Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT) “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.  For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”   I love the sense of completion…

John 7:37-38 (NLT) On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”   Imagine your home without plumbing.…

    2 Peter 1:5-8 (NLT) In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises.  Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection and brotherly…

Deuteronomy 5:7 (NLT) Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God.  He is the faithful God who keeps His covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes His unfailing love on those who love Him and obey His commands.   What are you thinking?  (This question reminds me of youthful relationships when conversation was…

  1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (MSG) Didn’t you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit?  Don’t you see that you can’t live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for?  The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual…

1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT) “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him.  The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them.  People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”   Please Officer, don’t arrest me for drunk driving.   Yes sir, I know what it looks…

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NLT) “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord.  “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.  In those days when you pray, I will listen.  If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.”   I know the…

Matthew 3:2 (NLT) Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.   Lent is a time self reflection and repentance.  We open our lives before God – our habits, our priorities, our relationships, how we spend our time.  What are we doing that needs to change?  Jesus died…

I travel home from Las Vegas today, so I am passing along this beautiful blessing from Suzie Larson.  I am praying this over myself and all of you.   May the Holy Spirit detoxify your soul!  May He show you what habits, thoughts, and actions need to go so the Lord can strengthen you for…

1 John 4:7-8,17,20 (NLT) Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God.  Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.  But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect.  So…