Jesus: Gift of Faith

Dec5

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.5.1-2.NASB1995

🌹and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.5.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Jesus: The Faithful Hope

Dec4

This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.”
Lamentations 3:21-24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/lam.3.21-24.NASB1995

O Israel, hope in the Lord; For with the Lord there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption.
Psalms 130:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.130.7.NASB1995

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
Hebrews 10:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.10.23.NASB1995

🌹The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/lam.3.25.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Jesus: Refuge of Hope

Dec3

My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.
Psalms 62:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.62.5.NASB1995

My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.
Psalms 62:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.62.1.NASB1995

He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
Psalms 62:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.62.6.NASB1995

He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
Psalms 62:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.62.2.NASB1995

Jesus is hope. The hope of salvation, strength, refuge.

🌹On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms 62:7-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.62.7-8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Hope For Deliverance

Dec2

Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?
Job 17:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.17.15.NASB1995

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness, To deliver their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 33:18-19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.18-19.NASB1995

🙏Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us, According as we have hoped in You.
Psalms 33:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.22.NASB1995

Jesus is our hope for deliverance.

🌹For I hope in You, O Lord; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 38:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.38.15.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
http://indasharonjesus.org

Thankful for the Gift

Nov29

I hope you enjoyed this month’s focus of thankfulness as much as I did. I think it’s awesome to focus on a month of thanksgiving to prepare our hearts to celebrate a month of the greatest gift ever given to mankind . . . Jesus!!

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.9.6.NASB1995

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.2.7.NASB1995

Jesus, eight days old, is presented at the temple.

then he (Simeon, a priest) took Him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, “Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace, According to Your word; For my eyes have seen Your salvation, Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples, A Light of revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Luke 2:28-32 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.2.28-32.NASB1995

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.
1 John 5:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.5.1.NASB1995

Are you ready to celebrate a month of Jesus and what He came to earth to do, in obedience to the Father? Let the celebration overflow into a new year. A new walk with Jesus. A new life encounter with Jesus.

To do this, you must make a decision to follow Jesus, believing He came as baby into the world to save the world from sin.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.23.NASB1995

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Ephesians 2:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.2.8.NASB1995

The gift we will celebrate as believers in Jesus Christ. And

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Romans 3:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.3.24.NASB1995

After praying, confessing your sins, asking God for forgiveness, turn from your sinful nature to walk with God.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.2.38.NASB1995

Now, receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, you can walk in newness of life. Your gift of a new life is worth celebrating in Jesus. Let your December be a Merry one.

🌹so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 1:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.1.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Happy Thanksgiving

Nov28

Have you been blessed this year?

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalms 95:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.95.2.NASB1995

Because of the many blessings God has given me . . .

I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psalms 69:30 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.69.30.NASB1995

saying, “Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
Revelation 7:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.7.12.NASB1995

I am thankful for each and every person who reads my devotions. I hope God has blessed you through me over the years!

YOU ARE ALL MY HAPPY THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thankful for Family

Nov27

Many people in America will be gathering tomorrow with family to share a family meal together. There may be a mingle of friends present and a time of sharing the years blessings of thankfulness. As we gather may we remember that God created families and thank Him for His perfect design of family.

“Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Malachi 2:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mal.2.10.NASB1995

My prayer for you and your family today:

🙏For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:14-19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.3.14-19.NASB1995

🌹To our glorious Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You and Amen.

If you do not know the Father of the largest family on earth, please reach out to someone who is part of the family and ask them to introduce you to the Father.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thankful for Friendship

Nov26

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.17.17.NASB1995

A friend is a companion.

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ecc.4.9-12.NASB1995

A friend is someone we rejoice with.

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!’
Luke 15:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.15.9.NASB1995

Friendship is a life long blessing when the Lord is the foundation for His glory.

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Colossians 3:12-17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.12-17.NASB1995

🙏Thank You, God, for giving friendships to us who are of like minds and hearts

🙏And thank You, Jesus, for being a close, intimate perfect example of friendship and for the blessing of being Your friend.

🌹Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
John 15:13-15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.13-15.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thankful for Spiritual Leaders

Nov25

. . . Jesus *said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Tend My lambs.”
He *said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus *said to him, “Tend My sheep.
John 21:15-17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.21.15-17.NASB1995

Thank God for our Pastors. Thank God for our Spiritual Leaders. Praise God with thankfulness of heart for those who serve God and pray for them regularly. Their obedience to the call of God has touched believers for the kingdom of God.

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 2:5-7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mal.2.5-7.NASB1995

Scriptures we can pray for our Spiritual leaders:

🙏Lord God, we pray for our Spiritual leaders that they would “Be on guard for themselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made them overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.“
Acts 20:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.20.28.NASB1995

May they “shepherd the flock of God . . ., exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.
1 Peter 5:2-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.5.2-3.NASB1995

So . . .

🌹. . . when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
1 Peter 5:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.5.4.NASB1995

In Jesus name, amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thankful for Yahweh

Nov22

Yahweh, JHWH – I AM

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
Exodus 3:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/exo.3.14.NASB1995

God is I AM WHO I AM and this is His name forever!
God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.
Exodus 3:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/exo.3.15.NASB1995

God is self-existent, self-sufficient. He does not need anything or anyone.

These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
Psalms 50:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.21.NASB1995

If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains.
Psalms 50:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.12.NASB1995

In contrast we are dependent. Our whole life depends on Yahweh. So let us . . .

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;
Psalms 50:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.14.NASB1995

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalms 19:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.7.NASB1995

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