April 21, 2015
And God said…whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you… Genesis 9:12, 14-15
God gave the rainbow originally as a sign of His everlasting love and commitment to Noah after judgement had fallen on the world. Following the horrendous storms during this past week that included 90 mph winds, tornadoes, and ping-pong-ball sized hail, there were rainbows everywhere! Including one quadruple rainbow!
Is God reminding us of His covenant love and care before the storm of judgement comes to our nation? Maybe so that we remember He remembers He’s committed to us.
Keep looking up!
I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
nevertheless You heard the voice of my
supplications when I cried out to You.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters where the floods overflow me. § Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!” I called on Your name, O LORD, from the lowest pit. You have heard my voice: “Do not hide Your ear from my sighing, from my cry for help.” You drew near on the day I called on You, and said, “Do not fear!”
Will the LORD cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more? Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise failed forevermore? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up HIs tender mercies? And I said, “This is my anguish; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.” I will remember the works of the LORD; surely I will remember Your wonders of old.§ I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Ps. 31:22; Ps. 69:2 ; Lam. 3:54-57; Ps. 77:7-11; Ps. 27:13
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him.
Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested. § “Ask! What shall I give you?” And Solomon said to God: … “Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people.” § God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.
Asa cried out to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power … O LORD, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!” So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa.
O You who hear prayer, to You all flesh will come.
Ps. 91:15; 1 Chron. 4:9-10; 2 Chron. 1:7-8, 10; 1 Kings 4:29;
2 Chron. 14:11-12; Ps. 65:2
Apr 3, 2015
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky…and let them serve as signs to mark seasons (feasts)…” And there was evening and morning—the fourth day. Genesis 1:14,19
We are seeing some extraordinary signs in the sky. Last year we saw two lunar eclipses and this year we will see two more. In both years, each of the lunar eclipses is on the same Jewish feast days, Passover and Tabernacles. Plus we have seen one solar eclipse in the middle of the lunar eclipses that just occurred on March 20, which this year was the Jewish New Year.
Jewish tradition views a solar eclipse as an omen or harbinger of distress or crisis for Gentile nations. In light of the solar eclipse on March 20, Orthodox Jews issued a worldwide call to pray for the nations.
Mar 30, 2015
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13
When you and I were young, we often had a picture of what we wanted our lives to be like when we grew up… a picture of our career, our family, and our children. What did you imagine your life would be like today? Has the canvas of your life’s painting turned out like you expected? Or have you been wounded — slashed by a handicap, hurt, injustice, illness, bankruptcy, betrayal?
…Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. Acts 12:5
It’s Friday, February 27th. My husband is back in the hospital, and I am snowed in at home. Yesterday I listened to the cracking of tree branches as they broke off and hit my roof. At times the 
impact was so strong that the entire house shook and the dog went into a barking frenzy. Power was lost, but the house is currently warm and relatively safe. While I’m here, I’m confident my husband is receiving the medical attention and care he requires. I know this will pass, and next week we will be back more or less to normal.
I can’t help but think of women like me who are not listening to trees break and fall, but to the sudden burst of machine gun fire and the impact of bombs falling.
