Today's Beginning

Psalm 90:14 (NIRV), "Satisfy us with your faithful love every morning. Then we can sing for joy and be glad all our days." Thursday... Maybe we need to pray this, today. And when we realize it to be true and answered, it will make such a difference. Yes it will! Moses writes in Psalm 90:14 (NIRV), "Satisfy us with your faithful love every morning. Then we can sing for joy and be glad all our days." Yes, yes! I'm not sure when he wrote this Psalm but think of all his days in the wilderness with all those people who were suppose to be headed to the Promised Land from Egypt but who kept getting off track. Those were very tough days even for this leader. So where are you? What kind of world are you waking up to? Verses 13-16 says, "LORD, please stop punishing us! How long will you keep it up? Be kind to us. Satisfy us with your faithful love every morning. Then we can sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have made us suffe...

Luke 18:1 (AMP), "Now Jesus was telling his disciples a parable to make a point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart." Wednesday... There is real power in annoyances. I call sickness annoyances. They come into my life to get my attention, to get me to do something. Now many would call them troubles. To me they are annoyances. I go to see one doctor on a regular basis. I go because I have a problem in one area of my body. As a kid I had problems with sunburns and now I have problems with skin cancer and I found out this week that I need to have a small part of my face that needs to be taken off because it is cancerous. And this is not my first so I call it an annoyance but it does keep me going and seeing a skin doctor. Without these annoyances I probably wouldn't see a doctor. Luke 18:1 (AMP) says, "Now Jesus was telling his disciples a parable to make a point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart." Th...

Luke 17:10 (MSG), "When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, 'The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'" Tuesday... Yes, we have done what was expected, so... In this day in which we live we want to be rewarded for what we have done. In fact we expect it. Jesus in Luke 17 tells a story about this servant. Verses 7-9 (MSG) says, "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending their sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, 'Sit down and eat?' Wouldn't you be more likely to say, 'Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee, then go to the kitchen and have your supper'? Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him?." In the day in which we live we would say, "Yes we do." We need to be appreciated for what we do. We need praise. But here is what Jesus said in verse 10,...

Luke 16:10a (NLT), "If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones."  Monday... Being faithful has its reward. Luke 16:10a (NLT) says, "If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones." This is Jesus talking and He knows what he is saying. Verse 11 says, "And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?" Now Solomon over in his book of Proverbs also knows what he is saying. In Proverbs 27:23 he says, "Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds, for riches don't last forever, and the crown might not pass to the next generation." In other words, be faithful in the tasks, the opportunities, the resources that God has provided us. Verses 25-27 says, "After the hay is harvested and the new crops appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in, your sheep will provided wool for clothing, and your goats will...

Psalm 84:12 (AMP), "O LORD of hosts, how blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectations]." Friday... Maybe you need this today. I strive through God's Spirit prodding me to share from God's Word a positive, encouraging thought for someone who needs it each day. Yes God's starts with what I need and then I share it with you. Look at Psalm 84:12. Do you need this today? God says through the Psalmist, "O LORD of hosts, how blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectations]." Now another way to say man is human. That covers us all, doesn't it? But he narrows it some when he writes, "how blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectations." Yes, that defines who is bless...

Luke 14:11 (AMP), "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted." Thursday: This is such a good habit. Over in Proverbs 23 it tells of habits that have some problems with them. Verses 20-23 (AMP) says, "Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine, or with gluttonous eater of meat. For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, and the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags." There are habits in there that do not turn out for our best. They are not good habits. But in Luke 14:11 Jesus tells of a good habit. He says, "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted." Again, "he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted." I'm sorry the habits of drinking and eating the wrong thi...