Today is a beautiful day, because David sang of his deliverance, “You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.” (2 Samuel 22:44 ESV) Kept #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Holy Spirit, embed the Scriptures on my heart as I search through them to learn more of God. My age increases and my ability to retain and memorize decreases, but You, Lord, are greater. You can make streams in the desert, and You can help me remember your teachings. Do not let them escape from … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because Moses reminded God’s people of His goodness in the desert, “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, … Read more
Lord, thank you for leading and teaching me. Grant that I would be an example to my children and their children, pointing them to You. I pray they grow a closer relationship with You, beginning with this first day of a new year. I pray they seek your wisdom and discernment. Lead them in the … Read more
Lord, create in me the thirst for wisdom and insight, for You give wisdom and understanding. You are the Way, the Truth and the life. You are the breath that I breathe and the purpose of my days. I praise you in your name and authority, according to the good and perfect will of the … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God kept His people fed for forty years in the desert, “Moses said, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded: “Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you … Read more
Lord, your presence is evident in the House of Joy. I hear You whisper your secret counsel in my prayer time. I feel the warmth of your loving touch, and the barb of your rebuke at my going outside your will. Keep me within that circle of your confidence, Lord. Grant me your secret counsel … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “But Joseph said to them, ‘Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear; … Read more
Father, this passage speaks volumes to me of the value of wisdom and discernment in fighting doubt and curbing fear. It teaches me to reverence You and your attributes that guide and protect me. Thank you for reminding me of the certain ruin of the wicked, because the writer says “when it comes,” not “if … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.” (James 1:25 ESV) Persevere #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday