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4/14/2025
God is LoveMonday Matters-April 14, 2025
Everyday Quiet Love My husband Dan and I were on the couch once again having “the talk.” Oh, you know the talk about finances and getting out of debt? Dan proceeded in a serious tone talking about what “we” needed to do but it sounded more like a lecture about what “I” needed to do. I wanted to shout; “If you don’t like the way things are, look at the changes you can make. Don’t wait for me to change.” I even had a verse to go with “my talk”; Deuteronomy 30:19; “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!” But for some reason I sat silently and prayed. And by the end of Dan’s lamentation, he actually said, “I guess I need to look at the choices I can make and not put it all on you.” “Why don’t I shut my mouth more often and simply pray? It’s a life-giving choice to make…everyday. 4/7/2025
God is LoveMonday Matters-April 7, 2025
Everyday God is Love God loves everyone, no matter who they are or where they come from. His love is unconditional and merciful, and it results in the opportunity for people to repent. Proverbs 3:5 tells us to “acknowledge God” which means to care about what He thinks. I care about what God thinks because He is absolute perfect love. So, I really don’t care what the Dalai Lama, the Pope, Ghandi, Buddha or any other person thinks regarding salvation. We are all sinners in need of God’s gift of forgiveness. The Bible is clear in John 14:6 where Jesus says, “I Am the Way, Truth and Life and that no one comes to God but through Me, Jesus Christ.” Of course, I love others with kindness and respect regardless of whether they acknowledge God as I do. It’d be silly to insist someone believe as I do so instead, I share the hope, truth and grace that Christ has given me. The real problem is that many people haven’t experienced the love of God and told of His gift of grace. God’s not mad at us. He loves us…everyday. 3/31/2025
SleepMonday Matters-March 31, 2025
Everyday God Sleep God never sleeps. That means there’s not a second that goes by where God is not aware of everything in our lives. I, on the other hand, need sleep. And when I concern myself and try to solve my problems without resting in the fact that God wants to take care of me and them, I lose sleep. So, I often recite Psalm 4:8 “I will lie down and sleep in peace for you alone Oh Lord make me dwell in safety.” I repeat this over and over because repeating the truth is better than tossing and turning my anxious thoughts over and over. But sometimes doesn’t it feel like you’re walking in a sleepy haze just trying to get through life? There might be seasons like that but it’s good to know that God’s not surprised when you walk in them. That’s why Psalm 121: 3 is such a comfort; “God will not let you stumble and fall; the One who watches over you will not sleep…everyday. 3/24/2025
SalvationMonday Matters-March 24, 2025
Everyday Hungry Generally, I don’t think most Christians think of themselves as superior just because they’ve accepted Jesus into their lives. Religious people…well yea…there may be a superiority factor there. Let’s say; before someone becomes a Christian, they’re always eating but never really filling up, they’re always hungry. But one day they taste and see that the Lord is good, and they realize they were actually starving (Psalm 34:8). But once Jesus is in their lives they’re completely filled up. So, I’d ask the unbeliever, “If you saw someone that was starving, and you had at one time been hungry and starving yourself would you be superior to that person because you’re not starving anymore?” A big problem lies in the fact that a lot of people think that Christianity is just another religion of judgment. But Jesus didn’t die on the cross so we could have a religion. He died and rose again so we could be saved and have a real and intimate relationship with Him, one that leaves us filled and satisfied…everyday. 3/17/2025
JusticeMonday Matters-March 17, 2025
Everyday Justice Living life to the fullest is the adventure that begins in heaven. Psalm 145:8 encourages; “The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love.” None of us deserve even one day of heaven because of our ugly sin. Dr. Joad was the head of the Philosophy Department at the University of London. He was known for undermining Christianity in the college world. He believed that God was an impersonal part of the cosmos and that there was no such thing as sin. But before he died, Dr. Joad came to the understanding that there was sin as the Bible describes and the only solution for sin was the cross of Jesus Christ. He became passionate about following Jesus. God’s love delayed justice and gave this man time to recognize his sin and receive life in Christ…everyday. 3/10/2025
MarriageMonday Matters-March 10, 2025
Everyday Marriage I’m trying to focus on God but just can’t seem to do it while I’m in a dark pit,” someone wrote me. “I wish my spouse would give up this other person and want to reconcile, but they have no desire. I’m so sorry if that’s person is you. There’s ALWAYS HOPE. I clung to the words from Micah 7:7-8 when I was in a dark place. “As for me I will wait on the Lord and confident in Him I will keep watch. I will wait with hope and expectancy in the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. So rejoice not against me, oh my enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.” Isn’t that powerful? There is light up ahead. Do what you can do while you wait and focus on helping someone else who may be in a dark place. You’ll end up helping yourself. Never give up. Always hope. It’s not because we’re faithful but because He is faithful… …everyday. 3/3/2025
Vision of GodMonday Matters-March 3, 2025
Everyday Open Eyes Jesus meets a man who’s been blind since birth. I don’t know how brief their encounter was but, in that time, Jesus bent down took some mud and rubbed the man’s eyes with it and when he opened them, he could see. Immediately the Pharisees-the Religious Leaders, questioned the man wanted him to proclaim Jesus a sinner…. WHAT? But the blind’s response is brilliant in John 9:25, “Whether He is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know, I was blind but now I see!” He didn’t know how or why he had been healed but he knew a miracle had taken place and he wasn’t afraid to tell the truth. We don’t have to all the answers in order to share Christ with others. What’s important is that we tell people the truth of how God’s love and forgiveness has changed our lives. Use your experiences and share your testimonies, to help others see Him too …everyday. 2/24/2025
God of EverythingMonday Matters-February 24, 2025
Everyday GOD I AM Think about how crazy it was for Moses to hear God speaking from a burning bush. It seems a little weird too. God speaks in love but He’s direct when He tells Moses, “Get to Egypt, get my people and GO!” And when Moses asks “What should I say to the people when they ask me your name?” it seems that God didn’t want to spend a lot of time telling Moses all the things He was, so He simply said in Exodus 3:14, “Tell My people I AM has sent Me to you!” “Okay, whatever that means”, Moses might have thought but upon “seeing” and understanding that God was speaking Moses realized that I AM meant everything! Moses went through A LOT think how he went back to Egypt and all the plagues that happened even before the Red Sea was parted. Think how He is that same amazing God today. God IS saying, “What you need… I AM! I AM your navigator, speaker, provider, comforter, and strength …I AM EVERYTHING YOU NEED when you need it…everyday!” 2/17/2025
HopeMonday Matters-February 17, 2025
Everyday Fainting What do you do when you are about to faint physically? You cannot do anything and so you fall. Hopefully it’s cushioned or upon the shoulder of some strong loved one. You must rest, lie still and trust. God's message to us is not, "Be strong and of good courage, for He knows our strength and courage have fled. Psalm 46:10 tells us, "Be still, and know that I am God." In the 1800’s British missionary, Hudson Tayor, traveled to China and I learned from my, “Streams in the Desert” devotional, that in the last months of his life he feebly wrote a dear friend, "I am so weak I cannot write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray. I can only lie still in God's arms like a little child and trust." He, a man of God, came to a place of physical suffering and weakness where he could only lie still and trust. That’s all God asks of you. When you grow faint in the fierce fires of suffering, don’t try and be strong but be still and know that He is God. He will sustain and bring you through…everyday. 2/10/2025
God’s WisdomMonday Matters-February 10, 2025
Advice from God Should I, do it? What do you think? Maybe I should put a poll out on social media? Sure, it is wise to ask advice from others and in Proverbs 15 we can read that plans fail for lack of counsel but with many advisers they succeed. But it’s also important to care most about what God thinks. Often when we pray, we make all these requests but then fail to wait and LISTEN. God knows your heart and loves you. He has the best advice. In the Bible when Paul was talking to the Colossians, he told them that they could have a peace in their heart when a decision was made. It’s important that we aren’t seeking the approval of others or just relying on our feelings. God does answer us. Sometimes the answer is “no” and sometimes we can’t hear because we tell God what we want and ask Him to bless it rather than asking Him if it’s a direction He even wants us to take. Feelings come and go but the peace of God will remain…everyday. |
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