4 Reasons We Who Really Know God Have Peace and Joy

14 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts, 15 so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not. 16 These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; 17 do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”  Zechariah 8 (NASB)

One Absolutely Marvelous Example of God’s Mercy and Justice in Life

“Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.  Isaiah 1:18

How to Joyfully Trust God in a Crazy Upside-Down World

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a groom puts on a turban, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth produces its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.  Isaiah 61:10-11 (NASB)

How Absolutely the Truth and Power of the Word of God Changes You

12 For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must answer. Hebrews 4 (NASB)