Today’s Scripture: so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” The third chapter of Lamentations takes me from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs. I find that if I look to God again and again the whole day long I find His hope. Sitting in silence with Him; raising my heart and my hands to Him I find compassion and ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I delight in wisdom every day.
Today’s Scripture: I was a skilled craftsman beside Him. I was His delight every day, always rejoicing before Him., Proverbs 8:30 Holman The LORD, we are told, set wisdom up before this earth was formed. He delighted in her daily; shouldn’t we? We have insight and strength as long as we grasp that WE don’t have it but that it is found in her. The ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: The LORD planted me here.
Today’s Scripture: To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3 NLT The Spirit of the LORD is upon us right where we are. We have been ... 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: I offer to others the comfort God has given me.
Today’s Scripture: who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:4 ESV I thank God for the comfort He has given me. Paul makes this clear to us here that God is the God of ALL comfort. Why has God comforted ... Continue Reading »
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