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Today’s Verse: Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. – Romans 8: 26  Have you ever thought to yourself, I don’t know how or what to pray? I don’t know how to wordContinue reading “The Interceding Spirit”

Today’s Verse:Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine. – Ephesians 3:20  One of the best ways to summarize this verse is to say, “God is able.” When impossibilities try to block your way to where God wantsContinue reading “God Is Able”

 Today’s Verse:There was not a town that made peace with the Israelites, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; all were taken in battle. For it was the Lord’s doing to harden their hearts so that they would come against Israel in battle, in order that they might be utterly destroyed, and might receive noContinue reading “A Hardened Heart”

 Today’s Verse:So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day; for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the Lord said. – Joshua 14:12   AfterContinue reading “Faith Conquers Giants”

Isaiah 12 says, “And in joy you shall draw water from the wells of salvation.” In Hebrew, the word for salvation is “y’shua,” from which you get the Hebrew name “Yeshua,” the real name of “Jesus.” It says, “And in joy you shall draw water from the wells of Y’shua, or “the wells of Jesus.”Continue reading “The Mayim of Messiah”

Today’s Verse:Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” – Genesis 2:18  In the story of creation, the Bible points out that after creation God looks upon His work and deems it as good. After man was created, HeContinue reading “The Good God”

Today’s Verse:When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” – John 21:21  When our children were small and discipline was needed, their invariable response was always like what about other siblings? Similarly if one would get something the other wants the other child would complain, “what about me?” Sometimes, rather thanContinue reading “What About Him?”

 Today’s Verse:My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.  – Proverbs 1:10  This advice sounds so simple, but this is a great reminder for all of us who believe in Christ. The world is getting more chaotic every year. Immorality is becoming more prevalent, our society’s norms are being eroded, and our ideas ofContinue reading “The Best Advice”

A fast-food franchise made famous the slogan, “Have it your way.” Unfortunately, we live in a fast food culture and subscribe to a fast food faith. What this means is: the subjectification of the Gospel. The Gospel isn’t really about God anymore but about what God can do for me. It’s not about the truth,Continue reading “The ‘Have it Your Way’ Gospel”

Today’s Verse:Immediately the sentence was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven away from human society, ate grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew as long as eagle’s feathers and nails became like bird’s claws. – Daniel 4:33  Throughout history kings and emperors typically have notContinue reading “Pride and the Fall”