Today’s Scripture: All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 4:15 NIV   WOW! Have you ever thought about CAUSING thanksgiving? Can we get lost in our own thanksgivings so that we forget what we are to reflect and display to ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16 ESV Paul reminds us in his letter to the Colossians that when we live in Christ we find thankfulness in our hearts to ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture:  Sink your roots in him and build on him. Be strengthened by the faith that you were taught, and overflow with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:7 GWT   What is overflowing from you? Paul reminds us that because Jesus is IN us we are overflowing.   We all have hurts, regrets, fears and pain held with in us yet the ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the LORD: Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it. Ezekiel 20:47 ESV How do you hear God? Do ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. Proverbs 21:1 NIV   Does the LORD direct and examine your heart? I know He does mine. I prove daily that my only hope in walking in the way of life is through Him. Yes, He weighs my heart and destroys my “self” ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: He said to them, "When you pray, say: "'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Matthew 11:2 NIV When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, He said to them “When you pray”. Those words are odd to me. The disciples faced times of not praying just like us. We must not forget or get too distracted to pray.  ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.  Psalm 139:10 ESV (emphasis mine)   Too wonderful; can something be too wonderful? David is expressing amazement in a God that is beyond our comprehension and beyond wonderful to us in Psalm 139.   No matter where we are the LORD is ... Continue Reading »