March 14 - Acts 1:1-11

March 14 - Acts 1:1-11 Lesson: He Empowers Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search for Your truth. First, do your own quiet time with God and 4R journaling.  When you are complete, come back here for the lesson.   Request Gods’ help Read Acts 1:1-11 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God Anyone remember the old cartoon, “He-man”?  What was it he used to say? Oh!  “I have the poowweerrrrrrrrrr!!!!” as he’d raise his sword in both hands towards the sky.  Well, that takes me right back to my childhood.  I used to wonder what it would be like to be that powerful, […] Read more »

March 13 - Acts 13:1-12

March 13 - Acts 13:1-12 Lesson: He Calls to Ministry Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search for Your truth. First, do your own quiet time with God and 4R journaling.  When you are complete, come back here for the lesson.   Request Gods’ help Read Acts 13:1-12 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God While today’s ministry is the calling of ministry, God pressed upon me to focus more on what should come before that calling, or rather our actual state of being.  What do I mean by that?  Well, let’s crack open our Bibles again and look at Acts 13:2-4.  Here is […] Read more »

March 12 - Psalm 119:1-32

March 12 - Psalm 119:1-32 Lesson: He Illuminates Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search for Your truth. First, do your own quiet time with God and 4R journaling.  When you are complete, come back here for the lesson.   Request Gods’ help Read Psalm 119:1-32 (If you have time, read all of this marvelous psalm!) Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God Today we took a slight detour to Psalms because I found that it just fits so perfectly with today’s ministry. And it’s a good reminder that the Old Testament is rich in information about God, Jesus, Holy Spirit and walking in […] Read more »

March 11 - Ephesians 1:15-23

March 11 - Ephesians 1:15-23 Lesson: He is the Channel of Divine Revelations Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search for Your truth. First, do your own quiet time with God and 4R journaling.  When you are complete, come back here for the lesson.   Request Gods’ help Read Ephesians 1: 15-23 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God God uses His people to do His work, but He does it through the Spirit.  Well, let me rephrase:  God loves to use His people through His Spirit! Just the knowledge of that sends goosebumpies all over!  That I, a mere speck of dust compared […] Read more »

From the Inside Out

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once, all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!” —Acts 16:25-28 NIV My guess is Paul was a firstborn child. “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!” just sounds like something the oldest sibling would say. Also, like many firstborn children, Paul was a get-it-done kind of […] Read more »

March 10 - 2 Timothy 1:1-18

March 10 - 2 Timothy 1:1-18 Lesson: He Guards Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search You. Request Gods’ help Read 2 Timothy 1:1-18 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God To protect, to cherish, to hold dear, to save for an appointed time, defend, shield, shepherd, custodian. These are all synonyms for the word ‘guard’.  So what is so worth guarding that the Holy Spirit deems it worthy to add onto His already long list of "to do’s”?  The answer is twofold… the good news of Jesus (the truth) and yooouuuuuu! Like a king who makes a downpayment (his promise) then seals it […] Read more »

March 9 - Romans 8:12-30

March 9 - Romans 8:12-30 Lesson: He Guarantees Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search for Your truth. First, do your own quiet time with God and 4R journaling.  When you are complete, come back here for the lesson. Request Gods’ help Read Romans 8:12-30 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God Today’s lesson will be brief.  Rest, because longer lessons are coming! Before we head into our lesson let’s look at Ephesians 1:13-14. “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the […] Read more »

March 8 - Ephesians 4:17-32

March 8 - Ephesians 4:17-32 Lesson: He Seals Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search for Your truth. First, do your own quiet time with God and 4R journaling.  When you are complete, come back here for the lesson. Request Gods’ help Read Ephesians 4:17-32 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God When I think of a seal I think of chain of custody.  One of my many mini jobs in the military was to seal envelopes that contain… sealable documents.  Anyhow, once sealed, I was to sign my name along the edge of the fold and date it, so that the top half […] Read more »

March 7 - Luke 4

March 7 - Luke 4 Lesson: He Fills Dear Lord, bless our time with you today.  Meet us where we are at, guide our minds, and hold our hearts as we search for Your truth. First, do your own quiet time with God and 4R journaling.  When you are complete, come back here for the lesson. Request Gods’ help Read Luke 4 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God Have you ever wandered about chasing after something, but you didn’t quite know what it is you’re are looking for?  You knew something was missing and nothing you tried to fill it with seemed to satisfy.  You knew Jesus is in your heart but there was still something that seemed to be […] Read more »