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What will you celebrate as you read today’s verse? When Peter wrote it, he mentioned how God gave us the promise of salvation and then the invitation to participate in Jesus’ rescue mission for humanity. All of this is for the purpose of making God known. When I think of this, I am struck by…
Today’s verse is one that always gets me, but I want to look at it in its fuller context: “The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” We…
A Message Delivered by Steve Childers BE READY | Luke 5.1-7, “One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one…
I like to think of wisdom as the appropriate application of knowledge. It isn’t just about knowing things, but how to put them into practice. Someone once helped me think about that in terms of eternity, too, since wisdom isn’t just temporal, it’s timeless. So, when we read our verse for the day, we see…
What strikes you as you read today’s verse? For me, I think the idea that fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. This is not the kind of fear that Superman feels at the sight of kryptonite, Indiana Jones when encountering snakes, or what the Cowardly Lion felt at the sight of anything…this…
Today’s verse might be a familiar one. I really honed in on the word, all, as I read it again this morning. Solomon mentioned trusting with ALL the heart and submitting in ALL the ways; in other words, an inside-out connection. This means that living with balance in our inner world, and living faithfully in…
Aaaah, I love today’s verse! I love how the Apostle Paul wrote about the peace that transcends understanding. Have you ever been in a situation where you had an uncommon calm? A serenity that defied logic and reason? That is a gift from God. Maybe it’s better said as a gift of God. You see,…
Today’s verse comes from a larger section that helped change my life in respect to faith. A father full of despair brought his demon-possessed son to Jesus. I imagine his family tried everything they could to help their son, but nothing worked. He brought the boy to Jesus and asked for help if Jesus was…
How does today’s verse strike you? It’s one that can be a bit controversial. I remember having a chat with my dad one day about this very idea. He snidely replied, “Well, you can’t give birth to a baby.” We face issues all the time where we want the impossible to be possible. So, how…
Today is “In God We Trust“ Day. The background is the US began allowing “In God We Trust” to appear on coins in 1864. ”In God We Trust“ became the official motto of the nation in 1956 replacing E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one) which had been the motto since 1776. The faith based…