But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. - 1 Corinthians 15:57

“Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house…” (2 Samuel 12:10). Those are the kind of words that will keep you awake every night. How will they be fulfilled? Who all will have to pay for my sins? How will it begin and when will it end?

Create in me a pure heart, O God,

and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;

My strength was dried up as by the heat of summer” (Psalm 32:3-4)

“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13

One of the amazing things about God’s grace is how His “no” comes with so many blessings.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. Proverbs 14:12

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall. (Proverbs 16:18). 

And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 1 Samuel 8:17