-stairs-charles-spurgeon/Spurgeon pictures faith, hope and love working together. Love does the building, hope opens the view, and faith does the climbing. It is a gentle way of saying we do not trust God in isolation. We trust him best when his love has steadied us and hope has shown us something worth believing for.Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/work-at-it-colossians-3-23/https://316quotes.com/work-at-it-colossians-3-23/Colossians 3:23 tells you to put your heart into whatever you do, treating it as work done for the Lord rather than merely for people. It lifts ordinary labour, paid or unpaid, seen or unseen, into something offered to God. That changes why you do it and frees you from working only for praise or reward.Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/reach-for-the-sky-cs-lewis/https://316quotes.com/reach-for-the-sky-cs-lewis/C.S. Lewis says that when we aim first for God and the things of heaven, the ordinary goods of earth are given to us as well. But chase earth on its own and you end up empty-handed, losing both heaven and the very things you grasped for. First things first, and the rest follows.Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/god-our-refuge-and-strength-psalm-46-1/https://316quotes.com/god-our-refuge-and-strength-psalm-46-1/Psalm 46:1 says that when life shakes, God himself is the safe place we run to and the strength that holds us up. He is not a distant rescuer who might arrive later. He is a very present help, close at hand in the actual trouble, ready to steady those who turn to him.Sat, 02 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/anxiety-weighs-down-the-heart/https://316quotes.com/anxiety-weighs-down-the-heart/Proverbs 12:25 says 'Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.' Worry is a real weight that drags the heart low, but it is not the final word. A single kind word, from God or from a caring friend, has the power to lift that load and bring gladness back.Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/for-i-am-not-ashamed-romans-1-16/https://316quotes.com/for-i-am-not-ashamed-romans-1-16/In Romans 1:16 Paul declares he is not ashamed of the gospel, because it carries the very power of God to save anyone who believes. The good news of Christ is not a nice idea or a private opinion. It is God's chosen way of rescuing people, offered freely to everyone, with no one shut out.Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/dont-worry-about-anything/https://316quotes.com/dont-worry-about-anything/Philippians 4:6 tells us not to be consumed by anxiety, and gives us something to do with our fear instead: bring it to God in prayer. Every worry can become a request, carried to the Father with thanks. We are not told to feel nothing, but to hand our cares to the One who can hold them.Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/love-does-no-wrong-to-a-neighbor/https://316quotes.com/love-does-no-wrong-to-a-neighbor/Romans 13:10 sums up the whole moral law in a single line. Love does no harm to a neighbour, so genuine love already keeps every command God gave about how we treat one another. If you truly love people, you will not lie to them, cheat them or hurt them. Love does what the rules were always reaching for.Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/for-i-know-the-plans-jeremiah-29-11/https://316quotes.com/for-i-know-the-plans-jeremiah-29-11/Jeremiah 29:11 is God's word to people in exile, assuring them he has not abandoned them. His thoughts towards them are of peace, not harm, and he is holding a future and a hope. It promises not an easy life but a faithful God who is working for the lasting good of those he loves.Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/iron-sharpens-iron-proverbs-27-17/https://316quotes.com/iron-sharpens-iron-proverbs-27-17/Proverbs 27:17 says that just as one iron blade sharpens another, a true friend makes you sharper, wiser and better. It takes contact, and sometimes a little friction, but good company shapes good character. We are not meant to grow alone, and the people closest to us help form who we become.Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/blessed-is-the-one-who-perseveres-james-1-12/https://316quotes.com/blessed-is-the-one-who-perseveres-james-1-12/James 1:12 calls the believer who holds on through hard testing 'blessed', promising the crown of life to those who endure out of love for God. It does not say trials are pleasant, only that they are not pointless. What we hold onto in the difficult season is shaping us, and it is seen and rewarded by God.Sat, 04 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/lord-bless-you-keep-you-numbers-6-24-26/https://316quotes.com/lord-bless-you-keep-you-numbers-6-24-26/Numbers 6:24-26 is the blessing God gave Aaron to speak over his people. It asks God to provide and protect, to look on us with warmth and kindness, and to give us peace. It is God promising to turn his face towards us, not away, and to keep us in his favour.Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/peace-christ-rule-hearts-colossians-3-15/https://316quotes.com/peace-christ-rule-hearts-colossians-3-15/Colossians 3:15 calls believers to let God's peace settle every disagreement and steady every heart, since we were all called into one body to live at peace. It treats peace not as a mood that depends on circumstances but as an inner authority we deliberately let govern us, with thankfulness close behind.Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/the-scriptures-give-us-hope-romans-15-4/https://316quotes.com/the-scriptures-give-us-hope-romans-15-4/Romans 15:4 tells us why the old stories of the Bible still matter. They were written for our learning, so that as we read of people who held on through hardship, their endurance and the comfort of Scripture would grow real hope in us today. The Bible is not a museum piece but a source of courage.Sun, 29 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/trust-the-lord-with-all-your-heart-proverbs-3-5/https://316quotes.com/trust-the-lord-with-all-your-heart-proverbs-3-5/Proverbs 3:5-6 invites us to trust God completely rather than relying on our own limited understanding. When we hand him every part of our lives, the big decisions and the small ones, and look to him in all our ways, he promises to guide us and make our paths straight. It is trust with nothing held back.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/spirit-of-power-love-sound-mind-2-timothy-1-7/https://316quotes.com/spirit-of-power-love-sound-mind-2-timothy-1-7/2 Timothy 1:7 reminds a fearful young leader, and us, that the timidity holding him back is not from God. God's Spirit gives three other things instead: power to act, love to act rightly, and self-control to stay steady. Fear may still knock, but it is not the spirit God has placed in you.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/with-god-all-things-are-possible-matthew-19-26/https://316quotes.com/with-god-all-things-are-possible-matthew-19-26/Matthew 19:26 follows Jesus' hard saying about how difficult it is for the rich to enter God's kingdom. When the disciples ask who then can be saved, he answers that what is impossible for people is possible for God. Salvation is his work, not ours, and no one is beyond the reach of his grace.Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/faith-comes-by-hearing-romans-10-17/https://316quotes.com/faith-comes-by-hearing-romans-10-17/Romans 10:17 tells us where faith actually comes from. It is not something we manufacture by trying harder, but something that grows in us as we hear the word of God. Faith has a source outside ourselves. When our trust feels thin, the answer is to come back and listen to what God has said.Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/love-endures-all-things-corinthians-13-7/https://316quotes.com/love-endures-all-things-corinthians-13-7/1 Corinthians 13:7 describes the staying power of real love. It bears, believes, hopes and endures all things. This is love that carries weight without giving up, keeps trusting and hoping for the best in people, and holds on through the hard seasons. It is the steady, durable love God shows us and calls us to share.Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/christ-died-for-us-romans-5-8/https://316quotes.com/christ-died-for-us-romans-5-8/Romans 5:8 says that God proves his love for us by the cross: Christ died for us while we were still sinners, before we had changed or earned a thing. God did not wait for us to deserve him. His love came first, fixed and freely given, and nothing we do can make him love us more or less.Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/armor-of-god-ephesians-6-11/https://316quotes.com/armor-of-god-ephesians-6-11/Ephesians 6:11 urges believers to 'put on the whole armour of God' so they can stand firm against the devil's schemes. The Christian life involves a real spiritual struggle, and we are not left to face it in our own strength. God supplies the protection, and our part is to take it up and keep standing.Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/light-and-salvation-psalm-27-1/https://316quotes.com/light-and-salvation-psalm-27-1/Psalm 27:1 answers fear with two settled facts about God. He is the light that scatters confusion and dread, and the salvation that rescues and keeps. If the Lord himself is the strength of your life, then no threat ahead of you is bigger than the One who holds you, and you need not be afraid.Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/seek-first-matthew-6-33/https://316quotes.com/seek-first-matthew-6-33/Matthew 6:33 is Jesus' answer to a worried heart. Put God's kingdom and his righteousness first, ahead of food, clothing and security, and trust your Father to supply what you need. It does not promise an easy life. It reorders one, so that anxious striving gives way to settled trust.Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/be-still-psalm-46-10/https://316quotes.com/be-still-psalm-46-10/Psalm 46:10 says 'Be still, and know that I am God.' It is not a call to do nothing, but to stop our anxious striving and remember who is in charge. When the world feels out of control, God invites us to quieten down and rest in the certainty that he reigns over the nations and the whole earth.Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/light-of-the-world-john-8-12/https://316quotes.com/light-of-the-world-john-8-12/In John 8:12 Jesus calls himself the light of the world. He is claiming to be the one who shows us the truth about God, about ourselves and about the way home. To follow him is to stop stumbling in the dark and to walk in the light of life, guided and unafraid, wherever the road leads.Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/call-him-immanuel-isaiah-7-14/https://316quotes.com/call-him-immanuel-isaiah-7-14/Isaiah 7:14 is the ancient promise of a child born to a virgin who would be called Immanuel, meaning God with us. Spoken centuries before the first Christmas, it was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus, and it tells us that God did not stay distant from our troubles but came to share them in person.Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/call-his-name-jesus-matthew-1-21/https://316quotes.com/call-his-name-jesus-matthew-1-21/Matthew 1:21 records the angel telling Joseph to name Mary's child Jesus, because he would save his people from their sins. The name itself means the Lord saves. It announces from the very start what this child came to do: not to win an earthly kingdom, but to rescue us from sin and bring us back to God.Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/the-lord-is-near-psalm-145-18/https://316quotes.com/the-lord-is-near-psalm-145-18/Psalm 145:18 promises that God draws close to everyone who calls on him sincerely. He is not distant or hard to reach. When you pray honestly, even from a tired or troubled heart, the Lord is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/take-refuge-psalm-18-30/https://316quotes.com/take-refuge-psalm-18-30/Psalm 18:30 makes three steady claims about God: his way is perfect, his word has been tested and proved true, and he is a shield to everyone who takes refuge in him. David wrote it after God carried him through real danger, so it is not theory. It is the report of someone who hid in God and was kept.Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/greater-love-has-no-one-john-15-13/https://316quotes.com/greater-love-has-no-one-john-15-13/In John 15:13 Jesus names the highest form of love there is: laying down your life for those you love. He said it on the night before he died, and then he proved it on the cross. He calls us his friends, and his willing sacrifice for us is love at its very fullest.Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/o-holy-night-matthew-2-2/https://316quotes.com/o-holy-night-matthew-2-2/Matthew 2:2 records the wise men arriving in Jerusalem, having followed a star a great distance to find the newborn king of the Jews and worship him. It shows that from the very start, Jesus drew people who were not even part of Israel, and that the right response to his coming has always been worship.Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/give-thanks-to-him-psalm-100-4/https://316quotes.com/give-thanks-to-him-psalm-100-4/Psalm 100:4 invites us to come into God's presence the right way, with thanks on our lips and praise in our hearts. It pictures God as a welcoming king whose gates stand open. We approach him not by earning a place but by gratefully blessing his name for who he is.Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/nothing-can-separate-us-romans-8-38-39/https://316quotes.com/nothing-can-separate-us-romans-8-38-39/Romans 8:38-39 is Paul's confident promise that nothing in all creation can cut a believer off from God's love in Christ. Not death, not the powers of evil, not the worst of what today or tomorrow holds. Once you belong to Jesus, that love holds you, and nothing has the strength to break its grip.Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/everlasting-everlasting-psalm-90-2/https://316quotes.com/everlasting-everlasting-psalm-90-2/Psalm 90:2 declares that God existed before the mountains, the earth and the world, and will go on without end. He has no beginning and no finish. Set against our short and uncertain lives, this is not a cold fact but a comfort: the One we trust was here long before us and will outlast everything we fear.Sun, 23 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/never-lost-saved-luke-5-31-32/https://316quotes.com/never-lost-saved-luke-5-31-32/In Luke 5:31-32 Jesus explains why he keeps company with sinners. Like a doctor, he goes where the sickness is. He did not come for people who think they are already fine, but for those who know they need him. Owning your need is not what disqualifies you from his help; it is exactly what opens the door to it.Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/pray-changes-cs-lewis/https://316quotes.com/pray-changes-cs-lewis/C.S. Lewis says he prays not to bend God's arm but because the need pours out of him constantly, and because praying changes the one who prays. Prayer is less about altering God's mind and more about being slowly reshaped, until our wants begin to line up with his.Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/come-to-me-matthew-11-28/https://316quotes.com/come-to-me-matthew-11-28/Matthew 11:28 is Jesus' invitation to anyone worn out by life or by trying to earn God's approval. He tells the weary and heavily burdened to come to him, and he promises rest. It is not a reward for the strong but a gift for the tired, the kind of rest that reaches the soul and not just the body.Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/lord-shepherd-psalm-23-1/https://316quotes.com/lord-shepherd-psalm-23-1/Psalm 23:1 pictures God as a shepherd who personally provides for, protects and guides everyone who trusts him. To call the Lord 'my shepherd' is to say you are known and cared for by name, and that in his keeping you already have everything you truly need.Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/guard-heart-proverbs-4-23/https://316quotes.com/guard-heart-proverbs-4-23/Proverbs 4:23 urges us to watch over our inner life with real care, because everything we are flows out from there. In Scripture the heart is the centre of our thoughts, desires and choices. Guard that spring well, the verse says, and the whole of your life is shaped by what you let it hold.Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/lord-rock-psalm-18-2/https://316quotes.com/lord-rock-psalm-18-2/Psalm 18:2 piles up picture after picture to say one thing: God is utterly safe to lean on. He is the rock that does not move, the fortress that keeps the danger out, the shield, the rescuer, the high tower. When everything around you feels shaky, he is the solid place you can run to and hold.Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/father-lead-me-exodus-33-16/https://316quotes.com/father-lead-me-exodus-33-16/In Exodus 33:16 Moses tells God that nothing matters more than his presence going with them. Not the promised land, not blessing, but God himself. It is what would set Israel apart from every other nation, and Moses would rather have that than anything else God could give.Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/count-blessings-psalm-103-2/https://316quotes.com/count-blessings-psalm-103-2/Psalm 103:2 is David talking to his own soul, telling himself to praise God and to keep all that God has done in view. It is a gentle command to remember rather than forget, because gratitude has to be deliberate. Left to drift, we count our troubles and overlook the daily mercies.Sat, 22 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/flesh-spirit-galatians-5-16/https://316quotes.com/flesh-spirit-galatians-5-16/Galatians 5:16 says the way to defeat the pull of sin is not to fight it head on but to walk by the Spirit. As we keep step with God's Spirit day by day, drawing on his life and following his lead, the old cravings of the flesh lose their grip and we are freed to live a new way.Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/fishers-souls-matthew-4-19/https://316quotes.com/fishers-souls-matthew-4-19/In Matthew 4:19 Jesus calls ordinary fishermen to follow him, promising to make them fishers of people. The invitation is first to come and be with him, and then to be sent. He takes the work and the people we already are, and turns our lives towards drawing others to him.Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/faith-not-hoping-god-can-james-1-6/https://316quotes.com/faith-not-hoping-god-can-james-1-6/James 1:6 urges us to ask God in faith rather than in two minds. The doubter, he says, is like a wave of the sea, driven this way and that by the wind. To pray in faith is not to feel certain about everything, but to come to God settled in trust rather than tossed between belief and unbelief.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/love-patient-1-corinthians-13-4/https://316quotes.com/love-patient-1-corinthians-13-4/1 Corinthians 13:4 describes what real love actually looks like in daily life. It is patient and kind, and it refuses to be jealous, boastful or full of itself. Paul defines love not by warm feeling but by how it behaves, which is why it can be quietly tested against the way we treat the people closest to us.Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/believe-mark-9-24/https://316quotes.com/believe-mark-9-24/In Mark 9:24 a desperate father brings his suffering son to Jesus and prays one of the most honest prayers in the Bible: 'I believe. Help my unbelief!' It shows that faith and doubt can live in the same heart, and that Jesus welcomes the believer whose faith is small, shaky and mixed with fear.Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/when-life-gets-hard-1-peter-5-7/https://316quotes.com/when-life-gets-hard-1-peter-5-7/1 Peter 5:7 invites you to hand every worry over to God instead of carrying it alone. The word 'all' leaves nothing out, the big fears and the small naggings alike. And the reason given is simple and personal: he cares for you. You let go because someone stronger and kinder is ready to hold it.Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/fight-good-fight-1-timothy-6-12/https://316quotes.com/fight-good-fight-1-timothy-6-12/In 1 Timothy 6:12 Paul urges young Timothy to keep holding on to his faith with everything he has. The Christian life is a long contest, not a sprint, and it asks for endurance. Take firm hold of the eternal life God has given you, and do not let the struggle make you let go.Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/faithful-to-unfaithful-hosea-2-23/https://316quotes.com/faithful-to-unfaithful-hosea-2-23/Hosea 2:23 is God's promise to take back a people who had wandered far from him. He says he will show mercy where there was none and call the rejected his own. It is a picture of grace that pursues the unfaithful and brings them home as a loved and settled people.Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/love-enemies-matthew-5-44/https://316quotes.com/love-enemies-matthew-5-44/In Matthew 5:44 Jesus tells his followers to love the people who hate and hurt them, and to pray for them rather than repay them. It is not a feeling we work up but a way we choose to act, blessing instead of cursing, because this is exactly how God has treated us.Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/reflect-son-hebrews-1-3/https://316quotes.com/reflect-son-hebrews-1-3/Hebrews 1:3 tells us who Jesus is. He shines with the very glory of God, perfectly shows us the Father, and holds the whole universe together by his word. Yet this is the same Son who cleansed us of our sins himself and then sat down, his saving work finished and complete.Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/free-indeed-john-8-36/https://316quotes.com/free-indeed-john-8-36/John 8:36 promises that the freedom Jesus gives is the real and lasting kind. We can be held captive by sin and our own habits without even realising it. Only the Son of God can release us at the deepest level, and when he sets a person free, that freedom is genuine and cannot be taken away.Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/never-far-gone-jeremiah-24-7/https://316quotes.com/never-far-gone-jeremiah-24-7/Jeremiah 24:7 is God's promise to a people in exile who had wandered far from him. He pledges to give them a new heart to know him, to be their God again, and to draw them home. It is a picture of grace that goes out after the lost and brings them back wholehearted, no matter how far they have strayed.Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/wounded-transgressions-isaiah-53-5/https://316quotes.com/wounded-transgressions-isaiah-53-5/Isaiah 53:5 describes a servant wounded in the place of others, written centuries before Jesus. Christians read it as a portrait of the cross: he was pierced for our wrongs, crushed for our sins, and bore the punishment so we could have peace with God. By his wounds we are healed and made whole.Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/let-light-shine-matthew-5-16/https://316quotes.com/let-light-shine-matthew-5-16/In Matthew 5:16 Jesus tells his followers to let their light shine so that people see their good works and praise God. The point is not to draw attention to ourselves but to live in a way that points beyond us to the Father. A quietly good life is one of the clearest sermons there is.Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/word-endures-forever-isaiah-40-8/https://316quotes.com/word-endures-forever-isaiah-40-8/Isaiah 40:8 sets the brief life of grass and flowers against the permanence of God's word. Everything we build on, money, status, even our own bodies, fades in time. His word does not. In a changing and uncertain world it is the one foundation that holds, because the God who speaks it never fails.Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/broken-hearted-psalm-34-18/https://316quotes.com/broken-hearted-psalm-34-18/Psalm 34:18 says that when your heart is broken and your spirit is crushed, God is not distant but close. He draws near to the hurting rather than the impressive, and he saves them. It is a promise for the lowest days, that you are not grieving alone and not beyond his rescue.Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/strong-courageous-joshua-1-9/https://316quotes.com/strong-courageous-joshua-1-9/Joshua 1:9 is God's charge to Joshua as he takes Moses' place: be strong and courageous, refuse fear and dismay, because the Lord goes with him everywhere. The courage is not self-made bravado. It rests on the promised presence of God, which is offered to us in the same way.Sun, 25 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/lift-eyes-psalm-121-1-2/https://316quotes.com/lift-eyes-psalm-121-1-2/Psalm 121:1-2 is the cry of a traveller looking up at the hills and asking where help will come from. The answer steadies the heart: not from the mountains themselves, but from the Lord who made heaven and earth. The God who built the whole world is the same God who watches over you.Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/sing-lord-psalm-96-1/https://316quotes.com/sing-lord-psalm-96-1/Psalm 96:1 is a glad invitation to worship. Sing to the Lord a new song, it urges, and not in private only but with all the earth joining in. A new song means fresh praise for what God has freshly done, and the call reaches beyond one people to everyone he has made.Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/spiritual-milk-1-peter-2-2/https://316quotes.com/spiritual-milk-1-peter-2-2/1 Peter 2:2 pictures the new believer as a newborn baby who instinctively craves milk. The pure spiritual milk is God's word, and Peter says to long for it the same way, because that is how we grow. Healthy growth in faith is not complicated. It comes from being fed by what God has said.Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/shelter-storm-isaiah-25-4/https://316quotes.com/shelter-storm-isaiah-25-4/Isaiah 25:4 praises God as the refuge of the weak. To the poor and the needy in their distress he has been a stronghold, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. When fierce trouble beats against you like wind on a wall, he is the safe place you can run to.Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/god-joined-together-mark-10-9/https://316quotes.com/god-joined-together-mark-10-9/In Mark 10:9 Jesus teaches that marriage is more than a human arrangement. When a couple are joined, God himself binds them as one, and that bond is meant to last. He calls husband and wife to hold on to each other, and he offers his own steadying love to keep them together.Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/pray-without-ceasing-1-thessalonians-5-17/https://316quotes.com/pray-without-ceasing-1-thessalonians-5-17/1 Thessalonians 5:17 calls us to keep a running thread of prayer through ordinary life, not to spend every hour on our knees. It means living with God close at hand, turning to him often and easily, so that talking with him becomes the quiet background hum of an ordinary day.Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/believe-c-s-lewis/https://316quotes.com/believe-c-s-lewis/C.S. Lewis points to a quiet truth: what you settle in your heart about yourself tends to shape the life you live. For a Christian the question becomes whose word you believe. If God calls you his own and forgiven, that belief slowly works its way out into how you carry yourself.Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/inexcusable-c-s-lewis/https://316quotes.com/inexcusable-c-s-lewis/C.S. Lewis says Christian forgiveness is not about pretending a wrong was excusable. It means releasing someone for something that genuinely cannot be excused, and we can do it because God has done exactly that for us. We forgive out of mercy already received, not mercy owed.Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/saved-grace-ephesians-2-8-9/https://316quotes.com/saved-grace-ephesians-2-8-9/Ephesians 2:8-9 says we are saved by grace, through faith, as a free gift from God and not by anything we achieve. We do not earn our place with God or work our way up to him. We simply receive what he has already done, which is why no one has any room to boast.Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/know-jesus-know-peace-romans-5-1/https://316quotes.com/know-jesus-know-peace-romans-5-1/Romans 5:1 says that because we are put right with God through faith, we now have peace with him. This is more than a calm feeling. It means the quarrel is over: nothing, no sin or guilt, stands between you and God any longer, and that settled peace comes entirely through what Jesus has done.Tue, 13 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/church-not-museum-moreton-kelsey/https://316quotes.com/church-not-museum-moreton-kelsey/Morton Kelsey reframes what a church is for. Not a glass case for the already-good, but a place for people who know they are unwell and have come to be healed. It means you do not need to have your life sorted before you walk in. The door is for sinners, and that includes all of us.Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/comfort-the-disturbed-jude-1-22-23/https://316quotes.com/comfort-the-disturbed-jude-1-22-23/Jude 1:22-23 tells believers how to treat people whose faith is fragile. Be gentle and merciful with those who doubt, and act urgently to rescue those in real danger of being lost. It calls for compassion and courage together: kindness to the wavering, and a love bold enough to reach for someone slipping away.Sun, 11 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/happiness-c-s-lewis/https://316quotes.com/happiness-c-s-lewis/C.S. Lewis offers a quiet warning about where we anchor our joy. If our happiness rests on things that can be taken from us, our money, our health, the people we love, then we are always one loss away from despair. He nudges us towards a footing that cannot be swept away.Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/i-can-do-all-things-through-christ-philippians-413/https://316quotes.com/i-can-do-all-things-through-christ-philippians-413/Philippians 4:13 is not mainly about achieving our goals. Paul wrote it from prison to say he had learnt to be content in plenty and in want, because Christ supplied the strength. It means that whatever your circumstances, rich or poor, easy or hard, Jesus can hold you steady through every one.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/destiny-born-from-hardship-cs-lewis/https://316quotes.com/destiny-born-from-hardship-cs-lewis/C.S. Lewis suggests the hard seasons are not wasted. The very things that stretch and bruise us are often how God shapes ordinary people for something more than they imagined. It is not that suffering is good in itself, but that in God's hands it can become the making of us rather than the breaking.Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/alpha-omega-revelation-22-13/https://316quotes.com/alpha-omega-revelation-22-13/In Revelation 22:13 the risen Jesus calls himself 'the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End'. Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, so he is claiming to hold the whole story, from before time began to its final page, and to be God himself.Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/as-for-me-and-my-house-joshua-24-15/https://316quotes.com/as-for-me-and-my-house-joshua-24-15/In Joshua 24:15 the ageing leader Joshua calls Israel to stop wavering and decide who they will serve. He will not make the choice for them, but he settles his own without hesitation: 'as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.' It is a verse about deciding clearly, and leading your home in faith.Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/faith-that-can-move-mountains-1-corinthians-13-2/https://316quotes.com/faith-that-can-move-mountains-1-corinthians-13-2/1 Corinthians 13:2 makes a startling claim. Even faith strong enough to move mountains, paired with deep knowledge and prophecy, counts for nothing without love. Paul measures every gift against love and finds them empty on their own. What we do matters far less than whether love is behind it.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/uncreated-light-cs-lewis/https://316quotes.com/uncreated-light-cs-lewis/C.S. Lewis asks where our inner darkness can finally be undone, and answers that it can only happen in God's own uncreated light. No light of our own making is strong enough. Only the One who was never created, and who is light himself, can soak up and swallow our darkness.Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/way-truth-life-john-14-6/https://316quotes.com/way-truth-life-john-14-6/In John 14:6 Jesus tells his troubled friends that he himself is the way, the truth and the life, and the one road home to the Father. He is not pointing to a path or a teaching but offering himself. To know God and to find real life, we come through Jesus, who has gone ahead to make the way open.Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/he-loved-us-cs-lewis/https://316quotes.com/he-loved-us-cs-lewis/C.S. Lewis says God loves us not because we have earned it or are easy to love, but because love is simply what he is. His care for you does not rise and fall with your behaviour. It begins in his own nature, which means it will never run out.Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/wings-like-eagles-isaiah-40-31/https://316quotes.com/wings-like-eagles-isaiah-40-31/Isaiah 40:31 promises that those who wait for the Lord will have their strength renewed. Waiting here is not idle; it is leaning on God instead of your own running-out reserves. To people worn down and ready to give up, the verse offers a strength that is received, not summoned, enough to keep going step by step.Sat, 25 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/my-chains-are-gone-psalm-107-14/https://316quotes.com/my-chains-are-gone-psalm-107-14/Psalm 107:14 celebrates a God who rescues people who cannot rescue themselves. He brings them out of darkness and the very shadow of death, and snaps the chains that held them fast. Whatever has bound you, this verse says deliverance comes from his hand, and the chains do not stand a chance against him.