Love is more than a fuzzy feeling … love plays out in action.
God spoke love into our world by sending His Son as a sacrifice for our sin:
John 3:16 (NLT)
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Let us go forth and do love, in Jesus’ name.
Good morning, Lord. I thank You for the quiet peace of the early morning. Soon I will go out of this peaceful place into the wild world. May I be a vessel who safely carries Your peace, pouring out a trail of peace as I go. Like the widow’s jars of oil (2 Kings 4), may there be no end to the peace.
Don’t let the world destroy my peace, let the peace change my world, in Jesus’ name.
“Peace, perfect peace,
in this dark world of sin?
The blood of Jesus
whispers peace within.”
Edward H. Bickersteth, 1875
“Peace within” — no matter what troubles swirl around us.
Fully aware of the coming crucifixion, Jesus spoke peace to his followers:
John 14:27 (ESV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give to you.
Be like Jesus.
Romans 15:13 (ESV)
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
God speaks hope into us and, in turn, hope flows out of us into the world.
Abounding hope … what better way to start the Lenten season?
I’m called to write — you can read about it on the COMPEL Training website.
What is He calling you to do?
Good morning, Lord. I make choices every day. And those choices have consequences–some consequences are minor, others change the direction of my life. Scripture doesn’t spell out every choice, but it gives guidelines for choosing.
Teach me to store up the wisdom from your Word, to stockpile biblical knowledge and understanding in my memory banks, to have Your good sense ready for whatever comes my way (Proverbs 2:1-11).
God speaks blessings and curses:
Deuteronomy 11:27-28 (NLT)
You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today. But you will be cursed if you reject the commands of the Lord your God and turn away from him and worship gods you have not known before.
Who says, “I’ll take the curses, thank You very much”?
Not I!
Good morning, Lord. Sometimes it seems like the world is spinning out of control, and I wonder where You are. You are here, I know, because You are everywhere, all the time. Teach me to look and listen for You. Teach me to pray expectantly, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening” (1Samuel 3:10).
Genesis 1:2-3 (NRSVUE)
The earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God still speaks into chaos:
He speaks light into every dark corner.
Good morning, Lord. You are all-wise, all-knowing. Why do I argue with you? Why do I insist on doing things my way? Forgive my foolish rebellion. Your rules for living are spelled out on the pages of Your Word. Grant me first the desire to study them, then the discernment to understand them and finally, the self-discipline to follow them.
Teach me to do things Your way and not my own.
