Tag Archive | Bible

Mother Mary (Luke 1-2:22)

May10

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.
Luke 1:45-48 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.45-48.NASB1995

Mary. The Mother of Jesus. Just an ordinary girl chosen by God to fulfill God’s redemptive plan. She humbly took on this role of Mother to Jesus.

The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”
Luke 1:30-33 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.30-33.NASB1995

Mary rejoiced at the birth of her son. She treasured the years she had raising Him.

‭And He (Jesus) went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
Luke 2:51 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.2.51.NASB1995

Mary knew Jesus came for a purpose and faced the death of her firstborn son. Being a mother is hard work but . . .

🌹. . . we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.28.NASB1995

Have a Wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend 💓

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Mother Hannah (1 Samuel 1-2:21)

May9

Elkanah, the husband of Peninnah and Hannah, would yearly travel with them to Shiloh to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord.

‭Elkanah .  . .
loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.
1 Samuel 1:5b NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.1.5.NASB1995

‭Peninnah, having several children, as . . .
Her rival, however, would provoke her (Hannah) bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. It happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.
1 Samuel 1:6-7 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.1.6-7.NASB1995

Hannah goes to the temple . . .
‭She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. She made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”
1 Samuel 1:10-11 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.1.10-11.NASB1995

Hannah spoke a prayer from her heart, oppressed in spirit she poured out her soul before the Lord.  (1 Samuel 1:12-15)
Hannah left the temple, her face no longer sad. (1 Samuel 1:18)

Hannah, a godly, believing woman took her desire to the Lord. She poured out her heart. Hannah left the outcome of her prayer to God. She left the temple at peace with her request.

‭It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”
1 Samuel 1:20 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.1.20.NASB1995

Hannah raised her son to know God. I believe she also prayed for him as he grew up so he would be prepared to serve God for life.
Praise God for the influence of a godly mother.

‭🌹For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him. So I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.
1 Samuel 1:27-28 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.1.27-28.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Mother Jochebed (Exodus 1-2:10)

May8

A new king arose over Egypt. Times were changing for the Israelites, God’s people. As they grew in number and might the new king decreed that all male babies born are to be killed at birth.

But God had a different plan. . .

Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.
Exodus 2:1-4 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/exo.2.1-4.NASB1995

This is the beginning of the life of Moses. Moses, who served God by leading Israel out of Egypt, through the wilderness, to enter into the promised land that was promised to Abraham’s descendants.

Jochebed. Brave. Sacrificial. Loving.

🌹Jochebed put the safety of her child before her own desires and needs. God blessed her, allowing her to keep Moses until he was weaned. Because of her bravery, love, and sacrifice, Moses grew to be a blessed servant of God.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Mother Sarai                 (Genesis 12-18,20-21)

May7

Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 11:30 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.11.30.NASB1995

Barren Sarai had no idea of the plan God had for her. In God’s perfect timing Sarai, whose name was changed to Sarah (princess) was the mother of the lineage of the King of kings, Jesus Christ!

I cannot even imagine what it is like to desire a child through pregnancy and not get pregnant. But I do know that God has a plan for His creation. God’s ultimate plan is that His will be done.
Since we don’t know it all, we need to focus on the One who does.

Sarah laughed at the thought of a 90 year old giving birth. Take your burden to the one who can make a difference. Then trust in His will to be done in your life.

God made a promise to Abraham:

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
Genesis 12:7 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.12.7.NASB1995

for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.
Genesis 13:15-16 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.13.15-16.NASB1995

And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
Genesis 15:5 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.15.5.NASB1995

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah (princess) shall be her name. I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
Genesis 17:15-16 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.17.15-16.NASB1995

And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?’ Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Genesis 18:13-14 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.18.13-14.NASB1995

Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised. So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:1-2 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.21.1-2.NASB1995

Did God accomplish His plan through a barren woman? Through an old woman? Through an old man? Look around you.

Sarah. Forty-two generations from her to Jesus.

The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.
Matthew 1:1, 17 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.1.1-17.NASB1995

🌹Did Sarah know she was to be the multigenerational grandmother of Jesus Christ? God has a plan for each of His children. Trust Him to use you for His plan. His glory.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Mother Eve (Genesis 1-4)

May6

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:27 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.1.27.NASB1995

‭So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
Genesis 2:21-22 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.2.21-22.NASB1995

‭🌹Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
Genesis 3:20 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.3.20.NASB1995

Eve. Created by God. Created for God’s purpose.

Eve. The first mother. The mother of all the living.

Eve. She knew God personally. She walked with God in the Garden of Eden.

Eve. The first to know the heartache of losing a child. The first one to experience all the firsts of motherhood.

The first to pass on the knowledge of God to generations to come.

‭These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
So the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7, 24 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/deu.6.6-24.NASB1995

Thank you, God, for Eve.
Mothers have the responsibility to pass on to their children the knowledge of God.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thank You, God

May3

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You.
So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
Psalms 63:3-4 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.63.3-4.NASB1995

Lifting hands of praise to the Lord of lords, the King of kings, the Sovereign God of eternity. Today I return Your many blessings back to You in praise.
Thank You!

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Salvation With No Judgment

May2

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16.NASB1995

For the Creator of you, yes you, loved you so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to earth. Jesus willingly, left His throne on high to come to earth, as a human, so anyone who believes in Him, will live forever.

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:17 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.17.NASB1995

If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
John 12:47 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.12.47.NASB1995

Jesus didn’t come to judge us because we are judged already. All mankind is born into sin, which brings about judgment, and is ratified only by the sacrifice of the blood of Jesus Christ. That means ALL mankind is lost and will be judged unless Jesus has saved us.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 19:10 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.19.10.NASB1995

The choice is ultimately yours. Stay where you are and face judgement at the end of time or surrender to the grace of God and live free from judgment.

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
1 John 4:14 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.14.NASB1995

🌹Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.1.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Prayer Appreciated

May1

Under the weather
Propped up in bed
No devotion today
But sending God’s blessing your way.

‭The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.’
Numbers 6:24-26 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/num.6.24-26.

🌹Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

30. Revive Me

Apr30

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands.
I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.
Psalms 143:5-6 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.143.5-6.NASB1995

At times it is good to look back at the milestones of your life. To see where God had you. The times when He blessed you, strengthened you, protected you, used you . . . A wonderful reminder of our need for God. Arms stretched out in longing surrender to the One who revives, protects, teaches, sanctifies.

‭For the sake of Your name, O Lord, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Psalms 143:11 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.143.11.NASB1995

🌹Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.
Psalms 143:8 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.143.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Significant Everlasting Change

Apr29

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm (give permanence* to) for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm (give permanence* to) the work of our hands.
Psalms 90:17 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.90.17.NASB1995

*existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
‭
Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
John 6:27 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.6.27.NASB1995

What is the work of our hands?
God’s hands working His will, His plan through us under the power of His Holy Spirit. God working through a surrendered, crucified life.

So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
1 Corinthians 3:7 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.3.7.NASB1995

Lord, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works.
Isaiah 26:12 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.26.12.NASB1995

🌹The steps of a man are established by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
Psalms 37:23 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.37.23.NASB1995

‭Are you walking in the steps of Jesus? Is God delighting in your way?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org