From Point A to Point B

Psalm 9:10 - And those who know your name put their trust on you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 25:4-5 - Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.

Psalm 25:4-5 (NLT) - Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.

Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Isaiah 26:4 - Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

Dear God, help me not waver in my trust in You. Help me stay steady on the path from point A to point B. Thank You! In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Weak and Weary

Psalm 42:5-6 - Why are you downcast, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Jeremiah 31:25 - "For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish."

Jeremiah 31:25 (ICB) - I will give rest and strength to those who are weak and tired.

II Corinthians 13:4 - For he was crucified in weakens, but lives by the power of God. For we are also weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.

Dear God, my body feels weak and weary. My eyes are still recovering from the virus my body has been fighting. It has been an emotional weekend with Molly Jean. She was really very sick from the heat and we did not know if she would pull through due to her age. We now have to seriously consider end of life plans for her though due to her age. Help me. Strengthen me against the attacks of the evil one. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

I Set You Free

Psalm 103:11-12 - For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Isaiah 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and a bride adorns herself with jewels.

Romans 8:1-2 - There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:2 (ICB) - I am not judged guilty because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made me free. It made me free from the law that brings sin and death.

Dear God, thank You for setting me free from the sins of this life that I may have committed. Thank You for forgiving and forgetting them. God, I have a heart ache I need You to help me through. I am losing my fur baby. Molly Jean is 15 now. That is a long time for a dog. She was born profoundly deaf and I worked with her using sign language. Other than a few minor things and a case of heat stroke, she has been relatively perfect in health until her body has taken a turn for the slow in the last couple of years. She is slipping away from me. The thing is, I have to let her go. But she is trying to hold on. Molly Jean doesn't seem to want to eat her food. I have tried a few other things to at least put something in her stomach, but I really need her to pull through until at least Monday. God, is it too hot for her? Can you give us some cool weather for a few hours before we get slammed with the unbearable heat? Is it time for us to say good-bye? Please, God, if it is time for us to say good-bye, please give me a strong sign. I need Your comfort and peace more now than ever. This is my second fur baby going through this in 8 years. Mom and I have decided that after she goes back to You that we will wait until after our long awaited vacation next holiday season to get another dog. One of the reasons is to make sure that we will have the money because the next dog needs to be a service dog and we have to go through all the research, time, and conversations to get things squared away for that. Oh God, please know if it is time for Molly Jean to go home to You that I do not want to be selfish with her. It hurts, but if You need her more now, then tell me, and I will give her to You gladly. Okay? Thank You God for giving me 15 long human years with her. I cannot ask for anything more. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Not Guilty Anymore by Aaron Keyes (YouTube)

It doesn't matter what You've done

It doesn't matter where You're coming from

Doesn't matter where You've been

Hear me tell You I forgive

You're not guilty anymore

You're not guilty anymore

I love You, mercy is Yours

You're not broken anymore

You're not captive anymore

I love you, mercy is Yours

Can You believe this is true? 

Grace abundant I am giving You

Cleansing deeper than You know

All was paid for long ago

There is now

Therefore no condemnation 

For those who are in Jesus 

You're not guilty anymore

You're not filthy anymore

I love You, mercy is Yours

You're not broken anymore

You're not captive anymore

I love you, mercy is Yours

You are spotless

You are holy

You are faultless

You are whole

You are righteous

You are blameless

You are pardoned

You are mine

Depend on Me

Genesis 1:26-27 - Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

John 15:5 - "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."

Ephesians 6:10 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Dear God, I do not want to do life by myself. It is lonely and terrifying and hard to stay on the right path. Please guide me. I need You to help me. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

No Other Friend Like Me

Isaiah 61:1-3 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion– to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, The garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

John 15:13-15 - Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

II Corinthians 6:1-10 - Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. 

Dear God, thank You for being a true friend like no other. Thank You for inviting me to come to You. Shame on any church or any person who tries to impede someone coming to You and serving You just because that person might have special needs. Shame on them! Thank You God for choosing to send Your Son to earth and for choosing to allow Him to die for us so that we can have friendship with You. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

I Am the Light

Genesis 3:8-9 - And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

Psalm 32:7 - You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

John 8:12 - Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 8:12 (NASB) - I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.

John 8:12 (ICB) - I am the light of the world. The person who follows me will never live in darkness. He will have the light that gives life.

Dear God, please fill the hole in my heart that only You can fill. How right You are that many people try to fill the hole with the things of this world only to find themselves still living in disappointment and darkness. While the things of this world can make us happy, they cannot keep us in a happy state. Money is good, but if you get sick or fall into some other bad debt or some tornado tears apart your house, your money might be gone. Doing good things, while it may help you feel good and help others, doesn't necessarily fill the hole either. Thank You God for the light of life and the joy. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Never Changing

Psalm 46:10 - "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"

Luke 10:38-42 - Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."

I Corinthians 14:33 - For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

Dear God, please take away the confusion of this world and of this life and give me Your peace instead. It seems every day brings a new source of confusion with it. But if I am resting in Your peace, then it will not matter what comes my way. Still my heart and still my mind. Thank You God. In Jesus' Name, Amen!