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Friday... He was definitely an example.

Mark 14:38 (NKJV), "Watch and pray, lest you enter temptation. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." Friday... He was definitely an example. Jesus on this Good Friday definitely was an example for us. He knew where our battles are won. Now on the day before, Jesus had brought his disciples together to encourage them. They had heard all that He had said but they still didn't really understand what was about to happen. And that is true of us in so many situations. Yes, what we call the Last Supper was a very special time but after it the real battle began. We in our humanness have so many temptations and Jesus had a human side. He knew what needed to be done by them and by Him to face what was about to happen. His Spiritual side knew there was a battle in His human side that needed to be won. So they all headed to a Garden. I just read Ecclesiastes 3 and in verse 8b (MSG) Solomon says, "A right time to wage war and another to make peace." and Jesus knew wh...
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Thursday... So, let's wait quietly.

Psalm 63:1 (NLT), "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him." Thursday... So, let's wait quietly. Now waiting quietly is so difficult and it is dependent upon who we believe is in control. Now if we think it is us then we are not so quiet are we? Now King David writes in Psalm 63:1 (NLT), "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him." I am also reading a chapter a day in the book of Ecclesiastes and it is a very honest book. Solomon is the writer and he is known as the wisest man who has ever lived. He also wrote the book of Proverbs and I spend a lot of time in that book.  Now in the first verse of chapter 2 (NLT) of Ecclesiastes, Solomon writes, "I said to myself, 'Come on, let's try pleasure. Let's look for the '"good things"' in life.' But I found that this too, was meaningless." And he goes on and comes to the conclusion that all in life that we really give ourselves totally to do are ...
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Wednesday... We are living in a difficult time.

Psalm 31:1 (AMP), "In You, O LORD, I have placed my trust and taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness rescue me." We are living in a difficult time. It seems that the way of a Christ-follower may not be a popular way especially in some circles. Now, David also saw the potential in his day. In Psalm 31:1 (AMP) he says, "In You, O LORD, I have placed my trust and taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness rescue me." Yes, he implies that if he puts his trust in God then there is a potential to be ashamed and he asks God, "Let me never be ashamed." You would think that if we put our trust in God and all that comes from that we wouldn't have problems with being ashamed but in verse 4 (NLT) he asks God to "Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me." And that is so true today. Yes, there are so many traps out there but David continues in this verse to say something that we really, really need to remember, t...
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Tuesday... That is a very good idea, but!

Psalm 61:1-2 (NLT), "O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer. From the ends of the earth I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed." Tuesday... That is a very good idea, but! Yes, David knew what to do when he was overwhelmed. He writes in Psalm 61:1-2 (NLT), "O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer. From the ends of the earth I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed." Now Jesus also had something to say about this. Over in Mark 11 it says that the day after what we call Palm Sunday, Jesus and his disciples were headed back into Jerusalem and it says in 12b, "Jesus was hungry," and he saw a fig tree out ahead but there were only leaves on it and no figs so he said, "May no one eat your fruit again!" Now the next morning as they passed the fig tree, they noticed that it had withered from the roots up and that brought up a conversation and in verse 24 Jesus says, "I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe tha...
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Monday... So, how has the day started?

Psalm 60:4 (NKJV)), "You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth." Monday... So, how has the day started? Yes, how has it started? Now David started Psalm 60:1 (NLT) by saying, "You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor." Ok, there may be some truth there. We may have gotten off track. In verse 3 (NKJV) he writes, "You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion." For many of us that can be so true, we have been shown hard times and drunk the wine of confusion but it can show us something. Verse 4 says, "You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth." Yes, we can be confused, we have drunk the wine of confusion but we need to keep searching. Again, verse 4 says, "You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because...
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Friday... Confidence is so important.

Psalm 57:7 (NLT), "My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises." Friday... Confidence is so important. When we have it. There was this father who had a son who was possessed by an evil spirit and he came to Jesus in Mark 9 to heal him but Jesus wasn't there so he asked the disciples and it says in verse 18c, "they couldn't do it." Now when Jesus came back in verse 19, "Jesus said to them, 'You faithless people! How long must I be with you? Bring the boy to me." Yes, confidence is so important. Now David writes in Psalm 57:7 (NLT), "My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises." Yes these disciples had Jesus with them and they saw so much happening through him but they were not confident but David was. Yes, they were confident that Jesus could do it but not through them. Now after Jesus had taken care of the situation and healed the boy,...
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Thursday... Remembering is so important!

Mark 8:21 (NLT), "'Don't you understand yet?' he asked them." Thursday... Remembering is so important! My dad said a lot of different thoughts that have stayed with me, that I have remembered and striven to live by. One of them was, "Too high expectations brings about frustration." Well, Jesus said something to his disciples that seems like he was frustrated with them and I'm sure he could say it about us. Yes, He has grace but also expectations. Mark 8:21 (NLT) says, "'Don't you understand yet?' he asked them." Now I'm sure it was a way to motivate them but there may have been some frustration in there. Now Jesus in just a few weeks had done some tremendous miracles. Two of them were feeding over 9,000 people from nothing and then having twelve leftover baskets at one and seven at the other. Well they were out in a boat and the guys were arguing with each other as verse 16 says, "because they hadn't brought any bre...
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