Today’s Scripture: Philippians 1:4 ESV: always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, Paul’s heart was revealed in his honest introduction to those in the church at Philippi. What our hearts say is more important than our mouths. We can read between the heartbeats and the lines. “I thank MY God” in the previous verse ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 115:11 ESV: You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. Do you believe God has helped you and protected you without your awareness? We have all received both unexplained and often unrecognized help and protection. Do you credit happenstance, coincidence or luck or do you fear and ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: James 4:8 NASB: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.   What does drawing near to God look, taste, smell, or feel like to you? Have you tried to get partially close to God? James 4:8 is firm: “Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: James 3:17 NKJ: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. James has us pegged. Much of this verse refers to the power of the tongue. What we speak turns us in different directions.  James says no man can ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 33:20 NKJ: Our soul waits for the LORD;   He is our help and our shield. In Psalm 130, David was crying out to God from his depths. Here in Psalm 33 David was rejoicing in the LORD and praising Him with his harp. In both His soul waited on the LORD. From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows our souls must wait ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 130:1 NKJ: A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD; David and the LORD understand our depths. Let us cry out to the LORD together. Just as David spoke let us say, Lord, listen to my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my cry for help. There is forgiveness in You O LORD. I am waiting for You ... Continue Reading »

  Today’s Scripture: Jeremiah 25:3 NKJ: “From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the LORD has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you have not listened. I am amazed at how God’s word speaks. The morning I wrote down ... Continue Reading »