40 days devotional

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvellous are your works, and that my soul knows very well”   Psalm 139:14 Psalm 139 was the first scripture I was asked to read aloud to the congregation my  husband and I were attending 14 years ago. Little did I know at the time […]

Hebrews 6:19 Hope is a word so often thrown around in our society. I hope you have a great day. I hope my flight comes on time. I hope I studied enough for this test. How we see hope in these ways, we aren’t seeing it as a certainty, as unwavering, as an anchor. But […]

Hebrews 10:32-36 (ESV) 32 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, 33 sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.34 For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, […]

John 14:26 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither […]

Free samples.  What is it about complementary portions in a Costco, Farm Boy, or even in a Lindt store that draw so much attention?  I guess we just like to taste things without having to buy them. Maybe we want to know how good it is before spending our money?  Or maybe it is just […]

Matthew 6:33 Have you ever performed on a stage before where there was a spotlight? The purpose of a spotlight is to illuminate whatever the crowd’s eyes should be focused on. That person or thing in the spotlight becomes the center focus for all in the room. How often do we live our lives on […]

Lauren Daigle’s chart soaring song “You say” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaT8Jl2zpI has me thinking do you and I believe who God says we are? Is our identity truly anchored in who Christ says I am or is it the sum by every high and every low? Do we accept and welcome one another for who He says we […]

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. — 2 Thess. 2:16-17 God wants to give us GOOD THINGS. Things like comfort and hope […]

Song of Solomon 2:10 “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.” It was finally Spring and I was breathing in new life! The smell of the rain hitting the soil, the warmth of the air, and the hope in my heart. I would soon be warm again! I took a deep, lung […]

“Let us acknowledge the LORD, let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.        Hosea 6:3 NIV Acknowledge – accept or admit the existence or truth of, affirm, […]