Fresh Manna

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In Exodus 16, the story of manna (bread) from heaven is told. Exodus 16:15 recounts: So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, 'What is it?' For they did not know what it was, and Moses said to them, 'This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.' And the Lord told the people to gather the manna, every day, according to each one's need. So they gathered fresh manna every morning. On the day before the Sabbath, only, were they allowed to gather enough manna for two days, so that they could rest on the Sabbath.


According to John 6:32-35 (NKJV): Then Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. (33) 'For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.' (34) Then they said to Him, 'Lord, give us this bread always.' (35) And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.'

Jesus is the true manna from heaven. When I seek Him every day ACCORDING TO MY NEED I never hunger or thirst--I'm never wanting or lacking anything. I don't have any troubles!

I know for sure that I need fresh manna every day. I need to spend time, daily, in God's presence, glorifying and praising Him for salvation, grace, mercy, and provision. The greater my need, the more time I spend with my Lord, focusing on His beauty, meditating on His attributes, and feeding on His faithfulness. This is the life that Jesus gives to the world. This is the manna that produces faith which moves mountains. Jesus is the Bread of Heaven and I need Him every day.

Rooted in Love

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Welcome! I’m so glad you’ve decided to check out this blog!  We’re continuing to study the wondrous love of God.


. . . that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19 NKJV) In this verse, the Holy Spirit is instructing us to be rooted (fixed in; implanted; entrenched) and to be grounded (fixed, caught, trapped, wedged) in the love of God!

Why would He encourage us to be unshakable in the love of God? Because being lodged in God’s love MAKES US unshakable, stalwart, and resolute! When we are firmly convinced that God loves us personally, we become steadfast in our faith. This kind of faith can withstand and overcome any attack of the enemy.

See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me. (Isaiah 49:16 NKJV) The Lord has carved us on the palms of His hands, therefore, we are ever before Him, and ever important to Him!

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57 NKJV) The Lord has already given us victory through Jesus Christ, and He desires that we seize the victory forcefully – by faith. (1 John 5:4)

As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. (John 15:9 NKJV) Our Father God has demonstrated His love to us through Jesus Christ. Jesus loves us! And He asks us to abide in His powerful, extravagant love for us!

“Abide” means to inhabit, stay in, or dwell in. Let us learn to inhabit and dwell within the LOVE of God. As we abide in His love and use the unshakable faith that results, the mighty power of God shall operate in our lives. Our fellowship with our Savior King will be sweet and mighty enough to move mountains!

Merry Christmas, With Love!

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Joy to the world, the Lord is come! May your Christmas be warm and merry, and may your New Year be bright with promise! God loves you, dear one!

The message of the cross is summed up in John 3:16—God’s LOVE. God’s love motivated Him to GIVE.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18) As we mentioned in our last blog, when we understand and experience the love of God personally, our faith becomes effortless because we TRUST in God based upon His love.

When we’re rooted and grounded in the love of God, we can come to a full realization of the width, length, depth, and height of God’s extravagant love for us. (Ephesians 3:17-19) Has He not been with you and supported you in the depths of life’s sorrows? Has He not accompanied and sustained you throughout the entire width and length of your life thus far? Have you not been carried to the heights of His love during blessed seasons of your life – or during praise and worship?

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord’s love for you! (Proverbs 21:30 NIV) Nothing . . . nothing . . . NOTHING can separate you from God’s love for you! (Romans 8:38, 39) During this special season that honors the birth of our Savior, celebrate God’s love for you! Give it some serious meditation, and then lift your voice in thanks and adoration.

Merry Christmas with Love . . . from your Father God.

God's Overflowing Love

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Hi, friend! Thanks for joining me as I continue meditating upon God’s great love for us.


The definition of “overflowing” is: abundant, generous, brimming, plentiful, copious, or profuse. These are very accurate words to describe God’s love for us! His love flows to us moment by moment, day after day, without ceasing.

