Recent Devotions
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:” Psalm 139:23 The business world often uses the week between Christmas and New Year’s day as an opportunity to take inventory. Stock on hand is counted and recorded. Reports are compiled to show what sold well the past year and should be re-ordered. Anything broken or unusable is thrown away. Surplus items are marked with a reduced-price tag and put on a sale table. Shelves are reorganized for greater efficiency. Perhaps this week would be a suitable time for each of us to take a good…
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” Philippians 1:6 In most households, Christmas is over for another year, except for eating the leftovers, taking down the decorations, and setting the house back…
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want, Psalm 23:1 This is the time of year when a lot of us can feel triggered when we scroll through Instagram. Impeccably decorated homes, seemingly perfect family gatherings, and opulent holiday trips can cause us to look around at our messy…
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Psalms 19:1-3 MSG “God’s glory is on tour in the skies, God-craft on exhibit across the horizon. Madame Day holds classes every morning, Professor Night lectures each evening. Their words aren’t heard, their voices aren’t recorded But their silence fills the earth: unspoken truth is spoken everywhere” What an incredible image these scriptures spark in my mind. Morning and night, holding classes and lectures without uttering a sound, or even speaking a single word. Their silence fills the earth, and unspoken truth is everywhere. What exactly does that mean, unspoken truth? To me, it shows the majesty and unchanging nature…
Ephesians 3:14-16 MSG “My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit – not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength” As a woman and a mother, I’m naturally gifted in the art of worrying. It’s a skill I’ve been honing and crafting for years. Day after day, I would spend countless precious minutes fretting and scurrying about, wondering when the next shoe would drop, and life would hurl another curveball my way. Now, I of course know…
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Prov. 3:5-6. “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34. A new day dawns, uncharted and unknown. We know not what this day will bring, but we do not walk alone. When we put our trust in God, His promise is secure. That He will guide each step we take and lead us…
“They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the LORD to care for them.” Psalms 112:7 NLT I’m going to be transparent for a moment. I’ve struggled with fear the last few years. It all started when I had my first daughter in 2013. I was a new, young Mom who really had no idea what I was doing. I was sleep deprived, anxious, not taking care of myself properly and dealing with everything postpartum. I would lay down at night and try so hard to fall asleep only to have the worst thoughts creep into my mind and…
