February 14, 2022 Are you beginning to be saturated in the love of the Father? I hope and pray you are because when we receive His love, we are forever changed. There is no one quite like a father to speak life-changing words, whether positive or negative. Whatever your earthly father spoke to you and …
The Heart of the Father: Here is Love Vast as the Ocean Read More »
January 31, 2022 Welcome to the month of February, which is the month of love! While we certainly celebrate the ones we love; our spouses, children, family members, and friends. We must first celebrate the foundational love of God as our Father. Not everyone is comfortable calling God Father, either because they had a father …
Matthew 6:9-14 Last week I mentioned that you could write a prayer based on the model from Matthew 6:9-14. I am going to keep today’s post very simple by including my example of using scripture as prayer. Mine was based on the New Living Translation. Feel free to pray through this as you read. I know God …
Matthew 6:9-15 Today is the day we are going to study through the prayer Jesus taught His disciples! You may use this prayer word for word, as a guideline for prayer, or you may study it, then follow your heart as you and God connect. There is no wrong way to pray. In Matthew 6:9-15 The …
Ezekiel 31-32 / Hebrews 12:14-29 / Psalm 113-114 / Proverbs 27:18-20 Having relationships with others and choosing to be in community takes work. Sometimes when a relationship or friendship is new, everyone is on her or his best behavior and everything is peachy. But then the trials come, or the hidden hurts in another’s soul …
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Exodus 37-38 / Matthew 28 / Psalm 34:11-22 / Proverbs 9:9-10 They were very frightened but also filled with great joy… Something about this statement grabbed my attention as I read today’s passage in Matthew. Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” had arrived at Jesus’s tomb just in time for an earthquake, an angel, and a …
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Exodus 34:1-35:9 / Matthew 27:15-31 / Psalm 33:12-22 / Proverbs 9:1-6 As a follower and lover of Jesus Christ these past 53 years, one of my main goals has been to know Him; to understand His character, nature, and ways. I can’t pretend to fully understand God. There is a verse in 1 John 3:2 …
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Exodus 32-33 / Matthew 26:69-27:14 / Psalm 33:1-11 / Proverbs 8:33-36 Moses said this to the Lord: If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place… for Your presence among us sets Your people and me apart from all other people on the earth. Why was God saying He would no …
Read the Bible in One Year: Day 42 – God is Near Read More »
Exodus 30:11-31:18 / Matthew 26:47-68 / Psalm 32 / Proverbs 8:27-32 Does it hurt anyone else’s heart to the very core when reading about the way Jesus was treated when He was arrested? They brought clubs and swords to arrest a man who loved peace and loved people, healing and feeding them. Never mind the …
Read the Bible in One Year: Day 41 – Unexpected Visitations Read More »
Exodus 28 / Matthew 25:31-26:13 / Psalm 31:9-18 / Proverbs 8:12-13 There are so many valuable nuggets of truth and wisdom in Proverbs. I could likely spend the entire year just in Proverbs and build a whole devotional series. Today, the verse that grabs my attention is this one: All who fear the Lord will …
Read the Bible in One Year: Day 39 – Common Grace Read More »
