Today’s Scripture: I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. Ezekiel 34:16 ESV “So will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I offer to others the comfort God has given me.
Today’s Scripture: who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:4 ESV I thank God for the comfort He has given me. Paul makes this clear to us here that God is the God of ALL comfort. Why has God comforted ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God restores me with His joy.
Today’s Scripture: Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:12 ESV My spirit is broken and this brings me joy. This may be contrary to our nature but it is the very nature of God. Our brokenness offered to God is where we find and experience His unchangeable and everlasting love. We may feel guilty ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God knows how.
Today’s Scripture: So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment., 2 Peter 2:9 NLT How many dreams and desires have we let die on the drawing board or delayed for years because of not knowing the “how to”. Godly and ungodly desires I have had ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am thankful the LORD is patient with me.
Today’s Scripture: The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 NIV Blew it again! Do you ever react to others, think totally impure thoughts, or do things contrary to what you know is right? Where does that come ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: By the grace of God I am what I am.
Today’s Scripture: But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV Why are you unworthy? Paul stated in the preceding verse “For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give the LORD my sacrifice of Praise.
Today’s Scripture: The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endures for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the ... Continue Reading »