Daily in the Word

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."  

John 1:1-5

Rebecca Herber

Daily in the Word. What difference would it make to read it every day? Something that seems so simple. Opening a book, that many of us have more than one copy of. Opening and spending time reading those words.

This Book. This special gift is - God with us. In these words.

The One who is the beginning and the end, Alpha and Omega. The giver of light, giver of life.

The one who promises life more abundant.

When we spend so much time in Him, in the one who is the Word, till the point when we skip just one day.....

What difference would it make?

Lord,

Rebecca Herber

I pray to spend time daily in You. In the Word. That the words You say to me become the air I breath. Constant, vital to life. I know I can only do it through You. Lord, I want to know what difference it will make.

~Kartini Maxson

Dear...

A few years ago my  sweet mother-in-love gave me a suggestion on another way to study the Bible. There were 3 questions she would ask as she read different Bible verses, passages, and stories. 

~ What does it say about God?

~ What does it say about me?

~ What does it say about my relationship with God?

Every once in a while, I would apply these questions to what I read.

Just this past Tuesday, the Bible study I was in, did our last study on the 7 churches of Revelation. During the study I asked, "What if there was a letter written to us, now? What would it say?"  At the time this was just a theoretical question. But, as the days have gone by, it lingered in my head. 

This morning I was thinking of the 7 churches of Revelation with these 3 questions in mind. In the still and quiet with God, I heard Him whisper.

"If I wrote you a letter today here's what it would say...." 

His words that followed helped me remember, He is real, relevant and wants to be in my life. Words of encouragement, words of correction, and words of promise. Many of these words He whispered,  I had read before. 

Rebecca Herber

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
    Tell me, if you understand.
Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line across it?
 On what were its footings set,
    or who laid its cornerstone—
 while the morning stars sang together
    and all the angels shouted for joy?" Job 38:4-7

“Be still, and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10

 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.... Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!"  Matthew 6:22,27,28 

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17

By spending intentional time in God's word, I didn't miss out on His letter to me. Words inspired and written thousands of years ago. Words that remind me He is in control. Words that say He loves me and has good things for me. Words I can trust that are constant and true.  

Words written for me. 

~ Kartini Maxson

Your Word is a Lamp for My Feet, a Light on My Path

Psalm 119:105 – Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

It was a dark and stormy night, and I was lost.   For many years it seemed that I was living in the darkness.  Those were the times that I did not have the Word of God lighting my path.  I stumbled, and failed.

Rebecca Herber

However, I found the Light.  It was my one true God that showed me the light, by reading His word.  When I find myself stumbling and failing again, I realize that I have stepped away from the Light.  So, I have to remind myself to come back to the Light.  If I don’t follow the Light, then I am left in the dark.

This month our prayer is to spend 30 days in the Word.  Hopefully it will translate into something longer than just 30 days.  I want it to be a lifetime of living in the WORD.

Psalm 23:3

He refreshes my soul.

He guides me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.

Psalm 61:2

From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Jeremiah 29:13

 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Philippians 4:6-7

⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Written by Laura Maxson