This week at Bible study our teacher shared her life verses and asked us to come prepared to share ours at our next meeting. Honestly I haven’t thought about mine for years. I know it was about 40 years ago when I rededicated my life to following Christ and was baptized in the Holy Spirit. …
My One Word for 2022 is Abundance. How do I feel about that? I am excited and scared. Excited, because who wouldn’t want the promise of abundance in their life? Scared, because what if I got it wrong? What if I raise my expectations and I come away lacking? How silly of me to think …
What is the week between Christmas and the new year like for you? To me it feels like dead space. My house was full of life, kids and grandkids playing games and opening gifts, and so much food! It was wonderful. But then they travel back to their own homes and the house seems deathly …
I got to thinking about those lightbulb, aha moments when we proclaim, “I learned something new today.” When someone shows us a new way of doing something, or reveals a little known fact, or we discover something that blows our mind. There is an excitement to revelation and an innate sense of victory when we …
Yahweh is the English pronunciation of the Hebrew YHWH or Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh. Ehyeh meaning I Am. It is translated into LORD, all caps throughout the Old Testament and with Adonai (Lord) in Jewish texts. Researching the meaning brought me to a YouTube video that was very enlightening. Check out part one here. And part …
What's in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;William Shakespeare My name, Sandy, is a nickname. Literally, my nickname means covered in sand. My given name is Sandra. Looking up my name would lead to Alexandra, which then leads to Alexander. Alexander means defender of man. My …
This is why I wait upon you, expecting your breakthrough, for your Word brings me hope.Psalm 130:5 (TPT) The definition of anticipation draws in not just expectation and hope, but a feeling of what it is like when our hope is fulfilled. While looking for a picture for this post, I found pictures of children …
I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.Ephesians 1:18 (NLT) I hadn’t thought about the connection between hope and joy until it came up in my current devotional. It …
When darkness veils His lovely face,I rest on His unchanging grace;In every high and stormy gale,My anchor holds within the veil.My Hope is Built On Nothing Less (On Christ the Solid Rock) Edward Mote Laying awake in the dark of the morning, my thoughts a storm in my head, I felt beaten, giving in to …
Adonai descended in the cloud, stood with him (Moses) there and pronounced the name of Adonai. Adonai passed before him and proclaimed: “ YUD-HEH-VAV-HEH!!! Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh [ Adonai ] is God, merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in grace and truth…you are not to bow down to any other god; since Adonai — whose very …
The Far Reaches of Grace 