Day 21

“If you keep quiet at a time like this, God will deliver the Jews from some other source, but you and your relatives will die; what’s more, who can say but that God has brought you into the palace for just such a time as this?”

– Esther 4:14

In 1980, one of the greatest upsets in sports history happened not too far away from here: in Lake Placid, NY. Continue reading →

Day 20

“Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”

– Luke 12:27

We know that the Bible is full of beautiful words that paint a picture of how God sees us. Continue reading →

Day 19

“But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the Lord, and He answers me from His holy mountain”

– Psalms 3:3-4

When I came across this verse in my devotion time, I could not shake the images of God being a shield around me and lifting up my head. Continue reading →

Day 18

Sometimes we have moments when we believe that we will walk through a particular door… and then it closes. Continue reading →

Day 17

One of the greatest examples of waiting for God’s promises comes from the story of Caleb. Continue reading →

Day 16

“Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit who lives within you, whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own, you were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own]…”

– 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

The Lord promised us that the Holy Spirit would continue to perfect the work that He began in us when we first got saved, and that He would see to its completion (Philippians 1:6). Continue reading →

Day 15

“You are a hiding place for me; You Lord, preserve me from trouble, You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance..”

– Psalms 32:7

“Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on the Lord shall be compassed about with mercy and loving kindness.”

– Psalms 32:10

Living with fear can be an overwhelming obstacle. Continue reading →

Day 14

“Live in Me. Make your home in Me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with Me.”

– John 15:4

Additional Reading: John 15:1-4, 5-8

This part of scripture tells us that there is a vine, a branch, and a Gardener or Vinedresser. Each has a part in the growing process of the fruit in our lives. Continue reading →

Day 13

“My sheep listen to My voice; I know them and they follow Me.”

– John 10:27

Additional Reading: Romans 8:14-16John 16:13-15Joshua 1:8

Many people are unsure of their ability to hear God or the ability to know His voice when they do hear it. They are afraid that they won’t be able to tell when the Holy Spirit is talking to them. Continue reading →

Day 12

“Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things we hope for, being the reality (faith perceiving as real fact what Is not revealed to the senses).”

– Hebrews 11:1

Additional Reading: Hebrews Chapter 11 (Bible Gateway)

Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Joseph and Moses: all people of great faith in God. Each of them were presented with a situation that required God to do the impossible.  Continue reading →