Today’s Scripture: Nehemiah 8:10 NLT Tyndale: And Nehemiah continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of choice foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” Deep resounding joy, do you have it? Do ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My joy is in the LORD.
Today’s Scripture: Joel 1:12 NLT Tyndale: The grapevines and the fig trees have all withered. The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees—yes, all the fruit trees—have dried up. All joy has dried up with them. Wait Tom, this scripture doesn’t say “my joy is in the LORD”. No, but as I read Joel and read about the devastation of all their ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give the LORD my best.
Today’s Scripture: Malachi 1:8 NLT Tyndale: “When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the LORD Almighty. I will give the LORD my best today. To Him I will give the first of ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am called to live in the love of God.
Today’s Scripture: Jude 1:1 NLT Tyndale: This letter is from Jude, a slave to Jesus Christ and a brother of James. I am writing to all who are called to live in the love of God the Father and the care of Jesus Christ. The twenty five verses of Jude sure pack a wallop. Have you ever wondered what your “calling” is? Look no further. Jude shows our ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God loves me THAT much.
Today’s Scripture: Dear Friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 1 John 4:11 NLT Tyndale Can’t you just see the outstretched hands of a little child saying I love you “thaaaat much”. It means more than we can really reach, say or see doesn’t it? In 1 John 4:9, we are told that God showed how much he loved us by ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My joy is made complete in the joy of others.
Today’s Scripture: 1 John 1:4 NLT Tyndale: We are writing these things so that our joy will be complete. Many times over the past seven years since this Affirmations of God journey began I have wondered what I am supposed to do with this joy. If I could only share the joy I find day after day. My hope and my prayer is that others will receive ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: Peace is with me when I am in Christ.
Today’s Scripture: 1 Peter 5:14 NLT Tyndale: Greet each other in Christian love. Peace be to all of you who are in Christ. Do you have peace in the love, grace and power in Christ? As I knelt to pray I thought to myself that I only want to write what the Holy Spirit wants written. I felt strangely peaceful. “Oddly” enough as I arose to read His ... Continue Reading »
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