Promise of the Day: Certainty
Blessings! Today’s Promise is 2 Peter 1:10 CJB: “Therefore, brothers, try even harder to make your being called and chosen a certainty. For if you keep doing this, you will never stumble.” Devotion: Wait a minute! Is Peter saying my Salvation isn’t certain? But I said the prayer! Many preach a “Once Saved, Always Saved” […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 17, 2024
Promise of the Day: Exceedingly Abundantly!
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Ephesians 3:20 NKJV: “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” Devotion: I pray this entire prayer every day over all the Ekklesia, the called out ones. But this part thrills me every time. […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 16, 2024
Promise of the Day: Cared For
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Nahum 1:7 CJB: “Adonai is good, a stronghold in time of trouble; he takes care of those who take refuge in him.” Devotion: There was a time when I thought I had many friends. Then I got cancer, and discovered that I didn’t have nearly as many friends as I thought. […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 15, 2024
Promise of the Day: Plug in the Oven
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Philippians 2:1-2 CJB: “Therefore, if you have any encouragement for me from your being in union with the Messiah, any comfort flowing from love, any fellowship with me in the Spirit, or any compassion and sympathy, then complete my joy by having a common purpose and a common love, by being one […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 14, 2024
Promise of the Day: Eternal Glory
Blessings! Today’s Promise is 1 John 2:25 NKJV: “And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.” Devotion: While eternal life sounds like the ultimate reward, living forever without the company of the Creator would be a sad existence indeed. It is His love and goodness that makes any life worth living, whether […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 13, 2024
Promise of the Day: His Delight
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Psalm 37:23 NKJV: “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.” Devotion: Delighting yourself in the Lord doesn’t guarantee a problem-free life. If anything, it will make you a bigger target for the enemy, as he works all the harder to bring you […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 12, 2024
Promise of the Day: Pruning
Blessings! Today’s Promise is John 15:2 CJB: “Every branch which is part of me but fails to bear fruit, he cuts off; and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.” Devotion: I used to hate pruning my grapes. I just hated “hurting” my beautiful plants. They looked […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 11, 2024
Calling All Signposts!
Blessings, Family! I had a couple dreams last Sunday that kind of discouraged me. But, when I went before the Lord that morning and asked Him to reveal the meaning of the dreams, I learned they were anything but discouraging. They were actually very exciting. In the first dream, a man was proudly showing me […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 10, 2024
Promise of the Day: The Righteous
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Psalm 34:17 NIV: “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.” Devotion: I don’t know about you, but I want the Lord to hear me when I call. So then, who are the righteous, and how do I become one? The best answer […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 10, 2024
Promise of the Day: Be Sanctified
Blessings! Today’s Promise is 1 Thessalonians 5:23 NIV: “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Devotion: Sanctification is not something we can do to ourselves by following certain rules and traditions. Only God can make […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 9, 2024
Promise of the Day: Do You Know Him?
Blessings! Today’s Promise is John 5:39 NIV: “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me.” Devotion: Studying and memorizing scripture is vital for spiritual growth, but we mustn’t fall into the same trap as the Jewish leaders of old. […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 8, 2024
Promise of the Day: Adonai’s Paths
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Psalm 25:10 CJB: “All Adonai’s paths are grace and truth to those who keep his covenant and instructions.” Devotions: The world demonizes God’s Torah (Law), and many who call themselves Christians insist that the Commandments were done away with by Jesus. From a worldly viewpoint, rules are a cruel and restrictive form […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 7, 2024