Today’s Scripture: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 ESV How comforting to know it is God who creates a clean heart in us. Like David here in Psalm 51, I offer my unclean heart to God. I know, despite my efforts, I cannot create a clean heart nor renew the right spirit within me. I am thankful 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 »
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 »
Affirmation of God: My soul thirsts for God.
Today’s Scripture: I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah Psalm 143:6 ESV I feel David’s soul. I feel his pleas to the LORD; heart wrenching, soul reaching words that awaken my soul to reach out with my heart and my hands to the LORD. This chapter only has twelve verses yet I have captured sixty two ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give myself up.
Today’s Scripture: And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2 ESV As my heart expressed gratitude and praise this morning I realized that I can only see God if I get myself out of the way. So contrary to our nature is the truth that as we give ourselves up we see God ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give God my heart.
Today’s Scripture: My sons, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. Proverbs 23:26 ESV Who or what will we give our hearts to today? Not lip service but our very heart. Who and what will we chase after today? This seems to be where the rubber meets the road and where the conflict of life and God’s instruction intersect. When our ... Continue Reading »
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