Category: Daily Devotional

Have you ever heard the saying, “Feelings are fickle”? —2 Cor 10:5 We demolish arguments & every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, & we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. —Do we really take our thoughts from those fickle feelings captive? —Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago. Watch for the NEW thing I am going to do. It is happening already, you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness & give you streams of water there. Isaiah 51:12 I, even I, am He who comforts you. — God is always doing a New Thing! So our job is to watch for it! Love Mel

From Bill- “Two natures beat within my breast. The one is foul, the one is blessed. The one I love, the one I hate. The one I feed will dominate.” – Anonymous. In Romans 7 Paul details this struggle. Letting go and letting God does not mean being hands off with your nature. Decide what you think about. Decide what you do. Don’t let it just happen. One of the fruits of the spirit is self discipline. Abiding in Christ is 100 choices a day. We must be deliberate in our quest to live for God. It does take effort. Mike Murdoch said “you cannot change what you are willing to tolerate”. You need a hunger and thirst for righteousness that creates dissatisfaction with undesirable current tendencies. We heard of the will to win. A crusty old Colonel once taught me about the will to prepare to win. It’s different. What to eat, when to exercise, when to spend time with God, etc. Run with endurance the race God has set before us. The rewards are great.  Love Mel

Have you ever heard the saying, “Feelings are fickle”? —2 Cor 10:5 We demolish arguments & every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, & we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. —Do we really take our thoughts from those fickle feelings captive? —Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago. Watch for the NEW thing I am going to do. It is happening already, you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness & give you streams of water there. Isaiah 51:12 I, even I, am He who comforts you. — God is always doing a New Thing! So our job is to watch for it! Love Mel

Heb.11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 Cor. 5:7 We live by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Gal. 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. — Faith is the assurance of the hope not yet seen, which is eternal! It “means trusting God’s intent to make good on His promises from an eternal perspective”, not a worldly one! Q, “Jerusalem Bible: Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen.” Examining all the evidence we can truly come to the agreement that it is best to trust God over all else! So trust God, by having faith in Him & His promises will bring hope to our mind, heart & soul! Love Mel

Gen 2:7 The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, & breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; & man became a living soul. Isa 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, He that created the heavens, & stretched them out; He that spread forth the earth, & that which cometh out of it; He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, & spirit to them that walk therein. Job 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, & the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 1 John 4:12-13 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, & His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we remain in Him, & He in us: He has given us of His Spirit. James 4:5 …He yearns jealously over the spirit that He has made to dwell in us. James 4:6 Praise be to the God who LOVES us, & who despite all of our grievous spiritual adultery, nevertheless gives us MORE GRACE. — Because He LOVES us, He gives us MORE GRACE! 
Love Mel