Watch Your Steps, He does
by Emily WootenPsalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way .Psalms 139: 1-4 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and […]
Making Jesus Lord of All In Us
by Emily WootenColossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all […]
Receive The Holy Spirit
by Emily WootenIt was days after Jesus’ ascension into heaven. Scripture says there were 120 in the upper room waiting.Acts 2:1–4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and sat […]
God’s Plan
by Emily Wooten 1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the […]
What Now?
by Emily Wooten After the resurrection, when Jesus appeared to various members of His followers, He explained that He was going to His Father—to His God and our God. What did that mean for us?John 20:17 — The first person Jesus appeared to after His resurrection was Mary at the tomb. He told her to […]
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 […]