God hath not
promised skies always blue,
Flower
strewn pathways all our lives through.
God hath not
promised sun without rain,
Joy without
sorrow, peace without pain.
But God hath
promised strength for the day,
Rest for the
labor, light for the way,
Grace for
the trials, help from above,
Unfailing
sympathy, undying love.
God hath not
promised we shall not know
Toil and
temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not
told us we shall not bear
Many a
burden, many a care.
But God hath
promised strength for the day,
Rest for the
labor, light for the way,
Grace for
the trials, help from above,
Unfailing
sympathy, undying love.
God hath not
promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy
travel, needing no guide.
Never a
mountain rocky and steep,
Never a
river turbid and deep.
But God hath
promised strength for the day,
Rest for the
labor, light for the way,
Grace for
the trials, help from above,
Unfailing
sympathy, undying love.-Annie Johnson Flint
Scripture I Corinthians 13:12-13
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.
Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am
known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these
is love. 1st John 3:2
2 Corinthians 5:7
I
Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace . . .
Observation A glimpse of the glory, strength, power,
presence, peace, love, etc. . . . of God is what we experience now but one
forever day we will see Him in full, in all His glory and majesty.
Application I would live seeking to draw nearer,
know better my God and Father and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and look
forward to that eternal day when I will know, see, experience Him in ALL His
glory and majesty.
Prayer Thank You Jesus for opening the
doors of heaven that I might know and experience Your presence both now, in
part, and forever, in full.
"OTHERS"-William Booth, Founder of The Salvation Army. Let us live today with a sensitive/tender heart toward the needs of others...to be more like Jesus, to see more through His eyes, to love others the way He loves us.-Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.-Philippians 2:4
Scripture Luke 10:27 “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
Observation/ Application Love the Lord your God with your all and love others as yourself.
Prayer Father, I would love You with my all and love others as myself.
Scripture Psalms 143:8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You.
Observation The fullness of God’s love and compassion is wholeheartedly available to me.
Application I would begin each day with a sensitivity to Your love and compassion toward me.
Prayer Father, God, I would be ever listening, ever looking to You, ever trusting, every day.
Scripture I John 4:9-10 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Observation/ Application God demonstrated how much He loves us by sending His One and Only Son into the world to pay the price, to take ownership of our sins.
Prayer Thank You Father for sending Jesus to pay the price for my sin and that of the whole world. Jesus paid it ALL.
Scripture Psalm 118 :8-9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
Observation Trusting in the Lord is far better than trusting men/princes.
Application I will put my trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ above and before all else.
Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for Your love and
forgiveness. My faith and trust and confidence is in You.
Scripture John 13:15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. John 13:17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. Jeremiah 9:24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth. for in these I delight,” says the Lord.
Observation Jesus
left us an example to follow.
Application Do
as Jesus did, love as Jesus loved.
Prayer Dear Jesus, thank You for Your Word and Your Words, Your example, and Your
love. Through the power of Your Holy Spirit, living and abiding in me, I would follow
Your example, be a doer of Your Word, and love others like You love me.
Scripture Isaiah 65:17 For
behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former
shall not be remembered or come to mind.
Psalms
62:1-2 Truly my soul
silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation, He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense; I shall not be
greatly moved.
Psalms
62:5-8 My soul, wait
silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock
and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God
is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, and my
refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour
out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Observation/Application/Prayer My Defense, my Rock, my Glory, my
Refuge, my Strength, my God, my Salvation, my Jesus, my LORD, my Savior. Whatever
comes my way I know You are with me, that I can pour out my heart before You,
You listen, You love. My Creator, Creator of all that is and will no longer be
or be remembered or brought to mind in that New Heaven and New Earth beyond my
comprehension where there will be no more sin, sickness, pain, sorrow, or tears.
The old things passed away and everything forever new. Thank You Jesus, my All,
here, now, and for All eternity.
