MANNA IN THE MORNING

As a mom, I've always got my eyes on the lookout for my babies. Psalm 17 says that’s how God looks at us. That’ll change how you walk into your week.

Today I'm diving into Psalm 16:8 — “I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” What does that actually mean in real life?

If none of us are righteous… and only the righteous can stand before God… Then where does that leave us?

Have you ever felt the kind of anguish describes today? I know I have and hearing his cry to the Lord took me back to some of the mostly painful seasons I too have experienced this kind of hurt!

“With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.” I’ve worked hard not to be fake. I’ve also worked hard not to hurt people. Somewhere in that journey, I’ve had to wrestle with the tension between people pleasing, flattery, and actually speaking truth in love. Encouragement and flattery are not the same thing. And neither is honesty and criticism. Today I’m processing the difference — and the fine line in between.

“You bless those who obey you, Lord; your love protects them like a shield.” Psalm 5:12 Does anybody else read a verse like this and immediately think, welp… there it is. I’m disqualified ? The word obey has a way of sending my brain straight back into old patterns—perfectionism, people-pleasing, measuring myself against an impossible standard. I feel like I fall short on a regular basis. Sometimes it’s my tone with my child. Sometimes it’s my impatience. Sometimes it’s just

Do you feel weary today, or know someone who is? I know what it feels like to be so low in spirit, so weary it’s hard to function. This morning, the Lord gave us a prayer in Psalm 9.

If you had the key to silencing the enemy would you use it? Whew! Great question for us to toss around! What would we do!?! What a no brainer right!?!