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
Thanksgiving is Over
This morning I read Colossian 2:6-7. Jump on my “train” of thought and go for a ride with me, won’t you? “Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith,just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.” As I read these … Read More
Praise from a Prison
So this morning I was reading selected verses that went along with Thanksgiving and Worship. As is my usual habit, I began to dissect each passage to see what God had for me in it. Well, let me tell you, Acts 16:25-26 hit me like never before. Check this out. “But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing … Read More
Rainy Times
So I was listening to music, and Bring the Rain (Acoustic) by Mercy Me played. As I listened to the chorus, “Bring me joy, Bring me peace, Bring the chance to be free…”. These lyrics resonated with my spirit. Until the next phrase was sung, and the lyrics hit my heart. Dead. Center. “Bring me anything that brings You glory”. The Spirit … Read More
Asa’s Prayer
“Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.” The Lord … Read More
What are you doing?!
“Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’” ~~Job 9:12~~ “What are You doing?!” Being perfectly honest, there have been times this question has echoed through my heart as I couldn’t understand a purpose in what I was enduring. As I sat in this verse this morning, my first and prevailing thought was GOD IS GOD AND I AM … Read More
The Trip to the Haunted House
“I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world! — John 16:33 — This verse was the main focus of a devotional I read this morning. As I pondered the phrase “. . .so that you will have peace … Read More
GROW
Have you ever read something, and when you were done, you found it hard to even remember what you just read? Or how about this? Have you read something often enough to glide right over familiar words without even really giving them much thought? The second scenario happened to me today as I was finishing up the book of 2 … Read More
Loud and Clear
As I was studying this morning, I heard from God LOUD and CLEAR. You know, I have always wanted to do “God’s will for my life”, yet the concept of “God’s will for me” has remained such an elusive mystery, despite the many times I’ve asked God to reveal it to me. The “not knowing” has left me feeling rather … Read More