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“help us to live with more confidence that Jesus is the Good Shepherd, not a consulting partner; a very present Lord, not an absentee landlord; the reigning King, not an impotent bystander.”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“The gospel isn't merely the absence of all condemnation; it's also the fullness of God's delight lavished on us in Christ.”
― Scotty Smith

“Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. (James 3:18 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“Father, I cannot add one minute to my life through worry. In fact, I can take a lot away from my life through trying to carry burdens you alone can carry. Turn my “What ifs?” into “Now thats”—now that Jesus has risen from the dead, everything has changed.”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. (Prov. 27:5–6)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“Interestingly enough, the most-asked question in the whole Bible—from Genesis to Revelation—is “How long, O Lord, how long?” And the most repeated command from God is “Do not fear” or “Do not be afraid.” The people of God consistently cry out for relief, and the God of love bids us trust him.”
― Scotty Smith, Objects of His Affection: Coming Alive to the Compelling Love of God

“But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.” (Heb. 1:8–9)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? (Ps. 56:3–4 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“In Jesus, you come near to us as the most compassionate Shepherd, gathering and carrying your lambs in your arms. The image and hope are staggering. To be tended as a dumb sheep, to be held close to your heart, to be gently led—what more could we possibly long for? These aren’t mere metaphors, Father. Metaphors cannot save us, only inspire us. You really are this kind of God and you really are this kind. The coming of Jesus puts all nations on notice: there is only one true King. And the coming of Jesus puts all your people facedown in adoring love, for Jesus is a most wonderful, merciful Savior, Immanuel, the God who is with us and the God who is for us.”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt. 11:28–30)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“Jesus, allow me to grieve the sinfulness of sin—the sinfulness of my sins. Now that I’m no longer guilty or condemned, let me fearlessly see my sins, ruthlessly hate my sins, and relentlessly repent of my sins.”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. (James 1:5)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. (Ps. 46:1–3)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. (Rom. 8:18–21 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Phil. 1:3–6 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. (Ps. 19:1–3)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. (Gal. 5:13–15)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul;”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Ps. 43:5 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror” (Ps. 10:16–18 NIV).”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“Jesus is the promise keeper, not us. He’s the one who has promised to make all things new, including me.”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear? (Prov. 18:14 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. (Luke 15:20)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“An informed mind is not the same thing as an enflamed heart.”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“once God rescues sinners, his plan is not to steer them beyond the gospel but to move them more deeply into it—that the gospel doesn’t simply ignite the Christian life but is also the fuel that keeps Christians going and growing every day.”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” . . . He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth. And he will be our peace. (Mic. 5:2, 4–5 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (2 Thess. 2:16–17 NIV)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:18)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith

“And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. (Luke 2:20)”
― Scotty Smith, Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith