"Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but, emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the po[...]
An old friend emailed me out of the blue recently. She signed off her email, "Eyes up." I didn't think much of it at the time. I closed down the email, delighted to be back in touch, to hear her news and touched that God had prompted her to reach out to me. And then, I found myself re-opening her email and re-reading her last wo[...]
“He will guard and guide me, never letting me stumble or fall. God is my keeper; He will never forget nor ignore me. He will never slumber nor sleep; He is the Guardian-God for His people, Israel. Yahweh Himself will watch over you; He’s always at your side to shelter you safely in His presence.” (Psalm 121:3-5 Passion Tra[...]
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'" Mark 1:3 (ESV) I read (I think in one of my study Bibles) that in the Book of Mark, he uses the word "IMMEDIATELY" or "AT ONCE" 41 times in this book, showing a sense of SPEED and URGENCY often introducing a new incident, or turn[...]
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is TRUE to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare His people to do every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NLT). This passage is so helpful to me today! I'd been feeling a l[...]
Jesus responded, “Beloved daughter, your faith in Me released your healing. Go with My peace.” Luke 8:43 (TPT) In just a few verses, this woman enters the text unnamed, labelled unclean, treated an outcast, and leaves healed and made whole, from rejection to belonging, under the law covered by grace. She has suffered for 1[...]
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV) This scripture is a challenging one for me. To say I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities would be a stretch. To be[...]
The Lord is my light and my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? (Psalm 27:1 NLT) While we sat in our car as we travelled, the vehicle’s engine slept; the forward motion accredited to the marine vessel it rested on. But, unlike other weekly sea voy[...]
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” Jeremiah 2:13 (ESV) Imagine you were lost in a desert, having had no water for days. Then suddenly, you were offered the option to receive water from[...]
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” John 4: 10 (ESV) Like the Samaritan woman at the well, God often calls us to come away with Him to be refreshed with living water. Some of the mos[...]