Don’t you love it when you find a scripture that says something you just can not verbalize? This weekend as I sat around a campfire I responded to a sincere question about my addictions. “Is it a daily struggle for you?” I have not thought about that time in my life where it was a minute to minute struggle in quite a while. God YOU are so good and ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I fear the LORD my God, walk in His ways, love Him and serve Him with all of my heart and soul.
And what does the LORD your God require of you? Does that question make you pause? Yes Lord please tell me what I need to do to have all you have promised me. Tell me Lord what it is, I will do it. In Deuteronomy 10:12 Moses poses this question to the people of Israel prior to them going in to take possession of the land God was giving ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give thanks to the LORD and praise His name.
What do we have to be thankful for? Let us count the ways. In the Celebrate Recovery Lesson 22 on Gratitude John Baker recommends we create a Gratitude List. First of all, what are we thankful to God for? Can we offer prayers of gratitude to the God who created us? This CR lesson on gratitude took me to Psalm 100. There are only five verses to ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
And Job said: "My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.” (Job 42:5) NIV Job is saying this to GOD. Yes, I had heard OF you BUT NOW I have seen you. The light bulb has gone off; the blinders have been taken away. Bear with me for a second but I beg to ask you can it be this SIMPLE to see God? Yes, so many of us say we don’t see or ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice.
Ok, just one chapter out of 1,189 in the bible. Philippians 4 has many affirmations we can write on our hearts to take on the character of God. Looking for an affirmation? Just go to Philippians 4 and search for one. Below are some of the variations that touched me. Lord, I am overwhelmed by your goodness may there be less of me and more of you. I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My delight is in the law of the LORD.
If your delight is in the law of the LORD, what do you with that? Have you ever experienced this delight in the law? Quite frankly, I had not. Never. Yes that is a never, period. I have read the law of the LORD for many different reasons but none of them was with DELIGHT. For the first time in my life I can not wait to go to the law of the LORD to ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: The LORD almighty is with me.
Ahhh, how comforting to know that the LORD Almighty is with us. Can you feel the power and the peace? No? There are times when we don’t feel it and then there are times our heart is bursting and we are full of His power. Do you think whether we feel it or not changes the reality of whether God is there or not? For some reason, my mind always goes ... Continue Reading »
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