Today’s Scripture: On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of hosts.” Haggai 2:23 ESV Do you know what God has chosen for you? Earlier in Haggai 2:19 Zerubbabel was told that “from this day ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Psalm 86:1 ESV   What?? Our ego fights this statement doesn’t it?! For those looking for “positive affirmations” this, on the surface, does not feel right but please hang with me. This is DAVID making this statement; you know the ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. Mark 14:8 ESV   What can we do for Jesus right now? No looking around or considering what others will think or trying to give what I do not have.   What we have is enough and not to be compared to others. In turn, we are not to ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. Luke 8:3 KJB   We all have something to help bring the Good News to others. This is our “ministry”.   We can serve our Lord and others by giving what we have. Luke 8:1-3 brings to light ... Continue Reading »

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 »

Today’s Scripture: Cornelius stared at him in terror. "What is it, sir?" he asked the angel. And the angel replied, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering! Acts 10:4 NLT Most translations of Acts 10:4 state that Cornelius’s prayers were a memorial to God. Do we get so caught up in what we want and need ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need: Proverbs 30:8(Darby Bible Translation)   I know nothing. This statement spoke loudly to me this morning from Matthew Henry’s commentary of Proverbs 30. How little we know. The humbleness and reliance on God ... Continue Reading »