🕊️ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 🕊️

Romas 8:35-39

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride!

Thank You for my beautiful daughter!

Our faith is strong and our hope will not diminish over time.

I praise God for the family He has blessed me with and the memories we’ve created during our time together. I am so thankful and I praise God every day for the words, “Faith”, “Hope” and “Family”, and what that means in my life, from here at home, to the people in my church, the people I work with, and those of my closest friends. They all are what I consider my “Family!”

They have all participated in my challenging times and my most joyful memories and experiences.

At the beginning of my adult life, I had tried several times to find it, (Family) but in my search I experienced betrayal, lies and deceit amongst those closest to me. The one constant I found to be my greatest strength, is “Hope” and “Faith!” I never stopped praying, I never stopped believing, constantly moving forward, I have always spoke out loud to my savior and redeemer, in my hurt and pain, pleading, quietly petitioning, and at times, with a shout in distress, asking for the one thing I seek the most, “Family.”

To me, this was and is, the most valuable thing in my life, without which I would be alone! I would not be able to stand fast in my trials and challenges in my life. Some may call this weakness, but as the expression states, “a threefold cord is not quickly broken, what “Faith”, “Hope”, and “Family” has brought me to this day, is a strength, a bond, a unity, like none other.

Thank You Lord, for my life and my family, but most of all for my Faith and Hope.

🕊️ Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.”

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 🕊️

Mark 10:17-22

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Good Morning Father!

Thank You for this wonderful day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride and our babygirl.

You have blessed us abundantly Father! Thank You for Your love and grace in our lives. What a great experience to have so much and experience some of the best things in life. 

Though we have so much, we are humbled by Your rich blessings, It is painful to witness so much suffering around the world, and any noble attempts I make, is pale in comparison to all the suffering. 

I lift up the lives of the souls suffering loss, this day. Those trapped by war, having sickness without help for healing, and no hope for their salvation. Give them hope Lord! 

I ask for Your grace, mercy and peace to be upon these people, Lord. I pray for their healing and a path forward. I pray I never criticize anyone suffering with loss, because I have suffered it myself. I only pray Lord I might always have a generous heart and a spirit of giving, as I pass the homeless or those asking for help. May Your Spirit guide me and direct me where to donate my possessions, my time, my talents and my Love. 

I thank You again Lord, for Your Word and allowing me to see these revelations in my life. I pray Father You relieve the suffering in the world, if even but only for a single day of respite!

As I follow the path towards Your light, may I bring honor to Your holy name. May Your Spirit rest upon me and shine in and through me and my family, this day, in all we say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

🕊️ Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or verbal abuse for bad behavior, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 

For “He who would love life And see good days,

Let him refrain his tongue from evil,

And his lips from speaking deceit.

Let him turn away from evil and do good;

Let him seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,

And His ears are open to their prayers;

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil.” 🕊️

1 Peter 3:8-12

🕊️ Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall direct your paths.

 Do not be wise in your own eyes;

Fear the LORD and depart from evil.

It will be health to your flesh,

And strength to your bones.

Honor the LORD with your possessions,

And with the firstfruits of all your increase;

So your barns will be filled with plenty,

And your vats will overflow with new wine. 🕊️

Proverbs 3:5-10

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life, for every precious moment and every treasured experience, thank You!

Thank You for my sweet bride!

Thank You for our beautiful daughter!

I pray Lord, every moment of this day, I might shine Your light, which is within me, in all I say and do.

May the words from my lips be sweet and never bitter.

May my eyes see the good in the people I meet and those who I don’t agree with.

Guide my steps along the path of righteousness and keep me from losing my way. May my heart be true always, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 🕊️

James 1:5-8

🕊️ A man’s heart plans his way,

But the LORD directs his steps. 🕊️

Proverbs 16:9

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for each moment of my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride, who keeps me balanced and takes good care of me. May your Spirit bless her this day.

Thank You for our beautiful child, whom I’ve seen good possibilities for her life. May Your Spirit bless her and keep her safe this day.

May Your Spirit rest upon me and all our family members today, and may we shine Your light to all around us, in all we say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ “Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” 🕊️

Joshua 24:14-15

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride and our babygirl!

All that we are and possess are blessings from You O Lord!

May we walk this day in thanksgiving for the gift of choice. 

You give us free choice and then allow us to decide which way to go and how we use our lives.

As I decided many years ago, I chose You Lord, in serving You with my life. I pray Father, as Your child, You continue to guide me this day, in the choices I make. Fill me with Your Spirit Lord, may I walk in the light of Your grace, mercy, and Love, and shine that light in the lives of all those I come across, in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. 🕊️

Colossians 3:23-24

🕊️ Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. 🕊️

Colossians 4:5-6

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride!

Thank You for our beautiful daughter!

Father, I pray Your Spirit rest upon me this day, that I might stay on the path before me, a decision, a choice, to serve You and not my own selfish ambition or carnal desires. May You grant me the wisdom to discern which path leads me towards the truth and avoid the path which leads to destruction. I pray O Lord, help me to find strength throughout my day, to avoid the distractions which only leads to sin and failure. May Your light of ‘Love’, shine in and through all I say and do this day, in jesus’ name, Amen!  ~ Praise God! ~

🕊️ My son, give attention to my words;

Incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them depart from your eyes;

Keep them in the midst of your heart;

For they are life to those who find them,

And health to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life. 🕊️

Proverbs 4:20-23

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter!

I look around me every day at home, I see so many things to be thankful for, beginning with my family, a roof over our heads, so many possessions, many people cannot afford. 

I pray this day Lord, I might use the time I have wisely with the many tools I’ve invested in, to share the imagery I capture and incorporate them into stories of strength and encouragement. Thank you for Your Word O Lord, Fill me with Your Spirit, and may I shine Your light in all I say and do this day, in Jesus’ name Amen!

🕊️  Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall direct your paths. 🕊️

Proverbs 3:5, 6

🕊️ Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever. 🕊️

1 Peter 1:22

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride!

Thank you for our beautiful daughter!

Father, I thank You for sending Your only son, Jesus Christ, to bridge the gap which separates me from You and allowing me the opportunity to follow You, in the examples You’ve set before me, watching over my life, and protecting me and my family from the evil one. I praise You this day Lord, for my salvation from sin and death. I pray Lord, may Your Spirit rest upon me and fill me, and my family and may Your light shine in and through me in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name Amen!

🕊️ Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 🕊️

3 John 1:2-4

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Good Morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter!

Thank you for Your continued healing of our bodies!

I pray Your Spirit rest upon us this day and may we shine Your light in all we say and do, may we / I bring glory to Your holy name, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

The path I walk today, with purpose, is toward creating images of people and places, to go with the stories I share and the scripture verses I post on my blog daily. My intention and my hope, is that all those souls who may see this ‘Webholyman’ blog, the images I include in my post, along with each story and scripture, may visitors be encouraged by the Word they read, the stories shared, and the images included. I pray Lord, Your bless the work of my hands and multiply the visitors to my site daily, in Jesus’ name, Amen!   

🕊️ My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart;

For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.

Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.

Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.

Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. 🕊️

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Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our babygirl!

Your Word is the light which begins my day Lord, thank You.

May Your Spirit rest upon us this day Lord, and may Your light shine bright in and through all we say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. 🕊️

Ephesians 4:31, 32

🕊️ The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness,

The world and those who dwell therein.

For He has founded it upon the seas,

And established it upon the waters.

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD?

Or who may stand in His holy place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,

Nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive blessing from the LORD,

And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 🕊️

Psalms 24:1-5 

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter!

Thank You for our home and all our possessions!

May Your Holy Spirit rest upon us this day; heal us of our illnesses, strengthen my feeble knees, that I might kneel before You, and give my arms the strength to raise them up high to worship You and praise Your Holy name. 

May I complete the tasks set before me this day, and may the work of my hands be a blessing to all those who come upon it.

Bless me Lord, with the knowledge and wisdom to serve others in love and without prejudice, and a heart filled with joy and thanksgiving, for Your grace and Your mercy. 

Guide me with Your Holy Spirit, give charge over Your angels to surround my family and keep us all safe this day, in Jesus’ name Amen!

🕊️  For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. 🕊️

Ecclesiastes 2:26

🕊️ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. 🕊️

Matthew 6:31-34

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Good Morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter!

The more I focus on my bible studies and my life in the world, I feel a deeper awareness of my relationship with You O Lord. I pray Father, you fill me with Your Spirit this day, and may my path be straight without deviation. When I keep my focus on following Your Word and what that means to me and my life, I am content and confident in the choices I make and I’m not distracted by the noise of my surroundings.

Bless me this day Father, and my family. May your angels watch over us and keep us safe, and may Your Holy Spirit guide us and lead us, and may we bring glory to Your Holy name, in all we say and do today, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ The Noble man makes Nobel plans, and by noble deeds he stands. 🕊️

Isaiah 32:8

Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You Lord, for my sweet bride and our babygirl!

Thank You for all the tools out there which make it possible to find and read or hear Your Holy Word. I feel so amazingly blessed to live in these days and for the honor of being able to share Your Word and my thoughts with my loved ones and out there in the either. We all have the same opportunity and choice daily, when we rise and as we begin our day. Making the decision to begin my day with feeding my mind with Your Word Lord, before anything else, has made all the difference in my life and my walk with You, my Lord, and my God. 

🕊️  I pray Father, you bless me this day to remember and follow Your Words planted in my heart, Loving others. 🕊️

Help me to use and follow the examples You have shared and instruct in Your Word. I pray I may continue to follow You in and through Bible study and use of these blessing every day, through all my struggles and in my life journey, in Jesus’ name Amen! 

🕊️  Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:

“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

“Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

“The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

“The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you. 🕊️

Deuteronomy 28:2-8

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our babygirl!

May Your Spirit rest upon us this day, O Lord, in all we say and do.

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🕊️ Father, I pray Your Holy Spirit rest upon me this day. Guide me on the path You would have me to follow, the work to perform, and the give me the Words to speak. May I be one in spirit with You O Lord.

Father, thank You for blessing the work I do. Help me to become more skilled at Your calling for my life. You help me to see with Your eyes daily, reminding me all my good works and talents come from You.

May I see You there along the path before me, on my right and on my left, and in the work which I am about to perform. May the work of my hands, mind, and body be glorifying to You O Lord. May I be a good steward of the talents You’ve assigned to me and may they bear much fruit for You, in Jesus’ name Amen. 🕊️

🕊️ But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” 

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 

If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. 

If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever, 

Amen!🕊️

1 Peter 4:7-11

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Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter!

Thank you Father, for the many blessings with which you’ve bestowed on me and my family. 

As a father cares for his children, You Lord, have made us rich with good health, and earthly possessions. You have blessed each of us with the tools and talents, the skills, to meet all our basic worldly needs, every day is a blessing! And then You give us more!

From the time I rise up I’m filled with hope, and my heart swells with love. You gave Your all for me at Calvary, each moment in this life, each breath I take, a reminder, just how much You sacrificed to ransom me from a death I so deserve. You stand in the gap of my just judgement and You free me from the punishment to follow. 

In my first time reading Your word, like baby steps into a world of pure joy, the revelation of Your everlasting love, its like a soft warm and gentle blanket wrapped around me, Your Word teaches me the magnitude of Your love for me. Thank you Father!

If I shed myself of all I possess and all I am, I still have my loved ones and we stand together in Your presence, filled with hope. Our strength comes from You Lord, and we hold each other up with the same love You give each one of us Lord, Your blessings remain a constant. 

If all my loved ones are taken from me and I stand alone, I will remain standing strong in my faith, knowing You are there beside me, You hold my hand, You overshadow me with Your presence, You fill me with Your Spirit. As I face every challenge daily, I do so with hope, every wall put before me crumbles in Your presence, You make the path for my feet to walk, a path to follow You where You are and You lead me. Thank you Lord!

🕊️  My son, give attention to my words;

Incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them depart from your eyes;

Keep them in the midst of your heart;

For they are life to those who find them,

And health to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth,

And put perverse lips far from you.

Let your eyes look straight ahead,

And your eyelids look right before you.

Ponder the path of your feet,

And let all your ways be established.

Do not turn to the right or the left;

Remove your foot from evil. 🕊️

Proverbs 4:20-22

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Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my Life!

Thank you for my sweet bride!

Thank you for my beautiful daughter!

All I have and all I am is because of You, my Lord!

When I rise each morning, the first and only thing on my mind is You Lord!

I greet each day as I have the previous day and as I will the next.

When I focus my day on my walk of faith and my communication with You Lord, I can walk in confidence, knowing and sensing Your Spirit right there with me. 

The Whole Armor of God

🕊️  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 🕊️

Ephesians 6:10-20

🕊️ Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Fruitful Growth in the Faith

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 🕊️

2 Peter 1:2-11

🕊️ This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. 🕊️ 

1 John 1:5-10

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Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our daughter!

All that we are and all that we have is a blessing from you Lord.

I pray Lord, Your Holy Spirit fill us this day! 

May we walk in confidence and joy, knowing Your light is within us in all we say and do. I pray, Lord, as this day dawns and life all around is waking up, Your Spirit come alive in us and shine brightly to all those along our path. May Love be the compass we use to navigate and guide our way, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

Serving God is a choice

🕊️ But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the river, or the god of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord! 🕊️

Joshua 24:15

A new Covenant

🕊️ “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” 🕊️

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Thank you for this day Lord! Thank you Lord, for my life. 

Lord, you know for me it was a simple choice, to accept You and serve You with all my mind, heart, and spirit, or choose to continue on the path I was on towards death. It was not something I was forced to do, once I made that decision. You just gently guided my heart towards the path I was to walk, just being the man I was becoming, not the man I believed others wanted to see. Where I was empty, My cup became full. Where I once felt my spirit, my soul was dead, I felt new life and my heart grew with excitement over what tomorrow would bring. 

You blessed me with my brother as a partner along my journey of faith. You led me to other people who would train me to read and interpret Your Word. As I journeyed from one Christian faith to another, searching for answers and ultimately landing where I am today. Although I do not agree with many ideals and choices others make or have a path they decided to walk, but I lean towards the common ground we have together, which is our faith in You, and the Love for others. I believe You will sort out the rest along the way. I pray daily Lord, for Your light to shine upon me and my family, and for Your Spirit to reveal the truths I can hold onto and continue to walk the path of faith. Thank you Father! For all You have done for me and answering my prayers, in Jesus’ name Amen!

🕊️ Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. 🕊️

James 1:21-27

🕊️ Dare to be a Daniel, 

Dare to stand alone, 

Dare to have a purpose firm, 

Dare to make it known 🕊️

Philip Paul Bliss

In my early life, I spent my time doing my own thing, going where I wish, when I wish, not accountable to anyone. I was rebellious, headstrong, and fearless. Along my early journey I somehow avoided many of life’s perils and consequences. It was as if i had a guardian angel with me, watching over me. My self destructive nature continued into my early adult life but after a failed marriage, and at my lowest state, about to lose my freedom and enter the pit of hell, God rescued me and opened my mind to His Word and His Way! Thank you Lord!

I believe God saw my roughness, which everyone else saw, but He saw something else; a desire to be a helper, to protect others, to be a servant, the ability to go beyond societal norms and acceptable behavior. Speaking truth in the face of those who would not, bringing light into the darkness, standing up when no one else would, unwavering devotion to truth and protecting the weak. These traits served me well while doing various ministry work, evangelism. In one ministry I served as a lay minister to seniors, bringing them the Word and visitation. In another ministry I served as an assistant jail chaplain, preaching and teaching the Word and individual counseling. In yet another ministry, I served as a Christian scout leader for boys from the age of 7 on up to 14.

I pray O Lord, as a rough diamond, You have led me through the most gratifying of all my work, serving You in ministry. The most painful of my experiences, the most destructive was betrayal by a loved one, and that suffering went on for years, followed by learning of the extent of that betrayal by all those I trusted in my life. There is only one other suffering even greater, the loss of a child at birth, and then the loss of a son to suicide. In all my travels, Lord, You made the difference in all of it. You have always been there for me and with me. You have been the best, most trusted path to truth one can imagine or seek to obtain. Thank You Lord, for Your allowing me to be myself as I served You all these years. I pray now, in my older years, I might serve You more, gleaning from all the years of my life and sharing these experiences with others, as a strength, and as an example of how to follow Your Word and Your Way, in all we say and do, in Jesus’ name Amen!

🕊️  My son, give attention to my words;

Incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them depart from your eyes;

Keep them in the midst of your heart;

For they are life to those who find them,

And health to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth,

And put perverse lips far from you.

Let your eyes look straight ahead,

And your eyelids look right before you.

Ponder the path of your feet,

And let all your ways be established.

Do not turn to the right or the left;

Remove your foot from evil. 🕊️

Proverbs 4:20-27

🕊️ But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned, every one, to his own way;

And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 🕊️

Isaiah 53:5-6

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Good Morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Thank You for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter!

Bless us this day O Lord, and rest Your Spirit upon us, and may Your light shine in and through all we say and do, In Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” 🕊️

Matthew 9:35

🕊️ And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 🕊️

Matthew 10:1

Prepare our hearts O Lord, for the life in front of us this day, and for the life which is yet to come. May we learn to use what You have already provided us to share the message of ‘Your Love’ and ‘Your Holy kingdom’. A place You have built for us to meet with You, here now but also in the world to come. 

Father, I prayed for Your Spirit to lead me with purpose to fulfill Your destiny for my life, but now that life is well spent. In my ignorance and pride, I failed to recognize the path You revealed to me years ago and I wandered away from that path. You allowed me to sow to the wind and I reaped the whirlwind of my life, and heading toward my own destruction.

You have again taken me from a death I well deserved, and brought me back into the light. You’ve heard my desperate prayers for help and healed my broken heart. You provided a help mate, a companion, to be a balance in my life. Now since my eyes are opened, You’ve removed the scales, You’ve allowed me but a glimpse of what’s to come. I pray, I may continue with the time which remains for me, only with a new day, with a new purpose and a new message, may I walk among the living, filled with Your Spirit and teaching others of Your kingdom, the one which is yet to come. May I be Your message of Hope, in this new day, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

🕊️  But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 🕊️

2 Corinthians 4:7-10

🕊️  Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 🕊️

Hebrews 13:20-21

Thank you Lord, for your Word and a path to follow.

In these recent days, my life has experienced various trials and challenges from individual family members not living with me. Our communications have been very strained and I have felt it’s at a breaking point. I’m looking to You Lord, for strength to shine the light You give for forgiveness and Love, however, “Trust” is a different matter. I pray Lord You help me with that, and give me the patience I need to go on with a strained relationship, in Jesus’ name Amen!

Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our lovely child. 

All that we are and possess are from Your blessings in our lives.

Thank You O Lord!

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🕊️ “If you would prepare your heart,

And stretch out your hands toward Him;

If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,

And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;

Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;

Because you would forget your misery,

And remember it as waters that have passed away,

And your life would be brighter than noonday.

Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.

And you would be secure, because there is hope;

Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety. 🕊️

Job 11:13-18

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Father I rise my head up to You with anticipation and the hope within me, I sense Your presence in my life. You are always there, Your tender mercies and forgiveness never end. Likewise, Father, may Your Spirit teach me to do the same with those around me and those You lead into my life. May Your Spirit guide my steps and plant my feet on solid ground. Help me to keep on the path of righteousness and free from all sin, from without and from within. 

May Your Spirit bless me with godly wisdom, and guide me on my journey as I follow You. keep me on my path, especially when I begin to waver. Help me to seek true Love, for myself, and for all others I encounter. Help me to see Father! Remove the scales from my eyes so I might truly see, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 🕊️

Hebrews 11:6

🕊️ Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. 🕊️

Romans 7:4

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Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our lovely child!

Where we go in this life, from day to day, my prayer is that we might shine Your light in the darkness around us, for we know and can see the things which are not of the Lord, but also through His grace, mercy and forgiveness, He has given us sight into Loving all people, regardless of their state of mind or lifestyle. I pray Lord, you make the way before us, before me, clear and filled with purpose. Fill me with Your Spirit Father, and grant me heavenly wisdom in all things, in Jesus’ name Amen!

🕊️  If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. 🕊️

Colossians 3:1-11

“Freedom isn’t free!” It’s an expression many have given meaning to its use. The root of its meaning is the cost of that freedom and what it takes or took for that freedom to become a reality. This is a journey which each of us must begin with recognizing the past and how that freedom replaces the behavior of past with a new present and new behavior, a new path to follow to a brighter future.

🕊️  Today, I’m using, “Freedom isn’t free!” in the context of our spirituality!

God gives us many scriptures, as read clearly above saying, “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” And “put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.” These are not just clues, but direct, clear, and concise meaning to being, “Spiritually Free”, free from the human condition of self and self-seeking. Jesus offers us a new Way, as outlined clearly in His Word. Many who choose not to hear His Word, cannot be free because their mind’s eye is on self, rather than the creator, Jesus Christ, who has opened up the door to our true freedom. 

John 8:31-32  Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

🕊️ All we need to do is follow You! Help me Lord, this day, to follow You! Help me to become more like You, in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️

🕊️ I lift my eyes to the hills

From whence comes my help?

My help comes from the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth. 🕊️

Psalms 121:1, 2

🕊️ Two are better than one, because they have a better return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! A threefold cord is not easily broken. 🕊️

Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10, 12

🕊️ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 

For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 

Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. 🕊️

Ephesians 5:25-33

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Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride, whom you’ve blessed me in so many ways. Before I followed the Way, when I lived in my flesh, twice I married and twice I was divorced, in part because of infidelity, and in part, because there was no Love in the marriages. It was hollow and empty and dark.

And after giving up a desire for a friend and partner in this life, someone to love and be loved in return, that is when you blessed me with my sweet bride, my Amy!

There are no words to describe the love I have experienced with her. For going on 27 years now. I feel we are as one flesh, truly one in love and all matters in this life together, Thank you Father!

When I was alone and broken, when all my children hated me and looked on me with contempt, when I looked everywhere for the right person to trust with what remained of my broken heart, I found no one. When I was ready to just lay down and die, when I wasn’t looking, there she was Lord! When I stopped searching, when my focus became only filling my life and every thought with serving You and walking in the light, that’s when You sent her to me, my sweet bride!

My journey in this life was filled with tragedy, so much hurt and pain, so many broken memories. When I cried out to you to for healing and comfort, You sent her to me. She has become my everything. So thank you Father! Now after all this time together, I can’t seem to remember the hurt and pain of the past. The Love within me now has caused my heart to swell, replacing the emptiness and darkness with Your light and Your love to comfort me and hold me up. You sent me a woman, a wife, a friend, a soulmate. And in our promise to each other, our one goal, to help the other be successful and focus on the other with love. Thank you Father! 🕊️

🕊️ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 🕊️

Hebrews 4:15, 16

🕊️ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 🕊️

Philippians 4:6, 7

Thank you Lord for the freedom you gave me, no longer shackled to the guilt of my past without consequence of conscience. I pray daily for the opportunity to use the light You place within me and shine through me to be a guide for others who have struggled as I have. This is a life goal. I never again want to wander aimlessly in the dark, without love and without conscience, in Jesus’ name Amen!

🕊️ Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. 🕊️

Colossians 3:12-17

Father, God, I pray with all humility in my heart, May You make me an instrument of your grace and forgiveness, help me to understand each of these words you list for me to follow. Not from an understanding from a dictionary, rather from the heart. I pray Your Spirit fill me and guide me in my endeavor for truth, about myself and how my actions and behavior affects others, and how I might change. Grant me the wisdom to see the truth, as it’s revealed and not be compared with or blinded by denial and half truths. May Your Spirit fill me this day and may I walk in the light with you in all good conscience, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ Good morning Father!

🕊️ Thank you for this day!

🕊️ Thank you for my life!

🕊️ Thank you for my sweet bride and our baby girl!

🕊️ Thank you for Your many blessings, all that we have and possess are from You.

🕊️ May your light shine upon us this day, in and through all we say and do, and may Your angels guard over us and keep us safe, in Jesus’ name Amen! 🕊️

🕊️ Teacher me to do Your will, for You are my God;

May Your good Spirit lead me on solid ground. 🕊️

Psalms 143:10

🕊️ Then He said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life!” 🕊️

Luke 9:23-24

Lord, where You lead I will follow. I pray You will take me from the slippery slope of my way and direct me towards the level landscape of Your will. Each day I want to seek Your teaching.

Let the lessons You have for me be apparent in the moment You are presenting them. Where I can learn from my past, please help me reflect on those times and heal so I can be whole, and ready to receive whatever is next.

🕊️  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 🕊️

Psalms 139:23-24 

🕊️ Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. 🕊️

Philippians 1:6

🕊️ Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do He will do also; and greater works than these He will do, because I go to my Father. 🕊️ 

John 14:12

Do I offend You in any way Lord? When I read the Old Testament, it seems Your followers were eager to have their hearts known and their evil ways pointed out. Call me to this place of willingness, God, I am reluctant to know my faults, so it is difficult to ask you to make them apparent. Yet I want to be a healthy, informed servant so I can be led.

So lead me Lord, to the way everlasting. Along the journey, reveal to me the secrets of my heart that even I do not know. Unveil the sins that keep me from better days. 

This journey which each of us must take in this life, it is full of challenges and wonder. To see all the possibilities one can achieve and have it only a wish away, a faithful step in the direction we wish to go, in order to achieve our dreams, and accomplish our goals. Yes, the challenges are present and some are not, but the journey through the discovery is worth the trip. As Your children Lord, in this life you have brought us into, I pray, as we each walk into the future of our dreams, lead us I pray, along the path which keeps us close to Your goals for us as Your children. May Your light and Love shine upon us, in and through all we say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️