Monthly Archives: September 2016

Day 10 What’s in a name?

Genesis 17 (NIV) Selected Verses 3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will … Continue reading

Posted in Encouragement | Comments Off on Day 10 What’s in a name?

Day 9 Pass it on!

Genesis 15:1-6 (NIV) After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” 2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since … Continue reading

Posted in Grace and Mercy | Comments Off on Day 9 Pass it on!

Day 8 Road Trip!

Genesis 12:1-4 (NIV) The Call of Abram 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I … Continue reading

Posted in Faith | Comments Off on Day 8 Road Trip!

Day 7 Brotherly Love?

Genesis 4:6-7 (NIV) 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is … Continue reading

Posted in Attitude | Comments Off on Day 7 Brotherly Love?

Day 4 Who’s your Daddy?

Genesis 1:26-27 (NIV) 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild … Continue reading

Posted in Relationships | Comments Off on Day 4 Who’s your Daddy?

Day 6 I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! (The Blame Game!)

Genesis 3 Selected 1Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”…. 9 But … Continue reading

Posted in Grace and Mercy | Comments Off on Day 6 I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! (The Blame Game!)

Day 5 Take a Break!

Genesis 2: 1-3 (NIV) Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his … Continue reading

Posted in Support | Comments Off on Day 5 Take a Break!

Day 3 What did you say?

Genesis 1:3-4 (NKJV) 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. Words are powerful! Once released, they take on a … Continue reading

Posted in Encouragement | Comments Off on Day 3 What did you say?

Day 2 Where did this all start?

Genesis 1:1-2 (NKJV) The History of Creation 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering … Continue reading

Posted in Faith | Comments Off on Day 2 Where did this all start?

Day 1 Who Loves ya?

John 3:16New King James Version (NKJV) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. I grew up in a negative home. Don’t get … Continue reading

Posted in Grace and Mercy | Comments Off on Day 1 Who Loves ya?

What’s the story?

My Church has decided to go through The Story and asked me to write Devotionals to go with it as we enter this study of the Bible. So here is an introduction as to what you will be seeing for … Continue reading

Posted in Relationships | Comments Off on What’s the story?

Politically or Biblically Correct; You Decide!

1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (NKJV) 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom … Continue reading

Posted in Quality of Life | Comments Off on Politically or Biblically Correct; You Decide!

How will I get through this?

Psalm 18:18-19, 25 (NKJV) 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support. 19 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me…..25 With the merciful You will … Continue reading

Posted in Faith | Comments Off on How will I get through this?

No Need to go Through It Alone!

Deuteronomy 31:8 (NKJV) 8 And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.” Many times, we go through challenges thinking … Continue reading

Posted in Quality of Life | Comments Off on No Need to go Through It Alone!

Under New Management!

Ephesians 4:20-32 20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows … Continue reading

Posted in Quality of Life | Comments Off on Under New Management!

Prayer Matters!

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and … Continue reading

Posted in Relationships | Comments Off on Prayer Matters!

I’m always on time!

Habakkuk 2:3 (NKJV) 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. God’s … Continue reading

Posted in Faith | Comments Off on I’m always on time!

Failure Is Not Final!

Haggai 2:19 (NKJV) 19 Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.’” Failure to plant the seed … Continue reading

Posted in Encouragement | Comments Off on Failure Is Not Final!

Unmerited Favor!

James 4:6 (NKJV) 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” Grace is unmerited favor. You don’t deserve it, you can never earn it and you can never pay the … Continue reading

Posted in Grace and Mercy | Comments Off on Unmerited Favor!

What do you see?

Isaiah 58:10 (NKJV) 10 If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday. Do you see widows and orphans? James 1:27 … Continue reading

Posted in Faith | Comments Off on What do you see?

Keep the Dream Alive!

Psalm 37:4 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Does this verse mean that God will give you whatever you desire? At first glance, it looks like God will give … Continue reading

Posted in Encouragement | Comments Off on Keep the Dream Alive!