by ssadmin | Oct 22, 2024 | Daily Journaling
People are happy when they give a good answer. And there is nothing better than the right word at the right time. Proverbs 15:23 Saying the right words at the right time… Have you ever said something and you immediately wanted to take it back? (I’m raising my hand...
by ssadmin | Oct 21, 2024 | Daily Journaling
In Luke 19:11-27 Jesus tells a story relating to what we, as believers, are to do between His departure and His Second Coming. I’ve read these verses in three translations and read three different commentaries to see consensus. In short…Christ has given us a job to do...
by ssadmin | Oct 19, 2024 | Daily Journaling
Do you need a new perspective? Perspective is one of huge words for me. I often call it putting on my “God goggles”. In the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19, verse four stuck with me today. So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then he climbed a sycamore...
by ssadmin | Oct 18, 2024 | Daily Journaling
Do you sometimes want to, ok…need to, tune out the world around you? Let’s take a lesson from blind beggar. “Be quiet!” the people in front yelled at him. But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Luke 18:39 “He only shouted louder.” I love this!...
by ssadmin | Oct 17, 2024 | Daily Journaling
Are you so focused at times on the bad that you miss the good that is to come or is in front of you? This is exactly what happened with the disciples in Luke 18:31-34: Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus said, “Listen, we’re going up to Jerusalem, where all the...
by ssadmin | Sep 12, 2024 | Daily Journaling
Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he grows older he will not abandon it. Proverbs 22:6 Parenting is precious, a blessing, and rewarding. It is also sometimes exhausting, worrisome, and tough. From before our children were born, until the young...
