Read Psalm 132 : 1 - 10.  What is your life's ambition? Financial security? Family? God didn't let David build the temple. So he did the next best thing. He helped others to build it. If your godly ambition isn't realized, help others with theirs. Share godly wisdom. Pray with others. Give of your time. Increasing God's glory instead of yours makes you more usable in His hands. ...  Read More

Passion Week: Monday Matthew 21:13 - Jesus cleanses the temple…"And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves".Jesus cleansed the outer (Gentile) court of the temple. This was so the world could learn about the true God. But profit prevented prayer. Commerce prevented communion. Are there areas where your worship needs to ...  Read More

Hebrews 5 : 8 - Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.  Jesus didn't need to learn how to obey. He learned what was involved in obedience by experience. ...  Read More

Matthew 14 : 15-21 - When confronted with feeding 5,000 people, the disciples wanted to send them away. We avoid hard problems at time also. Instead, Jesus shows us that He is our unlimited resource when we voluntarily put the situation in His hands. Is there something too big for you? Continue to surrender it to Jesus. He is more than up to the task. ...  Read More

Psalm 131 : 2 - Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me - The prayer of being weaned implies maturity. God wants to bring more into your life and bring your life into more, by letting go of materialism, the world, and toys through submission to the Lord when He removes them is necessary. Let God wean you from things th...  Read More

Isaiah 26 : 3 - You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Peace departs when the "What if" questions arise. Focusing on God ensures His peace remains. ...  Read More

Psalm 34 : 19 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Too often we forget that God doesn't deliver us FROM afflictions; He delivers us OUT of afflictions. ...  Read More

Read Exodus 16 : 4. God reminded Moses that today was all he needed to handle. Don't worry about how tomorrow is going to work out. Moses didn't worry about how to feed all the people. God took care of them. Is your mountain too high to climb today? Take one step at a time. God is with you every step of the way! ...  Read More

Psalm 100 : 4 - "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name." ...  Read More

"But He answered not a word." - Matthew 15:23. The blessing wasn't given, even though she had great faith. Faith brings peace, but not always immediately. Waiting on the Lord gives joy, but not always immediately. "A deeper sense of sin may be given to you instead of pardon. In…that case you need patience to bear the heavy blow." - Spurgeon. Trust in the Savior' s love and don't stop seeking, the ...  Read More

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him." Matthew 17:5. Of all the things that we can say TO Jesus, it's more important to listen to what Jesus says to us. Spend time to listen to Him today first and foremost. ...  Read More

Psalm 139 : 23 - 24  "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." If you want God to know you and guide you, He will. Let your heart have nothing to hide. You will know Him (John 17:3) and yourself better. Then He will lead you in the way that is everlasting. - Wiersbe ...  Read More

Psalm 103 : 11 – 12   "For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." ...  Read More

Romans 6 : 4 - Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  If you will trust Christ, not just for His saving death, but for the life that He wants to live through you, the very next step you take will be in the power and energy of God Himself. Ian Thomas ...  Read More

Proverbs 17 : 17 - "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." Others may have disappointed you, been disloyal, or forgotten you, but in order to have a friend like Jesus has been to YOU, be that kind of a friend for someone else. A friend walks towards you in adversity, while others walk away. Reach out today! ...  Read More

Psalm 61 : 2 - From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. - No matter how far you feel from God, you can always pray. God never forsakes us in crises. When overwhelmed and buried under trials, Jesus is your Rock who will lift you up! Pray through whatever you face and find relief today. ...  Read More

John 15 : 4 - Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. The key for the life and fruitfulness of Jesus to be produced in your life requires us to do one thing: abide, believe, remain. It is the essence of fellowship with Jesus. Abide in Him so that His fruit is produced in your life. ...  Read More

Jeremiah 32 : 17 - Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.  Any concept or fear of the difficulty of any task lies in our concept of God. It is never found in the God of the Bible. What is it you're facing today? There is nothing too hard for God in your life. ...  Read More

Psalm 66 : 8 - "Oh, bless our God, you peoples! And make the voice of His praise to be heard." The psalmist called on everyone to bless God because of His awesome works. Among His works was the testings and challenges they had faced. And yet God led them out of them all to a place of RICH FULFILLMENT and blessing. As we go through all seasons in life, God will never leave us, but will always lead ...  Read More

The life of God that entered human nature through the Incarnation, is the root in which we are to stand and grow; it is the same almighty power that worked there, at the Cross, and to the Resurrection, which works daily in us. It is of utmost importance that we study to know and trust the life that has been revealed in Christ as the life that is now ours, and waits for our consent to gain possessi...  Read More

Proverbs 10:18 - "Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool." To those who would rather slander or criticize a brother or sister instead of go to them with a problem.  God holds you responsible to deal with your concern in a Biblical manner. Our lack of submission to Jesus and His word will either cause division in His body, or strengthen it through resolving confl...  Read More

Isaiah 48 : 18 - Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Israel stopped listening to God. Consequently, their lives were filled with misery, because of His love, God wanted His people.  God was calling them back to obeyience. God says today to those whoses lives are filled with discontent, "Heed My voi...  Read More

Psalm 57 : 5 - "Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your  glory be above all the earth." David ran from Saul into a cave. From this cave he began with trusting God and he ended with praise to God.  When you're in a tight spot, do you first seek to get out of it or how God could be glorified through it? Instead of just enduring the challenge, see how God will use it for your growth. ...  Read More

2 Corinthians 12 : 9 - And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."  It's only through weaknesses surrendered to the Lord will we see that His grace is our strength. ...  Read More