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. […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | May 25, 2023
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 […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | May 24, 2023
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 […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | May 23, 2023
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 […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | May 22, 2023
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 […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | May 21, 2023
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 […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | May 20, 2023
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. […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | May 19, 2023
Promise of the Day: Passover Gift
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Exodus 12:14 NKJV: “So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.” Devotion: What a beautiful gift the Lord gave us with the command to celebrate the day the blood of […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Apr 5, 2023
Why Passover?
Blessings Friends! Do you have any idea how hard it is to remove every speck of yeast from your home? As my daughter and I prepared for Passover, the mere thought of this daunting task made it very difficult to drag myself out of bed in the morning. I was literally stress paralyzed. And, yes, that is real […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Apr 4, 2023
Be Mine: A Valentine from Your Father
Blessings Family, Valentine’s Day is here, and with it our thoughts turn to love. Every human being craves love. From birth, we spend our lives seeking it. We don’t feel complete without it. Why? Because we are created in the likeness and according to the image of our God (Gen. 1:26). And 1 John 4:8 […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Feb 14, 2023
Arise!: Giving Thanks
Blessings Family, Isaiah 40:31: “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Praise The Lord! I can’t believe Thanksgiving is already upon us! And we have so much to be […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Nov 23, 2022
5783: A Year to Run Into the Fire!
Blessings Family, Leshana tovah tikatevee v’tichatemee! (May you be written and sealed for a sweet new year!) Last Sunday at sunset, we sounded the shofar and lit the candles to usher in a new year, the first of Tishri, according to the Command of God in Numbers 29:1. On this Appointed Time (Rosh Hashanah), we […]
By : Rebecca Olmstead | Sep 28, 2022