The Quiet Place with Sherri Youngward

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. Ephesians 1:3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. I read this verse in multiple versions and three words stayed the same: “every spiritual blessing.” In this episode, I will share a real...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. Psalm 139:3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. "And art acquainted with all my ways - All the paths that I tread; the whole course of my life. All that I do, in all places and at all times, is fully known to thee." Barnes As I reflected on the whole course of...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. Last week, we looked at God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ as an infant. This week, we will move ahead to God’s...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. What comes into your mind when you think of the face of Christ as an infant? Who among us would choose to come into the...

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. -Isaiah 9:6 In this episode, we take a walk through the story behind the song, "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Written by Phillips Brooks just after the Civil War, the hymn grew out of a weary past...

1 Peter 2:25 (NKJV) For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. This is one of those verses I write in my journal every time I come to it. There’s a peace that settles over me when I am reminded He is the Shepherd and Overseer of my soul. I talked about my ER visit in the episode "Bright Spots," but when I came to this verse, I...

Mark 6:41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. In this episode, I’m sharing a few things that have been on my heart—much like a conversation with a friend while walking through my neighborhood park. Walking and talking is my...

Psalm 119:33–37 (NASB) Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain. Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways. I remember exa...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. In this episode, we re-worked track 11 from ⁠my Comfort-19 project⁠ to fit here at the Quiet Place .  Here is a sneak peek at a few lyrics from the song I’ll sing: "You comfort all who mourn You give them beauty for ashes Then You look inside their heart And heal the broken places" Song: "If I Cou...

1 Samuel 3:10 (NIV) The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” It was a dark season, but right in the middle of it, God was quietly working in a young boy named Samuel. My pastor reminded us that Samuel was a bright spot in those days—especially against the dark backdrop around him. Many would have never...

2 Thessalonians 2:16–17 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. The definition for establish is: "to make steadfast in mind, confirm, strengthen" ( Complete Word Study Bible ) When my thoughts felt especially heavy, this passage help...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. Psalm 139:1 O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. He knows why you do what you do, and think what you think, and say what you say. He knows the land mines within us that set off when stepped on. Even accidentally.  He knows everything about you and everything about everyone. We, on the...

Colossians 3:1–3 (NIV) Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. The Bible Knowledge Commentary says that “hidden” implies both concealment and safety, invisibility and security. Paul, who wrote...

Isaiah 61:1 (NKJV) “The Spirit of the Lord God  is  upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to  those who are  bound; Isaiah 61 is one of my favorite descriptions of Jesus. Written 700 years before He walked into the synagogue and read these words about...

Psalm 59:14-16 (NLT) My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets. They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied. But as for me, I will sing about your power. I will shout with joy each morning because of your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety in the day of distress. In this episode, we spend time with the Miktam Psalms—which...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. Habakkuk 3:17-18 Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls— Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk...

Psalm 61:1–4 (NKJV) Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah I love the word, "attend." We attend a birthday party,...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. Psalm 121:3b ...he who watches over you will not slumber; In this episode, I will play a song I wrote many years ago. I actually recorded it on my very first album.  The song is called, "His Eyes Never Close." I re-recorded this song a few years ago with just piano and guitar, and thought I would share...

2 Corinthians 6:10  Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything. This verse flips our perspective upside down, or maybe right side up. Life can feel like sorrow, lack, or weakness. Our human condition is real and so are our feelings. But they don’t tell the whole story. Sometimes joy is obvious, like a gif...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. 1 Corinthians 16:18 —for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such people. The word “refreshed” is so inviting, isn’t it? If you read cross-references for the word "refresh" or "refreshed," you will notice how this refreshing of the spirit came through people. Person to person.  It’s so...

1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (NLT) Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. I’ve often thought of 1 Co...

1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. The Greek word for "fellowship" here is koinōnia, which means share in, fellowship with, participation. It’s that word "participation" that jumped out to me. There’s something childlike and approachable about it, something I could immediately grab hold of. I prayed a quick...

Romans 16:13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Romans 12:4–5 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. We are individually members of one another. Rufus’s mom was like a mother to Paul. I wonder what that was like—di...

Romans 8:26–27 (NKJV) Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Have you ever wondered what the Holy Sp...

This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. We hope you enjoy going back with us. Hebrews 7:19b but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Andrew Murray wrote: "It is indeed possible for us to dwell all the day in the enjoyment of God's love and fellowship. It is a life-state He has entered into, has opened to us, and lives to keep us in.&q...