All that is left for us to do is to RESPOND to His love—opening our hearts, welcoming it, and returning His love. We love Him because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

We need to be so ROOTED and GROUNDED in the knowledge of God’s love for us (Ephesians 3:17) that we come to a place where we’re filled with ALL the fullness of God! (Ephesians 3:18-19) That means that we become filled with the power of God!

Faith works through love. (Galatians 5:6) When we understand and experience God’s love for us as a reality, our faith becomes effective—even effortless. Once love is assured in our hearts, we trust the person who loves us implicitly. So we must do with our relationship with God, the Father. Trust and rest in His love. Rejoice and celebrate God’s love.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 says . . . putting on the breastplate of faith and love . . . Faith and love together form a mighty shield (breastplate). Because of God’s love for us, He sent a Savior to earth to reconcile us to God. (John 3:16) For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18)

The message of the cross is summed up in John 3:16—God’s LOVE. The understanding of the love of God for us IS the power of God in our lives! To activate your faith, receive God’s love; and live in POWER!

His Astounding Love

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Greetings! I’m happy to have you join us! I’m captivated by the love of God and want to think about it with you.


Astounding can be defined as: amazing, astonishing, surprising, outrageous, or beyond belief. The love of God for us is “too good to be true” . . . however, it IS TRUE!

In times of worry or trouble, the Lord is with us, and He comforts us (quiets us) with His love. (Zephaniah 3:17) His love covers ALL of our sins. (1 Peter 4:8) The love of God for us makes us complete and gives us peace in our hearts. (2 Cor. 13:11)

God’s love for us was revealed in the fact that He sent His beloved Son to pay the penalty for all of our sins. (1 John 4:9-10)

We are SAFE to believe God’s love for us (1 John 4:16); because His love for us will NEVER end! (1 Cor. 13:8)

These are central truths of the GOOD NEWS of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and they’re worth celebrating continuously!

His Unfailing Love

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Welcome and thanks for stopping by! We’re going to consider the unfailing love of God, the Father, demonstrated through the saving work of Jesus Christ powered by the Holy Spirit.


The love of God has:

• Taken us out of bondage and given us liberty. (Galatians 4:3; 5:1)

• Cleansed us from empty works (Hebrews 9:14)

• Set us free from sin (Rom. 6:18, 22)

• Removed our loneliness because He never leaves us. (Hebrews 13:5)

• Washed us in forgiveness (Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:9)

• Become our fortress (Psalm 144:2)

• Surrounded us with peace (Philippians 4:7)

• Given us grace (John 1:16, 17)

• Given us a solid foundation (Romans 8:38-39)

• Come to live in us (Ephesians 2:22)

• Become our dwelling place (John 15:9-10)

God’s love is beyond compare, and it is our privilege to glory in it, and to live in the glow of it!

Learn to Remember

Greetings and good day to you! Remembering is not something that we should do only at the end of the year, but something we should do always. What do I mean? I’m referring to the remembering that is important to God.

Remembering is of great consequence to God! That’s why He instructed the Israelites to pile up stones in places where He did mighty works on their behalf. It was a device used to help them REMEMBER.

Remembering and meditating upon: 1) the attributes of the Lord; 2) the miracles and blessings we’ve received from Him; 3) God’s Word; and 4) God’s personality deepens our relationship with God, and nurtures our faith.

1. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. (Deut. 5:15) Remember where you came from—what situation you have escaped by God’s grace and mercy.

2. Remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt . . . (Deut. 7:18) Remember what the Lord did to your enemies; remember His deliverance. Continue to be thankful and grateful for what He has done for you and that God is your deliverer.

3. Remember the Lord your God, who gives you power to get wealth that He may establish His covenant . . . (Deut. 8:18) Remember God, and that all of your blessings and finances have come through Him. He desires to bless you, because He loves you.

Spend some time today ministering your thankfulness to the Lord and remembering all that He is and all that He has done FOR YOU!  His love is unfailing and that motivates all that He does for you.  (1 Cor. 13:8)

An Example of Faith in God

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Hi, friends! Merry Christmas!

In the spring of 1982, our son was born, which was a very precious blessing in our lives. In the month of December, 1982, I was considering what it was like for Mary to give birth to HER Son, Jesus. That Christmas, I understood--in a very tangible way--what joy and overflowing love she must have felt concerning her Son.

