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March 13, 2019
Greatest Jewish Tragedy
““For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from th...
A 3-Word Blessing
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”” John 13:34-35
“Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the sec...
March 12, 2019
Don’t Look for What’s Easy
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”” John 16:33
“And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:27
““Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”...
March 9, 2019
Don’t Let Satan Run You Off
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Cor. 15:58
I stayed for virtually a year at my first hotel out on the road year-round for the Lord and ministry, but I confess it almost didn’t turn out the way. There was so much evil there due to certain people, circumstances, and situations that I became so terrified at one point I was ready to pack up my stuff, the sweet ministry dogs i...My Ex-Husband’s Oxygen
“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain into life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” 2 Peter 1:2-4
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord....365 BLESSINGS: Blessing 14
“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.” Col. 3:23-24
I can’t speak for others, you included, but I sure can speak for myself. Sometimes I’m called to do stuff for others, whether it’s for people or even for the sweet special needs dogs in my care, that I just don’t want to do. As much as the Lord has blessed me with a servant’s hear, sometimes especially when...
365 BLESSINGS: Blessing 13
Some people believe we have to earn our way to God’s love and forgiveness. That we have to earn our way to His grace and salvation. That we have to earn our way to heaven. But we can’t earn His love! We can’t earn His forgiveness! We can’t earn His salvation! We can’t earn our way to heaven! And we can’t earn grace! The whole point of grace is it can’t be earned! So how do we spend eternity with God? BY HIS GRACE. BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE. IN HIS MERCY. THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST AS LORD. It’s all NO...
March 7, 2019
Forgiving the Unforgivable
“Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.” Mt. 5:7
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Mt. 6:14-15
Being on the road for Jesus for nearly two years has given me countless opportunities to hear devastating stories of people horribly wounded emotionally, physically, mentally, and sexually at the hands, hearts, and words of others. The...
Too Much to Do for God
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Phil. 4:13
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Cor. 15:58
“Hear my cry, O God;
Attend to my prayer.
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.” Psalm 61:1-2
God knows my heart. So He knows sometimes I feel totally overwhelmed by how much He’s given m...
I Know What You Told Me
““But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?” Luke 6:46
I know what you told me but…
Hope you don’t mind if I’m transparent with you. I was progressing through the morning one day not with the utmost confidence mind you when the Lord shined His light on my heart and showed me this. I had started thinking about doing something and even started taking some action in that direction when He reminded me what He had told me just a few days before. Now there I was starti...
