Carry it out to completion

 Philippians 1:6 “being confident of this, that He that began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”   He who began a good work in you will carry it through to completion!!!   Don’t weary in well doing.  He is with you!!   Do the work God has given you to do!!  

Attitude is altitude

 Philippians 4:14 “Do everything without complaining or arguing.”   Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”   Do it all for the Lord without grumbling, complaining or arguing.   Do you do good with a bad attitude?   Sometimes it’s easy to get weary in well doing.    Adjust your attitude!!! Attitude is altitude!!!  Today do what is right with the right mindset!!! Be pleasing to our Lord, inside and out!!!

Don't be shaken

 Acts 2:25 “David said about him:  “I saw the Lord before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”

Don’t let anything or anyone shake 

You today!! The Lord is with You!!!

A cheerful heart is good medicine

 Proverbs 17:22 “ A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”   How do you keep your  heart cheerful?   For me,  I stay cheerful because I keep my eyes on Jesus.    Every day there are things that can steal my joy, if I let them.   I try not to let them!! I do this by reading the Bible and applying it to my life.   I practice TRUSTING God in all things; knowing that all things will work out for my good and His glory.   Patience, is not my strong suit.   But when I truly, “wait upon the Lord” with His peace; I can have a cheerful heart.    I hope this helps you today too.   See what’s right, be thankful for it, be cheerful, knowing God’s sovereign hand is in it all.😇🙏❤️

Trust Him in the waiting

Micah 7:7 “But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”

Wait upon the Lord!! Watch in Hope!! Waiting upon the Lord doesn’t mean standing still necessarily, although often it does.    I think it also means don’t let your heart be anxious about anything, even  in the middle of your waiting.   TRUST GOD in all things!! He hears our every prayer.   He answers our prayers in our best  interest.  TRUST!! 

Lies are not victomless

 Nahum 3:1 “ Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!”

When I read this verse this morning, I’m thinking about Lies and how even White lies hurt people.  Had your lying tongue ever hurt another? Has another’s lying tongue ever hurt you?  Today,  be careful to speak truth no matter how much easier it would be to lie.

Better a little with love than a lot with strife

 Proverbs 15:16 “Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.”         Better to TRUST God and be content with a little than to be burdened by our assets.  We can’t take any of our worldly wealth to Heaven.  Best to not let it control us while we are here.  The “fear” of God is not a trembling but a reverence and awe for Him that we desire to be pleasing to Him above all else.   So easy to say, much harder to do.  We cant have two masters and be single hearted.   We cant serve God and money.  Everything we have our physical abilities, financial assets, all of it is His in the first place.   Honor Him today with what you have.  Don’t let what you have become a burden to you.

Many companions or a deep friendship

 Proverbs 18:24 “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.”   

Some people surround themselves with lots of people.    They have lots of social media and lots of acquaintances.      Hollywood celebrities come to mind.   Depth of friendship is hard to get when we have too many distractions.     Our best friend sticks closer than a brother.  Our best friend is with us always.  Do you ever get so distracted with the many friends of social media, or casual acquaintances that you neglect Jesus?    Personally, depth beats width every time.   

Kind and Cautious

 Proverbs 12:26 “A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”   Be careful whom you let in your inner circle.   We may think we can bring people up, but often they bring us down.   

9/11 fight or flight.

 Romans 7:16 “Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the  one whom you obey- weather you are slaves to sin which leads to death or to obedience, which leads to righteousness.”   Today marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.   Where were you on 9/11/2001?   Many of us remember the moment we saw the first plane hit the tower and of course the aftermath.   Its hard to imagine that instead of fighting Islam after that,  we have embraced her.     Not me!  Hopefully, not you  either.   Allowing that religion to grow in our nation with the huge expansion of Mosques and the incredible expansion of Muslim political influence,  I think is  an abomination  in remembrance of 9/11.   Somehow we have embraced, “Don’t be an Islamophobic”, over stand up for  God and country.   This day  puzzles me.   We could see the enemy but instead of standing up and fighting,  we have embraced her.   (Dearborn , Mi.) We are becoming a slave to her.   This 25th anniversary is a very sad day indeed.  Be inspired to Stand up for Jesus today!! Don’t coward in your faith!  Faith not fear!!!

A Lying tongue hates those that catch it in a lie

 Proverbs 26:28. “A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.”  I heard Dr David Jeremiah say “Gossip is saying something about someone behind their back that you wouldn’t say to their face and flattery is saying something to  someones face  you wouldn’t say behind their back.”    A lying tongue is poison.   When I was a drinker, I had learned to lie about almost everything.    I didnt do it on purpose.  I was just so embarrassed about who I was and what I was doing,  I made up stories so I didn’t have to face up to my reality.    I started lying and it  became a way of life.    If you would have asked me, “ Are you a lier?”  I would have told you, “ I don’t lie!”   I lied so much I believed my own lies.  Even today, many years sober  I have to fight the battle of believing lies that are in my head.   Just because i think something doesn’t make it true.      Today, may you walk in the Spirit of truth!! “A lying tongue hates who it hurts.”   I used to hate the people that would catch me in a lie.   So cool how the Bible has the answers.   May you get  yours  today  by reading His word!!

Stand firm in faith

 Isaiah 7:9 “The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.  If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.”

“If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all!”  When I “feel” the weight of anxiety.  It is when I am not accepting things as they are.   In order for me to accept things as they are I have to TRUST God is in control.   He is working all things out for His glory and my good.   This is putting on my faith.  “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.”    Will you be standing firm in your faith today?  God’s got this!!!

Stop sinning or something worse will happen to you

 John 5:14 “Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See you are well again.  Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”  Stop sinning or something worse will happen to you!! This reminds me of quitting drinking.   I would quit after something bad happened.  Then I would stop being fearful of drinking and decide I could try it again hoping that this time it wouldn’t end badly.    It always just got worse.   Hopefully my last bad experience is going to be enough to last me    for my life time.   What I have is today.   Today,  I will choose to stop sinning.   Yet, that is impossible.   I will try my best to stop sinning and fill myself with the love of Jesus.   I will try my best to be a God pleaser not a man pleaser.   Today, let’s do our best to  live James 4:7&8. “Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and He will come near to you.”   God loves us each so much that He takes the time to discipline us.   If we keep going down the wrong path, our consequences keep increasing.

Our spouse is our team mate notbour enemy

 Genesis 1:18 “The Lord God said,”It is not good for the man to be alone.  I will make a helper suitable for him.”  …24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”   God makes a husband and wife to be on the same team!!! One flesh!! Husband’s are to cherish their wives and wives are to respect their husbands (Ephesians 5)    I am thinking of the Muslim culture….as I understand it, they are allowed to beat their wives treating them more as property than as a gift from God. If you are beating up or hurting your spouse in any way, you are hurting half of yourself.  If you are blessed with a spouse, he or she is your #1 team mate next to Jesus.   Often when people are stressed they take it out on the ones they trust the most, they hurt their teammate.  Remember if you are tempted to hurt your beloved in anyway, you are actually hurting yourself.  Be encouraged today to treat your spouse as your number one team mate next to Jesus.  Help each other, no matter how you “ feel”.  Choose love!!😇    The destruction of our country is largely because of the destruction of our families.   Do what you can today in your own family to love each other through the powerful gift of Jesus.  Choose love!  Choose to be on the same team!!

Be still, Trust God

 Psalm 46:10 “ Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”    Be still and know that He is God!!!  TRUST Him today in all things!!! His way , His timing, His best plan for you and the ones you love!!

Prosperity can be prideful

 Daniel 11:28 “The king of the North will return to his own country with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant.”   I have been guilty of forgetting, all my prosperities come from the Lord.   When I forget it is He that gave me the talents and circumstances I become full of pride.  There is nothing pleasant about being around a prideful person. Today, if God has blessed you beyond all measure; instead of saying, “look at me” say “ Look at all God has blessed me with, how can I be the best steward of it all?”  Prosperity is so much more than finances.  Be inspired to be thankful for everything He has provided you and the things in His infinite wisdom has not. 😇🙏❤️

His Peace or our anxiety

 John 14:25 “All this I have spoken while with you.  26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.  27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”   We have the Holy Spirit living in us guiding us moment by moment.   We can listen and walk in His Peace or we can harden our hearts and walk in our anxieties.   Which will you do today?

Team work!!

 Psalm 121:1. “ I lift my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from?  2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3He will not let your foot slip-He who watches over you will not slumber.”   Have you ever been on a team?   Together the team purpose is to work toward the common goal using everyone’s unique talents for the team goal.  Having a good teammate is fantastic!!!  Marriage is this a true “team”.  Many of us are single, yet we are never “team-less”.    The Lord is with us always He is always on our team!!! May we each TRUST in our ever present, omnipotent Team mate today and always!!!😇🙏❤️

Worldly or Wordly

 Joel 2:12 “Even now”, declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”   13.Rend  your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for He is compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity.”   Repent and return!!! Have you been seeking your will and not God’s?   Seeking worldly pleasures over WORDLY is so easy for me to do.      What are your goals for today?  Do they line up with the Word of God?   Be inspired to seek Him first!!

Keep your head up in the storm

 Psalm 103:1-5 “Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name.  2. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits-3who forgives all your sins and heal all your diseases, 4who redeems your life from the pit and  crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”    One of my dearest friends suggested her Bible study group memorize these verses.     When we focus on how good God is, we can keep our heads up in any strom!  

Perfect love casts out fear

 Christ assurance verses Self assurance.  Christ confidence verses self confidence!   1John 4:4 “You dear children, are from God, and have overcome them, because the one who is in you, is greater than the one who is in the world.”  18 “There is no fear in Love.  But prefect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 “We love because He first loved us.”   Today, dont trust in your abilities to get things done, trust that Christ through, you will take care of everything.   If He has given you much ability and drive fantastic!! Use it for His glory, remembering He is the one giving it to you moment by moment.   Perfect love casts out fear.  He perfectly loves each of us….fear not!! Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world!!

The sovereign God of the universe perfectly loves you!! He didn’t get you this far to drop you now!  TRUST in His Love for you today!!

Clinging to a worthless idol?

 Jonah 2:8 “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.”  What worthless idols are you clinging to?   Sometimes I cling to the security of the gifts and talents God has given me verses clinging to God.   At any moment everything can be taken away.  The only one that will remain is the Lord.  Cling to Him!! He is our TRUE HOPE!!  Matthew 28:20 “Lo, I am with you always even to the end of the age.”

When I trust my  “right” works will produce “right” things;  then I am trusting in me.   Bad things happen even when we do everything right.  When I trust in God, knowing He will make even the bad things right,  my anxiety lowers and I can breathe.   Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”  Are you trusting in God or a worthless idol? TRUST GOD.  Find true peace.

Turn away and stay turned

 Jonah 3:9 “Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from His fierce anger so that we will not perish.  10When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction He has threatened.”  Have you ever turned from your evil ways to avoid the consequences? Then go back to those same old, same old ways.?  Be inspired to keep turning from the old, pressing forward to the High calling of God no matter what you are facing!   😇🙏❤️

If it’s causing anxiety reevaluate!

 Psalm 139:23 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  24 See if there is any offense way in me, and lead me in the way of everlasting.”  

Do you have anxious thoughts?   Pay attention to those!! If your reaction to something is anxiety, evaluate whether that person, project or  event should be in your life. God gives us an unsettled Spirit to recognize things that are not of Him.    Lord, see if there is any offense way in us and lead us to the way of everlasting.   😇🙏❤️

He has plans for you!! TRUST

 Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”    Are your plans failing?   God’s are not!!   Some of our toughest times produce the greatest harvest.   Be still and know that He is God and He has plans for you!! Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future .   TRUST His plans today!!!😇❤️🙏

Dont ho astray, plan good

 Proverbs 14:22 “Do not those who plot evil go astray?  But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.” When I was an addict I would plot how to get my alcohol and how to keep my addiction a secret.   It was an all consuming frame of thinking.     It was an evil desire that made me go astray.   I hated it but couldn’t let it go for years.   Today I recognize how it poisoned my life and hurt my children. Today, I try my best to plan what is good even when it’s hard.  My life is infinitely better when I first seek the Lord and His righteousness.   It is truly filled with Love and Faithfulness not because of me but because of Him.    Today, be inspired to recognize if you are plotting for your evil desires and turn and plan what is good!  😇🙏❤️

His works are wonderful.. know this full well

 Psalm 139:13 “ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful I know full well.”  

Each of us are fearfully and wonderfully made!    His works are wonderful!!! Each of us are wonderful!!! Oh yes we do stupid sinful things.  Our identity is not what we do, or what people say or think about us.  Our identity is who we are in Jesus Christ.    Forgiven, restored, set apart, able to shine.  We are fearfully and wonderfully made!! His works are wonderful!!! Know this full well!!  

If you are tempted to take on self doubt, low self esteem or self condemnation.   STOP that is not true!  God word is TRUE.   You are wonderful through the powerful gift of Jesus.   Know this full well!!  

Runnig away from God?

 Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port.  After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.”   Have you ever ran from the Lord?   I do it all the time.  I know the good God is telling me to do, but let sloth take over.  Or I may go down the wrong path….justifying in my mind, what I am doing is “fine”.   When I am deliberately or lazily, going in the wrong direction, with an unrepentant heart, I better watch out;  because the big fish is coming!!   God love each of us too much to let us run away.   Be inspired to run to Him today!!

Love even if you dont feel like it

 John 15:12 “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”  Do you love as Jesus loves?   Think of how you think about each other.   Is it loving?  Or do you harbor anger and resentment if things aren’t the way you think they should be?  Today, be inspired to love each other with a pure heart.  Not because people are who you want them to be.  Love because Jesus commands us to do so.   You can love a person and not love their actions.  Usually people with bad behavior are the people that need love the most.

But his word be a rock

 Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”  When I first quit drinking and turned my life back over to the Lord, I had been in worldly behaviors for so long I had no idea how to do life  God’s way.   I made a commitment to start reading the Bible daily and thinking about how it applied to my life and tried to put it into practice.    This is not a one and done this is a daily commitment to keep trying to apply God’s word to the life I live.   When I do, I walk in His peace.   When I don’t, I walk in my anxiety.    May God’s word be a lamp to your feet today too.😇❤️🙏

Survive it in hope

 Have you ever had a pain, that just won’t leave?   Jeremiah 17:7 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.  8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.  It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.  It has no worries in a year of draught and never fails to bear fruit.”  …..17:14. “ Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are The One I praise.”       These verses help me in deep pain.  Many things in life, I cant understand and can’t control.   When I TRUST God in it all, I  survive in hope.   

The Lord never forgets us

 Isaiah 49:15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?  Though she may forget, I will not forget you!  16 See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.” 

Our Lord never forgets us!!  God knows each and every one of us. There are about 8.3 billion people on this earth and God knows each of us intimately!!   This is mind blowing!!! I can’t even  in billions.  As parents when our children are hurting we are hurting.   Know today, God loves your child even more than you do!!  He will not forget them.  They are engraved on the palms of His hands and so are you!!!  Live in His perfect peace today trusting this is true.”

Don’t wear yourself out for riches

 Proverbs 23:4 “Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have wisdom and show restraint.  5 Cast a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.”🦅.   What do you wear yourself out for?   “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:33).    I have chased many things that are not God’s will for me.     When I do and get those things, it often leaves me emptier than before.    Only God can truly fill us to the full.  Let’s be drinking His living water today and always!! Let Jesus fill the emptiness within, and you will never thirst again even in a draught.

Leave the old pursue the new

 Ephesians 4:22 “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted  by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”  Put off the old and put on the new!!! If I want to change my old ways I have to replace those ways with something better.   We all have 24 hours in a day.  If we stop a bad behavior that has consumed us we have to fill that time with a new edifying behavior or the  void we leave will be filled with an all consuming desire for the bad thing  that is destroying us.    Today, to be healthy and well.  Replace the old with the new and stay with the new!!

Call upon His name and upu will be saved

 Romans 10:13 “ for, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”  Call on His name!    My simple one word prayer is, “Jesus”.     I call on His name and rest there.  It helps me.   I know it will help you too.😇🙏❤️

True intimacy

 Ephesians 5:33 “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”  Men adoring thier wives and wives respecting thier husbands is the great aphrodisiac.   Some people, loose intimacy as their marriage goes on.   Intimacy is a HUGE part of marriage!   As we age  or just get over busy with things like screen time. We can loose our connection with each other.   The people we love the most, we stop nurturing.  If you are blessed and have a spouse, never forget, the two of you are one flesh.      Would you intentionally injure yourself?    Yet, many times we intentionally pick at, the ones we love.  Stop!   You are one flesh!! A three fold cord, husband, wife and Jesus.     This is your unshakable inner core.   Not even your children or grandchildren should be in that circle.  Husbands, cherish your wives.   Wives respect your husbands.   This is possible if Jesus is your foundation.   😇🙏❤️.  He is the motivation that keeps our intimacy alive!!   

True beauty

 1Peter3:3 “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.  4 Instead, it should be of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great work in God’s sight.”

True beauty lies within.   Both in women and men.   Increase your attractiveness by increasing the unfading beauty of a gentle and  quiet spirit.  This is made possible by the powerful gift of Jesus!

Men this is not only for women.  

Build intimacy , through Jesus Christ

 Ephesians 5:33 “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”  Men adoring thier wives and wives respecting thier husbands is the great aphrodisiac.   Some people, loose intimacy as their marriage goes on.   Intimacy is a HUGE part of marriage!   As we age  or just get over busy with things like screen time. We can loose our connection with each other.   The people we love the most, we stop nurturing.  If you are blessed and have a spouse, never forget, the two of you are one flesh.      Would you intentionally injure yourself?    Yet, many times we intentionally pick at, the ones we love.  Stop!   You are one flesh!! A three fold cord, husband, wife and Jesus.     This is your unshakable inner core.   Not even your children or grandchildren should be in that circle.  Husbands, cherish your wives.   Wives respect your husbands.   This is possible if Jesus is your foundation.   😇🙏❤️. If you are single, make sure you choose a person that loves Jesus.  Choose someone you respect and cherish.     Marriage is great if done right.  It’s a lonely place if done wrong.  It is far better to be alone  with Jesus, than together without Him.   Equally yoked, is the core component through the powerful gift of Jesus.     

