Today’s Scripture: To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3 NLT The Spirit of the LORD is upon us right where we are. We have been ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I believe what Jesus has told me.
Today’s Scripture: I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. John 14:29 NIV Really, Jesus has “told” you? I can hear the cynical or those yet to recognize Jesus’ promises questioning the validity of the Jesus experience. For me it has happened. “It” has happened so often that I no longer doubt. I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My soul praises the LORD!
Today’s Scripture: Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! Psalm 146:1 ESV I praise You LORD with all of my soul. May every day be a thanksgiving feast of my soul. With all that is in me, with all that I have, for as long as I have shall I praise You LORD. As David here in Psalm 146 we can praise the LORD with our trust in that He is our ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I love from God’s love.
Today’s Scripture: Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11 NIV God’s love is perfected in us. I have come to recognize my love and God’s love. 1 John 4:16 describes my experience in my quiet time this morning. “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I put my trust in God.
Today’s Scripture: Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. Psalm 146:3 NIV I am giving up my trust in my feelings and in others. I have to get beyond where others put their trust and continue to trust in the God of forever. My feelings and human understanding will pass away yet the God who created heaven and earth will ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give up.
Today’s Scripture: And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Romans 12:1 NLT We rally for each other, don’t we? When we see someone say “I give up” we ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I offer to others the comfort God has given me.
Today’s Scripture: who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:4 ESV I thank God for the comfort He has given me. Paul makes this clear to us here that God is the God of ALL comfort. Why has God comforted ... Continue Reading »
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