October 12th Read: Exodus 3:3-12 and Numbers 12:1-16 One morning my husband and I watched a large flock of Canada geese arrive at the pond near our campsite. We heard them first with their noisy gabbling, an unmistakable sound once one has experienced it. They were black silhouettes against the bright blue October sky as …
October 11th Read: John 15:10-13 and Psalm 16 Sometimes we get so deeply involved in today’s problems and responsibilities that we lose the fresh view of things which we have when we are keeping our eyes on Christ and trusting deeply in the Father. When this occurs to me, I pray for the Lord to …
October 10th Read: 2 Cor. 9:6-11: Mark 12:29-30; Matt. 6:1-4; James 2:14-20; Heb. 1:1-3 I have come to understand that faith is a Spirit-controlled partnership with God through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a viable relationship with the Creator of our Universe. When we move towards Him in faith, He moves …
October 9th Read: John 10:1-18 How wonderful to know that I belong to the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. How wonderful that He knows my name personally and that He calls me out to follow Him. Do you belong to Him? Have you heard your name come from His lips? I pray so, for such is …
October 8th Read: Matthew 11:28 and 1 Kings 3:9 Only a very few folks in my life have exhibited a truly understanding heart. So many in whom I have confided have broken that confidence. So many have listened only half-heartedly and then given advice or an answer which showed their lack of understanding or even, sometimes, …
October 7th Read: Proverbs 11:24-25 and Luke 6:38 Somehow, man’s giving often has a string attached. God, however, just gives continually. He gives to all. He gives love, mercy, gentleness, goodness, truth, and forgiveness when man often gives just the opposite. And when man does loosen his purse strings, he often has to keep some …
October 6th Read: Ephesians 5:19-20 and Hebrews 4:9-16 We are so blessed as believers to have the wonderful privilege of boldly approaching our holy God at His invitation. Time spent in prayer is never wasted, always beneficial, and the very essence of power in the church of Jesus Christ as well as in our individual …
October 5th Read: Isaiah 26:1-13 My salvation is the protection God gives me against Satan and his demons and against this ungodly world system which surrounds me. The imagery of Isaiah’s passage, which you just read, reminds me of the power of my God and how His protection surrounds His children. I ask other believers, …
October 4th Read: Luke 6:35-38; Romans 7 If, as we read in Romans above, we can do those things we really don’t want to do (as Paul said), then others in our home or church or community, have the same problem … that inner battle we all fight daily. That is why forgiveness is so …
October 3rd Read: Psalm 16 and 139; Col. 2:13; Heb. 11:6; John 3:16 Salvation … What is it? It is God’s action on any person who believes that Jesus Christ is Emmanuel (God with us) and that He died on the cross to pay sin’s penalty for every sinner, past, present and future. As Hebrews …