Sandy’s quite time is enriched by several devotionals. The postings here are her thoughts and prayers, a “putting it all together’ part of her day. May it bless you too.
Today’s one Takeaway: 042519 • Who or What I Trust is Obvious to Others. Today’s notes: – The man who reaches the mountain height by help of train or car has learned no climbers lesson. (God Calling) … lessons take effort… – The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do …
Today’s Takeaway: 042419 (Just a reminder, all my notes come from 4-8 devotionals I get to read each morning, they are paraphrased from other people’s work. If you’d like a list, just email me, happy to share. My goal is to distill others’ work down, and give you one ‘Takeaway’) • Fear Often Shows Up …
Today’s Quiet Time Takeaway: 041119 • Don’t fight the pilot or I’ll crash Today’s Notes: – The Holy Spirit cannot live merely as a guest in me, corralled to one room…He invades all of me! – Don’t complain- God designed my day and circumstances – Live this moment – not in my past, not in …
Today’s Takeaway: 041319 • Merge & Take the Overpass Today’s Notes: – We are not left alone – Jesus wants to be our friend in practical ways – Merge my thoughts with Jesus’s thoughts about my sins – Merge, like in traffic- one lane – God doesn’t see us deserving of judgement once we merge …
Today’s Quiet Time Takeaway: 040719 • Soft clay takes less work… Today Notes: – My headstrong-ness pushes God out. (Am I as cement in His hands?) – Talk to Jesus about my life- relax in his hands – be soft – Isaiah 64:8 …We are the clay, you are the potter, we are the work …
Today’s takeaway: 041419 • Praise Balances Your Load Today’s notes: – True balance takes focus – like a gymnast – Focus on my purpose given – Be equally yoked with Jesus- where two are equally yoked to Christ, he gives power & intensified guidance – Take one end of Christ’s yoke and pull together & …
Today’s Takeaway: 041619 • Life’s Purpose: Be Thankful while you can… Today’s Notes: – Time is limited – Show me my ruined self…my true hidden self, that I may repent while I still have time… ‘While you have the light…believe in the light…’ John 12:36 – Use this ‘pause’ time between life and death well… …
Joyous Easter! Hallelujah! 042119 God and a Yoga Class…Breathe Deeply My takeaway and mediations from just ‘God Calling’ this morning. (I didn’t get to the other devotionals, so I send you my personal thoughts today from just this one devotional,) • Practice loving others – alert to God’s Presence. Unconsciously take a deep breath…life is …
Today’s Takeaway: 042219 • I Choose or Refuse to be in Jesus’s Family Today’s Notes: – God sees my heart (as only a parent can) – When I give God control of me, he gives me his unlimited care & love. (Like a child who’s loved & cared for) – When I choose Jesus – …
Today’s Takeaway: 042019 • Who Do I Trust Between Tragedy and Triumph? Today’s Notes: – Do I believe Jesus has power over this middle day, when he was buried, when ‘He’s dead’? – All the world’s hate couldn’t eliminate Jesus or nullify his love – The wounds of friends are the worst – Worry means …
‘Good Friday’ Morning: ✝️041919 My Realization: At One Time They Were His Friends… • Jesus knows all the names of the demons he battled from the cross- at one time they were his friends, his angels …. he was betrayed not just on human levels – but in the spiritual world too… ‘For if God …
Jesus is condemned today… 041819 Today’s Takeaway: • Is Jesus too Inconvenient? Right now, Is Jesus my Savior or earthly rules? Today’s Notes: – With God, time is a present NOW – We can’t store up peace for tomorrow – it’s like manna – Live ready for a surprise visit from God – Ask …
Today’s Takeaway: 041719 • Hard question: Why am I resigned to Do It Myself? Today’s notes: – The crime against love is resignation – Total surrender is reached internally, not externally (it’s reached from our heart not our hands) – I fail to live up to my convictions each day, yet God promises: ‘I …
Today’s takeaway: 041519 • Each Day I Choose God’s Calm, or My Anxiety. Today’s notes: – Whoever sees the invisible, can do the impossible (words from a persecuted Christian) – Above all, keep calm. Never feel inadequate for a task – Concentrate on a few things till they are accomplished – Nothing is a mere …
Today Quiet Takeaway: 041219 • I need saving- from myself… Today’s Notes: – Faith finds expression in need – Let me never lose sight of my need of A Savior! – My identity is not my circumstances, my job, my hobbies or my health- my identity is my love for Jesus – Great bumper sticker: …
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