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 we 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 »
Affirmation of God: I am alive with a new heart and a new spirit.
Today’s Scripture: Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? Ezekiel 18:31 ESV Unloading guilt, sins and habits that weigh us down gives us new life! Just cast these transgressions away! Let go and come alive with a new heart and a new ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I have found a new heart and a new spirit.
Today’s Scripture: Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel? Ezekiel 18:31 NLT To find we must search, right? Most translations of this verse state to “make” yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. It takes action on our part to “make” something, doesn’t it? I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I live in thanksgiving.
Today’s Scripture: And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch Nehemiah 12:27 ESV In Nehemiah 12:8 we are given names of those “in charge of songs of thanksgiving”. ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I seek after the LORD.
Today’s Scripture: One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. Do we seek after and pursue God? In those dark moments or our dark prayer closets at times we need to truly seek; to gaze with our hearts ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I choose what God delights in.
Today’s Scripture: will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in.” Isaiah 65:12 ESV Are you chasing after your dreams or the dreams of others? Have you considered ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I know in my heart and soul.
Today’s Scripture: And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. Joshua 23:14 ESV I just knew it! Do you hear people exclaim that ... Continue Reading »