Andy's Inspiration Box

Hebrews 6:11-15 New International Version (NIV) 11  We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope  for may be fully realized. 12  We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate  those who through faith and patience  inherit what has been promised. The Certainty of God’s Promise 13  When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, 14  saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” [ a ]   15  And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

Hebrews 4:4-16 Good News Translation (GNT) 4 For somewhere in the Scriptures this is said about the seventh day: “God rested on the seventh day from all his work.” 5 This same matter is spoken of again: “They will never enter that land where I would have given them rest.” 6 Those who first heard the Good News did not receive that rest, because they did not believe. There are, then, others who are allowed to receive it. 7 This is shown by the fact that God sets another day, which is called “Today.” Many years later he spoke of it through David in the scripture already quoted: “If you hear God's voice today, do not be stubborn.” 8 If Joshua had given the people the rest that God had promised, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 As it is, however, there still remains for God's people a rest like God's resting on the seventh day. 10 For those who receive that rest which God promised will rest from their own work, just as God rested from his. 11 Let u...

“Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before us today? How many momentous events in Scripture depended on one person's seemingly small act of obedience! Rest assured: Do what God tells you to do now, and, depend upon it, you will be shown what to do next.”  ―  Elisabeth Elliot ,  Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity

Ecclesiastes 8:4-8 New International Version (NIV) 4  Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him, “What are you doing? ” 5  Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,      and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. 6  For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,      though a person may be weighed down by misery. 7  Since no one knows the future,      who can tell someone else what is to come? 8  As no one has power over the wind to contain it,      so [ a ]  no one has power over the time of their death. As no one is discharged in time of war,      so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Faith is a Thread Slender and frail, Easy to tear; Yet it can lift The weight of a soul Up from despair.                                 - Matthew Biller "It is ours to believe the sure things of God's revelation, but we are not to wast a grain of precious reliance upon anything outside of that circle" - Charles Spurgeon

Philippians 2:1-2 Good News Translation (GNT) Christ's Humility and Greatness 2 Your life in Christ makes you strong, and his love comforts you. You have fellowship with the Spirit, and you have kindness and compassion for one another. 2 I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind.

Isaiah 43:16-21 Good News Translation (GNT) 16  Long ago the  Lord  made a road through the sea,      a path through the swirling waters. 17  He led a mighty army to destruction,      an army of chariots and horses. Down they fell, never to rise,      snuffed out like the flame of a lamp! 18  But the  Lord  says, “Do not cling to events of the past      or dwell on what happened long ago. 19  Watch for the new thing I am going to do.      It is happening already—you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness      and give you streams of water there. 20  Even the wild animals will honor me;      jackals and ostriches will praise me when I make rivers flow in the desert      to give water to my chosen people. 21  They are the people I made for myself, ...