Read Matthew 6:19-24 I studied through this passage several days ago, but with the busyness of the season, I am just getting around to blogging about it. Christmas is over now. Gifts have been given and we are enjoying those new things we have found under our tree. With that in mind, I think it is apropos to shift our … Read More
Easy or Hard?
This morning’s study in Matthew 5 zeroed in on verses 27-30. While this passage was simple in concept, it was far from easy in execution. Let’s start off by reading the passage together. Matthew 5:27-30 Like the last section of verses we studied through, this was another “you have heard it said”, “but I say to you” passage. Jesus … Read More
How’s Your Heart?
I have been studying through Matthew 5 for over a week now, and I have to say that not only have I been learning a lot, but I have been convicted greatly about the condition of my heart. This morning I dove into Matthew 5:21-26. Click on the link. Give it a read and meet me back here. The first … Read More
Mistakes
I don’t know about you, but I would rather learn from someone else’s mistakes than make my own. As I read 2 Chronicles 33 today, I saw some lessons we can learn from Manasseh’s mistakes, with the hopes of not repeating them. I also saw a clear demonstration of the heart of God. Read: 2 Chronicles 33:9-13. “Manasseh led … Read More
When a Mistake…Isn’t
This morning I sat down to finish a reading plan I have been doing for the past month. As usual, I studied through the passages before I read the “devotional”. I wanna hear what God says to me before I read what He said to someone else. Anyway, I worked my way through the Scripture passages and finished up by … Read More
Lord, You Amaze Me
So let me start off by saying, “Lord, You AMAZE me!!” I have been working to develop the habit of praying as soon as I awaken, before my feet hit the floor. This effort has not been without distractions hurled at me from the enemy of my soul. Things like, wondering how cold it is this morning, trying to recall … Read More
Tear Down the Walls
Have you ever had a passage be so familiar to you that, in the “knowing”, you lose the meaning and the purpose for which the passage was written? That was the case for me as I read 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 this morning in one of the devotional plans I have been reading. I think that as humans, we sometimes tend … Read More
What Concerns You?
Are you a worrier? Do you experience fear of the unknown? Do you battle anxiety? Depression? Well, if you answered “yes” to any of these questions, I pray this verse is as much of a comfort to you as it was to me. “The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting…”~~Psalm 138:8~~ This verse speaks so … Read More
You Bring God Joy
Do you ever read a passage and wonder if it really means what you think it does? Yeah, me too. Well, the verse below did that to me this morning. “The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior.He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love,He will rejoice over you with shouts … Read More
Psalm 37 — Day 13
“Turn from evil and do good so that you will dwell forever. For the LORD loves justice and does not abandon His godly ones; They are protected forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated. The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom and his tongue speaks justice. … Read More