Wednesday... Love can be so powerful.

Psalm 44:3 (NLT), "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave then victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and your blinding face that helped them for you loved them."

Wednesday... Love can be so powerful.

There is so much love going around. I love coffee but the lid of my coffee cup was not on on tight and I just got it all over me. But there is a love that makes all the difference in our lives. I hope you have experienced this love.

Well the writer of Psalm 44:3 (NLT) says this, "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them." Love can be so powerful.

Now God had promised this land for them. They were slaves in Egypt and because of his love he wanted more for them so he took them through so much to get to this land. And he did it because he loved them.

But they were a mess. His plan was to give it to them as soon as it took them to get there but they were a problem and it took them 40 years but God waited and conquered the land for them. Love can be patient and powerful.

Over in John 3 there is also a reminder to us of God's love. Verses 16-17 says, "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world but to save the world through him." Yes love can be so patient and so powerful. But somewhere in all of this we each one need to acknowledge this love to experience the whole power of this love.

Psalm 44:3 in the Amplified Bible says, "For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, because You were favored and delighted in them." There is so much that he wants to do in our life. He really does love us.

And then John 3:16 in the Amplified Bible says, "For God [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that the whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life." Yes God's love is patient, is powerful and it means that you do not need to perish but have eternal life. But we have to believe and trust in Him as our Savior and accept His love. Yes God wants to save us. We cannot and we don't need to save ourselves.

As the Psalmist writes, "For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, because You favored and delighted in them." And verse 17 in John 3 says, "God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him." And that means you and me.

Yes his love can be so powerful and it can save us!. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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 ...

Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute.

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT), "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute. This time of the year is so exciting. We get our paycheck from work and then we head to the store or Amazon and buy and buy and buy all those presents and then our check is gone Proverbs 19:2 (NLT) says, "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." But buying gifts can be so much fun and seeing how happy they are when opening those presents makes us feel so good. But then verse 3 says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Now for some that is their life. They get money and they spend it on their wants with no thought of what needs to be paid. An important lesson that we have learned is just because you have money in the bank doesn't mean you must spend it. But our enthusiasm takes over. But the problem is when it is gone and there is no money to pay th...

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