Today’s Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:6 ESV; Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind. We have a comforter. Will be still long enough to find this comfort?  Solomon tells us in Ecclesiastes 4:1 that the people had no comforter but He also tells us we will find our comforter in the quietness. We can ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Romans 1:1 NLT: This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. I have been chosen by God to preach His good news in the Holy Scriptures. I live by the power of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ I have the privilege to tell everyone what God has done for ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Philippians 1:4 ESV: always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, Paul’s heart was revealed in his honest introduction to those in the church at Philippi. What our hearts say is more important than our mouths. We can read between the heartbeats and the lines. “I thank MY God” in the previous verse ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 115:11 ESV: You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. Do you believe God has helped you and protected you without your awareness? We have all received both unexplained and often unrecognized help and protection. Do you credit happenstance, coincidence or luck or do you fear and ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: James 4:8 NASB: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.   What does drawing near to God look, taste, smell, or feel like to you? Have you tried to get partially close to God? James 4:8 is firm: “Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: James 3:17 NKJ: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. James has us pegged. Much of this verse refers to the power of the tongue. What we speak turns us in different directions.  James says no man can ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 33:20 NKJ: Our soul waits for the LORD;   He is our help and our shield. In Psalm 130, David was crying out to God from his depths. Here in Psalm 33 David was rejoicing in the LORD and praising Him with his harp. In both His soul waited on the LORD. From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows our souls must wait ... Continue Reading »