Today’s Scripture: Ezra 1:5 NLT Tyndale: Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the LORD. Ezra makes it clear that it is the LORD who stirs our hearts: from stirring the heart of King Cyrus to write the proclamation to rebuild the ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I put God first.
Today’s Scripture: Haggai 1:7-8 NLT Tyndale: “This is what the LORD Almighty says: Consider how things are going for you! Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD. We humans always think we have a new improved and progressive way about us. Haggai was written ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God loves me THAT much.
Today’s Scripture: Dear Friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 1 John 4:11 NLT Tyndale Can’t you just see the outstretched hands of a little child saying I love you “thaaaat much”. It means more than we can really reach, say or see doesn’t it? In 1 John 4:9, we are told that God showed how much he loved us by ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My joy is made complete in the joy of others.
Today’s Scripture: 1 John 1:4 NLT Tyndale: We are writing these things so that our joy will be complete. Many times over the past seven years since this Affirmations of God journey began I have wondered what I am supposed to do with this joy. If I could only share the joy I find day after day. My hope and my prayer is that others will receive ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: Peace is with me when I am in Christ.
Today’s Scripture: 1 Peter 5:14 NLT Tyndale: Greet each other in Christian love. Peace be to all of you who are in Christ. Do you have peace in the love, grace and power in Christ? As I knelt to pray I thought to myself that I only want to write what the Holy Spirit wants written. I felt strangely peaceful. “Oddly” enough as I arose to read His ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My life will speak better than any words.
Today’s Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1 NLT: In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over Do you ever consider what your life is saying? As I encourage others to follow after God’s heart and be who He ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I trust God for beauty.
Today’s Scripture: 1 Peter 3:5 NLT: This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They trusted God and accepted the authority of their husbands. I love how God reveals His love, even out of context. God’s Word is forever true and His love is guaranteed even if we cannot see it. God brought me to 1 Peter 3 two days ago. It begins ... Continue Reading »
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