Today’s Scripture: Ephesians 5:2 NLT: Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. We have a choice of what we will fill our life with today, don’t we? We can fill ourselves with greed, anxiety, anger, sex, joy, peace, love and so many other ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I choose what is better.
Today’s Scripture: Luke 10:42 NIV: but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,” Luke 10:41 ESV. Sound familiar? Do we get lost in our anxiety and troubles of trying to do too much? Like Martha, we even stress over doing ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I throw all my worries on God.
Today’s Scripture: 1Peter 5:7 ISV: Throw all your worry on him, because he cares for you. Do you have any worries you need to throw on God? Just throw them into the strong hands of God; He cares for you. Why do we hold onto anxieties and worries? Do we really believe God cares? If we stand firm in our faith and believe God cares we can throw Him ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: In God I trust.
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. In coming to know God and who He is I come to trust Him. As we mature in faith we learn how little we can trust ourselves but how abundantly we can trust God. I heard God’s ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I find the comfort of God in quietness.
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: The LORD makes my steps secure.
Today’s Scripture: He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. Psalm 40:2 ESV I praise God for His deliverance and for making my current and my future steps secure. I praise the LORD for the wondrous deeds He has done. Because He has delivered me so many times I know He is my ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God has placed me here.
Today’s Scripture: but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, Acts 10:40 ESV God “made Jesus appear” before those He had chosen to be witnesses. He also called Peter through Cornelius “here” in these passages of Acts 10 to share what he had experienced in God. Someone is seeking your message from God too. Why has God made us ... Continue Reading »