MEDITATE ON HIS PROMISES
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises. Psalm 119:148, NIV Many times, when someone hears the word “meditation,” they think of yoga. But for Christians, meditation is far more than a yoga position—it is an opportunity to meditate on God’s Word, drink it in, and […]
KNOCK
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8, NIV The knocking, or rather banging, on the door seemed […]
EMBRACING NEW THINGS
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19, NIV Over the summer, our school went through a lot of transition. Some of […]
PRAY RIGHT AWAY
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:11, KJV When people ask me to pray for something, I don’t like to rely on […]
TRUSTING THE LORD TO FILL US
Then the word of the Lord came to [Elijah], “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” I Kings 17:8-9, ESV These unremarkable verses don’t scream “highlight me!” when we are cruising through 1 Kings in our Bible reading plan. However, when […]
FACING GIANTS
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, […]
A PROMISE TO SUSTAIN US
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39, KJV Most days when I […]
DARE TO BE A DANIEL
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12–13, NKJV Daniel was young when […]
HIS NAME
And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4, NLT God’s Word promises us many things, including the promise that He has written His name upon us. This will become visible to us when the time is right; for now, it is visible by way of our […]
WORK FOR YOU
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Ecclesiastes 11:1, NKJV I could have read the back of a cereal box to them, spoken in Swahili, or told them that I was having a stroke! They weren’t listening, and no matter what I tried or how many tricks I […]