Jesse Atwood

There Will Be Plenty

How can we live so that we are not worried between pay checks? Concerned about how we are going to pay the bills? Have enoug so that everything in the household is taken cared of? The man comes with…

2 Kings 4:42 (NLT), 2 Kings 4:43 (NLT), 2 Kings 4:44 (NLT)

Prayer: Show Me My Purpose

Father, I don't want to sound self-centered today... But this morning I have an almost overwhelming yearning to know what my purpose is. I read this verse and I know it's true: EVERYTHING finds its purpose…

Colossians 1:16 (MSG)

What Is My RESPONSE?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm What is my response when people are talking about me? When I am faced with trouble? Difficulty? Pressure? Opposition? Temptation? Confusion? Doubt? Honestly, I gotta work on my First Response.…

Ephesians 3:14 (MSG)

Keep Your Mouth Shut

I think I have learned this lesson with people.. But have I learned it with God? Says: Don't tell Him what YOU think He wants to hear. Don't babble on and on, repeating mindless praises because they…

Ecclesiastes 5:2 (MSG)

THE FEAR OF HUMAN OPINION

Wow... If you feel disabled, if you feel crippled, if you feel defeated-- it just may be because the FEAR of human OPINION has disabled you. It's not even the Human Opinion itself. It's the FEAR of it.…

Proverbs 29:25 (MSG)

Repent For Thinking We Are Self-Sufficient

Here God says we have committed two sins- first of all we turned away from LIVING water, a never ending source of flowing, fresh water. Not only have have walked out on the perfect source of water, we…

Jeremiah 2:13 (MSG)

Quick Note: Don't Hang Around Angry People

Never saw this before... God's Word instructing us to NOT hang around angry people-- because it's contagious, infections. Now coming from someone who had deep rooted anger issues, anger that I denied…

Proverbs 22:24 (MSG), Proverbs 22:25 (MSG)

Quick Note: Be A Good Citizen

How cutting the words "if you are irresponsible with the state, then you're irresponsible with God." It is important to represent Him well on this earth. When I think about being a good citizen I think…

Romans 13:1 (MSG), Romans 13:2 (MSG)

Open My Eyes To The Solutions

So here is Hagar and all she sees is the problem: her son about to die. No food, no water, heat, alone in the desert, ready to die... She saw the obvious. But my God opens our eyes to the solutions.…

Genesis 16:14 (MSG), Genesis 16:15 (MSG), Genesis 21:15 (MSG), Genesis 21:16 (MSG), Genesis 21:17 (MSG), Genesis 21:18 (MSG), Genesis 21:19 (MSG)

My Prayer For Today: SHOW ME YOUR WAYS

I know your Word has ALL the answers, all the wonders, all the secrets, all the keys, all the wisdom I need for my life. You got it in your Word, Father. So I simply pray: Show me, God, your wonderful…

Psalm 119:18 (NKJV), John 14:17 (NKJV), John 14:26 (NKJV), Ephesians 1:17 (NKJV), Ephesians 1:18 (NKJV), Ephesians 1:19 (NKJV)

Reflect On This...

Is there something in my life... Do I own anything that is not being used? Am I hoarding anything? Am I keeping something from being used? I feel like I should really look at my life and see if anything…

Proverbs 13:23 (GNT)

A Pretty Good Promise

I would love to NEVER be disappointed! That sinking feeling, the sadness that washes over you, that breath knocked out of you-- disappointment. Here I run across a promise: if I believe in HIM, I will…

Romans 10:11 (GNT)

One Way To Get Healing

Going through my reading plan today I run across these two verses... If I SIMPLY OBEY the Lord and REFUSE to do wrong, then I well receive HEALING from my wounds and EASE from my PAIN. This is amazing.…

Proverbs 3:7 (KJV), Proverbs 3:8 (KJV)

God is SO Amazing!