Let the Lord fight for you

 2Chronicles 20:15 “He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem!  This is what the Lord says to you: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the  battle is not yours, but God’s.“

The battle is not yours but God’s!!  Wow!!   What a cool perspective!!  Truly, for me to quit drinking and maintain sobriety I need the Lord first.   I know that if I ever pick up again, booze becomes my God and I loose everything.  That may sound extreme to you who are not alcoholic but it’s all too real for those of us that are!! The Lord does and will fight for you!   When I am fighting any battle it helps me when I remeber I am not fighting alone.   The Lord is fighting for me.   I hope this helps you today too.   Be strong in the battle.

Be anxious for nothing TRUST in everything.

 Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”  Do not be anxious about anything!!! Give it all to God!! Let trusting Him, in it all, rule your heart.   Be at peace in all things.   He is worthy of it all!!! He is with us every moment of our lives.  Today, don’t play the “what if” game in your head.   Simply, see Jesus in it all and TRUST.  His way will play out.  His way will be best!!  TRUST!! 😇🙏❤️

Get our hearts right!

Romans 14:17 “ For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating or drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”    Are you careful with what you eat and drink so you honor God but lash out at people when you get stressed?   So what if you are good at obeying tge rules is you have strife in your heart.      Let’s make sure our hearts are full of righteousness, peace and joy first and our actions will follow!!

Dont let your behaviors destroy your brother

 Romans 14:19-21. 19”Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20 All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.  21. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.”  When I quit drinking I needed to be around friends and family that were, “like minded”.   It helped me with temptation and it showed me how to live alcohol free.   Same goes with over eating and under moving.   To be healthy and well edify each other in God honoring ways.  Don’t eat or drink anything that will make your brother stumble.  Today, pay attention to who is influencing you.  Be the good influence, the one who mutually edifies.  😇❤️🙏

Speak Life

 Proverbs 20:15 “Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but the lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.”   Speak knowledge!! Speak life!!  Do you have Bible verses memorized so you can quote them when appropriate?   Many times people are looking for truth.  Often, we speak our opinions in response,  verses speaking the knowledge of God.    Will your words be more valuable than gold or rubies today?   Be encouraged to encourage others with the word of God.   Today and always.  😇❤️🙏.  Start with some simple verses like Philippians 4:13. “ I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”  You will be amazed at how often you will be able to help others by speaking His knowledge.

Perseverance

 James 5:11 “As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance, and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.”   Perseverance is what we have through the powerful gift of Jesus!!  Fight the good fight, remembering to do everything unto the Lord.   If you are facing medical issues, trust God, relationship issues, trust God, financial issues, trust God!!   Persevere through your trials  knowing God’s got this!!! 

Submission?

 Romans 13:5 “Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment, but also because of conscience.”  Submit to authorities!   This is easier said than done.   Submission not only in deed but in heart.    Does this describe your heart today?

Value your marriage

 Proverbs 12:4 “A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.”   Proverbs 18:22 “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. Proverbs 31:10. “ A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”   Ephesians 5:33 “However, each one of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”    

I met someone the other day who after many years of marriage is discarding his wife because he met someone that makes him feel young again makes him feel like there’s passion in his life.     Be inspired to hold tight to the wife of your youth.   Marriage is often not a bed of passion, it is however a gift from God that is to be treasured.  If you know someone like this or are someone like this be encouraged to value your marriage.  Marriages can be saved by the powerful gift of Jesus!!

Give honor and respect even if you dont “Feel” like it

 Romans 13:7 “ Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes if revenue then revenue; if respect then respect, if honor then honor.”

Romans 13:14 “Rather cloth yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think how to gratify the desires of your sinful nature.”

In the natural, we may not “ feel” like giving honor and respect to various individuals especially when we disagree with them.     Yet, we are not called to conduct ourselves by our feelings, we are called to clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ.    What does that mean to you today?

Do it for the Lord!!

 Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it  all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him”.  Do it  for the Lord!!  It is easy to lack enthusiasm for the tasks we have at hand.    What ever you do today, renew your passion, do it for the Lord!!!