Author: prismmelody

“What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?” -Ecclesiastes 2:22 I remember being in grade school trying to beat all 6 of my classmates (small school is an understatement) by getting through my coursework quicker. We were working through our phonics books, and it was…

“Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.” -Psalms 143:7&8 Sometimes life is hard. When we go through difficult…

“David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.” -1 Samuel 30:6 In the time of Israel when David was fleeing from Saul, David and his men lived…

“‘All right, you may test him,’ the Lord said to Satan. ‘Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.’ So Satan left the Lord’s presence.” -Job 1:12 I wonder if God and Satan ever have the above conversation about you and I. Often things happen to us over which we…

“So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” -2 Peter 10 & 11 We live…

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10   If we think we live in a world where there is no enemy distracting us and trying to keep us from the purpose, plan, and true intention of…

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” -Galatians 2:20 At the moment we are born again, we become new creatures. Not only…

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” -John 15:13 Many a book has been written about the servant leadership Jesus modeled. He said in Luke 22:26, “…he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves.”…

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” -Revelation 22:16 We live in a culture saturated with entertainment. No matter where you go you go you can’t get away from the stars’ faces on…

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverb 3:5-6   One of my best friends earned her masters in accounting and was looking for a job after she finished her degree. The job market…