Today's Beginning

Psalms 95:3 (AMP), "For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods." Monday... For many we've had our break but we need more. The weekend is over and it's Monday and a new work week and it can be tough to get up and get out. So here is a fact to dwell on as we start this new day, this new week. Psalms 95:3 (AMP) says, "For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods." Now it doesn't stop there. Verses 4-5 says, "In whose hand are the depths of the earth; the peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for He made it [by His command]; and His hands formed the dry land." So what are we facing today? Can we handle it alone or do we need help? Verse 7a (NLT) says, "for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care." Yes, God has what it takes to take care of what we are facing and we need to be reminded of that fact. But the problem is found in the last part of verse 7, "...

Psalms 92:4 (AMP), "For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works; at the works of your hands I joyfully sing." Friday... He really does do great works. Have we ever stopped and thought about how hard a job it is to be GOD? It should really make us glad at all He has done and is doing in our lives. How horrible would it be to have a job with taking care of people who constantly blow it. Who never really do their work as we need them to do it? hard work Psalms 92:4 (AMP) says "For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works; at the works of your hands I joyfully sing." Yes, we really do need to appreciate and be glad at all the works that God personally does for us. Verse 5 says, "How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep [beyond man's understanding]" It is so easy at our work to constantly complain about all that happens around us. What if God did that with us? Paul over in Ephesians 6:7-8 (NLT) says, "Work with enthusiasm,...

Ephesians 5:8 (NLT), "For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!" Thursday... It is what we are looking for. Every morning at 6:30 am I go out on our back patio and sit in my adirondack chair and look out on the mountains right across the 215 and read that days three chapters from my NIV Bible. Today the Sun wasn't totally shining yet on those mountains but after I had finished my reading I looked up and those mountains were totally lit up by the morning sun and it really emotionally hit me. Margaret and I are going through a time of wonder and we are searching for God's light on what is ahead for us and that light on those mountains hit me. Yes, God in His time will light up what we are to do. I went back and read through my chapters again in the NLT as I do every morning and I came on this verse in Ephesians 5:8 which says, "For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So li...

Psalms 90:14 (NLT), "Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing joy to the end of our lives." Wednesday... Here is a prayer to pray each morning that is true. Moses wrote this prayer. He said in Psalms 90:14 (NLT), "Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives." Now we may think of other things to ask for that we believe will satisfy us but when they happen and they don't satisfy then we are in despair. But this is something that is true, that we can know, that we already have so our prayer is to be satisfied with it. Yes, we do think of a lot of other stuff that we believe will make us happy, that will satisfy us, that will bring us joy but when we get it and we are still not satisfied then there is a problem. We get it but there is no continual joy. Oh there may be for a moment but it doesn't last. So, "Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to ...

Ephesians 3:19a (NLT), "May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully." Tuesday... Do we really realize where it comes from? There is so much hate in this world and it comes sometimes from people who say they have love. But maybe they just don't understand what it is and where it really comes from. Now some of this hate comes from people who profess to have love inside of them. Yes, there are some families who say they have God's love in them but hate other members of their family. The same is true in some churches. So again, the question is, do we really realize where love comes from? And another good question is, have we really experienced real love? Now Paul in the middle of some battles between religious people says this in Ephesians 3:19a (NLT), "May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully." Yes, this world really needs love, it needs to see and experience the love of Christ. Paul...

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT), "For we are God's masterpiece. He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long go." Monday... So what is our potential? Now there are two different ways for us to go. Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) says, "For we are God's masterpiece. He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long go." Yes, there is unlimited potential in us. Did you know that? Yes, God created us with an assignment and we are God's masterpiece. But verse 2 says, "You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil - the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God." Yes, we have that potential, that choice. Verse 3 says, "All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God's anger, just like everyone else....