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…
August 9. Isaiah ch 58-60 FINDING YOUR LOST TREASURE ““Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I…
August 8. Isaiah ch 55-57 HYMN: THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD 1 The LORD’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want.He makes me down to liein pastures green; He leadeth methe quiet waters by. 2 My soul He doth restore again;and me to walk doth makewithin the paths of righteousness,e’en for his own name’s sake. 3 Yea, though I…
August 7. Isaiah ch 52-54 GOD WITH YOU Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:8 NASB1995 GOOD DAY: I discovered an interesting thing while I was researching the Holy Spirit. It is very simple but it works. I know…
August 6. Isaiah ch 49-51 HYMN I AM THINE O LORD And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 NASB1995 HYMN:…