Scripture
Titus 3:4-7 But when the kindness and the love of God our
Savior toward man appeared, not
by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy
He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy
Spirit, whom He poured out on
us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace
we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Observation/Application Through God’s loving kindness and mercy I have salvation. He poured
out His Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ my Savior. By His grace I have the
gift of eternal life.
Prayer Thank You, Father, for the gracious gift of eternal
life through Jesus Christ my Savior.
Scripture Psalms 83:18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, are The Most High over all the earth.
I
Timothy 2:3-6 For
this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,who desires
all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man
Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be
testified in due time.
Observation There is only One Lord God Most High,
One Mediator between God and man, and One Savior, Jesus Christ, Who desires all
to be saved.
Application May I be thankful each day for my
salvation and be prayerful that all may know, hear of, and
receive such a great salvation.
Prayer Thank You, Father, thank You, Jesus,
for loving me, for being my Savior, may I too desire all to be saved.
Scripture Walk in love, as Christ also has
loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
sweet-smelling aroma. Ephesians 5:2
Observation Christ’s love is sacrificial.
Application I would follow Jesus’ example of
sacrificial love.
Prayer Father, today, and every day I would
follow Jesus’ example of sacrificial love.
Scripture
Proverbs 19:8 He
who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps
understanding will find good. Proverbs 16:20
Observation If you get wisdom then you love
your soul. If you keep understanding, you’ll find good.
Application Get and keep wisdom and
understanding.
Prayer Father, thank You for allowing us to
have access to wisdom and understanding.
Scripture 2 Corinthians 13:14 The
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
Observation/
Application The grace of Jesus, the love of God, and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit are with those who believe/are with me.
Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for Your grace.
Thank You, Father, for Your love and for the fellowship of Your Holy Spirit.
Scripture
I Samuel 12:24 Only
fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what
great things He has done for you.
Observation Reverence for and wholehearted
service to God should be my response out of gratitude for all He has done for
me.
Application I would revere and serve God with my
whole heart out of thankfulness for all He has done for me.
Prayer Thank You, Father, for Your limitless
blessings toward me. I would love, serve, and honor You wholeheartedly.
Scripture Deuteronomy 26:11-Then . . . you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.
Galatians
5:16-I say then:
Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Galatians
5:22-25 But the fruit
of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those
who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Observation
Walking in the Spirit will produce fruit.
Application
I will seek to
walk in the Spirit.
Prayer
Father, thank
You for all the good things You bless me with, above all, the presence of the
Holy Spirit living/abiding in me. May my life bear fruit for Your glory.
Scripture
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the
Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul
Observation God desires our wholehearted love
and devotion.
Application I would desire to love and revere
the Lord my God with my all that I am.
Prayer Father, my desire would be love,
revere, and serve You with all of my heart.
Scripture
Deuteronomy
6:4-6 “Hear, O
Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your strength. And these words which I command you
today shall be in your heart. “
Psalms
43:3 Oh, send
out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring
me to Your holy hill and to Your tabernacle.
Mark 14:38 Watch and pray,
lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak.
Observation Love with all, be led
by Light and Truth, be on the lookout and be prayerful.
Application I would Love the LORD with
all my being, let His Light and Truth guide me, and always be on
the lookout and prayerful.
Prayer Father, I would love You with
all, be led by Your Light and Truth, and always be looking
out and in prayer.
“Oh victory in Jesus, my Savior forever, He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood, He loved me…and all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood.”- E.M. Bartlett, 1939
Mr. Bartlett suffered a
paralyzing stroke that left him unable to walk or even speak and for the most
part, he was bedridden. Many felt the stroke ended his teaching ministry, yet
It was during these dark days that Eugene would write his best-known hymn,
Victory In Jesus
Thank You
Jesus for so loving me. I want to love You more and share Your love. I’m pretty
sure I first heard this hymn at Allen Park Church of the Nazarene because my
sweet Mom took us from my earliest memory. Thanks, mom, I will always remember and be thankful that I
first heard about Jesus because of you.
Scripture Acts 27:20 Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would ...
