04.14.12...CHOOSE

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
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With so much of life at your disposal, it's easy to get caught up and overwhelmed. The grace of God gives you a choice; choose well because you might not like what the world really has to offer.

03.29.12...NEW THING

Isaiah 43:18, 19...Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
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The former things past like a desert shower. God is purposeful in His doing, in His way, in His new thing. Stand ready and open for what He has in store!

02.06.12...BEAUTIFUL

Isaiah 61:3...and provide for those who grieve in Zion -- to bestow on them a crown of BEAUTY instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a GARMENT of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
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You are BEAUTIFUL from the inside out! No mirror will ever tell you... only your groomsman lover can!

12.11.09...1 PETER 1:22 (NIV)

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.

Day by Day - Learn to be an inch wide and a mile deep with your love for one another!

12.10.09...JAMES 2:5 (NIV)

Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

Day by Day - When you've been rejected by the world, remember God's love is promised to you!

12.09.09...ROMANS 12:9 (NIV)

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Day by Day - Love causes you to choose sides...choose well!

12.08.09...ROMANS 13:9 (NIV)

The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Day by Day - God's love requires more from us, but we receive more of Him!