Today’s Affirmation: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. Waiting, patience, that can be a tough one. A real longing of the heart is what David is voicing here in Psalm 130:5. This affirmation is an actual quote from David in the NKJV. Why have I always felt something is wrong with me if I have to wait? I must not be ... Continue Reading »
Today’s Affirmation: I rise early and listen and incline my ear to hear.
Today’s Affirmation: I rise early and listen and incline my ear to hear. God’s word is living and the same verse can meet me where I am in totally different places. Mornings like to today I am amazed how God’s word speaks to me even when I have taken it out of context. The morning I wrote down this affirmation I was thinking God wants me to rise ... Continue Reading »
Today's Affirmation: My God is near… and far.
Today’s Affirmation: My God is near… and far. My God is near was my original take on this affirmation. I just wanted to go with those four words, those eleven powerful letters…MY GOD IS NEAR. Yes He is but He reminds us here that He is both near and far. Today’s affirmation was harvested from Jeremiah 23:23 where God says "Am I only a God ... Continue Reading »
Today's Affirmation: As I think in my heart so am I.
Today's Affirmation: As I think in my heart so am I. This statement may not take you where you think today. What are you thinking about today? What is it that you say to yourself? Do you think more about things of God or yourself? Proverbs 23:7 is the source of today’s affirmation. KJV says… “ For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” This can ... Continue Reading »
Today's Affirmation: I bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord.
Today's Affirmation: I bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. I have got to start doing better. I just need to do the right things. Far too often you hear this on the road to recovery. You cross paths with hurting people that feel guilt, pain and sadness over falling short of this plan. There is another plan and it is so much ... Continue Reading »
Today's Affirmation: I choose what God delights in.
Today's Affirmation: I choose what God delights in. The positive and effective side of Affirmations is is to repeat what you desire to be, do or possess and become it. The negative side is a slippery slope of self centered greed, pride, gratification. Today's affirmation came from Isaiah 65:12 and it is somewhat of a seeing what God does not like ... Continue Reading »
Today's Affirmation: The Lord has given me an undivided heart and has put His Spirit within me.
Today's Affirmation: The Lord has given me an undivided heart and has put His Spirit within me. God spoke to Ezekiel in a vision and in Ezekiel 11:19 He said "I will give them and undivided heart and put a new spirit in them... Yes, the Lord does this for us as well. Some translations say "one" heart, "singleness" of heart; and all are to have a ... Continue Reading »