Today’s Scripture: Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” Luke 7:16 ESV These people in Luke 7 had just witnessed Jesus raise a dead man. Because they were following Jesus they saw this miracle and realized God had visited them. They were filled with glory and ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I believe what Jesus has told me.
Today’s Scripture: I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. John 14:29 NIV Really, Jesus has “told” you? I can hear the cynical or those yet to recognize Jesus’ promises questioning the validity of the Jesus experience. For me it has happened. “It” has happened so often that I no longer doubt. I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I love from God’s love.
Today’s Scripture: Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11 NIV God’s love is perfected in us. I have come to recognize my love and God’s love. 1 John 4:16 describes my experience in my quiet time this morning. “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I put my trust in God.
Today’s Scripture: Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. Psalm 146:3 NIV I am giving up my trust in my feelings and in others. I have to get beyond where others put their trust and continue to trust in the God of forever. My feelings and human understanding will pass away yet the God who created heaven and earth will ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My heart is full with God.
Today’s Scripture: You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Matthew 12:34 ESV Once again an odd verse for us to affirm what we desire. We are told in this twelfth chapter of Matthew that what is abundant in our heart is what we will speak. Don’t you want your heart to ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am being transformed.
Today’s Scripture: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV Are you being changed from the outside or the inside? I “accidentally” went to Romans 2:15 this morning and was reminded that the ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give up.
Today’s Scripture: And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Romans 12:1 NLT We rally for each other, don’t we? When we see someone say “I give up” we ... Continue Reading »
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