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Darkness Becomes Light…

Today, let’s find comfort in God’s light! Remember, even in our darkest moments, God’s love and presence shine through, turning our darkness into light.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
Psalms 139:11-12

In our darkest moments, when life’s shadows stretch long, it’s easy to feel alone and unseen, even hidden from the eyes of God. Yet, Psalm 139:11-12 offers a beacon of hope, reminding us that no darkness can extinguish God’s love.

To our Heavenly Father, even the darkest night shines bright as day. No corner of our hearts, no struggle, and no unspoken hurt escapes His loving gaze. Even when we feel lost or broken, God sees us clearly and welcomes us into His embrace.

This truth is both comforting and challenging. Comforting, because we are never truly alone, never beyond God’s unfailing love. Challenging, because it calls us to live authentically, trusting that He loves us wholeheartedly, just as we are.

So today, whatever darkness you face, hold onto the promise: you are fully seen, deeply known, and unconditionally loved by your Heavenly Father. Let His light displace the shadows, and find the courage to be fully known and loved. In His light, no darkness can prevail. You are His, now and forever.

Can you invite God’s light into those areas and trust in His loving embrace?


Heavenly Father, In the depths of our struggles, when shadows stretch long, it can be hard to feel Your nearness. Yet, your love shines as a beacon of hope, piercing even the darkest night. Help us to remember Your unwavering presence. Grant us courage to bring our shadowed places into Your light. Guide us, embrace us, and remind us that we are always seen, deeply known, and eternally loved by You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate can not drive out hate; only love can do that.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed 🙏🏼

Wholeheartedly…

As the new day unfolds, let’s embrace the promise of Jeremiah 29:13, reminding us that when we seek God wholeheartedly, we find Him. Today, let this truth guide our steps and thoughts, encouraging us to look for God in every moment, in every encounter.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.     Jeremiah 29:13

In the journey of our lives, the pursuit of God is the beacon that guides every moment, every challenge, and every joy. Jeremiah 29:13 extends an invitation to a purposeful exploration, promising that when we seek God wholeheartedly, we will indeed find Him. This pursuit is not about passive observation but about an active, fervent engagement that requires our complete focus and deepest longing.

Imagine this pursuit not as a burdensome task but as the unfolding of a divine mystery, where each step brings us closer to the heart of God. It’s in the quiet whispers of prayer, in the reflection of scripture, and in the beauty of creation that we find Him. This pursuit is as much about the journey as it is about the destination; it’s about becoming more attuned to God’s presence in the here and now, recognizing His fingerprints in every aspect of our existence.

This wholehearted seeking does more than just bring us closer to God; it transforms us from the inside out. It molds our character, shapes our desires, and aligns our will with His. As we embark on this sacred quest, let us do so with the assurance that God is not hiding from us but is revealed in the fullness of our earnest seeking.

What practical steps can you take to seek God more earnestly in your daily life?

How can you create spaces of quiet and reflection to listen for God’s voice?

When you ask yourself these questions, take the time to listen to His answer.

Father, in the quiet of this new day, I come before You with a heart open and ready to seek You. Your Word in Jeremiah 29:13 reminds me of the beautiful promise that when I search for You with all my heart, I will find You. Lord, this is my deepest desire—to know You more, to feel Your presence, and to see Your hand in every part of my life. Help me to pursue You not just in moments of need, but in every moment of my life. Teach me to recognize the ways You are speaking to me, through Your Word, through Your creation, and through the whispers of Your Spirit to my heart. Let this pursuit transform me, drawing me closer to Your heart and aligning my will with Yours. Guide me to seek You in the everyday, in the mundane, and in the extraordinary, knowing that You are always there, waiting to be found. Strengthen my faith as I walk this journey, trusting that no effort to find You is ever in vain. Thank You for the promise of Your presence, for the joy of discovering You anew each day, and for the journey of faith that leads me ever closer to Your loving embrace. In Jesus’ Name, I pray, Amen.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed🙏🏼

The Time of All Times…

Many of us have a book to schedule the hours and days of our lives. If you’re like me, it fills up quickly. And yet all calendars and planners, all the events of our lives are linked to one event – the birth of Jesus.

When this most important event happened, it didn’t appear in a daily scheduler; not Cesar’s, not Herod’s, not even Joseph’s. There was no room for it in anybody’s schedule or routine. Even in the inn, things were too busy. It took place outside the schedule.