My thoughts then turned to what Mary must have felt when she saw her beloved Son accused unjustly, tortured, and crucified. Not only did God, the Father, sacrifice His Son for mankind; but Mary also sacrificed her Son.

Mary had yielded and submitted to the will of God in saying to the angel: Let it be to me according to your word. (Luke 1:38) Mary loved and nurtured Jesus, and pondered the things that were told to her according to Luke 2:19.

And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. (Luke 2:40)

Mary did her part. She gave birth to a Son who would redeem mankind from its sins. She was a faithful mother to Him, and must have eventually shared with Him the story of His birth. And when the time came for her to watch her firstborn Son suffer and die, she yielded to the perfect will of God, and supported her Son by loving Him, and standing with Him to the end.

May we be thankful for the faith and obedience of Mary, who became a partner with God in His plan of salvation.  May we all follow her example of ministering God's LOVE to those around us and living by a trusting, childlike faith in God.

Part 2: About Our Weapons

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Hi, friend! I’m so happy you’ve stopped for a few minutes to meditate on the Word with me. We’re continuing our study from the last posting about our spiritual weapons.


For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (of the flesh) but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds; casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4, 5 NKJV)

We must decide to agree with the Word of God against every high thing that exalts itself against (sets itself in OPPOSITION to) God’s will. His Word IS His will. Satan uses circumstances; peoples’ opinions; doctors’ diagnoses; physical symptoms; human vehicles/agencies; lawsuits; lying wonders; and visual stimuli to try to persuade us against God’s Word and will.

Stand fast in the liberty by which Christ has set you free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1) Stand on the Word; breathe it; meditate it; cling to it like the lifeline it truly is!

Philippians 4:8 tells us to think on, ponder, and meditate upon whatever is: true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous, or praiseworthy.

Meditate upon God’s qualities, goodness, nature, attributes, power, majesty, etc., etc. Meditate upon His miracles performed in your life, and His gifts and blessing poured out upon you. Meditate upon the loved ones, family, and friends that God has given to you and upon the fact that He clothes, houses, and feeds you and your family. He sustains and supports your very life! The list of good things upon which we may meditate is truly endless because God is an eternal being who loves us extravagantly!

This is one of the spiritual weapons we may use to bring every thought into captivity and submission to the Father.

Part 1: About Our Weapons

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Good day to you! Today we’re studying our spiritual weapons.


For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (of the flesh) but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds; casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4, 5 NKJV)

These spiritual weapons:

• Are not in us! They’re not fleshly, and they don’t emanate from us.

• Are mighty (full of power; titanic; robust; forceful; invincible)

• Exist IN GOD and operate out of a vital relationship with God—one in which we are yielded and submissive to the Holy Spirit. John 15:5 says: I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. As we ABIDE in Him, His power flows to and through us.

• Pull down strongholds (fortified places; fortifications; bunkers of the enemy). A stronghold is a place where you’ve spent some time, and may feel safe and even comfortable there!

• Cast down arguments (reasoning; intellectual deduction or analysis; logic)

• Cast down EVERY high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God (arrogant, rebellious ideas) – In Judges 6:25, the first task God gave to Gideon was to tear down the altar of Baal and the wooden idol beside it. These were all built on “high places.” In 1 Kings 12:31 & 32, Jeroboam built shrines on the “high places” and installed priests to make sacrifices to idols and imitate the feasts of the people of God! In our lives, those “high things” and imaginations can be “familiar” ideas or bunkers of ours. They can be pride, doubt and unbelief, intellectualism, reason, logic, fear, inaction, lust for food, lust for wealth, hard-heartedness, unhealthy relationships, or any number of other things.

• Bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ—EVERY thought! If you control your thoughts, you control your actions! We think about a thing before we act upon it. The phrase “obedience of Christ” signifies attentive hearing; to listen with compliant submission and agreement with God, the Father.

May we turn an attentive ear with compliant submission to the voice of our loving Savior.