It's so good to be in the unfailing, life-giving, truth-defining, character forming WORD of God with you all this year! Do you realize how BLESSED we are in this country to have such open access to the one book that gives us purpose for our days and helps us stand on solid ground when our circumstances leave us little to go on? The enemy would love nothing more than for us to live with our Bibles on the shelf, unopened and collecting dust. He knows there is nothing more powerful than a life lived fully convinced of the truth of God's Word...armed with the sword of the Spirit.
So let's get at it! There's not a better way to start our week than this...
Isaiah 53:6
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished Him for the iniquity of us all.
All of life hinges on the above truth...out of it comes a Spirit of praise and thanksgiving for the grace we've received!
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
I loved the thoughts Robert J. Morgan included in his book, 100 Bible Verses Everyone Should Know By Heart. Following his verse he says this..
"If you were a sentence, what mark of punctuation would follow you? Is your life a question mark because you're without answers? A comma because you're in transition? A period for everything's at a standstill? Or a dash because you're in a continual rush? This verse can put an exclamation point to our lives. It's a verse of praise; it begins with Blessed be...It's a verse of worship, centered around the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's a verse of joy, for he has given us new birth onto a living hope. It's a verse of victory based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."I pray you have an exclamation point kind of day today! Not because everything will be perfect or because everything that happens will make you want to smile...but because He's good. All the time :) All the time...God is good!
