Psalm 20
Posted: January 28, 2012 Filed under: Daily Devotional | Tags: Life, Psalm, Trust Leave a comment »
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.
Grace Sufficient
Posted: January 27, 2012 Filed under: Daily Devotional | Tags: 2 Corinthians, Annie Johnson Flint, Grace, Inspirational, Poem Leave a comment »“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
~2 Corinthians 12:9
So many burdened lives along the way!
My load seems lighter than the most I see,
And oft I wonder if I could be brave,
Patient and sweet if they were laid on me.
But God has never said that He would give
Another’s grace without another’s thorn;
What matter, since for every day of mine
Sufficient grace for me comes with the morn?
And though the future brings some heavier cross
I need not cloud the present with my fears;
I know the grace that is enough today
Will be sufficient still through all the years.
By Annie Johnson Flint
The Truth
Posted: January 26, 2012 Filed under: Daily Devotional | Tags: Empty Tomb, Isaiah, Jesus, Truth 4 Comments »
The Prodigal
Posted: January 25, 2012 Filed under: Daily Devotional | Tags: Life, Luke, Prodigal, Skit Guys 2 Comments »“But while he was still a long way off,
his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him;
he ran to his son,
threw his arms around him and kissed him.”
~Luke 15:20
Read more about this parable Luke 15
God is Love
Posted: January 24, 2012 Filed under: Daily Devotional | Tags: 1 John, God's Love, Jesus, Love 2 Comments »“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because GOD IS LOVE. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sin. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
~1 John 4:7-12 (NIV)
"We love because he first loved us." ~1 John 4:19
You may not have realized it, but today when you woke up there was a nice gift wrapped in a beautiful box with a red bow on top. If you took the time to unwrap it, inside you found the treasure of God’s love. This passage of scripture shares that “God is love”. It’s not a decision He makes, it’s something He is. You and I often have to make a conscious decision to love those around us. Especially when we live with difficult people in our lives, at our jobs, in our neighborhoods, in our families, and within our friendships.
Time for a Check-Up
Posted: January 23, 2012 Filed under: Daily Devotional | Tags: James, Mouth, Proverbs, Tongue, Words 2 Comments »“We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says,
he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.”
~James 3:2
"The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook." ~Proverbs 18:4
Ever notice that when you go to the doctor, they often ask to see your tongue. Doctors often use the tongue to determine the physical condition of the body. Let’s take this to a deeper meaning. What does your tongue reveal about your moral and spiritual health? Are your words unclean or untrue, indicating a sick and diseased heart? Or are your words filled with grace and God’s love, indicating a heart sold out for Jesus? This week I want us to take inventory of our words. Let’s see what the spiritual condition of our lives are! Please read through the following verses and do a little self check-up. What does the condition of your tongue reveal about your life in Jesus?
“Wise men store up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.”
~Proverbs 10:14
He Knows My Name
Posted: January 22, 2012 Filed under: Daily Devotional | Tags: God, Life, Psalm 139 2 Comments »“For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the day ordained for me
were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
~Psalm 139:13-16
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