Today’s Scripture:  Matthew 12:15 ESV- Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all Do you want healing? Jesus combined healing with Sabbath day practices in this chapter. Jesus was being addressed here by the Pharisees once again to trap Jesus by His words. Similar to the practices today it ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Matthew 12:34 ESV Once again, an odd verse for us to affirm what we desire. We are told in this twelfth chapter of Matthew that what is abundant in our heart is what we will speak. Don’t you want your heart ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Joshua 24:31 ESV - Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the LORD did for Israel. Choose this day who YOU will serve. I came to this famous verse of Joshua 24:15 to write about “But as for me and my house, we will serve the ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 4:11 ESV; Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. The writer of Hebrews encourages us to rest in our faith. If we believe the promise of God and the grace of Jesus, we can rest. So, what is the “same sort of disobedience” we fall into like those in the ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Leviticus 25:38 ESV- I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. As the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai He speaks to us today. He has brought us to where we are today for this to be our land and for Him to be our God. His Word lays out for us what ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13 ESV Do we really grasp how God is working in us now? In Philippians 2:6 in the ESV it states “who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,” and in the KJV it stated “thought it not ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV God’s light is the brightest and the warmest of all. Even the beautiful sunrises and sunsets can not compare. Can you see beyond what the eyes ... Continue Reading »