Today’s Scripture: If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. James 2:8 ESV Today LORD, really? Feeling a bit depressed as I awoke following a national election that my team lost can quickly turn me to bitterness towards others. As I send my son off to school I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I will run with endurance the race that has been set before me.
Today’s Scripture: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, Hebrews 12:1 ESV Faith is the fuel for the endurance needed to run our race. In the preceding chapter eleven of Hebrews we are ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I choose God’s purpose.
Today’s Scripture: "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:2 When we say that we know the LORD can do all things do we believe it? Do we say it and then go our own way? Seeking our purpose? The LORD had just spoken to Job in the preceding chapters about huge land and sea creatures that he could not ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Today’s Scripture: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 GWT We love the hope and confidence of Phil. 4:13 don’t we? However do we sometimes turn away from Christ when we need Him the most? If we believe we can do all things through Christ do we need to turn to our own strength and resolve? I have witnessed an ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I find my way in the Word.
Today’s Scripture: for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Psalms 1:6 ESV Please hang with me on this affirmation as it is not a direct extraction from the Holy Scriptures. Rather, this is a confirmation and conclusion based on living these six short verses of Psalms 1. I fully intended to write on the ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: The LORD Almighty is with me.
Today’s Scripture: The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah Psalms 46:7 NIV This Psalm is timeless and for all people of God. When natural and man made disasters and threats are upon us, all mentioned in this chapter, it is the LORD almighty and His host of powers that will protect us. He is our refuge when we realize ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I live on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Today’s Scripture: But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" Matthew 4:4 ESV I have certainly found life in the Word of God but have quite a way to go to live on every word. The Spirit is helping me and leading me but I am yet to be up to the challenge of evil and ... Continue Reading »
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