Andy's Inspiration Box

Psalm 105:5 New International Version (NIV) Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced

"In all our relationships, we follow the pattern of love that God has shown to us, namely to love unconditionally. This path is not an easy one. It led Jesus to the cross, and over the centuries it has led many to lay down their lives as a martyr. But there can be no compromise. It is love and love only. It is love without reading that saves." - Selwyn Hughes

Romans 4:19-20 New International Version (NIV) Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God...

"God my Father, make me a God-chaser, I pray. Touch my heart in a new and fresh way today so that, like the psalmist, I still thirst for You and pant after You." - Selwyn Hughes 

John 10:27-30 Good News Translation (GNT) 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me. 29 What my Father has given me is greater[a] than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care. 30 The Father and I are one.

"The God who made us gave us freedom to wander astray from him. His love for us did not curdle into control of us. Rather his love prompted him to give his son to us as the means by which we can come back home to him. He knows we go off into all sorts of dead ends and it is there he reminds us there is in fact a way out, a way home. The God who comes looking for us is no stern moralist just itching to give us a lecture about how bad we have been. He comes in love to pick us up and bring us to where we belong. He doesn’t seem to mind messy, scruffy, unkempt lost sheep on his shoulders. Our task is not to clean ourselves up but to allow ourselves to be found by him. Just as we are." - David Reay

Psalm 77:13-20 Good News Translation (GNT) 13 Everything you do, O God, is holy. No god is as great as you. 14 You are the God who works miracles; you showed your might among the nations. 15 By your power you saved your people, the descendants of Jacob and of Joseph. 16 When the waters saw you, O God, they were afraid, and the depths of the sea trembled. 17 The clouds poured down rain; thunder crashed from the sky, and lightning flashed in all directions. 18 The crash of your thunder rolled out, and flashes of lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook. 19 You walked through the waves; you crossed the deep sea, but your footprints could not be seen. 20 You led your people like a shepherd, with Moses and Aaron in charge.