Today’s Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:10 NLT Tyndale: We work hard and suffer much in order that people will believe the truth, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and particularly of those who believe. Thank God He is living and He is powerful. I feel exhausted, and maybe even suffer a bit, in reading 1 Timothy as if Paul ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God lives with me.
Today’s Scripture: Leviticus 26:11 NLT: I will live among you, and I will not despise you. God promises to live with us as we put Him and obedience to Him above all others. When we live with Him and for Him He blesses us with peace, rest and fruitfulness. Just as God spoke through Moses to the Israelites His promises stand today. His warnings ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I have entered God’s rest.
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 4:10 ESV; for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. The writer of Hebrews encourages us to rest in our faith. If we believe the promise of God and the grace of Jesus we can rest. So, what is the “same sort of disobedience” we fall into like those in the desert under Moses ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I fear the LORD.
Proverb 1:7 (ESV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction Proverbs 3:7(ESV) Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. Proverbs 9:10 (ESV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Proverbs 14:2 (ESV) Whoever walks in ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: The Spirit of the LORD gives me rest.
Today’s Scripture: Like livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. So you led your people, to make for yourself a glorious name. Isaiah 63:14 ESV I am so thankful for the rest I have found in the Spirit of the LORD. Like Isaiah in 63:17 I often wonder why God made us so we could wander away from Him. Yet, ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My hope is in the LORD.
Today’s Scripture: I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; Psalm 130:5 ESV My soul waits on the LORD and in His Word I hope. From the depths of my soul I cry out and wait. As I stop my mind from racing away I still my soul to wait for the LORD. My soul is on high alert like the watchmen David references in verse six; my soul ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: In this hour I seek the kingdom of God.
Today’s Scripture: But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 ESV You and I only have so many hours and so many days left. If this is your last hour, your last day what would you seek? In Psalm 139:16 we are told that EVERY one of our days were formed for us by God. THIS day ... Continue Reading »