Saturday... It's amazing how this works.

Proverbs 10:24 (NLT) says, "The fears of the wicked will be fulfilled; the hopes of the godly will be granted." The NIV says, "What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted." This is the power of focus, the power of faith, the power of choice.

One of my father's phrases that I will always remember is, "What your faith covers you now have." And that is both negative and positive.

What is your focus today? Is it dread or hope? Now the one you serve makes a lot of difference. Are you living a wicked life or a righteous life?

The NIRV says, "What sinners are afraid of will catch up with them. But those who do right will get what they want."

Now maybe you understand that this life that we are living here on earth is just a blurb on the longevity of our life but it does have a say on the place we will live after this life here on earth is over.

But you might say, I don't believe in an afterlife but this verse still holds true. Your focus of fear or hope goes a long way in the life you will live and the outcome of this life. But what if there is an afterlife. Just because you believe something doesn't mean you are right. Your belief in truth or false truce is the difference. And I'm banking my life on the Bible and that it is true even if I don't understand it all. What I do understand and believe does and will make a difference.

So on which side are you? Are you on the side of fear or on the side of hope? "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness," Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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