August 19. Jeremiah ch 22-24 BLESSINGS OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. Psalms 16:11 NASB1995 GOOD DAY. I wonder how and at what point the world missed it and started pushing God aside.…
August 18. Jeremiah ch 19-21 THE BLESSINGS OF KNOWING AND HEARING GOD. And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14 ESV The Lord said, “I will go with you and give you peace.” Exodus 33:14 CEV GOOD DAY. We left on the note that we shall look at the…
August 17. Jeremiah ch 16-18 HOW TO BUILD TRUST IN GOD. O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good; How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him. Psalms 34:8 AMP GOOD DAY. Yesterday, we discussed the foundation of trust. I am learning to trust God deeply too.…
August 16. Jeremiah ch 13-15 FOUNDATION OF TRUST This is why I suffer as I do. Still, I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any…
August 15. Jeremiah ch 10-12 HOW TO PRACTICE TRUSTING IN GOD Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB1995 GOOD DAY. I read a book some years back and it was the beginning of…
August 14. Jeremiah ch 7-9 LEARNING TO LOVE MYSELF Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the Lord. For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony…
August 13. Jeremiah ch 4-6 HOW TO LOVE MYSELF The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”. Mark 12:31 NASB1995 GOOD DAY: When I asked the Lord why there is so little love in the world, He said it is because people don’t know how to love…
August 12. Jeremiah ch 1-3 HOW DO AND CAN I LOVE YOU? Love is large and incredibly patient. Love is gentle and consistently kind to all. It refuses to be jealous when blessing comes to someone else. Love does not brag about one’s achievements nor inflate its own importance. Love does not traffic in shame and disrespect,…
August 11. Isaiah ch 64-66 SEEK LOVE NOT POWER Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the…
August 10 Isaiah ch 61-63. AROMA OF HIS PRESENCE. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 NASB1995 GOOD DAY. We all knew when he was around because the aroma of his perfume was unique. It lingered in our senses…