“Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered King Nuuchadnezzar, “Your threats mean nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us fro your roaring fire and anything else you might cook up, O King.” (Daniel 3:16-17 MSG) A student…
“What counts is your life. Is it green and blossoming? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes into the fire.”(Matthew 3:10 MSG) The wild man from the desert was calling out the fake followers from Jerusalem. The Pharisees and Sadducees hadn’t come to the Jordan to…
“We’re on a pilgrimage to worship Him.” (Matthew 2:2 MSG) I know it’s not Christmas yet and I won’t even begin playing Christmas music until the day after thanksgiving but I was beginning again in the Gospels today and this verse caught my heart in…
“But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message. “Go wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.” (2 Kings 5:10 NLT) Sometimes healing is a process and it…
“Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.” (2 Timothy 2:7 NLT) You may have noticed, but I am a thinker by nature. When I was a very little girl, my father took me to the Detroit Art…
“I seriously considered inflicting my anger on them in force right there in Egypt. Then I thought better of it. I acted out of who I was, not by how I felt.” (Ezekiel 20:9 MSG) I first read this scripture in this translation a week…
“He climbed the mountain so He could be by Himself and pray. He stayed there alone, late into the night.” (Matthew 14:23 MSG) After a full day of ministry, Jesus climbed a mountain, alone, to pray. the inclusion of the mountain climbing in this text…
“And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down from God of heaven, like a bride beautifully dressed. I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying “Look, God’s home is now among His people! He will be with them and they will…
“Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.” (Proverbs 14:4 NLT) I have a dear friend who routinely pulls me close and whispers Holy Spirit truth into my ear. In the month before we moved, she gave…
“He puts a little heaven in our hearts so that we won’t settle for less.” (2 Corinthians 5:5 MSG) Homesickness is something we all feel from time to time, at least a little bit. If you could have a conversation with every person, one where…