Today’s Scripture: Mark 14:38 NLT: Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For though the spirit is willing enough, the body is weak. Jesus made this statement to Simon Peter after returning from His passionate prayer in Gethsemane on the eve of His crucifixion. What an awakening statement in versus 37 where he said to ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God will provide the way.
Today’s Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV: No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. This verse, often quoted, gives us a hope not only in our tough times but ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I live on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Today’s Scripture: Matthew 4:4 ESV: But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" I have certainly found life in the Word of God but have quite a ways to go to live on every word. The Spirit is helping me and leading me but I am yet to be up to the challenge of evil and ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: It is good for me to be near God.
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 73:28 ESV: But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. Like us, Asaph, who wrote this psalm, witnessed the highs and lows of life. He served under David and Solomon and experienced the wonder of God and the wandering of man. Like us, he was tempted to fall ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I look to God with my eyes and my heart for direction.
Today’s Scripture: My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. Proverbs 23:26 ESV God’s ways are the ways to lasting delight. Proverbs 23 shares many of the dead end ways the world directs us. If we give our hearts and eyes to the ways of the world, we find temporary pleasures that rob us of lasting joy. I have followed almost ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God is my confidence.
Today’s Scripture: Is not your fear of God your confidence and the integrity of your ways your hope? Job 4:6 ESV Eliphaz was the first friend to speak to Job and was attempting to get Job to change his perspective. My perspective has changed in seeking confidence. God alone is my confidence. It is not how well I can fear Him. Like Job, I may be ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My soul craves God.
Today’s Scripture: The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. Proverbs 13:4 ESV What are you craving? Our bodies, our minds and our souls crave. As our mouth’s water what do we do to fulfill that craving? As our minds dream and expose desires how do we fulfill them? When our flesh craves ... Continue Reading »
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