Text: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Theme: God loves pouring his favor on the unlikely and undeserving. Key verses: “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service” (v. 12). “The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith ...
Text: 1 Timothy 1:8-11 Theme: The Law is good; lawbreakers and false teachers are not. Key verses: “We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and irreligious…” (v. 8-9a) ...
Text: 1 Timothy 1:3-7 Theme: Sometimes our main purpose in ministry is to confront and correct. Key Verses: “…stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to reach false doctrines any longer nor devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies…” (v. 3-4a) “The goal of this command is love, which comes ...
Text: 1 Timothy 1:1-2 Theme: The first thing to know is who we are and who God is. Key verses: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father ...
“Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee” (Isaiah 26:3 KJV) “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” (Isaiah 26:3 NLT) What God said to me: Dwayne, do you have any idea how much I have blessed you? Even ...
Text: Romans 10:20-21 Theme: Israel was and is a rebellious nation. But then again, so are we. Key verses: “…’I was found by people who did not seek Me’…and as to the fate of Israel: ‘All along I opened my hands to a rebellious people, who constantly work against Me.\'” What God said to me: ...
Text: Romans 8:5-8 Theme: Paul makes a strong case for the Spirit over the flesh to rule us. Key verses: “If you live your life animated by the flesh…then your mind is focused on the matters of the flesh. But if you live your life animated by the Spirit…then your focus is on the work ...
Text: Romans 8:1-4 Theme: My fleshly nature weakened God’s law; now I must surrender my flesh. Key verses: “Therefore, now no condemnation awaits those who are living in Jesus, the Liberating King…because when you live in Him a new law takes effect” (v.1-2). “…human flesh took its toll on God’s law. In and of itself, ...
Last week during a solemn and much-needed prayer walk, the Lord convicted me about being lazy and slack in writing out my quiet times. While I continue to be consistent with having my daily devotions, I know that I must also be disciplined to journal what God shows me and my response to Him. I’ve ...
Hi everyone, Please forgive me for not journaling over the past couple months. No excuse really. I’ve been enjoying simply reading and meditating on passages in Acts and other places these past several weeks. I realize though that I need to return the discipline of journaling what God shows me during my times in His ...
