Today’s Scripture: Psalm 143:8 ESV; Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. “I should go.” These words jumped off the page as I praised God for His steadfast love in the morning. If I have already experienced His love in a past and present sense, could ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Ezekiel 34:16 ESV;  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. “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 »

Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 23:26 KJV; My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. Who or what will we give our heart to today? Not lip service but our very heart. Who and what will we chase after today? This seems to be where the rubber meets the road and where the conflict of life and God’s instruction intersect. When ... Continue Reading »

  Today’s Scripture: Galatians 6:8 NLT Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. Does the Spirit of God sometimes blow you away? Do you believe God knows your tomorrow? I was first introduced to ... Continue Reading »

  Today’s Scripture: Isaiah 1:18 ESV: “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Do you think you can reason with the LORD? Do you think the most important thing is to reason or simply to come to Him? Once ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Ephesians 1:1 ESV; Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Paul said I am “an apostle of Christ Jesus BY THE WILL OF GOD.” Who are we by the will of God? Who are we allowing to define us? For most of my life I allowed other people to define me. ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:6 ESV; Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind. We have a comforter. Will be still long enough to find this comfort?  Solomon tells us in Ecclesiastes 4:1 that the people had no comforter but He also tells us we will find our comforter in the quietness. We can ... Continue Reading »