Thursday... It is amazing what a difference His love makes.

Psalm 117:1-2 (NLT), "Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him all you people of the earth. For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord's faithfulness endures forever."

Thursday... It is amazing what a difference His love makes.

This is the shortest chapter in the Bible but it gets right to the point. Psalm 117:2a (NLT) says, "For his unfailing love for us is powerful." Yes, love is powerful.

I was driving out of our neighborhood coming to my morning time at this coffee shop and I saw a coyote wandering through the neighborhood, looking for food and I called my wife and told her to not let our dog, Turner out by himself. Now I love that dog and no way did I want anything to happen to him. My love for him does all it can to keep him safe. Yes, love is powerful. They told us while we were checking in to Sun City to when we walk our dog to have them on a leash to protect them from coyotes.

Now that was just me striving to protect my our dog. Yes, even my love has some power attached to it.

Over in Matthew 17 there is an incident where Jesus shared how powerful was his love and that the same could be true of us. This man had brought his son to the disciples to be healed but they couldn't do it and Jesus was frustrated with them and he said in verse 17 (AMP), "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with your? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me." And then 18 said, "Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed at once," Yes, his unfailing love is powerful."

But the disciples (vss 19-20), "came to Jesus privately and asked, 'Why could we not drive it out?' He answered, 'Because of your little faith [your lack of trust and confidence in the power of God]; for I assure you and more solemnly say to you, if you have [living] faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "'Move from here to there,'" and [if it is God's will] it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

Back to this statement that we really need to have reinforced within us, "Because your little faith [your lack of trust and confidence in the power of God." What could happen through us if we really believed Psalm 117:2a (NLT) says, "For his unfailing love for us is powerful." Have we really realized what a difference His unfailing love makes in our lives and how powerful it really is? Yes, it is amazing what a difference His love makes.

Verse 2a in the Amplified Bible says, "For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him]." The Good News Translation says, "His love for us is strong." The Message, "His love has taken over our lives." Yes it is amazing what a difference His love makes in our lives.

Back to Matthew 17 and maybe we too could ask the question in verse 19 (NLT), "Why couldn't we?" and we too would get the answer from Jesus, verse 20a (AMP), "Because of your little faith [your lack of trust and confidence in the power of God]." Yes, we too have the potential if we really do believe that "his unfailing love for us is powerful" and if we have [living] faith the size of a mustard seed, we too can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and "[if it is God's will] it will move" and nothing, nothing will be impossible for us.

Yes, "For his unfailing love for us is powerful." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we? Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it! Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

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...

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