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 ... Continue Reading »
No one can rob me of this joy
Today’s Scripture: John 16:22 NLT: So, you have sorrow now, but I will see you again; then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of that joy. Two days before Jesus was crucified, He promised this joy to His disciples. His promise of the Spirit of truth that continues to reveal His messages to us gives us a joy this world hates. The ... Continue Reading »
I am enduring to the end
Today’s Scripture: Matthew 24:13 ESV: But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Full disclosure time; I have never been more filled with the love and peace of God. However, my worldly existence from a worldly perspective is in distress. I have never felt more prosperous in my life yet from a worldly perspective I have never been closer ... Continue Reading »
The Scriptures speak to me
Today’s Scripture: Matthew 4:4 NLT: But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say,'People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every word of God.' Have you ever been confused, as I once was, by not “hearing” God? I do recall the frustration of crying out to God and hearing nothing in return. I actually cried out to God one ... Continue Reading »
I am following Jesus
Today’s Scripture: Mark 1:17 ESV And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” We can make following Jesus hard, can’t we? Jesus did NOT say to Simon and Andrew: Ok, go figure out what to do and try to be who I want you to be. He said “Follow me and I will MAKE you become. With one hand still on my nets and ... Continue Reading »
I am celebrating with gladness
Today’s Scripture: Luke 15:32 ESV: It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found. Ah, wise words from a wise father. The prodigal son had returned, and the father was throwing a celebration that was not pleasing to the other brother who was feeling sorry for himself. I ... Continue Reading »
I stay with the LORD
Today’s Scripture: Judges 2:12 NIV: They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger The purpose of these affirmations is for us to continue to imprint the nature and the character of God into our hearts. ... Continue Reading »
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