Verse of the Day – Psalms 119:2 KJV
² Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Waiting
Waiting The other day, the devotional from ‘Our Daily Bread’ was titled ‘Going First’ and it spoke of how God loved us FIRST. About how we didn’t have to do anything, he just loved us! It was a very good devotional, and it got me to thinking. About how God did love us first, about how He loved me first, and then He waited for me to return that love. And He waited . . . And He waited .…
A Joyful Heart
A Joyful Heart From Our Daily Bread – July 9, 2017 Read: 2 Chronicles 7:1–10 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. —Psalm 100:1 My granddaughter’s favorite tune is one of John Philip Sousa’s marches. Sousa, known as “The March King,” was a US composer in the late nineteenth century. Moriah isn’t in a marching band; she’s only twenty months old. She just loves the tune and can even hum a few notes. She associates it with joyful times. When our…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 16:3 KJV
³Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
A Day to Rest
A Day to Rest From Our Daily Bread – July 8, 2017 Read: Exodus 23:10–13 Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work.—Exodus 23:12 One Sunday, I stood by the gurgling stream that wends its way through our North London community, delighting in the beauty it brings to our otherwise built-up area. I felt myself relax as I watched the cascading water and listened to the birds chirping. I paused to give the Lord thanks for how He helps…
Verse of the Day – 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 KJV
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
The Ultimate Good
The Ultimate Good From Our Daily Bread – July 7, 2017 Read: Philippians 3:1–11 I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.—Philippians 3:8 As I was growing up in Jamaica, my parents raised my sister and me to be “good people.” In our home, good meant obeying our parents, telling the truth, being successful in school and work, and going to church . . . at least Easter and Christmas. I imagine this definition of…
Verse of the Day – Matthew 18:20 KJV
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Going First
Going First From Our Daily Bread – July 6, 2017 Read: 1 John 4:7–21 We love because he first loved us.—1 John 4:19 We worked patiently to help our son heal and adjust to his new life with our family. Trauma from his early days in an orphanage was fueling some negative behaviors. While I had enormous compassion for the hardships he experienced in his early days, I felt myself begin to withdraw from him emotionally because of those behaviors. Ashamed, I…
Verse of the Day – Philippians 4:13 KJV
¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Could I Say That?
Could I Say That? July 5, 2017 Read: Genesis 45:1–11 It was not you who sent me here, but God.—Genesis 45:8 “The perception of favoritism is one of the biggest factors in sibling rivalry,” said Dr. Barbara Howard, a developmental behavioral pediatrician (“When Parents Have a Favorite Child” nytimes.com). An example would be the Old Testament character Joseph, who was his father’s favorite son, which made his older brothers furious (Gen. 37:3-4). So they sold Joseph to merchants traveling to Egypt and…
Verse of the Day – Jeremiah 17:10 KJV
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.