Today’s Scripture: For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' Acts 17:28 NIV “In him we live and move and have our being’; In God we find our true selves. When we look outside of God we try to be who those we look to think we should be. Although God is closer to ... Continue Reading »
I live confidently in the hope of God
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 11:1 NLT Tyndale: WHAT IS FAITH? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. God gave his approval to people in days of old because of their faith. This Tyndale 1996 NLTtranslation adds these three words, but the question did stop me ... Continue Reading »
I live as I speak
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 13:2 ESV: From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Name it and claim it has a bad wrap doesn’t it? Abused without a doubt and what was intended for good can be distorted by the evil one and our evil desires. However, if we desire what God ... Continue Reading »
Christ lives in me
Today’s Scripture: Galatians 2:20 NIV: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Do you have a life verse that you claim above all others? Galatians 2:20 is mine. Every time I read it or repeat it my ... Continue Reading »
I love from God’s love
Today’s Scripture: 1 John 4:11 NIV: Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 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 ... Continue Reading »
I live by faith in the Son of God
Today’s Scripture: Galatians 2:20 ESV: I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. What does living by faith look like, feel like, taste like? If I am living by faith in the Son of God it ... Continue Reading »
I set my mind on things of God
Today’s Scripture: Matthew 16:23 ESV: But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” Bouncing back and forth between Matthew 16 and Luke 9 this morning I witness how our minds can be worlds apart in an instant. When we look ... Continue Reading »