Morning Devotional 7.7.26

โ€œJesus looked at them and said, โ€œWith man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ19โ€ฌ:โ€ญ26โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ โ€œWith God, all things are possible.โ€My life has taken so many unimaginable turns in the past few years; Iโ€™m through reeling, though. Iโ€™m not entirely certain where Iโ€™ll been when the spinning settles down. Here …

Morning Devotional 7.6.26

Morning Devotional โ€œWhoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ19โ€ฌ:โ€ญ17โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Just this morning after reading this scripture, I heard that โ€œkindness is a choice.โ€ Your deliberate acts of service are offerings to God. Everything we do, along with the ways we …

Morning Devotional 7.4.26

โ€œYou, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: โ€œLove your neighbor as yourself.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญGalatiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ13โ€ฌ-โ€ญ14โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ According to the Word, before any American Declaration of Independence, …

Morning Devotional 7.3.26

โ€œPursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.โ€โ€ญโ€ญHebrewsโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ14โ€ฌ-โ€ญ15โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Grace and peace. We say it, but do we …

Morning Devotional 7.1.26

โ€œRejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ12โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Have you ever heard of Chunking? Chunking is a cognitive strategy used to boost short-term memory by grouping individual pieces of information into larger, meaningful units, since working memory can only hold about 4 to 7 items at once.Remember how you learned …

Morning Devotional 6.30.26

โ€œbless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you.โ€โ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ6โ€ฌ:โ€ญ28โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Look, everybody is not going to love you. Thatโ€™s okay. What is not required of you is expending energy on it. And, as my Granny taught me, you donโ€™t have to respond to everything. As a good BSB (Black southern belle) when …

Morning Devotional 6.26.26

โ€œSet your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,โ€โ€ญโ€ญColossiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Itโ€™s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day. Disciplines calls us to plan and look forward. As Bobby McFerrin reminds us, โ€œno discipline is pleasant at the time, but painful.โ€ Itโ€™s time to set our …

Morning Devotional 6.12.26

โ€œLove suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;โ€โ€ญโ€ญI Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ13โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Be guided by love, the love of God. Iโ€™ve recently learned that loving yourself means handling it over to the Almighty. What is below immediately follows.Youโ€™re welcome.Thanks be to God. Image may be …

Morning Devotional 6.4.26

โ€œBlessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. Blessed areare the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ-โ€ญ5โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Itโ€™s going to be alright. Whomever, whatever, you mourn, you shall be comforted. Sorrow does not last forever. In fact, after every sunset, the sun rises again.God has never failed to deliver on …