Vignettes Devotional

Vignettes I'm Taking Healing He personally carried our sins in His body on the Cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By His wounds you are healed. 1   Peter 2:24 NLT You sneeze, feel an itch in your throat, or you wake up with a few body aches and pains. What do you say when that happens? Most people's first words are, I must be taking a cold, the flu or the virus .  Or an old, familiar pain attacks your body. Do you proudly confess, My mom/ dad had this, too. This is in our family. I've had it for years! O well, I must be taking ill again. Being proud of familial illnesses, weaknesses or poverty is not wise! We need to change our narrative. We must train our mouths not to speak the first thing that comes into our minds! How about instead of saying I must be taking the flu or the virus when sneezing, itches, aches or pains attack your body. How about Confessing, I must be taking healing! when that happens. When fear and anxiety hit, how about not...

Vignettes The Beginning of Better Things In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 Today, yes, today, is The Beginning of Better Things for you, if you will only believe God. The Bible tells us that In the Beginning Was The Word . We need to live by that truth daily. Start your day off right . In the beginning of your day, declare the Word of God in faith over yourself, your family, your business, your ministry, and your mind. Say what God says about you and not what people or the devil says about you.  When we stop rehearsing the meanness of others towards us in our minds; when we refuse to buy into the devils daily diet of fear, complaints, gossip, fault-finding and criticism; when we choose instead to begin every day in the Lord and in His Word , then God will work alongside us to enable us to live in the victory that today, this day, is The Beginning of Better Things . You have the awesome privilege daily to have a fresh, new ...

Vignettes Pray First About Everything Philippians 4:6 (CEV) Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. This point cannot be emphasized enough: Pray first about everything! The New King James rendition of this verse reads, Be anxious for nothing , but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. I do not believe Holy Spirit meant pray when you feel like it; or, pray when you are feeling calmer; or, pray after the crisis has passed; or, pray when you remember to pray. He actually meant what He said when He instructed us, through Paul’s writings, to pray first about everything. But how do I pray first about everything ? you may ask. To pause for a moment in the moment and pray about a situation presented to you is a good start to developing the habit of praying for everything. We already know how to pray instantly if we, one of our children ...

Vignettes Sounds In The Night Psalm 139:11-12 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You; but the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You. Ever heard sounds in the night ? Or have you ever been woken up by terrified-of-the-night children? Those sounds in the night are scary especially as to what your imagination can come up with. The Psalmist says that the darkness cannot hide from God ; that, to God, the night shines as the day . Both darkness and light are the same to God . In other words, what scares you, those sounds in the night, do not terrify God at all. He can see what is causing those sounds, and if you trust In Him and listen in your spirit, He will show you what to do. That is why you can call on God and rely on Him even in the darkest, scariest night of them all. But sometimes the sounds in the night are not only external. Sounds of grief...