The Greatest Power

Q:  What is the greatest of all God's powers?

A:  The power to forgive sins.  This brings a person from death to life.


TV~  (Todays' Verse)
"Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, and walk '? "But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins "-- then He said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home." And he got up and went home.… [Matthew 9:6]

Walking in the Dark

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I do not ask my cross to understand, my way to see
Better in darkness just to feel thy hand, and follow thee.

TV~  (Today's Verse)

They will bear you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone.… 
[Psalm 91:11]

More and More Like Jesus

"I want to be more and more like Jesus.  I want to be more and more like Him."  I'm listening to a sweet, but very strong-willed five-year-old sing that right now, at the top of his lungs.  Out of the mouths of babes....

Lord, we want to be more and more like You.  May your grace be sufficient  today, your power made perfect in our ever-present weakness.

TV~  (Today's Verse)
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. [John 13:14]

Stuff or Speak?

One way to deal with loss or grief is by "stuffing it," that is pushing those painful feelings aside and continuing on.  The problem with this method is that eventually those feelings come out in one way or another, perhaps causing unhealthy behavior.  The scriptures tell us to speak the truth in love.  That is a more healthy way to handle the situations that rock our boat.  In the end, we will be in a more stable, godly place.

TV~  (Today's Verse)
Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. [Ephesians 4:15]

Wearing Scripture

I have a pendant around my neck.  It is made of sparkly yellow yarn, golden construction paper and brightly-colored plastic jewels.  Made in a child's Sunday School class, there is a scripture printed on it:   "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear."  Feelings of fear keep plaguing me.  Every time the fear comes, I clasp the child's pendant and mentally review the verse.  It is helping.

TV~  (Today's Verse)
So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?" [Hebrews 13:6]

The Heart

King David was a man after God's own heart.  God has a heart.  Perhaps that is why the word heart is found so often throughout the Bible. 

TV~  (Today's Verse)
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.  [Psalm 28:7]

Christ Everywhere

The following prayer keeps coming to mind in recent days.  It is attributed to St. Patrick and is part of a longer prayer, entitled: St. Patrick's Breastplate.

If we pray this and attribute this to ourselves, it truly is like a breastplate.  It protects us from temptation, from the evil one and from our own evil desires.

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

TV~ (Today's Verse)
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [Colossians 1:17]