Wednesday's Word of Truth

Based on: Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Excerpt: If the “new thing” of which the prophet speaks was readily attainable by all, then the question would not have been necessary. God raises the question to let us know that it is possible that some will struggle to “perceive i...

Based on : Isaiah 40:2 (NIV) Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. Excerpt: It is human nature to manufacture meaning when there is no logical understanding of our suffering. So, we call our suffering God's punishment. We could never be more wrong...

Based on : Luke 1:18 (NIV)                                    18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” Excerpt: As the daughters and sons of the most-high...

Based on: Matthew26:26-27                    While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks…. Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks…. Excerpt: Jesus’ intentional sacrifice ought to prompt our intentional living that will result in our intentional thanks. Intentional liv...

Based on: G enesis 24:27 (NKJV)                                                           “…As for me, being o...

Based on: Genesis 41:41 (NIV)                                              So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” Excerpt:  &...

Based on: Psalm 119:152 (NIV)                                            Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever. Excerpt:    I’m...

Based on: John 21:22 (NIV)                      Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” Excerpt: As followers of Christ we cannot afford to be distracted by what God is doing in someone else’s life. We must direct our attention wi...

Excerpt: I have remained not only interested, but also committed to doing my part to create a safe and soft place for aging out foster care youth to land. This week’s Wednesday’s Word of Truth is a conversation with Chevonne Washington and Richard Good. Both of these triumphant Souls have come from struggle to strength. They have done so because of and in spite of their journey through America’s f...

Based on : 1Samuel 7:17 (NIV)                   17 But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel.                  And he built an altar there to the Lord. Excerpt: Acknowledgem...

Based on : Isaiah 43:16-19 (NIV) This is what the Lord says—he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together,  and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: 18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing!   Now it...

Based on: Psalm 62:11-12 (NIV) One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard; that you, O God are strong, and that you, O Lord are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.                        Excerpt: What have you heard from the Lord? Whatever it is...

Based on : Psalm 143:9 (NIV)                                        Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself in you.  Excerpt: David is not alone in having to hold right and wrong in tension...

Based on: Psalm 143:10 (NIV)                             Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Excerpt:  It is God’s teachable servant who is triumphant. It is the one who is willing to be tutored by G...

Based on: Psalm 138:3 (NIV)                           When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted. Excerpt: Like the writer of Psalm 138 the caller knows what it’s like to get an answer from God. The answer from God made the psalmist “bold and stou...

Based on : Psalm 12:6 (NIV)                            And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. Excerpt: The good news is God is still speaking. Prophecies, visions, signs, and wonders are still showing...

Based on:  Isaiah 49:4 (NIV)                              But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all.                   &n...

Based on: Luke 11:2a (NIV)                                                                ...

Based on : I Corinthians 10:3a (NIV)                                                             &nb...

Based on:   Proverbs 24:30-31 (CEB) I happened upon the field of a lazy person, by the vineyard of one with no sense. Thorns grew all over it; weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was falling down.  Excerpt: I said earlier that some of the weeds in my front yard seemed to have been there for a while. That’s because I had not worked in that area in a long time. This reminded...

Based on: Psalm 86:17 (NIV) Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,  for you, Oh Lord, have helped me and comforted me. Excerpt: ...an obedient faithful relationship with God through Jesus the Christ comes with heavenly privileges. One of those privileges is access to the inner court of heaven.

Based on : Jeremiah 8:22 (NIV)  Is there no balm in Gilead?  Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? Excerpt A first responder in a time of life crisis can be the person who knows us best. The person whom we allow to know us best. It can be the person who knows our good stuff and our bad stuff. They know our light side and our dark side.

Based on : Acts 2:42-43 (NIV) They devoted themselves to the Apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. Excerpt: We are also grateful to the Churches who in the face of death and mounting despair responded with virtual mental health ministries.  These Churches...

Based on : Psalm 14:7 (NIV) Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! Excerpt: While our human faculties teach us to deflect, our Soul knows the daily buffeting of Socially engineered racism. Our Soul knows that this is not of God’s design. Our Soul rises up in righteous indignation. It would do us well to follow...

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV) Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not easily broken. Excerpt: My experience as a Black woman in America has afforded me the opportunity to sit at the feet of some of the strongest, bravest, most courageous women and men who have ever lived. That view from their feet also allowed me to see the physical deformities and disfig...