Day 1: The Blessing of Confidence (1 of 4)
ROMANS 8:28 Can have confidence even when things don’t look good at that moment? What is your perspective on problems and trials? Do you dwell on (worry about) the trial itself and let it affect other aspects of your life? Or – do you tell God about it, how you feel about it, ask…
Simply Blessed
Welcome to a Daily Bible Study of the blessings found in the books of Romans and Hebrews. This is a bible marking study. I suggest you use Dri-liter brand highlighters for highlighting and archival pens for writing and underlining (they don’t bleed through the page). Use a pretty notebook to write your notes. May you…
Day 2: The Blessing of Confidence (2 of 4)
CONQUERORS ROMANS 8:37 What are we going to conquer? Fear, self-doubt, worry, thoughts Our faith overcomes the world (it is greater than the world!). 1 John 5:4-5 1 Corinthians 15:57 1 John 4:4 2 Corinthians 2:14 Who leads us in triumph? How does He “diffuse the fragrance of His knowledge”? 2 Chronicles 20:12 King Jehosaphat…
In The Right Place
From Debbie Kea’s devotional book, “Moments with the Master”. “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us” 1 Peter 3:21 During Spring Break, we had the joy of going with our grandchildren to the Ark Encounter in Kentucky. For those who have never been or don’t know about it, it is…
WALK THIS WAY in the Kingdom
In the previous articles we talked about what our spiritual shoes look like and walking with God and Christ in the kingdom. Now let’s take a look at how we are to walk in those shoes. NOT THAT WAY! Have you ever been lost? When I was a child, every summer we would go to…
It’s So Daily
“And searched the scriptures daily…” Acts 17:11 I remember hearing an old black preacher say, “The thing about life is it’s sodaily.” Boy, isn’t that the truth!! The great writer Anton Chekhov agreed. He said, “Anidiot can face a crisis; it’s the day to day living that wears you out.” How true, how true!The daily…
Looking for Contentment…Day 16:Be Anxious for Nothing
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places How to be Content When you’d Rather Worry! “How many of you can make yourself taller by worrying about it?” (Matthew 6:27). Jesus gave a great discourse on the subject of worry. He even had some humor in it. Because God…
Looking for Contentment…Day 15:It’s Not Fair!
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places Finding Contentment in an “unfair” world “Life just isn’t fair!” We hear that a lot and it is true. We sacrifice contentment when we concern ourselves about fairness in everything. Seeking “fairness” can show contempt for others and pity for ourselves. …
Walking with Our King in His Kingdom
Walking is good for us! Consider the many benefits of walking: HE WALKS AMONG US God has been walking with His people from day one. God walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden (Genesis 3:8). He did not stop walking with them when they left the garden. Throughout the Bible we are told about…
What Shoes are you Wearing?
Preparing our spiritual feet to stand and walk Most women love shoes. My favorite Disney movie is about a shoe, Cinderella. Once the Prince comes calling, looking for the owner of the shoe, we see a shoe that doesn’t fit and one that does. Why do we wear shoes? We take our shoes off when…