My friend gave his testimony-- drugs, car crashes, drinking, death, anger-- it was all in his testimony. He went in such a downward spiral of depression, PTSD and reckless abandon that at 30 years of…

Ezekiel 1:1 (GNT)

Wish List: A GOD-Listening Heart

So we know that Solomon had the opportunity to ask for RICHES and LONG LIFE and WEALTH and all sorts of other material, earthly things-- and that Solomon chose WISDOM. But I just love how the Message…

1 Kings 3:9 (MSG)

My Response

Numbers 14:1-9... Starts off with "ALL NIGHT LONG the people cried in distress.  They COMPLAINED against MOses and Aaron..."  I don't know about you but my first reaction is to DEFEND myself, to RETALIATE…

Numbers 14:1 (GNT), Numbers 14:2 (GNT), Numbers 14:3 (GNT), Numbers 14:4 (GNT), Numbers 14:5 (GNT), Numbers 14:6 (GNT), Numbers 14:7 (GNT), Numbers 14:8 (GNT), Numbers 14:9 (GNT), Numbers 14:10 (GNT), Numbers 14:11 (GNT), Numbers 14:12 (GNT), Numbers 14:13 (GNT), Numbers 14:14 (GNT)

Lessons From The Race (A): What Happened?

Oh Lord... You are funny. A couple months back I registered for a full marathon that is coming up in a few weeks. In actuality, I have wanted to do a marathon for close to five years. It was a faint,…

Genesis 3:9 (MSG), Galatians 5:7 (MSG)

Please Look Down On Me Once More

Samson has hit his bottom. He is at his lowest. He literally flirted with his downfall and fell hard. But even before his last prayer, it says in verse 22: "But his hair, though cut off, began to grow…

Judges 16:22 (MSG), Judges 16:28 (MSG)

The Proper Response

This is an addendum to "Don't Get Stuck"... I had the thought that we all get stuck somehow. Sometimes it's not that obvious. You know if you are stuck in a "victim" mentality. God wants to move us from…

Genesis 11:27 (KJV), Genesis 11:28 (KJV), Genesis 11:31 (KJV), Genesis 11:32 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:1 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:2 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:3 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:4 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:5 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:6 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:7 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:8 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:9 (KJV), Deuteronomy 26:10 (KJV), Romans 8:37 (KJV), 2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)

Not So With You

We HAVE to be different. Not because we should work at talking or acting different, but because if we truly are living for God then we will truly act, talk, think, live differently than those around us.…

Deuteronomy 18:9 (NKJV), Matthew 20:24 (NKJV), Matthew 20:25 (NKJV), Matthew 20:26 (NKJV), Matthew 20:27 (NKJV), Matthew 20:28 (NKJV), Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

My Military Duty

The two tribes of Reuben and Gad ask to not go over the Jordan river. they want to stay on the Eastside and settle there. They ask if they can build safe walls for their families and they will help the…

Numbers 32:20 (GWT), Numbers 32:21 (GWT), Numbers 32:22 (GWT), Mark 10:27 (GWT), Ephesians 6:12 (GWT)

Question: Why Does God Care About

The PROMISED land... described it as "a land the LORD your GOD CARES about. He WATCHES OVER IT all year long." How interesting that there is this piece of land on our planet that God cares about... that…

Preparation and Determination

The LADIES have BOUGHT spices to anoint the body of Jesus. Then SUNDAY MORNING rolls around. So they head to the tomb. On their way they ask: Who will roll the stone away? So I see two things going on…

Mark 16:1 (MSG), Mark 16:2 (MSG), Mark 16:3 (MSG), Mark 16:4 (MSG)

Nehemiah: The Dung Gate

Heard a preacher speaking to pastor's say:  Our churches need a "DUNG GATE" so that people with messed up, stinking lives can come on in... I love that thought.  I think as churches and groups of believers,…

Nehemiah 3:13 (MSG), Nehemiah 3:14 (MSG), 2 Corinthians 5:17 (MSG), Revelation 21:5 (MSG)

Hard Directions To Follow

So Jesus is tell me "Don't run from suffering; EMBRACE IT." I mean, my initial reaction: REALLY? Really, God? Embrace heartache, pain, suffering, headaches? I know Jesus is right... My head knows it.…

Mark 8:34 (MSG)