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 just as Matthew 11:29 promises and in the learning there is rest for my soul. Often as I walk to my prayer closet I think of how Jesus must have felt walking to meet with the ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My soul thirsts for the LORD.
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 143:6 ESV: I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah I feel David’s soul. I feel his pleas to the LORD. Do you NEED the Lord to hear your prayers? Read Psalm 143. This is one of my favorite chapters in God’s Word; heart wrenching, soul reaching words that awaken my spirit to reach ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: In You O LORD I put my trust.
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 71:1 NKJ: In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. I want to live my trust as much as I feel it or state it. Do I say I trust the LORD yet live like I trust the things of man? Yes, there is confusion there and like David my desire is not to be put to confusion nor cause confusion to others. The ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am God’s plan.
Today’s Scripture: Moved by the Spirit, Simeon went into the temple courtyard. Mary and Joseph were bringing the child Jesus into the courtyard at the same time. They brought him so that they could do for him what Moses' Teachings required. Luke 2:27 GWT Although the Holy Spirit had revealed to Simeon that he would see the Lord’s Christ before he ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My soul praises the LORD!
Today’s Scripture: Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! Psalm 146:1 ESV Psalm 146:2 states “While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.” While we live we can praise the LORD in ways only our souls know. This is deeper than our minds and our voices. As David, when we reach a depth where we ... 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 find myself in Christ.
Today’s Scripture: Philippians 3:8-9; Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which ... Continue Reading »