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/amazing-grace/https://316quotes.com/amazing-grace/Amazing Grace is John Newton's astonished thank you for being forgiven. A former slave-ship captain who later fought to abolish the trade, he wrote it knowing exactly what he had been saved from. The hymn says grace finds us when we are lost and blind, and keeps leading us safely home.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/christ-lives-in-me-galatians-2-20/https://316quotes.com/christ-lives-in-me-galatians-2-20/Galatians 2:20 is Paul describing the heart of the Christian life: his old self died with Christ, and now Christ lives in him. He no longer relies on his own effort but on the Son of God, who loved him and gave himself for him. It means a life held up by faith and by a love that came at great cost.Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/your-word-is-a-lamp-psalm-119-105/https://316quotes.com/your-word-is-a-lamp-psalm-119-105/Psalm 119:105 pictures God's word as a lamp that lights the ground at your feet. It rarely shows the whole road at once, but it gives enough light for the next step. When the way ahead is dark or unclear, Scripture keeps you from stumbling and points you, step by step, in the right direction.Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/look-to-the-clouds-revelation-1-7/https://316quotes.com/look-to-the-clouds-revelation-1-7/Revelation 1:7 promises that Jesus will return openly, in the clouds, where every eye will see him. The One who was rejected and crucified will come again in glory, and history will finally be put right. For those who love him it is not a threat but a hope: the wait has an end, and he is coming.Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/power-of-love-john-3-16/https://316quotes.com/power-of-love-john-3-16/John 3:16 is the heart of the Christian message in one sentence. God loved the whole world so much that he gave his own Son, so that anyone who trusts in him is not lost but receives eternal life. Love, not duty or fear, is what moved God to rescue us.Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/property-of-jesus-1-corinthians-6-19-20/https://316quotes.com/property-of-jesus-1-corinthians-6-19-20/1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says your body is a temple where God's own Spirit lives, and that you no longer belong to yourself. Christ bought you at the cost of his life. So the way you live in your body is not a private matter, but a way of honouring the One who made it his home.Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/live-the-word-matthew-4-4/https://316quotes.com/live-the-word-matthew-4-4/In Matthew 4:4 a hungry Jesus answers temptation by quoting Scripture. He means that bread keeps the body going, but it is God's word that truly sustains a person. Our deepest life comes from listening to and trusting what God says, and ordering our days around it rather than around appetite alone.Tue, 07 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/armor-of-god-ephesians-6-13/https://316quotes.com/armor-of-god-ephesians-6-13/Ephesians 6:13 tells believers to 'put on the whole armour of God' so they can hold their ground when the evil day comes, and still be standing once the worst has passed. It is honest about hard seasons, and it promises that those who are clothed in God's strength will not be knocked flat.Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/faith-hope-love-1-corinthians-13-13/https://316quotes.com/faith-hope-love-1-corinthians-13-13/1 Corinthians 13:13 names the three things that last: faith, hope and love. When everything temporary has fallen away, these remain. Paul calls love the greatest, because faith and hope are for now, but love is what we will carry into eternity. It is the clearest sign that we belong to Christ.Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/god-is-love-1-john-4-8/https://316quotes.com/god-is-love-1-john-4-8/1 John 4:8 makes a startling claim: God does not merely feel love or act lovingly, he is love. It is his very nature. And so the person who refuses to love shows they do not yet know him. To know God truly is to be changed by his love and to begin loving others.Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://316quotes.com/happiness-and-peace-cs-lewis/https://316quotes.com/happiness-and-peace-cs-lewis/C.S. Lewis means that lasting happiness and peace are found only in God, because they exist nowhere else. We were made for him, so every substitute eventually disappoints. It is not that God withholds joy from us, but that there is no joy of that kind to be had apart from the One who made us for himself.Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT