Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Scientists are searching for what they call the "God particle", an unknown something that holds all of matter together when the positively charged protons in every nucleus of every atom are being repelled by each other. 

But we know that the "God particle" isn't really a "something", but a Someone.  Jesus holds all things together.

Do you need that reassurance in your life?  Jesus will hold you in His care.  Simply trust Him today.

Galatians 4:6-7   And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”   So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

We can come to our Father God freely because the First-born Son, Jesus, gives us access to Him through His sacrifice.  Praise God!

Revelation 2:12    The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Wow!  Another verse tells us that Jesus will give us a new name in heaven.  But even more amazing, He will write His own name on us.  That denotes ownership.  Jesus will give us constant proof that we belong to Him.  For eternity.  Wouldn't you like that?

Luke 22:19-20
And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

When Jesus died on the cross, He fulfilled the new covenant.  A covenant is a legal agreement.  I promise one thing, and you respond in a specific way.  Jesus poured out His blood.  The covenant agreement was that Jesus would die for you, in your place.  And your part is to live for Him.

Are you part of this covenant in the blood of Jesus?  Are you living in His love and grace?  Thank Him today for His covenant to you.

Lamentations 3:21-24
Then I remember something that fills me with hope.
The Lord's kindness never fails!  If he had not been merciful,
    we would have been destroyed.
The Lord can always be trusted to show mercy each morning.
Deep in my heart I say, “The Lord is all I need;
    I can depend on him!”

The Lord is all you need, too.  Depend on Him for everything!

1 Corinthians 10:13   No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Have you ever tried getting out of an escape room?  It takes time, patience and effort to find your way out.  But temptation is different.  There is only one way to be certain that you won't give in to the temptation to sin.

Will power will not work.  Trusting Jesus to make an escape route, and following Him, will always keep you safe.  In any temptation, ask Jesus to show you the way out.  Then just follow Him!

1 John 3:16   By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Next time someone asks for help, and you are tempted to say no, just because it is inconvenient, think about what Jesus did for you.  He laid down His life for you.  What are you willing to do in gratitude to Him?

Ephesians 2:1, 4-7   And you were dead in the trespasses and sins…     But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Being dead has no chance at life.
But God...
When God breaks into a situation, the impossible becomes miraculously transformed.  What is YOUR "But God" moment?

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel
         before the Lord, our Maker!   For he is our God,
                 and we are the people of his pasture,
          and the sheep of his hand.          -  Psalm 95:6-7a

How you worship is less important than why you worship.  But what is most important is Who you worship.  What does worship mean to you?

Philippians 4:19   And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

God's riches can not be measured.  Do you think He is big enough to take care of you?  Trust Him with your life, and you will find that He is.