Tag: God
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Today’s Scripture (8/19/2022)
“For we who live are constantly being handed over to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.” – 2 Corinthians 4:11 If there’s one thing I’ve learned about myself over the last seven months is that I love seeing “myself” or my “flesh” die.…
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Today’s Scripture (8/18/2022)
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.” – 1 Corinthians 15:10 This part of the letter from Paul to the church in Corinth…
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Today’s Scripture (8/17/2022)
“It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your old men will have dreams, Your young men will see visions. “And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.” – Joel…
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Today’s Scripture (8/15/2022)
““He also brought me out into an open place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. – 2 Samuel 22:20 I love the second line of this verse in 2 Samuel, “He rescued me, because He delighted in me.” How often do we feel like we aren’t delighted in, like we aren’t wanted, like…
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Today’s Scripture (8/12/2022)
“Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.” – Psalm 54:4 There will not be a day in this world where troubles are absent. We must labor, we have responsibilities, stress, bad news in the media, temptations seemingly around every corner, and we are in this world but not of…
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Today’s Scripture (8/11/2022)
““And to Him was given dominion, Honor, and a kingdom, So that all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.” – Daniel 7:14 Dominion and Honor forever! Something I’ve begun…
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Today’s Scripture (8/9/2022)
“My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.” – John 15:8 Our strongest desire in life here on earth and for eternity should be to glorify God. Bearing fruit of His presence in our lives, the decisions we make, the way we speak, and…
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Today’s Scripture (8/8/2022)
“For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.” – Romans 8:5 What is your flesh in agreement with? What is your soul in agreement with? I can tell you for a…
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Today’s Scripture (8/5/2022)
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, For my hope is from Him. – Psalm 62:5 The last couple days I’ve been thinking about what my life focus should be, especially in how I interact with others, and as I’ve been growing my discipleship to Jesus a phrase has been continually on my mind.…
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Today’s Scripture (8/4/2022)
““Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For all the nations will come and worship before You, For Your righteous acts have been revealed.”” – Revelation 15:4 I love this, because it’s part of John’s vision of Heaven in the book of Revelation. The truth it…
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Today’s Scripture (8/3/2022)
“I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!””- Psalms 91:2 These words are my prayer today, for myself and for my children. My children start their school year today, and we are all full well aware of the daily struggles with school, being teenagers, pre-teens, and…
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Today’s Scripture (8/2/2022)
“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” – 2 Timothy 1:7 It is stated very plainly here. Any spirit of timidity is not of God. God has enabled us to be bold, live and speak in His power, with His love, and to give and…
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Today’s Scripture (8/1/2022)
“for it is God who is at work in you, both to desire and to work for His good pleasure.”- Philippians 2:13 A huge part of my life now is desiring the good pleasure of God. I want the totality of my life to display a simple, sinful man who was changed by His…
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Today’s Scripture (7/27/2022)
““Trust in the Lord forever, For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.”Isaiah 26:4 I’ve written these words before, but it is worth saying again. People will let us down. People will hurt us. People will disappoint us. People will ultimately fail us. We will even find ways to fail ourselves. While…
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Today’s Scripture (7/26/2022)
“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,” – 1 Peter 5:6 The proper time. God exalts those who follow Him. It may be in different ways than others, and it may come in a way we definitely did not expect. God moves the…
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Today’s Scripture (7/25/2022)
“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,”- Ephesians 3:20 God is capable of far more than we think. The same God who molded mountains into existence, hovered over the oceans long before we were created,…
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Today’s Scripture (7/23/2022)
“Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.”– John 16:22 This passage in the gospel of John, chapter 16, is when Jesus was telling His disciples about His coming death and resurrection. He was…
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Today’s Scripture (7/22/2022)
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. – Proverbs 17:22 If this isn’t a reminder to have a positive attitude, I don’t know what is. Any negativity creates and drives a broken spirit… and I don’t need any dried up bones! I need that joy! I need, yearn,…
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Today’s Scripture 7/20/2022)
“I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.”Psalms 139:14 Last night at my Bible study we were reading the end of John 8, and we had a discussion on the different uses of the word “know” used in…
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Today’s Scripture (7/19/2022)
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. – 1 John 4:18 Fear and anxiety are problems for me. A fear of not measuring up, and adequacy as a man, a husband, a father, and a Christian…
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