YOU CONTROL THE DOORWAY                                 Psalm 119:145-149 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words. My eyes anticipate the night watches,  That I may meditate on Your word. (vv147- Studies show that we talk to ourselves up to thirty thousand times a day. There is always something playing in our minds. The […]

BLESSED INDEED                                                1 Chronicles 4:1-10 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.” 10Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that […]

WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF STRENGTH                        1 Kings 19:1-10 “Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, […]

REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS DONE                Deuteronomy 17:17-18  “He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.  “Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law […]

YOU HAVE A DEFENDER                                   1 Peter 2:22-23 No matter what release your faith        2 Corinthians 5::7 He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone. He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly. 1 Peter 2:22–23, NLT […]

RELEASE YOUR FAITH                              Luke 8:43-48 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. “Your faith has healed you. Go in peace.” (vv43,48) Scripture says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” That means you can be obedient and yet have a sour […]

WE SEE IMPERFECTLY                              1 Corinthians 13:11-12                  Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. (v12) We all go through painful times when we’re hurting, lonely, undergoing medical treatment, and on the surface, the pieces of our life don’t make sense. We think they […]

RUNNING INTO LOVE                                               Jeremiah 31:1-4 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.” (v2) Nora was tiny, but “Bridget”—the belligerent, six-foot-tall woman glowering down at her—didn’t intimidate her. Bridget couldn’t even say why she had […]

BIG ENOUGH                                                                                                          Matthew 19:13-19 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (v14) My grandson ran to the roller coaster line and stood with his back against the height-requirement sign to see if he was big enough to ride. […]

REFINED IN THE FIRE                                                                                    1 Peter 1:3-11 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith–of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire–may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (v7) Twenty-four karat gold is 100 percent gold with no impurities. But that percentage is […]