Rise & Shine (CornerstoneSF)

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1017 We likely have the phrase "In God we Trust" in our pockets on every US coin. Let's live that phrase, accepting His truth even when it's hard, and His grace as we struggle with our own desires REFLECTION VERSE: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55 : 9

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1008 You can choose to go any direction on this earth, but only one direction can be True North. So, Jesus reveals, it is with God. REFLECTION VERSE: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14 : 6

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1009 Great love means great sacrifice. Our culture tells us tolerance and kindness are the symbols of love, but Jesus reminds us that his ideal was radically different. REFLECTION VERSE: For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 1 Peter 2 : 20

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1005 It doesn't really do a lot of good to focus on what cannot be changed. We need to trust more in God 🤲 REFLECTION VERSE: Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55 : 22

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1006 What we won't let be, won't let us be. Sometimes we need to loosen the grip 🤲 REFLECTION VERSE: He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Romans 8 : 32

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1003 Not being anxious is not synonymous with not doing our best. REFLECTION VERSE: I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4 : 13

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1004 May we let go and let God - in Jesus name 🙏 REFLECTION VERSE: Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5 : 7

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1002 Let's do our best and trust God with the rest 🙏 REFLECTION VERSE: Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Matthew 6 : 25

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1003 Not being anxious is not synonymous with not doing our best. REFLECTION VERSE: I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4 : 13

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1002 Let's do our best and trust God with the rest 🙏 REFLECTION VERSE: Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Matthew 6 : 25

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1001 May we loosen our grip on the things we cannot control and trust the One who is in control of all things 🤲 REFLECTION VERSE: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3 : 5 - 6

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1000 Our loyalty and love should never be conditioned on Him doing for us only what we want or need 🤲 REFLECTION VERSE: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4 : 6

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1001 May we loosen our grip on the things we cannot control and trust the One who is in control of all things 🤲 REFLECTION VERSE: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3 : 5 - 6

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.999 May we learn to live in the great provision of Jesus, who gives us all we need 🙏 REFLECTION VERSE: Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. Philippians 4 : 17

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.1000 Our loyalty and love should never be conditioned on Him doing for us only what we want or need 🤲 REFLECTION VERSE: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4 : 6

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.998 The expansive Kingdom of God extends beyond this life of limitation and stretches into so much more than whatever we can think or imagine. REFLECTION VERSE: And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5 : 10

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.999 May we learn to live in the great provision of Jesus, who gives us all we need 🙏 REFLECTION VERSE: Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. Philippians 4 : 17

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.997 He is a giver, not a taker. We can never out-give God. REFLECTION VERSE: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84 : 11

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.998 The expansive Kingdom of God extends beyond this life of limitation and stretches into so much more than whatever we can think or imagine. REFLECTION VERSE: And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5 : 10

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.996 We are invited to rely on the One who is dependable - He is reliable. REFLECTION VERSE: And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4 : 19

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.997 He is a giver, not a taker. We can never out-give God. REFLECTION VERSE: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84 : 11

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.996 We are invited to rely on the One who is dependable - He is reliable. REFLECTION VERSE: And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4 : 19

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.995 The mercy of Jesus brings pardon - past, present and future sins gone - swallowed up in Christ 🙌 REFLECTION VERSE: For the law made nothing perfect but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7 : 19

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.994 We are to see each day as a gift and an opportunity to love well and be well ❤️ REFLECTION VERSE: 'Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." Matthew 6 : 9

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #thejesusway no.995 The mercy of Jesus brings pardon - past, present and future sins gone - swallowed up in Christ 🙌 REFLECTION VERSE: For the law made nothing perfect but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7 : 19