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 ask my heavenly Father to give me the Holy Spirit
Today’s Scripture: If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:13 ESV Do you ask the heavenly Father to give you the Holy Spirit? When the disciples asked Jesus earlier in Luke 11 how to pray He shared this example. This ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God’s perfection is in me.
Today’s Scripture: Matthew 5:48 ESV: You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. As a young boy I found this verse in a moment of extreme nervousness for a church play. I reached for a bible because I needed relief. What I found was peace in God’s perfection and not mine. It took me years to find this verse again and ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God wants me to know what is in my heart.
Today’s Scripture: Daniel 2:30 NLT: And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wants you to understand what was in your heart. One thing I do love about this Affirmatic study of scripture is how different translations and different days bring certain scriptures to life. This particular ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am in secret.
Today’s Scripture: But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6 ESV Our Father is in the secret places. We all have secret places and it is there we find the Father. Who we are in secret is who we are. May we not cringe and run away ... Continue Reading »