Never

Luke 1:37 (NLT) For the word of God will never fail. Never is a strong word. It is an absolute. It is not wavering but complete. Never is forever. It is so definite, in fact, that the idiom “never say never” because it is human nature to change our mind from time to time and…

Broken Focus

Proverbs 4:25-27 (ESV) Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. It happens in an instant. You are driving along and…

What Do You Believe?

Romans 8:28 (AMP) And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose. I went to church yesterday. Not online in my pajamas, but I got…

Great Gain – Working the Plan

Jeremiah 29:11-14 (TLB) For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest….

Meaningless

Galatians 2:20-21 (TLB)  I have been crucified with Christ: and I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the real life I now have within this body is a result of my trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not one of those…

Living On Purpose

Proverbs 16:3-4 (NLT) Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. The Lord has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster. Purpose is the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. It is one’s intention or objective in life. The mystery of…

Stuck in the Middle with You

Jeremiah 33:1-3 (CSB) While he was still confined in the guard’s courtyard, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time: “The Lord who made the earth the Lord who forms it to establish it, the Lord is his name, says this: Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.” “Yes, I’m stuck in the…

Jump Start My Heart

Philippians 4:13 (NIV) I can do all things through Him who gives me strength. This is a popular verse with believers. There is much encouragement stuffed in this one sentence of just 11 words. However, when I read the same words in the Amplified version of the Bible, it was a jump start to my…

All In The Waiting

Psalm 27:13-14 (NLT) Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living. Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord. Did you know that David was thought to be 10 – 15 years of age when anointed…

Zoom Out

Mark 8:36 (ESV) For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? “When we stand before God – He won’t ask if we’ve been successful. He will ask if we have been faithful.” – Elizabeth Wood I am a believer. I study God’s Word every day. I pray…