Was your cup filled today? If the words of God had special meaning for you, please share your reflections in the comments section at the end of each post. We would love to hear Christ's impact on you.

Heavenly Father, We come before You today with hearts full of gratitude and praise. Thank You for the gift of life, the blessing of fellowship, and the privilege to worship You freely. Lord, we look for Your presence in our place of worship—fill our hearts with Your peace, our minds with Your truth, and our spirits with Your joy. May every song we sing, every word we hear, and every prayer we lift be pleasing to You. Strengthen our faith, renew our hope, and draw us closer to

“And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.  And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.” (II John 5-6 ESV) Remember, this Apostle whom Jesus loved was so overwhelmed by the love of God the Father shown through God the Son that every writing we have from h

“Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” (Luke 12:51-53 ESV) If you ask most people, especially those caught in the web of char

“And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.” And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an an

“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins   in which you once walked, following the course   of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.”(Ephesians 2:1-2 ESV) Does Satan control this world? Well, we know he walks this earth as we read in the Book of Job, as Satan answered God:  “The Lord said to Satan, ‘From where have you come?’ Satan answered the Lord and said, ‘From going to and fro on the ear

“You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”           (James 5:8 ESV) In warning the rich and addressing the sinful, James reminds those in Christ that in their suffering, they are to be patient with the Lord. In the Second Coming of Christ, a lot of things will change in an instant. Are you prepared for that instant? Do you have confidence in your eternity? Do you fear death? I do not mean the natural anxiety regarding the transition

"In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness." (Mark 1:9-13 ESV) While it is true that the actual word “Trinity” does not appear anywhere in the Bible, this in no

Lord God, O’ holy and righteous God and Father, we worship and praise you for Your glory. We lift You up in worship and in prayer that You might see our devotion despite our sin. Do not think of the sins we have committed or of those we still commit. Please put out of your mind the failings we give way to night and day. Do not impute our offenses to us, whether we did them on purpose or whether we could not help them. Do not turn your face from Your children. Remember, Lord,

“ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of

“ And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, ‘If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’” (Mark 9:35 ESV) Everyone wants to be first. The first in line, the first to finish, everyone is competing with something or someone. We live in the “look at me” society. Look what I am doing, look where I am. On social media, how many followers you have makes you seem  important. How many likes you get makes you appear trendy and popular. Notic

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” (James 4:10 ESV) In chapter 4, James writes of our debauchery. He talks of everything: adultery, murder, and all types of sin. James uses the phrase “Your passions are at war within you.”  There was never a more accurate statement. We struggle with our war against sin every day. We must kill it. We must kill our sin with the righteousness of Christ because it is only through Him that sin and death were defeated. Many

“ Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body.” (John 2:19-20 ESV) The Jews were always asking Jesus for a sign of His deity. With every sign came denial, demonic accusations, and condemnation. In John 2, Jesus responds to a request for a sign, but the Jews, unable to understand

“Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.”  (Psalm 135:6 ESV) Depending on where you are today, looking outside will give you a view unique to you. My eyes see that God chose to bless us with a tremendous amount of snow. At the same time, I was standing in the wonderland of white this morning. I thought of how clean everything looked. The sun gleamed off the ice and snow like polished silver. God cleansed this part of creation, an

“O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.”   (Psalm 139:1-6 ESV)  This is a wonderful blessing for the believer

Father, We worship and glorify You, for You alone are worthy of such praise, You alone are righteous beyond our understanding. We are grateful for Your patience and mercy, for we are weak in nature.           Lord, cast your eyes upon us, let the light of your glory lift the darkness from our souls. Fill us with Your holy love, open our eyes and ears to the wisdom of Your Word. Our hearts' desires, both good and evil, are known to you. Forgive our shortcomings and strengthen

“ Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your

“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’” (Genesis 1:26 ESV) Why did God create you? Or better yet, I should ask what God created you to do? Yes, I know Matthew 28:19 and 20 says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Fa

“God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.” (Psalm 7:11 ESV) Psalm 7 is a Shiggaion of David. Shiggaion is a musical or liturgical term. David sang this to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. David sings of the wrath of God and how David finds solace in God’s sovereignty. David also sings of his repentance and calls for God to judge him in his life. Today’s verse, verse 11, reminds us of God’s righteousness. What many preachers and

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not hon

“Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.   At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.   The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, “Here I am!” (1 Samuel 3:1-4 ESV) God called Samuel,