“This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 (NLT) Dearest One, This is the day you made, now on display. The day that You poured over in Your workroom! This day, that You planned before time, has finally dawned. Your anticipation to give it to …
Category: Scripture and Prayer
The Conspiracy Buster
“The LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people... You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’ In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it. It …
On Dry Ground
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.” Exodus 14:15,16 (NIV)“For He says, ‘In the time of …
Burn the Ships
“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of His resurrection and participation in His sufferings, becoming like Him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this... but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold …
Donkey in the Manger
“Joseph also went... to Bethlehem... with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the Baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son...And there were shepherds... keeping watch over their flocks... An angel of the Lord …
Picture This
“The people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing.” Exodus 12:34 (NIV)“She gave birth to her Firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in cloths and placed Him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” Luke 2:7 (NIV)“Joseph …
Follow the Light
“And they moved … and encamped… at the edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of …
Contentment
“LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me. O Israel hope in the …
Christmas is For Children
“And he said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.’”Matthew 18:3 (NIV) Dear Jesus, Light, Who created the universe, lay swaddled in child-form in the straw. Shepherds believed Your words and made haste, like children, running to see a swaddled Child. Simeon …
The Great Exchange
“Put no confidence in the flesh—though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more...But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing …
