God Wants To Fill You With Hope…

God Wants To Fill You With Hope…

Romans 15: 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. We all need hope and we all need joy and we need peace in believing! Where there is hope, faith abounds! Where there is no...
Obedience Must Come First…

Obedience Must Come First…

Isaiah 58:6-8,  “Here is the sort of fast I want ~ releasing those unjustly bound, untying the cords of the yoke, letting the oppressed go free, breaking every yoke, sharing your food with the hungry, taking the homeless poor into your house, clothing the naked when...
When The Time Is Right…

When The Time Is Right…

Isaiah 60:22b, “I, Adonai, when the right time comes, will quickly bring it about.” God has a way of doing things very quickly!  I know, as you read that you are thinking, “what on earth are you talking about Janet, I have been waiting for an answer for years!” Me...
Whatever Lord…

Whatever Lord…

Romans 5:1-5,  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.  And not only that, but we also glory...
Make Sure You Know Who You Are Walking With

Make Sure You Know Who You Are Walking With

Luke 22: 3-6 Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.  He went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers about how he might betray him to them.  And they were glad and agreed to give him money.  So he consented...
Obedience ~ Even In Your Prayer Life

Obedience ~ Even In Your Prayer Life

Job 42:10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends.  And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Whew!  I finished the book of Job again!  No matter how many times I read it, it is a difficult read because of all of his...
You’re Not Alone…

You’re Not Alone…

2 Samuel 11:15 In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down and die.” Do you feel like Uriah sometimes?  Do you ever feel as though you have been in the heat of life’s battles and...
The God of Hope

The God of Hope

1 Kings 1:38-40  So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon.  There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent...
Whatever Lord…

Be A Doer Not A Dabbler

James 1:22. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Do you remember the old Lays Potato Chip commercial ~ “Bet ya can’t eat just one”?  It was a great campaign because it burned the reality in your mind that typically it is tough to...
He Wants to Be The One You Go To For Everything

He Wants to Be The One You Go To For Everything

Jeremiah 23:23,  “Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?” The Lord our God is an active God, He is a jealous God and He is The God who loves you and wants a close relationship with you.  Ok, so, how many times have you read that or heard that...
Only He Can Help You Be All You Were Created To Be

Only He Can Help You Be All You Were Created To Be

2 Corinthians 12:9,  And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”  Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”   So, what is your purpose?  Everyone seems...
He’s Got You!

He’s Got You!

James 4:8  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. I can remember getting so angry with God years ago because I thought He should have just fixed what was going on in my life and He didn’t!  I figured since I had been faithful in following Him that somehow...
Is Your Prayer Life All It Could Be

Is Your Prayer Life All It Could Be

1 Samuel 1:26,  And she said, “O my lord!  As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord.” Hannah had prayed for a son and the Lord heard her prayer and gave her a son.  What have you been pouring your heart out to God about? ...