Rebecca Grecco

Prophetically Speaking

Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they sprouted, grew, and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted." This is a word to my soul today. A…

Mark 4:8 (KJV)

Blessing for Those Who Fear

As I learn more and more the power of the tongue and of blessing,this passage is really special to me. I see throngs of people having hiked from their homes, some as far as a day or two away. But the…

Psalm 128:1 (NLT), Psalm 128:2 (NLT), Psalm 128:3 (NLT), Psalm 128:4 (NLT), Psalm 128:5 (NLT), Psalm 128:6 (NLT)

Are We Any Different?

Scripture: "Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord handed them over the the Philistines, who oppressed them for forty years." Observation: The Israelites would not consistently…

Judges 13:1 (NLT)

Tests Show The True Me

As soon as Joshua died, the people did evil in the sight of the Lord. It didn't take very long for them to slip back into old ways. They abandoned the Lord. Why? God in his mercy raised up judges to rescue…

Judges 2:11 (NLT), Judges 2:12 (NLT), Judges 2:13 (NLT), Judges 2:14 (NLT), Judges 2:15 (NLT)

Promises Fulfilled? Check!

Scripture: "So the Lord gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settle there. And the Lord gave them rest on every side, JUST AS HE HAD PROMISED…

Joshua 21:43 (NLT), Joshua 21:44 (NLT), Joshua 21:45 (NLT)

Two Fold Promise

I absolutely love this portion of scripture. 45 years have gone by since Caleb and Joshua and the other 10 scouts returned from looking over the land. The 10 scouts who brought back a bad report that…

Joshua 14:6 (NLT), Joshua 14:7 (NLT), Joshua 14:8 (NLT), Joshua 14:9 (NLT), Joshua 14:10 (NLT), Joshua 14:11 (NLT), Joshua 14:12 (NLT), Joshua 14:13 (NLT), Joshua 14:14 (NLT)

Still Just a Baby

This puts in perspective how we should look at spiritual maturity. Sometimes we think we are so mature in the Lord, but if there is still jealousy and strife between us and someone else, we have just…

1 Corinthians 3:1 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 3:2 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 3:3 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 3:4 (NIV)

Whatever, Wherever!

"Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do. and wherever you send us we will go.  Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you.." A reminder of what my attitude should…

Joshua 1:16 (NIV)

I Corinthians 1-Message Style

Sometimes The Message says it just right. If you are on the Life Journal Reading Plan, and this chapter is for you today, take a minute or two and switch translations to The Message. I am reminded that…

1 Corinthians 1:1 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:2 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:3 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:5 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:6 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:7 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:8 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:9 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:10 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:11 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:12 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:13 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:14 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:15 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:16 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:17 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:18 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:19 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:20 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:21 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:22 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:23 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:24 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:25 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:26 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:27 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:28 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:29 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:30 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 1:31 (NLT)

David Got It

"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire-but my ears you have opened-burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require....I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart." Another…

Psalm 40:6 (NLT), Psalm 40:7 (NLT), Psalm 40:8 (NLT), Psalm 40:16 (NLT), Psalm 40:17 (NLT)

My Practical Jesus

I love these verses. Jesus said "They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way." What a conference that must…

Mark 8:2 (NLT), Mark 8:3 (NLT)

An Offering of Faith

It is so hard to wrap my mind around the idea of sacrifice, especially to the magnitude of that which the children of Israel offered. I understand the blood sacrifice and the significance of it today…

Numbers 28:5 (NIV)

Love, Message Style!

Take a minute to read 1 Corinthians 13 in The Message! Love extravagantly!

1 Corinthians 13:1 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:2 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:3 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:4 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:5 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:6 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:7 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:8 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:9 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:10 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:11 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:12 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:13 (MSG)

Read It Again

If you haven't read the Love chapter in The Message, take a minute to do it now. Powerful!

1 Corinthians 13:1 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:2 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:3 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:4 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:5 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:6 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:7 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:8 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:9 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:10 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:11 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:12 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:13 (MSG)

Speak To The Rock!

Scripture: "The Lord said to Moses, "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water…

Numbers 20:2 (NIV), Numbers 20:3 (NIV), Numbers 20:4 (NIV), Numbers 20:5 (NIV), Numbers 20:6 (NIV), Numbers 20:7 (NIV), Numbers 20:8 (NIV), Numbers 20:9 (NIV), Numbers 20:10 (NIV), Numbers 20:11 (NIV), Numbers 20:12 (NIV), Numbers 20:13 (NIV)

The High Road Isn't Always the Best Road

Scripture/Observation: Israel has just been told by God that not one over 20, except Joshua and Caleb would enter the Promised Land and their children would have to wait forty years before they could…

Numbers 14:41 (NIV), Numbers 14:42 (NIV), Numbers 14:43 (NIV), Numbers 14:44 (NIV), Numbers 14:45 (NIV)

God's Presence Is My Center

Scripture and observation: The Levites were to camp around the tent of meeting and the ark of the covenant, and each tribe was to camp behind the Levites on all sides, North, South, East, and West. When…

Numbers 1:1 (NIV)

A Catalyst

Could it be that the stoning of Stephen was the catalyst for the witnesses to begin to go and reach the ends of the earth as Jesus said they would? When the persecution broke out against the church in…

Acts 1:8 (NIV), Acts 8:1 (NIV), Acts 8:4 (NIV), Acts 8:5 (NIV)

Know Why Your're Here

Scripture: In these verses, Paul had reached Rome and called together the Jewish leaders who after listening to Paul share the gospel with them for many hours could not agree amongst themselves. Some…

Don't Fear, But Fear

"Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin." I grew up in a home where my parents had a healthy fear of God. They taught me to fear (have…

Exodus 20:20 (NET)

Lifting a Hand To The Throne

So Moses stood on top of the hill with the staff of God in his hand; the same staff that struck the rock, that was used to part the waters, that turned into a snake in front of Pharaoh. But Moses took…

Exodus 17:10 (NET), Exodus 17:11 (NET), Exodus 17:12 (NET), Exodus 17:13 (NET), Exodus 17:14 (NET), Exodus 17:15 (NET), Exodus 17:16 (NET)

He Loves me THAT Much

"I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly." God was speaking to Jeremiah about the children of…

Jeremiah 24:6 (NLT)

Don't Just Survive; Thrive

V 2 “He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.” Think about it; Cutting off what doesn’t produce or that…

John 15:1 (ASV)

Don't Just Survive; Thrive

V 2 “He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.” Think about it; Cutting off what doesn’t produce or that…

John 15:1 (NLT)

Just Return

Jeremiah 15:19 What a joy to read this passage today. This is my God whom I have served. Once again He speaks with compassion and forgiveness. He is a God of another chance. He is speaking to those who…

Jeremiah 15:21 (NLT)