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Having to have.
“I saw the spoils . . I coveted them and took them.” Joshua 7:21 NKJV
“Your heart cannot desire what your eye has not seen.”
November 18, 2008 Anger management.
“Refrain from anger and turn from wrath.” Psalm 37:8 NIV
“There are plenty of excuses for allowing yourself to be angry, but not one good reason.”
November 17, 2008 It’s not all about you.
“Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.” 1 Corinthians 10:24 NIV
“The simple secret to joy is: Jesus first, others second, and yourself last.”
November 14, 2008 Maybe it’s not time yet.
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest . . shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 NKJV
“Nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could.”
November 13, 2008 Use what you have.
“He gave to each one according to their ability.” Philippians 3:10 NKJV
“To do nothing with what you have is the surest way to fail!”
November 12, 2008 Truly knowing Christ.
“That I may know Him.” Philippians 3:10 NKJV
“A personal encounter of such intimacy with Jesus has the power to birth new life.”
November 11, 2008 Being chosen.
“God chose (you) to be His own.” Ephesians 1:11 Today’s English Version
“The One who chose you and loves you will never stop loving you.”
November 10, 2008 Did you get the word?
“I commend you . . to the message of grace which is able to build you up.” Acts 20:32 TEV
“Judgment is not God’s answer for your guilt; grace and forgiveness is. Did you get the word?”
November 6, 2008 A word to walk in.
“Humbly accept the message God has planted in your heart.” James 1:21 NLT
“God will speak a word into your heart, if you have an ear to hear, and a heart to obey.”
November 5, 2008 On top of it all.
“In the fourth watch . . Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.” Matthew 14:25 NAS
“When you feel helpless and at the mercy of your problem, Jesus will come.”
November 4, 2008 A generous heart.
“Every man shall give as he is able.” Deuteronomy 16:17
“A giving heart has a grateful and generous heart at its source.”
October 31, 2008 When life’s unfair.
"Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.” Daniel 3:30 NIV
“If you do what is right, won’t all be well?”
October 30, 2008 Diligent, or negligent?
“Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.” Proverbs 10:4 NAS
“Multiplying nothing, however many times you do so, will always result in nothing.”
October 29, 2008 A work in progress.
“In the coming ages He might show His grace, expressed . . to us.” Ephesians 4:15 NIV
“God sees you, not as you are this day, but as you will certainly become in His day.”
October 28, 2008 To tell the truth.
“Speaking the truth in love.” Ephesians 4:15 NIV
“If you don’t have something good to say, wouldn’t it be better to not say anything!”
October 27, 2008 Who’s keeping score?
“How many times shall I forgive?” Matthew 18:21 NIV
“While you keep score in your emotional and relational ledger sheet, you are missing life.”
October 24, 2008 Reflections in a mirror.
“Love others as much as you love yourself.” Matthew 22:39 CEV
“For every responsibility expected of you, God gives you a response-ability.”
October 23, 2008 Fashion conscious.
“You have stripped off your old nature . . and clothed yourself with a brand new nature.” Colossians 3:9-10 NLT
“You are always stylish when clothed in Christ’s righteousness. Anything else is just rags.”
October 22, 2008 You’ve got to have heart!
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart.” Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV
“Life is not well lived, if lived without great passion.”
October 20, 2008 Amazing grace.
“To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given.” Ephesians 3:8 NIV
“I don’t want what I deserve; I know all too well what that would be.”
October 17, 2008 Fireproof.
“When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned.” Isaiah 43:2 NIV
“Safe in Jesus, you are fireproof both now and eternally.”
October 16, 2008 Questions and answers.
“Being well is not something that happens to you, until it begins to happen in you.”
October 15, 2008 Room for improvement.
“You will settle for less until you make room for what’s best.”
October 13, 2008 No private matter.
“Faith is very personal, but not an altogether private matter. Your faith touches others’ lives.”
October 13, 2008 A life’s testimony.
“Every day you are writing the chapters of your testimony. What will it say?”
October 10, 2008 Father knows best.
“Why would you want or ask - why settle - for anything less than God’s best?”
October 9, 2008 To pray or not to pray?
“Pray, not as a last resort but as the first; prayer does not fail except when you fail to pray.”
October 8, 2008 Who do you trust?
“You can trust your heart to His care always - now and eternally!”
October 6, 2008 Mountains and mustard seeds.
“God will not ask for more faith than you have, but He expects all the faith you have.”
October 3, 2008 Faith.
“Faith is actually much more common and normal everyday than you might think.”
October 2, 2008 Pleasing God.
“Faith is simply believing and trusting God in the events of everyday life.”
October 1, 2008 Watch your step.
“Dream. Hope. Chart the possibilities. Make your plans. But walk in the steps He chooses.”
September 29, 2008 Showing up.
“Life is lonelier when you try to do it all yourself, and a lot less fun!”
September 26, 2008 Life’s rewards.
“Living wisely is one of the surest ways to experience the best of life’s rewards.”
September 25, 2008 A little extra.
“Just enough is rarely enough. A little extra is better!”
September 24, 2008 Needless fears.
“You conquer fear by trusting truth that is more powerful than what you fear.”
September 23, 2008 Know your audience.
“The message of your life must be consistent and uncompromised, the vocabulary understood.”
September 18, 2008 Who’s reading your mail?
“What do others hear from your life even without your saying a word?”
September 17, 2008 Help wanted.
“Prayer is where Heaven touches your everyday life with unimagined possibilities.”
September 16, 2008 Getting in shape.
“Remain in God’s hands until His work is complete and His plan evident to all.”
September 15, 2008 What were you thinking?
“What you see, hear, read, and watch fashion your thoughts, until your thoughts fashion you.”
September 11, 2008 Don’t sweat it.
“You are most authentic when you are truly what God has called you to be.”
September 10, 2008 Prudence.
“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
September 8, 2008 Ouch, that hurts!
“Every garden reflects its gardener, for better or worse.”
September 5, 2008 Finding Your Place
“There is no substitute for being in the right place - right in the center of His will and blessing.”
September 4, 2008 The Gardener
“God is a gardener, and He works in the soil of your everyday life.”
September 3, 2008
Words are Important
“Words are the currency of social interaction - tools for communication and covenant.”
September 1, 2008
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