- Galatians 2:19-21

31st August

For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me.
So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God.
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.

So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless.
For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.

- John 15:4-5

30th August

"Remain in me, and I will remain in you.

For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.

Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches.

Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.

For apart from me you can do nothing."

Meryl's Story

I was raised as Church of England and Mum took my sister and me to church every Sunday. When I was about 15 or 16 I started growing away from church and eventually stopped going.

I met Greg (my future husband) when I was 17. I have always been a very shy, dependant person which was probably one of the reasons I was attracted to him because he was very dominant. I was happy to let him tell me what to do and have him make all the decisions.

- Luke 23:39-43

29th August

One of the criminals hanging [On the cross] beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself and us, too, while you’re at it!”

But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

28th August

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

And such were some of you.

But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

- Jeremiah 17:14

27th August

O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved.
My praises are for you alone!

Charne's Story

Saved by sheer mercy.

In 1992 my parents got divorced when I was 7 years old.
Feelings of hurt, anger, resentment and emptiness surfaced, and so began my search to finding fulfilment / happiness.

- Romans 5:15-16

26th August

But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift.
For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many.

But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.

And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin.

For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.

- 2 Peter 1:3-4

25th August

By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises.
These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.

- Luke 12:22-23

24th August

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing."

How great is a problem?

Just had a thought...

Let’s say you get a headache and pray for healing for this headache to go away. Now would you say that is a small miracle to ask God for? After all, it is just a headache.

Now, let’s say you find out you have an inoperable brain tumour. Now that is pretty full on, Right?
You have just been given a death sentence.

Would you say that praying for healing for this tumour would need a BIGGER miracle than the miracle of the headache?

- Mark 13:31

23rd August

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

- Isaiah 43:2

22nd August

When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

- Psalm 16:8

21st August

I know the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.

- Philippians 1:21

20th August

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

- Proverbs 17:22

19th August

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

Emma's Story *Names have been changed on request.

As a child, the stereotype I had of church involved a bunch of old people congregating together and singing boring hymns with a minister wearing strange robes. I grew up in an Anglican church and hated it!!!

I would use every excuse known to man to try and get out of it, but my Mum being the strong women she was made me go.
My Dad was not a Christian and it really annoyed me that he didn't have to go.

- Psalm 103:11-12

18th August

For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

- Galatians 5:1

17th August

So Christ has truly set us free.
Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.

- Psalm 30:11-12

16th August

You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!

- Romans 6:13-14

15th August

Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin.
Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life.

So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law.

Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

- Matthew 9:16-17

14th August

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

- Galatians 6:9 & -1 Corinthians 6:19-20

13th August

But we should not lose heart in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
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Don’t you realise that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?
You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price.
So you must honour God with your body.

- 2 Corinthians 4:15-16

12th August

For all things are for your sake, so that the superabounding grace might be made to abound through the thanksgiving of the greater number, to the glory of God.

For this cause we do not faint; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

- 1 John 2:22-23 & - Psalms 34:1 & - 2 Corinthians 9:8

11th August

And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ.
Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an Antichrist. Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either.
But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
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I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
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"And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."
 

- Luke 12:6-7

10th August

“What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins?

Yet God does not forget a single one of them.

And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.

So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows."

- Psalm 149:4

9th August

For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

- John 8:12

8th August

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

- Psalm 103:1-5

7th August

Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—

Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

- 2 Timothy 2:11-13

6th August

This is a trustworthy saying:

If we die with him, we will also live with him.
If we endure hardship, we will reign with him.
If we deny him, he will deny us.
If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is.

Sabine's Story

My name is Sabine, I am 23 years old now, I am from a beautiful country called Lebanon.

I grew up in a "Christian" family, who believes in Jesus Christ and the Gospel, but follows the rituals of the catholic church.

During my childhood, I attended regularly a Catholic church, but I never saw God as my Father or friend. God was for me someone very far, and I used to pray just because I have learned that I should pray.

Dave's Story *Names have been changed on request.

Saved from suicide.

I was born and raised on a farm. Although it may sound impossible, I grew up without any knowledge of church, GOD, or JESUS.

As far as I knew, church was where you went to get married and the only time I heard of GOD or JESUS was in swearing.

Steve's Story *Names have been changed on request.

This is the true story of how Steve was saved from drug overdose and heroin addiction.

My name is Steve and Jesus Christ has done wonderful things in my life!

Before knowing Christ, I was miserable, confused and lost in the direction I was going in my life.

I felt like I did not have a purpose or a real drive to do anything. So I just did whatever I wanted to do, disregarding the consequences that I was about to face.

My Story

I was born in Sydney, Australia. The 1st son of 3 for my parents. When I was 7 we moved further up the East coast and settled in a town around 4 hours drive North of Sydney.

While living there, my parents became friends with a couple with a large family who were very peaceful natured and called themselves "Christians". I had never even heard of the term before.

- Luke 12:8

5th August

Jesus said:
I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels.

- Mark 10:13-15

4th August

One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples.
He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

- John 16:8-11

3rd August

And when He [the Holy Spirit] has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement:

Of sin, because they [unbelievers] do not believe in Me;

Of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

Of judgement, because the ruler of this world is judged.

- Psalm 119:114

2nd August

You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.

- John 5:21-23

1st August

For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.

In addition, the Father judges no one.

Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge, so that everyone will honour the Son, just as they honour the Father.

Anyone who does not honour the Son is certainly not honouring the Father who sent him.