What is the deepest desire of your heart? If you could ask ONE thing from the Lord, what would it be? In Psalm 27:4 we read that David wrote, “ONE thing I ask from the Lord, this ONLY do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,...

  In John 6:35, Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not hunger. He who believes in me will never thirst.” He repeated that in verses 48 and 51. Jesus did not come into the world mainly to give bread, but to BE bread. If we read John 6, we...

  I grew up in the country, in a semi-desert area, where we also had some sheep and goats. These animals needed a shepherd to look after them, as they needed to graze on huge, sparse fields, so my father hired a shepherd, and sometimes his grandsons, to look...

  Jesus said in John 15:4,5, “Remain/abide in me, as I also remain/abide in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain /abide in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain/abide...

  Psalm 30:5 says, “For His (God’s) anger is but for a moment. His favour is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” What sorrows are you going through? Know that weeping does not last forever, and that joy will arrive when...

  What is hope? Hope is a strong eagerness, a feeling of expectation and desire, and a keen anticipation for a particular thing to happen. What are YOU hoping for? Isaiah 40:31 assures us that “those who HOPE in the Lord will RENEW their strength.” Job, during...

  How are your faith and faithfulness today? Hebrews 11:6 states, “without faith it is impossible to please God…” and Romans 5:1 says, “We are “justified by faith,” meaning that faith is the basis by which God declares us to be righteous. If we combine the...

  The Amplified Bible states Isaiah 26:3, 4 like this, “You will keep in PERFECT AND CONSTANT PEACE the one whose mind is steadfast, that is, committed and focused on You, because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and expectation.] Trust confidently in...