Scriptures for the Month

• "You cannot change what you refuse to confront. "Ephesians 4:22–24 – "Put off your old self... and be renewed in the spirit of your minds."

• "Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. "Romans 8:28 – "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him..."

• “God’s call comes before your qualifications.”2 Timothy 1:9-“He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.”

• “You can’t wear your old identity and walk in your new one.”2 Corinthians 5:17-“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

• "No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying. "Philippians 3:13-14 "Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

• "Making one person smile can change the world – maybe not the whole world, but their world ."Proverbs 16:24 – "Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."

• "Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it. "James 1:2-4 - 'Count it all joy... for the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.'

• "Giving up doesn't always mean you're weak, sometimes it means you are strong enough and smart enough to let go and move on."

  Ecclesiastes 3:6 - 'A time to keep, and a time to throw away.'

• "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."

• Proverbs 21:5 - 'The plans of the diligent lead to profit...'

• "Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset."

  Proverbs 14:29 - 'Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding...'

• "In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything."

  Matthew 16:25 - 'Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.'

• "When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you."

  Isaiah 43:18-19 - 'Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!'