Today’s Scripture: Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For though the spirit is willing enough, the body is weak. Mark 14:28 NLT Something big is happening; can we stay alert and pray? Jesus made this statement to Simon Peter after returning from His passionate prayer in Gethsemane on the eve of His crucifixion. What an ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: What I do I do to Him.
Today’s Scripture: And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' Matthew 25:40 ESV Loaded; this truth from Jesus is loaded full of hope and danger isn’t it? Jesus is here, do you see Him? The Holy Spirit speaks; what will we do with it? It seems to me we can go from ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God makes everything beautiful in its time.
Today’s Scripture: He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV Do you think God speaks to you? At times do you wonder if it is just in your head or that still small voice is yours? I experienced one ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I ask God.
Today’s Scripture: If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 NIV God is funny. Really, have you ever wondered what a God sized chuckle would sound like? I awoke this morning thinking maybe something needs to change with this blog. Maybe I am too stale ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I desire to walk with God.
Today’s Scripture: These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:9 Like Noah we can choose to walk with God. Can we hear Him like Adam and Eve heard Him walking in the Garden? Do we listen and look for Him as we walk along life’s way? As I visualize the Israelites ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I find life in the Word.
Today’s affirmation is taken from John 1:4: In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. Verse 5 shows our natural reaction to this light “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” Can we live but not be alive? In the first three chapters of John this morning I am reminded that there is a huge ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God is faithful.
How quickly can we turn from God to self? Many days I cringe when writing out these affirmations because of the focus on “I”. One of the basics of “affirmations” is to claim these things in the first person so we take ownership and believe and personalize these character traits of God. However today, as I began to read the scriptures this ... Continue Reading »
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