Vignettes Devotional

Vignettes For By Strength of Hand The Lord Brought You Out From This Place And Moses said unto the people. Remember this day , in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; For by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place. There shall no leavened bread be eaten.    Exodus 13:3 What has God brought you out from recently and in the past? We must put ourselves in remembrance of every incident God has delivered us or brought us out from . That way we will remain both grateful and hopeful. Grateful for what He has done, and hopeful that He will do it again. ☐ Has God ever  removed you from  bad situations, addictions, bad choices , or tight places you thought you could never get out from? If yes, praise the Lord today and never become entangled again with that bondage!  If you are in such a situation, give it to God, believe in your God and expect your deliverance!  Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My ...

Vignettes Restore My Soul He restores my soul.  Psalms 23:3 TLV Days come when we feel drained emotionally, physically and even spiritually. That's when we need to restore our souls . But how do we do that? Prosperity Is A God Idea  Apostle John, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.  3 John 1:2 KJV Could be that branch of the church John wrote these words to were feeling the seemingly endless persecution and malice from walking in the truth only to be mocked, ridiculed and threatened with excommunication by those who claimed to love God more than they, who felt it their life's mission to 'fix their faith,' who wanted to be in charge over everyone, but who only possessed a shallow me-focused relationship with God. Perhaps they felt pressed out of measure by the oppression and attacks of the Devil which never seemed to let up.  Maybe, like us, they wer...

Vignettes The Earth Is Full of the Goodness of the Lord Psalm 33:4-5  For the Word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.  Many will dispute this fact, that the earth is full of God's goodness , especially in light of the wars, rumours of wars, the pandemic, economic burdens, job losses, the pandemic of fear , and the millions of deaths which have become a part of our daily lives, so to speak. But God is not mad at anybody. He has not replaced the fullness of His goodness in the earth with heartbreak, sadness, evil, destruction, war, death or disease. There is still an enemy in the world out to steal from, kill and destroy many lives. John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. ~Jesus. The Word of the Lord Is Right Holy Spirit reminds us in Psalm 33:4-5  that we need to look to the Word of God, our Bibles, as our S ource of Tr...

Vignettes Waiting On The Lord Is Faith In Action But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.  Isaiah 40:31 Waiting on the Lord is nothing like 'waiting for better days,' or like waiting to win the Lotto. Those who are 'waiting for better days' are usually not doing very much to reach that goal. Passively waiting on God or hoping for some 'good luck' to come your way is not faith and is not what God will reward or bless. God does not move on our behalf, neither does He bless us, when we are passive or living by the luck of the draw. God is moved to work on our behalf, to bring to pass what we are hoping for, when we move in and live by faith .  Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.  Note carefully what Holy ...

Vignettes As The Dew of the Morning I sleep, but my heart is awake ; It is the voice of my Beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for Me, My sister, my love, My dove, My perfect one; For My head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.”   S ong of Songs 5:2 Have you ever noticed that the dew of the morning covers everything? The heavens of God drip  dew on all His creation to water the earth, to revive what is dry and shriveled up. The Holy Spirit ,  As The Dew of the Morning, covers and crowns the earth with God's goodness , mercy and grace every day. He knocks at the door of the hearts of people early in their lives, longing for them to open the door to The Beloved, Jesus Christ. As The Dew of the Morning , Holy Spirit desires to revive what has shriveled up and died in us, our passion and zeal for Christ and for life, and our faith . He longs to bring something new and fresh to our lives every morning  as the Dew  so we can live in awe...

Vignettes Love Unblocks The Ears Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Whoever said Christianity was easy has never lived it! How could you possibly be nice to those who hate and despise you, whom you hate and despise in return?! You know who I am talking about... Those people who rub you up the wrong way every time you see them; those  jealous, rude, back-stabbing so-called friends; those  you know are always talking about you behind your back.  You regard them as your bona-fide enemies, people you could never sit at the same table with. And yet God says in His Word, Love your enemies! God, of all people, should know how they feel about you! After all, He is privy to all their conversations! And yet the Word stares back at you, reminding you to lov...

Vignettes Monday Is A Day That The Lord Has Made Psalm 118:24 This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. A call-centre agent recently contacted me. He was trying his best to engage me in conversation, probably as per his training. He politely asked how I was and when I replied, "Good, thanks," he responded with, "Probably a ' Blue Monday , ' hey?" I paused before asking him why he would assume that. He then went into a spiel of how Monday's are not his or anybody's favourite day; how everyone basically 'hated' Monday's because that's the worst day of the week. Proverbs 8:12 I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. Again I paused, asking Holy Spirit for a witty response to this young man's worldly assumptions of the days of the week.  I loved the agents surprise when I said to him that Monday's do not have to be the worst day of the week. He asked me in a sho...