Today’s Scripture: A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out. Proverbs 28:11 ESV We have understanding when we come to know we DO NOT have it. Being poor in spirit and poor in understanding we find the riches of God’s understanding. The direction of God gives us access to all understanding and all ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I receive instruction.
Today’s Scripture: Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. Proverbs 24:32 ESV Do we spend more time looking for instruction than preparing our spirits to receive it? Umm, how many times does the LORD speak to us yet we are too busy looking to receive? A few years back I vividly recall crying out to God one morning while ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My soul knows the wonder of God.
Today’s Scripture: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14 ESV What my mind cannot grasp, my soul knows. David stated in the sixth verse of this 139th chapter of Psalms that “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.” We can try to ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God, You are too wonderful for me.
Today’s Scripture: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Psalm 139:6 ESV In Psalm 139:6 my soul feels that the LORD is too wonderful for me to understand. Psalm 139 is full of wonder. This morning I asked the LORD to search me and know me. Yet, here in Psalm 139 I am reminded that He has already searched me and ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am thankful the LORD pursued me.
Today’s Scripture: I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, Jeremiah 29:18 ESV Do we realize God is pursuing us with His word? I am thankful God pursued me with horror when I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I live in love.
Today’s Scripture:So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV: The greatest of these is love. I love how Paul reminds us we really do not know all things about God but we are to abide or live in love. 1 Corinthians 13:9 GWT states: Our knowledge is incomplete and our ability to speak ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I receive God through you.
Today’s Scripture: "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me." Mark 9:37 ESV Who will you receive God through today? As we welcome and receive others we receive God. Just as the children here In Mark 9, those we receive may not even be aware of what they are bringing to ... Continue Reading »