Thursday, April 30, 2020 Forty Days of Promises--Week 1 Focus of the week: Foundational Truths God promises to give us Eternal Life He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken. Isaiah 25:8 All promises are fulfilled in Christ. Please read John 3:1-19. Perhaps the most devastating and heartbreaking situation that many have had to face durin

Focus of the week: Foundational Truths God promises to give us redemption. For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall make a name for the Lord, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Isaiah 55:12-13 All promises are fulfilled in C

God promises to give us forgiveness "Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love." Micah 7:18 All promises are fulfilled in Christ. Please read Mark 2:1-12. Depending on where I am in life, my heart is moved in different ways when I read the story of a group of men bringing a paralyzed man to Jesus and cutting a hole in the roof to lower

FOCUS OF THE WEEK: FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS God promises to give us Mercy and Grace. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, The Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and forth generation

Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Ephesians 5:14 Heartbeat of God, page 253 I absolutely love that I get to write on Friday. I think I like it, because anything is good on a Friday, right? I feel like I have less pressure than the other writers, because we read with more natural excitement of Fridays than other days. Maybe it’s the school teacher in me, but it’s not called “FriYAY” for nothing. I also love writing on Friday, because it mea

Thursday, April 23 One Who Transforms Heartbeat of God: p.214 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 The Coronavirus crisis has forced us all to change. Things are literally transforming before our eyes. We are now living a “new normal.” I wonder if there is a “new normal” in the spiritual realm as well? Our spotligh

Nevertheless, I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. With Your counsel You will guide me. Psalm 73:23-24 Heartbeat of God, page 75 One of the greatest comforts in my personal walk with the Lord is knowing for certain that He is always with me. This truth came to life about a week ago during one of my quarantine days when I was curled up alone in my bed feeling quite pitiful due to a relational spat I was having with a very special someone. (I will no

“Great are the works of the Lord, they are studied by all who delight in them”. Psalm 111:2 My heart delights in the fact that our God who surprised his people in the biblical days is the same God who surprises his people today. In the Heartbeat of God (page 105), Chris Baxter highlights some of the timeless surprises that we can reflect on and be joyous in as we stand in awe and give praise to the One Who Surprises…... “Abraham was surprised by the ram caught in the bush. Ph

The Heartbeat of God, page 37 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True. Revelation 19:11 How great it is to know that faithfulness is one of God’s unchanging attributes. Faith in Him to always be who He says He is (unchanging), provides us with hope. Although we will change and the seasons of our lives change, our faithful God continues to have us wrapped in His arms and He continues to be the same. He gives us sal

The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent. Exodus 14:14 The Heartbeat of God, p. 122 Happy Friday, Soul Sisters. We are ending another week that has been weird (at best) and disturbing (for most). This week, I’ve experienced more of a heaviness of heart. It seems we’ve all settled into this new and temporary “normal.” But, this isn’t the normal that we want. I don’t know about you, but I believe the hardest part of this whole pandemic is that I’m realizing that I don’