Today’s Scripture: Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. 3 John 1:2 NKJ Can you feel the prosperity in your soul? When I read these words of 1John I know what he is speaking of. I struggle to wrap words around it but this is the prosperity I want to share. God has given us so much. He ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: Jesus has given me hope, confidence and assurance.
Today’s Scripture: Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV I have come to know a confidence that fills me with hope. In my prayers this morning I felt God’s reassuring confidence. We are told in Hebrews 12:2 that Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith. I am finding that He is ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I live by faith in God and His promises.
Today’s Scripture: All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. Hebrews 11:13 NIV Are you living for something far beyond today’s circumstances? In Hebrews 11 Paul begins by ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I have more than enough to please God.
Today’s Scripture: You have paid me in full, and I have more than enough. Now that Epaphroditus has brought me your gifts, you have filled my needs. Your gifts are a soothing aroma, a sacrifice that God accepts and with which he is pleased. Philippians 4:18 GWT Are we waiting for more? I have the tendency to continually being in the state of ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I arise and call out to the LORD.
Today’s Scripture: So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us that we may not perish.” Jonah 1:6 ESV Do you need a wake up call? How could Jonah be asleep during such a storm as this? How can we? My good friend Julian sent me an obscure text early ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: The light of God is in me.
Today’s Scripture: But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him. John 11:10 KJV We can trust the light of God that is IN us to guide us through this dark world. The disciples warned Jesus of going back to Judaea to see Lazarus who lay in his tomb. They knew those seeking to protect their power and privilege wanted ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I look for the Light in all others.
Today’s Scripture: for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), Ephesians 5:8-9 ESV As I looked into the light of the Spirit this morning it was impressed upon me that EVERYONE has this light. My words can not express how the ... Continue Reading »