Daily Meditations

  December 23   Psalm 46:10  “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”    We live in a very, very, hectic world and culture. It is ever more so with cell phone in our pocters more advanced by a magnitude […]

December 22 Isaiah 40:29  “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” Christmas is almost here. We are more than ready to celebrate the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ! If we are honest with ourselves we each can be weary and week from time to time. Yet, He is

December 21 Romans 12:12 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”   There are three phrases that can cover a large part of our everyday lives! They are the opposite of some frequent bad attitudes. Ain’t it aweful, Why me! And God doesn’t care.  Again I say a favorite verse is Romans

December 20 Hebrews 2:10-11  In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus

  December 19 Psalm 3:8 From the Lord comes deliverance.     May your blessing be on your people.   For believers it seems clear that the Lord works in history. The most talked of case came this year with the near miss of a bullet aimed at Donals Trump. Regardless of your politics it is obvious

December 17 1 Timothy 1:15  Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.   At Kairos prison ministry one of the residents shared, “We are no different from you; we just made one mistake too many and ended up here.”

December 16 Philippians 4:6  Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.   I have to admit this is easier said than done. The constant bombardment of political news and messages of the last year was oppressive. As I write I think

December 15 Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.   Early in my first marriage my wife and I would get into small arguments about which of us was at fault over some more of less trivial thing. At heart neither of us

December 14 Colossians 2:17 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.   Here is a great challenge from Paul. We might easily think if things we could do better like creating art. What about cleaning

  December 13 2 Corinthians 13:5 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? Last year I was shocked to realize I didn’t fully understand the meaning of Christ in me! The idea had never