Old Year’s Night-This Year, There Will Be Fire

New Yearโ€™s Eve portends a year of hopeful questions. Old Yearโ€™s Night is the last day of an answering year. In every case, the answer is the same. If it didnโ€™t kill you, no matter what it was, you will never fear it again.  Old Yearโ€™s Nights prepare for New Yearโ€™s Days by way of …

Exhaled (a reboot)

And then, I exhaled. Iโ€™m committed to learning to breathe deeply. This is more than a metaphor. I am a shallow breather. According to people who teach meditation,   When we breathe in a shallow way, the body remains in a cyclical state of stressโ€”our stress causing shallow breathing and our shallow breathing causing stress. This …

Morning Devotional 5.25.26

โ€œYou, Lord, are my shepherd. I will never be in need. You let me rest in fields of green grass. You lead me to streams of peaceful water, and you refresh my life. You are true to your name, and you lead me along the right paths.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ23โ€ฌ:โ€ญ1โ€ฌ-โ€ญ3โ€ฌ โ€ญCEVโ€ฌโ€ฌRest.Be restored.Be in joyful peace.Thanks be to …

Morning Devotional 5.24.26

Morning Devotional โ€œAfter they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking Godโ€™s word with confidence.โ€โ€ญโ€ญActs of the Apostlesโ€ฌ โ€ญ4โ€ฌ:โ€ญ31โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ Faith in three steps:Ask- the prayed for an infilling of the Holy Spirit and it was granted.Divine Confirmation-God shows up unmistakably, in …

Morning Devotional 5.21.26

Image may be subject to copyright โ€œPeople are trapped by their fear of others; those who trust the LORD are secure.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ29โ€ฌ:โ€ญ25โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ Those who trust in God are secure. This isnโ€™t fingers crossed, blind optimism. Biblical trust is an active, ongoing commitment. Weโ€™re human, and weโ€™re going to get it wrong. Nevertheless, trust is …

Morning Devotional 5.20.26

โ€œI say be guided by the Spirit and you wonโ€™t carry out your selfish desires. A personโ€™s selfish desires are set against the Spirit, and the Spirit is set against oneโ€™s selfish desires. They are opposed to each other, so you shouldnโ€™t do whatever you want to do.โ€โ€ญโ€ญGalatiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ16โ€ฌ-โ€ญ17โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ โ€œyou shouldnโ€™t do whatever you …

Morning Devotional 5.19.26

โ€œYou are saved by Godโ€™s grace because of your faith. This salvation is Godโ€™s gift. Itโ€™s not something you possessed. Itโ€™s not something you did that you can be proud of.โ€โ€ญโ€ญEphesiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ2โ€ฌ:โ€ญ8โ€ฌ-โ€ญ9โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ We are saved by Grace, and nothing else. Itโ€™s nothing we own, or accomplished. Thatโ€™s what makes it so compelling; we didnโ€™t …

Morning Devotional 5.18.26

โ€œInstead, regard Christ the Lord as holy in your hearts. Whenever anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready to defend it.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Peterโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ15โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ This guidance is so simple as to be disregarded. โ€œWhenever anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready to defend it.โ€ Thatโ€™s it? Remember, the God …

Morning Devotional 5.17.26

โ€œBut God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us.โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ8โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ God loved us beforeโ€ฆBefore we knew ourselves.Before we knew God.Relentless.Unwavering.Eternal.Thanks be to God. Image from the web may be subject to copyright

Morning Devotional 5.15.26

โ€œGod is indeed my salvation; I will trust and wonโ€™t be afraid. Yah, the LORD, is my strength and my shield; he has become my salvation.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญIsaiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ I am in awe, and I trust God. What else could I possibly need?? Thanks be to God. Image from the web may be subject to copyright