Anointed in Goodness
by Emily WootenPsalms 23:5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.God is laying out a spread of abundance in the very face of our enemies. To prepare is to arrange, set or lay in order, set in array. Perhaps you […]
His Word Comforts Me
by Emily WootenPsalms 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.God, through David, paints a picture of a nurturing God. Psalms 23:1–3 speaks to God’s peace, provision, and comfort. In verse four, […]
Attend to God’s Word
by Emily WootenRomans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, […]
To Know God Is To Love
by Emily WootenColossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being […]
For The Perfecting
by Emily WootenEphesians 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first […]
The Good Fight of Faith
by Emily Wooten1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.We are called to fight. Our fight is not with flesh and blood and it is not fought with our fist, guns or tanks.Ephesians 6:12-14 For […]
Dead to sin
by Emily WootenRomans 6:2–4…How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Know ye not, that […]
Who You Talkin’ To?
by Emily WootenIn John 5, we see Jesus interacting with a man who had been crippled for 38 years. He was lying at the pool of Bethesda, waiting for a miracle. It was obvious why he was there. So why did Jesus ask him, “Wilt thou be made whole?”Why did the man not answer with […]
Divine Appointments
by Emily Wooten Divine Appointments(From Genesis 29:1–20) Jacob had been traveling to his uncle’s house when he stopped at a well. This well was important because it was where all the shepherds brought their flocks for water. He saw some shepherds who were waiting to water their sheep. Jacob asked, “Do you know a man […]
Acts of Submission
by Emily WootenMatthew 6:14-18: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear […]