Monday, March 6, 2017

Day 65:"The Flowers of the Field"

Matthew 6:28-30

Matthew 6:28-30 (ESV) "And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Day 64: "A Single Hour"

Matthew 6:27 (ESV)

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

Days 62-63: "Look At The Birds"

 Matthew 6:25-26

"'Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?"

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Day 61: "But God Meant It for Good"

Genesis 50:15-21 (ESV)

15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” 16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: 17 ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

I love this passage because Josephs brothers had nothing to be afraid of, not because they hadn't done anything wrong but because Josephs had forgiven them. 
-L.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Day 60: "Accept Correction"

Zephaniah 3:7 (ESV)

I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
    you will accept correction.
Then your
 dwelling would not be cut off
    according to all that I have appointed against you.’
But all the more they were eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.