Rise & Shine (CornerstoneSF)

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #betterlife no.917 When it comes to knowing the Lord, there is a unique bond of fellowship and a unique dynamic to friendship because it's centered in Christ. REFLECTION VERSE: Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. James 5 : 16 Join Pastor Terry every morning for 'Rise & Shine,' a series of uplifting daily devotionals here on YouTube. Start your day with inspiring messages, heartfelt prayers, and practical insights to empower you to face life's challenges with faith and courage. Let's journey together towards spiritual growth and a brighter tomorrow!

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #betterlife no.916 A Christian friend helps us in our adversity - a willingness to listen with kindness and empathy. REFLECTION VERSE: For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers. Hebrews 2 : 11 Join Pastor Terry every morning for 'Rise & Shine,' a series of uplifting daily devotionals here on YouTube. Start your day with inspiring messages, heartfelt prayers, and practical insights to empower you to face life's challenges with faith and courage. Let's journey together towards spiritual growth and a brighter tomorrow!

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #betterlife no.915 There are going to be times when we have adversity in our life. None of us are exempt. REFLECTION VERSE: A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18 : 24 Join Pastor Terry every morning for 'Rise & Shine,' a series of uplifting daily devotionals here on YouTube. Start your day with inspiring messages, heartfelt prayers, and practical insights to empower you to face life's challenges with faith and courage. Let's journey together towards spiritual growth and a brighter tomorrow!

#dailydevotional #riseandshine #betterlife no.914 A Christian friend, one who is loyal - it's such a wonderful gift because it's centered in Christ. REFLECTION VERSE: A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17 : 17 Join Pastor Terry every morning for 'Rise & Shine,' a series of uplifting daily devotionals here on YouTube. Start your day with inspiring messages, heartfelt prayers, and practical insights to empower you to face life's challenges with faith and courage. Let's journey together towards spiritual growth and a brighter tomorrow!

#913 There's something about having people that we've committed ourselves to - they help us process things that are sometimes hard to understand. REFLECTION VERSE: Two are better than one because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up.” Faithful friends are cooperative. To lend support is one thing, but to cooperate is another. Ecclesiastes 4 : 9 - 10

#912 Lord thank you for the people that you've given us to make this journey with 🙏 REFLECTION VERSE: That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. Luke 24 : 13

#911 The Lord has your back yes - He also uses people to accomplish His purposes. REFLECTION VERSE: We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Romans 15 : 1

#910 In seasons of stretching, it's important that we've developed a habit of engaging others who love Jesus like we do ❤️ REFLECTION VERSE: Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3 : 12 - 13

#909 There is a synergistic power when we are intertwined with others in His Name. REFLECTION VERSE: And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ephesians 4 : 12

#908 Two is better than one. A threefold cord is not easily broken. REFLECTION VERSE: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12 : 4

#907 We weren't made to do this alone. This is not a solo walk - it's a walk that we were designed to make with others. REFLECTION VERSE: Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 1 Corinthians 12 : 27

#906 Jesus taught us how important community was - He Himself had a small group that He leaned into, trained, taught. REFLECTION VERSE: For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. Romans 12 : 4 - 6

#905 The choice to position ourselves is going to be ours. We grow in Grace by positioning ourselves for Grace. REFLECTION VERSE: And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Colossians 3 : 10

#904 We need to have a lot less self-reliance and a lot more Christ-reliance. REFLECTION VERSE: I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4 : 13

#903 We're invited into His Love. We're invited to live in the Power of His Love. REFLECTION VERSE: Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ. Philippians 3 : 8

#902 Change is inevitable but growth is optional. Growth has a lot to do with how we position ourselves. REFLECTION VERSE: Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. Ephesians 4 : 15

#901 Growing in Jesus' Grace is something we must choose to do. Growth doesn't happen without intention. REFLECTION VERSE: So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Colossians 1 : 10

#900 Growth is part of the Christian life - to both shine the light and grow in His Grace. REFLECTION VERSE: But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. 2 Peter 3 : 18

#899 Jesus is the overcomer of death, the great physician, the healer of our soul and even our body 🙏 REFLECTION VERSE: Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. John 5 : 24

#898 Jesus modeled what it looks like to live a selfless, humble, submitted life to the Father - it leads to wholeness in life. REFLECTION VERSE: For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. John 6 : 40

#897 Jesus is the King of Love and wherever He goes, the Kingdom of Love goes and we have been invited into this Kingdom ❤️ REFLECTION VERSE: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6 : 23

#896 Wherever Jesus comes, Life and Love flow. He conquered death 🙌 REFLECTION VERSE: Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” John 20 : 21

#895 Let's not keep this good news to ourselves. We were born to give it away. Jesus is the good news. REFLECTION VERSE: Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her. John 20 : 18

#894 Jesus rose and He shines forever more. Jesus our Great Savior 🧎‍♂️ REFLECTION VERSE: He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Matthew 28 : 6

#893 The price for life was His sinless life - the perfect sacrifice ✝ REFLECTION VERSE: For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15 : 3