Today’s Scripture: Mark 14:38 NLT: Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For though the spirit is willing enough, the body is weak. Jesus made this statement to Simon Peter after returning from His passionate prayer in Gethsemane on the eve of His crucifixion. What an awakening statement in versus 37 where he said to ... Continue Reading »
I thank Christ Jesus who has given me strength
Today’s Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12 ESV: I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, Christ Jesus is my only hope. Do you find strength and hope in Christ Jesus? I find strength in the mercy and patience of Jesus. Some days I only feel as if I am judged faithful to be ... Continue Reading »
God is faithful
Today’s Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV: 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. Paul was reminding the Corinthians of God’s faithfulness to His people ... Continue Reading »
I am doing exactly what the Father has commanded me to do
Today’s Scripture: John 14:31 GWT: However, I want the world to know that I love the Father and that I am doing exactly what the Father has commanded me to do. Get up! We have to leave." Words are not enough. We must DO what the Father has commanded us to do. John 14 convicts me of actions being more important than words. Jesus stated here in ... Continue Reading »
God satisfies my hunger
Today’s Scripture: Luke 6:21 NIV: Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. What do you hunger for? Whether or not this verse in Luke is describing the sermon on the mount referred to in Matthew 5 or whether this was a different message that Jesus spoke to us, I know in my ... Continue Reading »
It is good for me to be near God.
Psalm 73:28 ESV: But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. Like us, Asaph, who wrote this psalm, witnessed the highs and lows of life. He served under David and Solomon and experienced the wonder of God and the wandering of man. Like us, he was tempted to fall for what the ... Continue Reading »
The Lord’s grace is sufficient for me
Today’s Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV; But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. I have all I need; more than enough. With God’s grace I am complete. So complete is God’s grace that I ... Continue Reading »
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