Have a Blessed Friday with Jesus. 🍁Seek Him First. Meditate on Psalm 42. The psalmist opens with a deep desire for God~then tells of his distress and feels like God has forgotten him. Then he ends the psalm with Hope. The psalmist remembers to put his Hope in God. Even when it’s dark, then, continue to Hope in God. When He doesn’t change your situation, keep persuing Him. He is Faithful. Remember “weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning” (30:5).🙏🏾 “Why, m

Have a Blessed Thursday with Jesus.✨ Seek Him First. Meditate on 1 Timothy 2. Although God is all powerful and all knowing, He has chosen to let us be involved through our prayers in how He is changing the world. Since God loves all of us without prejudice, He wants us to pray for ALL. God loves all of us;  He wants us to know the truth, He wants us to trust Him and be saved. When we focus on doing what God wants vs. what we want, we will see His way is always better. Doing t

Have a Blessed Wednesday with Jesus. 🍁 Seek Him First. Many people try to do be good, honest people who do what’s right. Jesus says the only way to live a truly good life is to stay close to Him. *“Remaining” and “abiding” in Christ has to do with intimacy and relationship. Jesus is Our Source. He provides all we need to be useful believers. Keep praying, keep studying His Word, stay connected to Him. Don’t miss the gift Jesus has for you. Apart from Christ our efforts are

Have a Blessed Tuesday with Jesus. 🍁 Seek Him First. Meditate on Romans 12. Paul urges us not to conform to the world system that leaves God out, but be transformed by allowing God to renew our minds. When God has all of us and the world has none of us, God renews our confused minds. We are confused when we listen to and follow the world, other theories, opinions and feelings. We learn truth when we study His Word, hear His Godpel preached, and when we pray. God’s plans aren

Have a Blessed Monday with Jesus. 🍁 Seek Him First. Meditate on the prophet Habakkuk’s prayer. He spoke to God about what he saw around him: injustice, wrongdoing, strife, violence, oppression and conflict. He also praises God in the midst of trouble. Habakkuk’s feelings were not controlled by the events around him, but by faith in Gods ability to give him strength. We, too, must rejoice, be patient and trust God who saves us.🙏🏾 “Though the fig tree does not bud and there

“Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭97‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.97.12.NKJV

Have a Blessed Saturday with Jesus. 🍁Keep Him First. This chapter ends with a priestly blessing to cover the people. God instructs Moses how to bless the Israelites. This blessing asks God for these five things:  1) His favor and protection; 2) to be pleased; 3) to be merciful and compassionate; 4) to give His approval; 5) to give us His Peace.  When you bless with this prayer, you’re asking God’s divine favor to rest upon yourself and others. 🙏🏾 ““ ‘ “The Lord bless you a

Have a Blessed 1st Friday in November with Jesus.🍁 Seek Him First. Meditate on Psalm 61. God is not limited to a geographic location. No matter where we are, what we are doing, or what we are going through—God never abandons us. His all surpassing strength is always with us. When we are weak, He is strong (see 2 Corinthians 12:10). “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, When my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭61:2‬ ‭KJV (

Have a Blessed first Thursday in November with Jesus. 🍁Seek Him First. Despite the amount of sin and sorrow around him, Jeremiah saw one ray of hope: God’s great love and compassion for us. God willingly responds with help when we ask. There is no sin God won’t forgive. God promised punishment would follow disobedience, and it did. God also promised future restoration and blessings. Like Jeremiah, we can trust God’s faithfulness and be confident that every great promise for

Have a Blessed 1st Wednesday in November with Jesus. 🍁Seek Him First. Meditate on John 11. Martha thought all hope was lost. Jesus called Martha to demonstrate her faith in Him by her action—allowing the stone to be removed. She would see her brother alive again when she believed. Jesus didn’t want her explanation about bodily decay; He  wanted her to walk by faith. Then, Jesus would demonstrate the “glory of God.” Faith is acting like God is telling the truth. We can never

