‘My relatives stand afar off.’ Psalm 38:11 NKJV Discern who belongs in your life and who doesn’t. One of the toughest parts about reaching your goal is discovering that some of the people closest to you don’t share it or want to be part of it. You can spend years...
‘I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.’ Isaiah 43:4 NIV Depend on God more than on others. That doesn’t mean you don’t need other people. You do. When God calls someone to do a job, He calls others to stand alongside them. God’s...
‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.’ Proverbs 3:5 NIV Trust in God more than in yourself. That doesn’t mean you should go through life doubting and second-guessing yourself, or being afraid to move in case you make a mistake....
‘Before you were born I set you apart.’ Jeremiah 1:5 NIV Ask God to tell you who you are. Bookshop shelves are lined with books telling us that we can be anything we make up our minds to be. And while there’s some truth to that, it’s not the whole truth! A dog may...
‘The Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there.’ Acts 16:7 NLT We’ve all been given individual gifts and goals in life, and God is the giver of both. Jesus said, ‘That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.’ (John 3:6...