Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For darkness shall over the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you. Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn,” (Isa 60:1-4, NRSV).

Romans 13: 12, The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, "What do you see?" So I said, "I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8)

“For I am the Lord, I do not change…..,” (Malachi 3:6)

Six month ago when one the pastor in Philippines called to check wether were coming or not. I said to him, "we are praying and planning to come, please pray for us that the Lord to help us to rise the funds we need for the trip."

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"  Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Matt 16:13-19, NKJV)

Ex 14:13-14, Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace,” (NKJV).

“… Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning,” (Ps 30:5, NKJV).

Dr. shuler wrote a book in titled, “Tough time never last but tough people do,” it is true tough people out last their problems not because mentally or physically fit and strong or any other reasons but because they believe in God, therefore, they do not give up. 

We were created and redeemed for the glory and the honor of God. To love, honor and serve Him in all that we are, what we have, and in all what we do is a solemn responsibly of mankind, especially to believers. The honor we give to the Lord, our God, has to be both in private, and in public, before the few and before many, in good times and in bad. When we do that, we become the beneficiaries of His goodness and great blessings. Therefore, in the following passages I will share briefly with you, From God’s word, what it means to honor God and how. 

"Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them,* (Isa 3:10, NKJV)

Nothing takes the Lord God by surprise in whatever is taking place in the world today or tomorrow. He is the God who knows the end from the beginning. (see Isaiah 46:10 ). Today we hear and see what is happening around the world such as the economic crisis*s, famines, wars and rumors of wars, pestilences, and earthquakes, climate change *such as droughts & floods. All these and other calamities that are taking place are foretold in the Scriptures. The Lord Jesus calls them, *the beginning of sorrows,* (see Matt.24:6-8). These signs are signs of end times, which the Bible calls the last days, (See 2 Timothy 3:1; and 2 Peter 3:3). 

While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”  Mark 5:35-36 (NKJ)