Today’s Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3 NIV: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, Hope found in faith brings hope to life. Peter was sharing with us here a hope he had come to know; a living hope. Peter witnessed ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am at home with the Spirit of God.
Today’s Scripture: John 14:17 ESV: even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. There is so much comfort knowing that we are at home with the Spirit of God. I often feel this after I have been away from my prayer closet for a few days it ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: The truth has set me free.
Today’s Scripture: John 8:32 ESV; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." Say this out loud, I am free! Saying those words, you can feel the rivers of living water flow, can’t you? Jesus tells us we will know freedom if we abide in His word. To abide is to stay in His word, to live there. It is here we find true freedom ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am confident in God.
Today’s Scripture: Philippians 1:6 NASB; For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. God has placed His work in each of us and His mind and His Spirit have been placed in us for the good of all. Just as Paul knew speaking from prison, God will be our witness and will ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am filled with the fullness of God.
Today’s Scripture: and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 ESV Paul was attempting to explain this mystery to the Ephesians over two thousand years ago and this is mostly still a mystery today. Do we really grasp what being filled with the fullness of God is all ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: In You O LORD I put my trust.
Today’s Scripture: In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Psalm 71:1 NKJV I want to live my trust as much as I feel it or state it. Do I say I trust the LORD yet live like I trust the things of man? Yes, there is confusion there and like David my desire is not to be put to confusion nor cause confusion to others. The ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am trusting in God’s beauty.
Today’s Scripture: He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV Can you trust that EVERYTHING will be made beautiful in its time? Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that there is a time for everything and that everything will ... Continue Reading »