Have a Blessed 1st Tuesday in November with Jesus. 🍁Seek Him First. Meditate on Psalm 51. Because we are born sinners (51:5), we naturally want to please ourselves rather than God. David leaned to that inclination when he took another man’s wife. We also fall into sin when we choose our own desires over God’s plan. Like David, we must ask God to cleanse us from within. Godly conduct can only come from a clean heart and Spirit.🙏🏾 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; And rene

Have a Blessed Monday with Jesus.🍁 Seek Him First. Meditate on John 20.  Jesus gives the disciples, now us, the job of spreading the gospel of salvation around the world. Jesus can speak peace into trouble. Whatever God asks you to do, remember your authority comes from Him. Jesus set the best example to follow. Christians get to share the Gospel and tell the world despite the circumstances we face, there is hope in Jesus. 🙏🏾 “Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the F

Have a Blessed 1st day of November  with Jesus. 🍁 Meditate on Colossians 2. New life in Christ starts and continues when we acknowledge Him as leader over all we are and do. Then we must accept His leadership by being rooted, built up and strengthened in the Faith. We live for Christ when we recognize and utilize the Holy Spirits power within us (Acts 1:8; Gal 5:22). We draw our life-giving strength from Jesus. The more we draw our strength from Him, the less we will be fool

Have a Blessed last day of October with Jesus. 🍁 Seek Him First. Meditate on Ephesians 3. This doxology is prayer of praise to God.* Paul reminds us God’s power works in accordance with a believer’s spiritual strength, and relationship with Him—Paul prays for this to increase. The closer we are to God, the more He reveals to us, and we grow Spiritually.  The more we praise Him (not others and things), the more changes take place for our good and His glory. When the church is

Have a Blessed last Friday in October with Jesus.🍁Seek Him First. Meditate on 2 Timothy 1. Timothy had come under attack by believers and non-believers for his youth, his association with Paul and his leadership. Paul urged Timothy to be bold. When we allow people to intimidate us, we neutralize our effectiveness for God. Fear means we are not trusting God. Most of us will get fearful at times—the way out is Faith and believing God’s Word over how we feel or what we see. Hav

Have a Blessed Thursday with Jesus. 🍁Seek Him First. Meditate on Ephesians 4. Lying disrupts unity by creating conflicts and destroying trust.  It tears down relationships and leads to open warfare in a church. What we do and say to others is what we do and say to Jesus. We are all members of one body in Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12-14). 🙏🏾 “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.” ‭‭Ephesians‬

Have a Blessed last Wednesday in October with Jesus. 🍁 Seek Him First.  Meditate on Psalm 100. No matter our circumstances, we can give God thanks: He is good and faithful. To experience His goodness; we can “taste and see that The Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8). When we pray, worship God, trust Him and obey Him, we won’t be disappointed. “For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ (Study from

Have a Blessed last Tuesday in October with Jesus.🍁Seek Him First.  Meditate on Luke 7. A Roman commander had a sick soldier that needed help.  The Roman centurion didn’t come to Jesus, and he didn’t expect Jesus to come to him. Just as he didn’t have to be present to have his orders carried out, he knew Jesus didn’t need to be present to heal. This centurions Faith was amazing because he was a gentile who had not been brought up to know a loving God, yet he trusted Jesus co

Have a Blessed last Monday in October with Jesus. 🍁Seek Him First. Meditate on Mark 4. The disciples panicked because the storm threatened to destroy them all and Jesus seemed unaware and unconcerned. They faced a physical storm, but storms come in other forms too. When anxiety from difficult storms come, you have two options: 1)You can worry and panic and assume Jesus no longer cares, or 2) You can Resist fear, Put your trust in Him to be by your side and see you through. 

Have a Blessed last Sunday in October with Jesus.🍁 Seek Him First. Meditate on 2 Corinthians 13. Paul close this letter with exhortations that apply to all believers: rejoice, become mature, be encouraged, be united, be at peace. We are capable of these actions because of the work of God in our lives. If the Corinthians then, and believers today, followed through, the God of love and peace would be with them and grant them His power. We have His peace and power when we belie