Day 23

“The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.”

– Hebrews 11:1-2

Hebrews 11:2 mentions that the act of faith is what set our ancestors apart from the crowd. Continue reading →

Day 22

“The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.”

– Hebrews 11:1-2

Additional reading: Philippians 4:13

For the longest time, I only utilized ‘faith’ when confronted with physical dilemmas, and not when I was engaged in mental or emotional battles. Continue reading →

Day 21

“I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing.

– John 15:11

Does your relationship with God bring you joy? Continue reading →

Day 20

“This is how much God loved the world: He gave His Son, His one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.”

– John 3:16

There once were two brothers who lived in the same city. Each was interviewed separately by a local TV station. Continue reading →

Day 19

  “If you are guided by the Spirit, you won’t obey your selfish desires.”

– Galatians 5:16, Additional reading: Galatians 5:17-19,20-23

If we walk and live in the Spirit, then we can ‘pull the plug’ on our flesh so it has no power or control over us. Continue reading →

Day 18

“I am the true vine and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that bears no fruit, He takes away and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Remain in Me as I remain in you.”

– John 15:1-6

Jesus revealed that the secret of growing God’s fruit in your life is lies in being at home in Him (in the vine abiding). Continue reading →

Day 17

“Think about Jesus.  He held on patiently while sinful men were doing evil things against Him.  Look at Jesus’ example so that you will not get tired and stop trying.”

– Hebrews 12:3

Additional reading: Isaiah 40:28-31

Satan tries to work tiredness into our lives through all of the pressures that surround us. Continue reading →

Day 16

“I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me  from all my fears.”

– Psalms 34:4

Additional reading: Isaiah 41:10Psalm 56:3Isaiah 26:3

While I was meditating on this verse I decided to look up the word ‘fear’ in the original Hebrew and here is what I discovered. One of the root words for the word ‘fear’ means dwelling place. Continue reading →

Day 15

“Therefore [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live and walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and death.”

– Romans 8:1-2

Simply having the knowledge that Christ died for us does not free us from condemnation. Continue reading →