These blogs are a compilation of verses that I send to my own children each day. Now that list also includes daughters-in-law and friends. I have struggled with writing the verse of the day because it seems that each verse that I choose could offend someone. That is not…
“Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…” James 4:7-8 Success in the Christian life is obedience. Once you know what God is asking you to do, move heaven and hell to do it. …
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all…are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:5,17,18. The place to begin is on our knees understanding and…
“To this end also we pray for you always, That our God will count you worthy of your calling, And fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, So that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, And you in Him, according…
“In Your presence is fullness of joy…” Psalm 16:11 Overwhelmed, frustrated, unsure, confused? Find your joy in the midst of life’s circumstances by seeking God and going into His presence through prayer and praise. There you will find the joy that you need to carry you through each day. He…
“…but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard.” Hebrews 4:2b “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both…
“I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will…
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the; surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves, We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; Perplexed, but not despairing; Persecuted, but not forsaken; Struck down, but not destroyed; Always carrying about in…
Keep a proper perspective: “I will enter His gates with Thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter His courts with praise…” Psalm 100:4 We can get really caught up in the immediate, especially when things aren’t going well. But that’s the time that we most need to spend time in…
Stand Firm. “Now after him was Shammah… And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines, but he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and…