In every need, Jesus invites us to exchange our insufficiency for His all-sufficiency. He longs for us to substitute our “I don’t have” for “I have all I need in Jesus.” His strength shines best in our weakness. Jesus says to us, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in…
The world is a scary place. Every time you listen to the news there is more darkness and uncertainty. We are facing more questions than answers as no one knows exactly what is going to unfold. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. In times like these we have to cling to these truths:…
May you be blessed with the deep longing and desire for the presence of the Lord Almighty, as the psalmist declares, “How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!” (v. 1). May your soul yearn and faint for the courts of the Lord, your heart and flesh crying out for the living God, drawing…
Be blessed to know your identity as your Father’s beloved son or daughter. “Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Rom 8:14). Be blessed with fully realizing the life-changing truth of the Spirit of sonship living in you so that you can know you are the beloved of your…
One of the best ways we can pray for those we love is by praying God’s Word for them. Paul wrote these words for people He dearly loved in Ephesus, Philippi, and Thessalonica. They reflect God’s heart for all of us. Ephesians 1:17-23 Glorious Father, I thank you for (my loved one), and I bless them. I…
Jesus began His ministry by defining His call and His eternal relationship with you. He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the…
When tests come through those who irritate me, I have to ask myself, “Am I loving God by loving them?” If I am not loving them, I am not loving God. John’s repeated admonitions in 1 John about personal relationships convicts me every time. For example, “If someone claims, ‘I love God,’ but hates his…
With your spirit receive God’s Word for you from Proverbs 8:30-31. “Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence, rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.” And in Ephesians 2:10 NLT. “For we are God’s masterpiece…” God delights in how…
We are all living in unsettling and unusual times. Sometimes we don’t even know why we feel the way we feel because we have never experienced anything like this before. When everything feels like shifting sand, we cling to our loving Father who never changes. There are hundreds of names and attributes for God in…
Listen with your spirit to the Word of God and be blessed with the passionate cry of the psalmist in Psalm 63:1. “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you.” And in Psalm 42:1, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so…
Hear God’s Word for you in John 11:25. “I am the resurrection and the life.” And in 1 Peter 1:3 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”…
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. Zech. 4:6 Lord, bless me indeed. Your kindness and commitment of covenant love leads me to repentance and is unchanged by my blindness and failures, great or small (Rom. 2:4). Don’t let me confuse this world’s wood, hay, and stubble with eternally significant gold, silver, and…
