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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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. ...

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

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 ...

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