Vignettes Devotional

Vignettes  New Series... 🏃🏻‍♀️ Run Your Race Well! There Is No Such Thing As A Spiritual Couch Potato! Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.   III John 1:2 NKJV 🏃‍♂️Do you agree that the Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit? If you answered, 'Yes,' then you will agree that every word in your Bible is a personal Word from God to you. So when you read passages of Scripture such as, Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers, you know that God was not merely speaking to a certain group of people, but that it is a message He wants to get to all those who love Him, including you! So what is God trying to say to you and me through this verse? Well, basically, that There are no spiritual couch potatoes in the Kingdom of God! Jesus said to His disciples, Go!... And He said to them, “GO into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature."...

Vignettes 🏃🏻‍♀️ Run Your Race Well! I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.   2 Timothy 4:7 NLT🏃🏻‍♀️ How is your race, your race of life, your Journey With Jesus  going? Paul, when he came to the end of his life, knew without a doubt that he had run his race well! 🏃🏻‍♀️Paul said of himself, I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.  Are you running your race well? Will you, too, be finishing strong? Are you keeping the faith, or are you sitting by the wayside, having started strong but now your faith is flagging? Are you merely watching the others running their race, maybe heckling or criticizing their form, yet doing nothing to get up and go, to stir up your gift and the measure of faith that was given to you, into action? 🏃🏻‍♀️I know it's a personal question but it would help you and build you up to answer honestly, How is your personal Journey With Jesus going? ...

 Wednesday, 3 Tishrei 5783 Vignettes Maybe It's Time You Gave Up Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 I'm not trying to be negative, I'm not attempting to break you down or squash your dream, but Maybe It's Time You Gave Up? You had a dream, received a vision or prophecy, or you just knew in your heart that you had to do this thing for God. You have held on to the vision, the dream, or the prophecy. You have faithfully believed, but, if you had to tell the truth, nothing is happening and nothing has happened for a very long time! You thought, when God gave you the dream, the hope, the vision, that within a few months things would change, greater would come, you would see His hand of glory unfold over your life. But nothing has happened. Or maybe the change is so slow it's like watching paint dry! You have even asked yourself whether you had r...

Vignettes Note To Self: He Still Wants Me!  But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Romans 5:8 KJV If you have been alive for longer than a few years then I am sure you have had close, intimate experiences with rejection . We all have been rejected at some point in our lives, sometimes due to our own poor performance, or by people who just struggled to love us. Rejection is a part of life, yet we may find ourselves struggling to overcome being betrayed, not being in relationship with someone we wanted to be friends with, or with family pushing us away because of our beliefs, not getting the job we wanted, or, for some, having to face the pain, heartbreak and unfairness of divorce. We ourselves reject those we do not get along with, who do not share our culture and beliefs, who are not in the same league financially, fashionably, or educationally with us, or who have hurt us.   But do you know that God does ...

Vignettes Note To Self: Don't Live By Others Recommendations Then Saul clothed David with his armour; he put a bronze helmet on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword over his armour. Then he tried to go, but could not, for he was not used to it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them. And David took them off. 1 Samuel 17:38‭-‬39 AMPC God Made You You On Purpose!   You were not created by God to follow, live by, or make others recommendations and opinions about you your final authority on how to live your life. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.  Ephesians 2:10 NLT God made you you on purpose ~ for His purposes! God wants you to know how much He loves you and that, as the very embodiment of love, He thinks no evil towards you, but that He always seeks to give you His best for your life. Jesus wants you to trust...

Vignettes Bigger and Better Always! But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”  I Corinthians 2:9 What Do You Think Of Yourself?  Examine your thoughts this morning. Ask yourself what you truly think of yourself. Have you made up your mind that this, what you are living now, is all there is for you? Are most of your thoughts about yourself for good, or are your thoughts of you steeped in negativity, basically given up hope already, definitely not focused on God's best for your life? Or is there a hope in your heart that God has Bigger and Better Plans for you? What You Think Matters What you think of yourself truly matters. Your dominant thoughts about yourself will become reality in your life. If you think you can't make it, that this is too hard, that good things never come your way, then you will have what you say! You will think Murphy's Law was written especi...