John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

From my newsletter:

This week’s verse is probably one of the most popular or most memorized verse, by children and adults, in the Bible! At first glance, this verse can be considered complex or deep. But, I think we tend to complicate things, when actually this verse is quite simplistic. Can you imagine? All we have to do believe! That’s it! A powerful statement of both judgment and redemption in one verse! And most importantly, God’s love for us!

Supporting verses:

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4,5

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:9,10

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” John 6:29

For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:40

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25,26

I finally designed my first faithbooking set based on this verse! Visit www.FaithfullyYours.net for more information!

Joshua 1:7

Verse of the week:
Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
Joshua 1:7

From my newsletter:

Success! I think everyone as a different definition of success! The American Heritage dictionary defines success as the achievement of something desired, planned or attempted. 2 The gain of fame or prosperity. I think the world concentrates too much on the second definition. When we should probably look at the last word in the first definition-attempted! How can you be a success, if you don’t even attempt it? I know I often fall into the trap of defining my success for the day by how many tasks I have crossed off on my to do list. When I should be content that I crossed off even one! If that one item was done to the best of my ability and whole-heartedly. God has a plan for me and it may not be to fulfill my to do list!
I realized that the intention for the verse of the week is for you to use it in your own faithbooking. For now though, we will set aside our “photo” faithbooks and concentrate on the journal faithbooks as you journal about your thoughts on these verses with me. And someday, I will be ready to work on our photos and passing down our faith! Please be patient with me...

Supporting verses:

Isaac asked his son, "How did you find it so quickly, my son?" "The LORD your God gave me success," he replied. Gen 27:20

When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did Gen 39:3