Saturday... It begins with trust!

Have you ever thought about what could be in those presents under the tree? I know you have. The truth is you are excited about what is in those wrapped up packages. You know it's going to be good because you trust the one who is giving you those gifts.

And Psalm 84:12 (NLT) is so true, "O Lord of Heaven's Armies, what joy for those who trust in you." It begins with trust. It doesn't say fear it says "What joy for those who trust in you."

Do remember when you stopped believing in Santa Claus? It was really fun for awhile but one day you woke up and said, "I don't believe anymore", and some have grown up and they have quit believing in God and that is too bad. God isn't Santa Claus. He is real.

Verse 11 says, "For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing for those who do what is right." And then,"O Lord of Heaven's Armies, what joy for those who trust in you."

Verse 12 in the Amplified Bible says, "How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation."

I am excited about opening my presents today in Nevada and then tomorrow in Colorado. I trust the ones who are giving them to me. But I'm also excited with confident hope and expectation about all the good things that God has for me. It all begins with trust! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

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Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

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