Promise of the Day: A Spoonful of Honey
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Proverbs 16:24 NKJV: “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.” Devotion: As creation proves, the spoken word has power. Not only do our mouths program our brains, but the words we speak create an atmosphere around those we speak to or about … […]
Promise of the Day: Complete Surrender
Blessings! Today’s Promise is John 15:4 CJB: “Stay united with me, as I will with you — for just as the branch can’t put forth fruit by itself apart from the vine, so you can’t bear fruit apart from me.” Devotion: It seems that, from the time of our birth, humans strive for independence. “Me […]
Promise of the Day: Established Forever
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Proverbs 10:25 CJB: “When the storm has passed, the wicked are gone; but the righteous are firmly established forever.” Devotion: The world loves to celebrate pride in everything from nationality, to sexuality. But those who know God know that He resists the proud, and that He rewards humility with more grace. […]
Promise of the Day: Salvation or Death
Blessings! Today’s Promise is 2 Corinthians 7:10 NKJV: “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.” Devotion: The world doesn’t like to hear that they are sinners. It makes them feel bad, and the world today is all about feeling good. What they don’t realize is that the guilt and […]
Promise of the Day: The Company You Keep
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Proverbs 13:20 NKJV: “He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.” Devotion: My ten-year-old daughter warned me against voting for a certain candidate one evening following a visit by a campaigner. I let her know that the man who came to the […]
Promise of the Day: Ever-Present Father
Blessings! Today’s Promise is John 14:18 CJB: “I will not leave you orphans — I am coming to you.” Devotion: Jesus knew we wouldn’t last long without His presence to direct, guide, and comfort us. What a blessing to have the Holy Spirit living in us constantly. Unlike earthly parents, the Holy Spirit never needs–or […]
Promise of the Day: Blessed
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Ephesians 1:3, 6 CJB: “Praised be Adonai, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who in the Messiah has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heaven. In the Messiah he chose us in love before the creation of the universe to be holy and without defect in his presence. He determined in advance […]
Promise of the Day: Passionate Seeking
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Jeremiah 29:13 CJB: “When you seek me, you will find me, provided you seek for me wholeheartedly;” Devotion: Our God is not standing in the background waiting for us to be good enough for Him–or good looking enough, or rich enough, or smart enough … He just wants to know that […]
Promise of the Day: Grow Up!
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Isaiah 28:9 CJB: “Can no one be taught anything? Can no one understand the message? Must one teach barely weaned toddlers, babies just taken from the breast?” Devotion: God longs to impart His knowledge and wisdom to His children, but “the deep things of God” are not for the immature spirit. […]
Promise of the Day: Perfect Peace
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Isaiah 26:3 NKJV: “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” Devotion: The word “stayed” here holds the idea of resting or leaning on God. When Jesus is the focus of our lives, we can trust Him to meet our every […]