Day 37 of God’s Love for Us December 22, 2017 Today’s demonstration of God’s love comes from song by Matt Maher called “Hold Us Together.” I believe that God has used Matt and many others to write songs that point to Jesus. In this song, Matt points us directly to Jesus’ two greatest commandments, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. And “The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’” (Matthew 22:37, 39 NASB). Now Matt Maher’s lyrics that touched me to demonstrate Read More
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Day 32 of God’s Love
Day 32 of God’s Love for Us December 1, 2017 “Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised” (Hebrews 10:35-36NASB). So we have a bad day, or a bad week, or even a bad year, so what. We shouldn’t throw our confidence and self worth in the trash because of that, should we? No, I don’t think so. God will allow us to be tested, because He wants us to have testimony. He will Read More
Depth of Dysfunction and Grace
Depth of Dysfunction and Grace – May 25, 2017 – My reading this morning has so much depth when I started reading the scriptures. I recommend everyone read and study Romans chapter 1. Paul clearly portrays the sinful spiral of life that we live in. Our lives resemble living in a hurricane. By choosing to follow and serve Jesus, God gives us a lifeline escape path from the very eye to the calmer outer edge waters, and then ultimately, the calm cove waters of eternal life. Everyday we have the choice to let go of the lifeline and get sucked Read More
Sunsine, Rain, and Snow
Sunshine, Rain, and Snow – May 18, 2017 – As I’m reading and watching the changing weather outside turn from rain to snow and back again, I’m in awe of God and power. He makes the sun shine, the rain, the lightning, the snow, and the darkness all for His good reason and for our good reason. We as parents remember the past, even yesterday, and are charged by God to teach and prepare our kids. If we don’t learn about God through reading and spending time with Him, how can we know when He’s standing next to us or Read More
Arise. Take Responsibility. Be of Good Courage!
Arise. Take Responsibility. Be of Good Courage! – May 11, 2017 – Do we need God’s light shining in us all the time, or do we need His light occasionally to reassure us we are on the right path? Faith becomes the real question. “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, (and) the conviction of things not seen (Heb. 11:1).” As I read last night in Ezra, God was speaking to me very clearly. He started by saying “Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, be courageous and act (Ezra 10:4).” As I followed the trail of scriptures it Read More