Daniel 3:13-30 (Pressing into Victory with Conviction) 13 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, 14 and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? 15 Now when […]

Hebrews 12:1-8 (To Press On, Lay Aside Every Weight) Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the […]

Jeremiah 6:16 (Pressing Beyond the Crossroads of Life) Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ (NIV) Ruth 1:6-18 (Pressing Beyond the Crossroads of Life) […]

Proverbs 22:20-29 (Pressing On to Reckon with Diligence) 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: […]

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (Pressing Through Life’s Challenges) Though the cherry trees don’t blossom and the strawberries don’t ripen, Though the apples are worm-eaten and the wheat fields stunted, Though the sheep pens are sheepless and the cattle barns empty, (challenges) I’m singing joyful praise to God. I’m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God. Counting […]