Sunday... What do you need today?

Sunday... What do you need today? Just ask Him. He will hear you and answer you.

David in Psalm 28:6 (NLT) says, "Praise the Lord! For he has heard my cry for mercy." Is that what you need today?

Maybe you blew it with your family. You showed no concern for their feelings. You showed the selfish side of you. Or maybe you let your guard down and did something you wish you hadn't done. And you are ashamed to come before God. There are so many things that we can do that we need to ask for mercy. So just ask Him

Maybe you are feeling very weak. David goes on in verse 7 (AMP), "The Lord is my strength and my [impenetrable shield.] My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped." Just reach out to Him. Remember those times when you were facing temptations and you felt weak and He came along side you and gave you strength to say no. He will do it again. The NIRV says, "The Lord gives me strength. He is like a shield that keeps me safe. My heart trusts in Him, and he helps me."

Oh God, we need You today. We need Your mercy when we have blown it, we need Your strength and we need You to keep us safe."

And the last part of 7 (NLT) says, "He helps me and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving." Just thank Him. Just thank Him. "He helps me and my heart is filled with joy." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Thursday... Yet, now this is true. Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions." And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News. Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth b...

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