Key Passage
"Don't be afraid of people. They can only kill the body. They cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the One (God) that can destroy the body and the soul. He can send the body and the soul to hell. When birds are sold, two small birds cost only a penny. But not even one of those little birds can die without your Father knowing it. God even knows how many hairs are on your head. So don't be afraid. You are worth much more than many birds."
— Matthew 10:28-31 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought
Don't fear people. The only thing they can take from us is our physical life. Instead, God will judge and he can take from us our eternal life. But then God has no desire to condemn. His desire is to redeem and save. If he knows each sparrow and each hair on our heads, don't you know that he cares for us! So he is not going to let the Evil One snatch us from his love or grace. A persecutor can take our physical lives, but he cannot strip from us our relationship with God our Father! While a persecutor and reviler might shake our confidence and hope momentarily, they cannot steal from us our faith. Our faith is in God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ whom he raised from the dead! Since our lives are tied to Jesus, then our future is tied to the resurrected Lord as well!
Prayer
Holy God, give me eyes to see what is important and a faithful heart to do it. I want you to be honored in my life. You alone are worthy of my commitment, my service and my physical life. You alone can preserve my life for eternity. So in you I rest my hope and commit my heart. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Related Scriptures
— Heb. 4:12
— 1 Pet. 3:13-17
— Heb. 10:30-35
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"Don't be afraid of people. They can only kill the body. They cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the One (God) that can destroy the body and the soul. He can send the body and the soul to hell. When birds are sold, two small birds cost only a penny. But not even one of those little birds can die without your Father knowing it. God even knows how many hairs are on your head. So don't be afraid. You are worth much more than many birds."
— Matthew 10:28-31 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought
Don't fear people. The only thing they can take from us is our physical life. Instead, God will judge and he can take from us our eternal life. But then God has no desire to condemn. His desire is to redeem and save. If he knows each sparrow and each hair on our heads, don't you know that he cares for us! So he is not going to let the Evil One snatch us from his love or grace. A persecutor can take our physical lives, but he cannot strip from us our relationship with God our Father! While a persecutor and reviler might shake our confidence and hope momentarily, they cannot steal from us our faith. Our faith is in God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ whom he raised from the dead! Since our lives are tied to Jesus, then our future is tied to the resurrected Lord as well!
Prayer
Holy God, give me eyes to see what is important and a faithful heart to do it. I want you to be honored in my life. You alone are worthy of my commitment, my service and my physical life. You alone can preserve my life for eternity. So in you I rest my hope and commit my heart. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Related Scriptures
— Heb. 4:12
— 1 Pet. 3:13-17
— Heb. 10:30-35
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