I started reading through the book of Matthew the other day. I don’t know about you, but at times I have to guard myself against “assuming I know” the text and thus approaching the Scriptures with a prideful complacency. I want to see, through fresh eyes, what God is saying to me each day as I read His word. So … Read More
A Peek into My Journal
I just finished up a ladies Bible study called Worthy, which focuses on our identity. So yesterday, as a part of that study, Genesis 1:27 was noted. “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.”(Genesis 1:27) As I proceeded to look at some of the key words in … Read More
How You React Matters
When I read 2 Corinthians 6:10 and studied my way through it, so many things impacted me. The phrase “as sorrowful yet always rejoicing” reminded me of the example that what a sponge is filled with will come out when it is squeezed. Sorrowful is a passive participle. We are the receiver of the sorrow-ING; it’s something that comes from … 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
And in conclusion…
Paul had a lot to say in his second letter to the church at Corinth, and frankly to us too. Some of the key verses of this chapter include 2 Corinthians 3:5; 3:18; 5:17; 5:21,10:5; and 13:4. And then at the end of chapter 13, Paul has these final remarks to say. “Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, … Read More
Let’s Renovate!!
Does this world and its ways make your head spin? As you look around, does nothing make sense anymore? As I was reading in Romans 11-13 this morning, I found myself really pondering Paul’s words in light of our culture. I’m going to share an excerpt from my journal, and I pray you can follow this old gal’s train of … Read More
Ever Get Puzzled?
“And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain, giving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties,” (2 Corinthians 6:1, 3-4) When I first read … Read More
A Life Lesson
I was reading Luke 12:22-34 this morning, and I came away with some bullet points. Don’t worry about temporal things. Be giving; it fills your eternal money belt. The location of your treasure tattles on your heart. God has a way of using multiple sources to teach us lessons we need to learn. One such source was a devotional I … Read More
Spiritual Principles
This morning as part of my study time, I read 2 Kings 5-8. I thoroughly enjoyed this section of Scripture. There was practical spiritual truth to be gleaned. Here are a few of the things that found their way into my journal. I pray this encourages your heart as much as it did mine. Ok! Here we go! In chapter … Read More
EASTER
Last year I did a devotional plan through YouVersion called, The Shocking Truth About You, Me And Barabbas. Today I revisited what I journaled the Saturday before Easter as I paused to think about Barabbas. The Name “Barabbas” I didn’t realize that Barabbas’ name means “son of a father” (“bar”, son – “abba”, father). Think about that! “Son of a … Read More