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Is Your Motive WRONG?

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14

 

“Your motive is wrong,” the Spirit of God spoke to me early one morning as I sat typing away at my keyboard. Once again, I had been trying to write something. The same thing I had tried writing before. In fact, the same thing I had tried to write over and again. Oh, sure, sometimes it was guised in one writing piece. Sometimes in another. But the same them...

Want to FALL IN LOVE?

“You will show me the path of life;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”

–           Psalm 16:11

                          Can you fathom the Lord of the entire universe, perfect in every way, including perfectly holy and righteous, wants us in His presence where we can because of His glorious-ness and graciousness experience love unfathomable and joy immeasurable for eternity?

What does the psalmist mean when he writes of all the pleasures at Go...

God DOES Give Us More than We Can Handle

“So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.”

Be careful what you hear. Be careful what you believe. Like this. That God doesn’t give us more than we can handle. I can attest from plenty of personal experience He gives us more than we can handle. Way more than we can handle. But who cares about me, right? Okay, let’s look at the Bible. Did God give His only begotten Son Jesus more than He co...

A SHOCKING Message from God

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9

“How can I love you today?” I asked the Lord one day as I drove to church, enjoying how traffic-less the highway was compared with the incredible traffic the road was renowned for on weekdays.

His shocking response was plain, clear, simple, and directive: “I want you to stop feeling guilty about the things you’ve done in the past I’ve already forgiven,” His Spirit sp...

Do You Have This Kind of Love

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. Mark 12:30

“I love you no matter how I feel,” I told the Lord one day as I walked with Him and one of the ministry’s dogs.

As soon as I told Him the words, it was as though they ricocheted back to me. They echoed back to me. They returned to me. For me to hear. Right then and there. Words I had spoken to God. Words I felt in my heart. Wi...

I Can’t Do This Lord!

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. – Phil. 4:13

When I gave a project to a sweet friend who had graciously stepped in to help me with something in my ministry work over the preceding months, she was apparently taken aback. Not surprising since she had made it clear given her busy schedule and family life that she needed me to not overwhelm her with too much to do in too short a period of time. But there I was giving her more than ever before – with even less time to do it....

Don’t Let THIS Discourage You

Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.” 1 Samuel 17:28

  And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” 1 Sam. 17:33

  So the Philis...

Can God Really Use Me?

 

Can God Really Use Me?  Ever wondered this? Wondering it now? Ever thought anything like this? No way! God can’t use someone like me! I’m not smart enough! I don’t know enough about the Bible! I’m too old! I’m too young! I’m too sick! I’m too busy! My resume isn’t good enough! I’ve failed at too much! I don’t have a good enough attention span! I’ve never succeeded at anything, not really! There are a zillion other people out there whom God can really use so why would He want to use a loser...

Remember to LAUGH

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A LITTLE VIDEO TO WATCH IN THE MIDST OF THIS DEVOTIONAL…ENJOY!

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. – Proverbs 17:22

  A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. – Proverbs 15:13

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Life can be serious. Too serious. Especially these days. In this world. In this day and age. As the world draws to a close before Jesus ultimately reigns forevermore in God’s kingdom of forever fo...

Need Encouragement?

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. – 1 Cor. 16:13

Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel…”…the Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross over this Jordan.’ The Lord your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the Lord has said…The Lord will give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded...