Grateful for Love| Short Bible Study Devotionals and Encouragement for Christian Women

This week, magnifying God looks like noticing - pausing long enough to recognize God's nearness in ordinary moments. Awareness changes nothing externally, yet it changes everything internally. When we notice God, the moment becomes - holy.

Magnify is a deeply biblical word that naturally moves faith from the abstract into a visible, and daily practice. It's not about making something bigger than it already is, but to make something or in this case, someone, easier to see. My desire is for God to be seen more clearly in the ordinary moments of my life. God is infinite and He certainly does not need us to make Him greater, but He invi...

A new year does not erase the old one. It simply invites us to step forward - with God. This episode is not talking about resolutions or pressure to become someone new. We will talk about faithfulness in the One who has always remained faithful to each of us. Faithful to Him - one step at a time. Remember, faith does not require us to know the whole path - but only to take the next faithful step....

Now that Christmas has past, we are in the in-between spaces between it and the new year! The joys of the Christmas season have regrettably ended, but it always leaves me with a hope for a better year to come. God is with us even in the quiet spaces of the in be-tweens of our lives. The highs as well as the lows. We don't know what the future may hold, but we can trust Him with our present mom...

As Christmas draws near, we light the final Advent candle - the Candle of Love. Love is the heartbeat of the Christmas story: a God who came close, stepped into our humanity, and embraced us with grace. Never lose sight of the real reason for the season.

Joy is much deeper than happiness. It is born from God's truth that says, God is with us and He is for us. Even during uncertain times, God's joy rises up like a song inside our souls, reminding us that Christ's coming brings good news for all people. Luke 2: 10 - But the angel said to them, do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Christ&#3...

Advent is the story of a God who steps into our longing - not from afar, but from within a manager. My prayer is that as we enter into this Advent season. We are invited to wait not with fear, but with expectation, for the Light is coming. Advent reminds us that no matter how long the night may feel, God is already working. He steps into our waiting with purpose. He steps into our darkness with li...

God created us with the ability to make choices. In Tremper Longman's "The Wisdom Book", the author stresses that in order to have true wisdom one must have a relationship with God. Jesus is the very "wisdom from God." We should deepen our relationship with Him through prayer and through listening to His teaching from the whole of Scriptures.

These scriptures are given to help us reflect upon the goodness of God. As you listen, allow the Holy Spirit to stir within you a daily posture of thankfulness. May our eyes be opened to God’s goodness throughout each and every day of our lives🙏🏽

And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won't see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures, but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace. Just make sure you ask empowered by confident faith without doubting that you will receive. For the ambivalent person believes one minute and doubts the next. Being undecided make...

v23 God, I invite your searching gaze into my heart. Examine me through and through; find out everything that may be hidden within me. Put me to the test and sift through all my anxious cares. v24 See if there is any path of pain I'm walking on, and lead me back to your glorious, everlasting way - the path that brings me back to you. (Passion Translation Ps 139: 23, 24)

God's wisdom supercedes any of man's wisdom. Get to know the One who loves you the most. Become intimately acquainted with Him, and He'll change your life forever.

Instead, we continually speak of this wonderful wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery. It is his secret plan, destined before the ages, to bring us into glory. v8 None of the rulers of this present world order understood it, for if they had, they never would have crucified the Lord of shining glory. I Corinthians 2: 7,8 God has revealed to us His plan of salvation through Jesu...

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. God's wisdom is needed for every believer who want to honor God and be a blessing to others.

v30 - God- lovers make the best counselors. Their words possess wisdom and are right and trustworthy. v31 - The ways of God are in their hearts and they won't swerve from the paths of steadfast righteousness. (The Passion Translation Ps. 37: 30 - 31

You are blessed when you have worked up a good appetite for God. He is food and drink in the best meal you will ever eat. (The Message Matthew 5:6) Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully. (Good News Translation Matthew 5:6) We were all made to have an intimate relationship with God. For any of us who accept this priceless invitation of oneness...

Getting close to God will involve the taking in of His word on a consistent basis and being willing to follow and obey what He says. As we continue to put off the old ways of the world's system and take in God's ways, we will find ourselves becoming transformed and renewed just as He desires us to become - more like Him. My soul yearns for you in the night, in the morning my spirit longs f...

Proverbs 4:20 - 22 " Listen carefully, my dear child, to everything that I teach you, and pay attention to all that I have to say. Fill your thoughts with my words until they penetrate deep into your spirit. Then, as you unwrap my words, they will impart true life and radiant health into the very core of your being." (The Passion) These verses emphasize the importance of reverence for th...

People with their minds set on You, You keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don’t quit. (Isaiah 26:3 -The Message) Perfect, absolute peace surrounds those whose imaginations are consumed with You; they confidently trust in you. (The Passion) As children of God, His peace comes to us by His Spirit, when we invite Jesus to be our Lord and Savior. Holy Spirit guar...

Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: " It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God's mouth." (Matthew 4:4 The Message Bible) We need more than physical bread to live. We are spirit beings with souls who live in physical bodies. Every part of us must be nourished. A steady stream of God's word is necessary for optimum health both in this li...

If you were to give your allegiance to the world, they would love and welcome you as one of their own. But because you won't align yourself with the values of this world, they will hate you. I have chosen you and taken you out of the world to be mine. (St John 15: 19 The Passion Translation) The biblical definition of the "world" is an organized society devoid of God - which is satan...

So may the words of my mouth, my meditation - thoughts, and every movement of my heart be always pure and pleasing, acceptable before your eyes, YAHWEH, my only Redeemer, and my Protector. (The Passion Translation - Psalm 19:14 Remember: A mind that is trained to think about Him, will soon be a mind to think like Him. Shalom, shalom

So, if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up and be alert to what is going on around CHRIST - that's where the action is. See things from His perspective. Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is...

Psalm 1: 1-3 What delight comes to the one who follows God's ways! He won't walk in step with the wicked, nor share in the sinner's way, nor be found sitting in the scorner's seat. His passion is to remain true to the Word of "I AM," meditating day and night on the true revelation of light. He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God's design, deep...

The untrained soul of any believer will always cause problems and unrest. But as we learn to transform and renew our minds with the Holy Spirit's help, we will begin to see the greater blessings that God, the Father has already set up for each of us - His children.