Almighty God, your right hand is like no other. Your strong right arm raises up nations and brings them down. Your right hand holds your people and no one, nor no thing can remove them. That promise includes me. You hold me gently and lovingly, yet firmly. Thank you for the assurance that provides. Thank … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God loves His people with an everlasting love and gave these words to Jeremiah to pass along to us, “the LORD has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.” (Jeremiah 31:11 ESV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Father, I’m asking for brain power today. Open our minds to your wisdom and discernment. Give us the decisiveness needed for what may come our way today. Provide clarity for choices at hand and foresight for what lies ahead. Send those to our side with Godly advice. Improve our mental strength to stand for you … Read more
Almighty God, you are the author and creator of the church. Thank you for Godly men, who give tirelessly to lead their church body. Thank you for leaders of the church who pray for their brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you for those whose hearts break for the lost. Thank you for leaders who … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God spoke to his people through the prophet Jeremiah, who said, “I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.” (Jeremiah 15:21 ESV) He delivers me. #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Gracious and loving God, creator of all things, you are the guard and guide of my soul. I’m thinking heaven-bound today. Not that I’m ready to leave this earth today, just looking with anticipation to being with Christ. Father, you set up a win-win situation for believers. As Paul said, “To live is Christ, to … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “You, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from old is your name.” (Isaiah 63:16 ESV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Father, thank you for the sun shining through the leaves onto my deck. Thank you that the rains departed. My heart hurts for those who fight flooding. I pray for help to arrive to clean up the aftermath. Father, show us how to be hands and feet for you in this situation. Let us be … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because Isaiah wrote of God’s love for his people, “In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.” (Isaiah 63:9 ESV) He … Read more
Father, today I pray the words of your servant, Isaiah, because they are so fitting for our society 2700 or so years after he wrote them. “Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom. We grope … Read more