Today’s Scripture: Luke 6:21 NIV - Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.   What do you hunger for right now?   I do not know if this verse in Luke is describing the sermon on the mount referred to in Matthew 5 or whether this was a different message that ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all. Luke 6:19 NASB   Have you reached out to Jesus lately? The Word of God overwhelms me with His power when I do. When I reach out to Jesus and His words He offers healing for ALL of me.   When we try to touch Him ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Exodus 3:12 ESV -He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."   Like Moses, we question our ability to do what God is calling us to do. Has God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture:  Matthew 12:15 ESV- Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all Do you want healing? Jesus combined healing with Sabbath day practices in this chapter. Jesus was being addressed here by the Pharisees once again to trap Jesus by His words. Similar to the practices today it appears ... Continue Reading »

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 ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Matthew 11:29 ESV -Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.   I LOVE harvesting affirmations from the Word of God. I LOVE learning from Jesus. I have been collecting affirmations for almost a decade and I learn new ones almost every time I go ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Matthew 11:29 ESV -Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.   I learn from Jesus in His Word just as Matthew 11:29 promises and in the learning, there is rest for my soul. Many days as I walk to my prayer closet I think about how Jesus walked ... Continue Reading »