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October 10, 2013
Lord, I know if I'm listening to a message that makes me depressed and defeated, that's from Satan. I know the one that says I'm worth dying for is from Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:3 The Holy Spirit is our great gift!
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October 9, 2013
I rejoice because Christ is coming back!! "He will rule them with a rod of iron...and on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, 'King of Kings, and Lord of Lords' " Revelations 19:15-16
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October 8, 2013
Lord, sometimes I have been targeted by the misguided missiles of well-meaning friends. Show me that true relief is spelled: J-E-S-U-S
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October 6, 2013
THE CONTENT OF OUR THOUGHTS Woe to those who scheme iniquity, who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, for it is in the power of their hands. They covet fields and then seize the, and houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. Micah 2:1-2 Micah acknowledges…
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October 7, 2013
GOD, JUDGE OF IMMORALITY PAST AND PRESENT 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 8 Read it today to get this: By reading the entire Bible we have the privilege of learning from God's dealings with men and women throughout recorded history so we will not fall into the same traps. 23,000 people fell by the sword in one day because they…
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October 5, 2013
THE REASON FOR JOB'S SUFFERING Job..was blameless, upright, fearing God, and turning away from evil. And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants. Job 1:1-3 This of course, was life as Job used to know…
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October 4, 2013
THE PREACHER'S LIVELIHOOD Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock? I am not speaking their things according to human judgement, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things? 1 Corinthians…
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October 3, 2013
MICAH KNEW HIS GOD The word of the Lord which came to Micah....Hear, O peoples, all of you; Listen O earth and all it contains, and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple. For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.…
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What I post is from a devotional
It is called Daily Wisdom for Woman Practical, Biblical Insight for Today's Woman by Carol Fitzpatrick....Just in case anyone wants to know.
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October 2, 2013
ESTHER REQUESTS A NEW LAW On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came beforethe king, for Esther had disclosed what he was to her....And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. Then Esther spoake again to the king, fell at his feet, wept,and implored to…
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October 1, 2013
TO MARRY OR STAY SINGLE? It is good for a man not to touch a woman. But because of immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her hub=sband. But this I say by way of concession, not of command. 1…
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September 30, 2013
JONAH LEARNS COMPASSION When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked ways, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. Jonah 3:10 Have you ever petitioned God on behalf of someone who deeply needed prayer, only to feel that they were ungrateful when their life…
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September 29, 2013
Esther 5:7-8 Read it...and tell me what you think about today's scripture. Any answer is appreciated. PRAYER: Lord, thank You for giving Esther the wisdom and courage to save her people and Your people, the Jews.
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September 21, 2013
JONAH FLEES GOD'S CALL Jonah 1:1-3 Please read it to get involved in the scripture. Jonah flat out didn't want this job! So he got on the next boat sailing. The disturbance in the ship was too much for the passengers except Jonah who went to sleep. They asked why he was sleeping. Jonah did not pray for the safety of the…
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September 20, 2013
ESTHER IS CHOSEN Then the king's attendants, who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. And let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to Susa the capital, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king's eunich, who…
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September 19, 2013
WANTED: SAINTS, DEAD OR ALIVE? Those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who is in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. 1 Corinthians 1:2 Car statues are what's happening in the Midwest. I'd forgotten all about them until a few months ago when I…
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September 18, 2013
THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE For the day of the Lord draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on you own head. Then the house of Jacob will be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame; but the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set them on fire and consume…
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September 17, 2013
QUEEN VASHTI SPURNS THE KING In those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne...he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the princes of his provinces being in his presence, when he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his…
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September 16, 2013
PHOEBE, SERVANT OF THE CHURCH I commend to your sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea; that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as well.…
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September 14, 2013
The Gathering at the Water Gate And all the people gathered...at the square and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel. Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly....on the first day of the seventh month. And he read from it before the square....and all…
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September 13, 2013
Renewing Our Minds Present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2…
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September 12, 2013
JOEL PROPHESIES A FINAL JUDGEMENT Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, O Lord< Thy mighty ones. Let the nation be aroused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Joel 3:11-12 Jerusalem will be the site of the…
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September 11, 2013
NEHEMIAH AND THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM While I was in Susa the capitol,.....Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. And they said no to me, "The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity…
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September 10, 2013
PAUL'S PRAYER FOR THE JEWS Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. Romans 10:1 Is the deepest concern of your heart that those whom you love will share heaven with Christ? The deepest longing of Paul's soul was that the Jews might know their Messiah. Paul longed for the Israelites,…
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September 9, 2013
***************************JOEL AND A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS******************************************* What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; and what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten. Joel 1:4 Joel's words could provide a great plot line for a sci-fi thriller. The worst…
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July 15, 2013
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 New International Version (NIV) 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always…
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May 29, 2013
Judges 11:1-2 Lord, help me to turn to You for my deliverance and not make hasty and costly vows!
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May 21, 2013
John 3:3 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Lord, I praise You that You are the God of second chances, the God of truth!
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02/13/2013
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. —1 John 4:20
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02/11/2013
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. —1 John 4:18