Bethlehem always happens outside the inn, outside the schedule, outside the busyness, outside the routine. Sometimes the most important events in life will not happen in our schedule, but outside of it; receiving the Lord, being touched by Him, being healed, changed, called, appointed, and sent out by Him.

Find your blessing by stepping outside your schedule today. Come to the quiet, to the presence of the Lord. That’s how the age began, and that’s when the most important work that God wills for your life will begin as well.

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good that he waits silently. For the salvation of the Lord.  Lamentations 3:25-26

Step outside your schedule today and spend time in the quiet presence of the Lord to begin the most important work.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The State Of Tamin…

Jesus said, “Be ye perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect”. He was speaking Hebrew, and one of the central Hebrew words for perfect is tamim. It also means complete. Your heavenly Father is perfect and not lacking anything.

If you want to fulfill this commandment, you have to learn to be complete. If you dwell on what you don’t have, what you want, and what you think you have to have, the more incomplete and miserable you’ll become. You don’t have to get anything to be perfect.

Perfection begins not by getting more but by being still and letting God complete you. It begins when you stop dwelling on what you don’t have and start rejoicing in what you have in God. It starts by being still and knowing that He is God, by saying in your heart, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”

When God completed creation, He rested. You’ll find completeness when you stop striving and start resting in God’s rest. Enter the Sabbath of His presence, the peace that passes understanding, and the way that is perfectly complete and completely perfect.

But when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.  1 Corinthians 13:10

Rejoice in what God has given you today. Rest in His perfect shalom, His completeness, His perfection.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The End Party…

In life there are two parties and two joys. That of the world and that of heaven. The world celebrates beginnings- youth at the beginning of life, the wedding at the beginning of the marriage. They find joy in strength, beauty and sensual pleasure. As time goes on, the party fades and continuously moves away from joy.

Then there’s heaven’s party, and the joy of the Lord. Heaven’s party is summed up in the biblical ‘Feast of Tabernacles’ called ‘Sukkot’. It was the greatest party of ancient Israel, and it didn’t come in the beginning of the year but at the end in the autumn. God’s biggest celebration comes at the end.

The more you go on, the more joyful it gets. You have to choose one or the other- the party of this world, or the party of Heaven, the joy of the flesh, or the joy of the Lord? One is already fading away.

The other’s just beginning. So, forsake the flesh and its temptations. It’s a party that’s on the way out. Live in the Spirit and the party of God, and your joy will never end.

For those who live according to the flesh, they set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. Romans 8:5

Join in the Feast of Thanksgiving today, and the spiritual joy found in God’s party. Today make it your aim to rejoice in the Lord always!

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

A Dwelling Of Thanks..

The Feast of Tabernacles is called Sukkot in Hebrew. It’s plural for sukkah, which means a temporary hut. The Israelites would leave their homes and camp out in huts they made out of branches.

They would remember the journey that God took them through to bring them to the Promised Land, to appreciate what God had given them. Sukkot is the feast of thanksgiving.

As God’s people, we have to give thanks for what we’ve been taken from and what He’s given us. Often, we come to the Lord rejoicing for what He’s done and then forget and take our blessings for granted.

It’s really important to remember when you first came to the Lord, to stop and give thanks to God for what you have. Remember what you had before the joy, before you had hope and faith.

Get away with God and give thanks for all your blessings so you can be blessed again. Write down your blessings. Give thanks to God. Get into your sukkah, your hut. Take nothing for granted and you’ll continue to receive the blessings. Happy Feast of Tabernacles!

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  Colossians 3:17

Today, take time to remember and meditate on all that God has carried you through in life and give thanks.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Message From The Dead…

In the late 19th century, Henry Stanley journeyed to Africa in search of David Livingstone. He was received by King Muteesa of Uganda. One of the king’s wives had a strange dream just before his arrival about the white man’s God and His son.

The king agreed with Stanley to send a letter to England asking them to send missionaries. The young French man who was carrying the letter was ambushed and murdered. Stanley’s letter was recovered from the boot of the slain man and sent to England where it was printed in the daily telegraph.

Several young men responded and brought the Gospel to Uganda. In the end, the dead man did his job. If a dead man can be used for the Great Commission, how much more you who are still breathing? The Gospel is so alive that even though the messenger is dead, it still produces life.

Become a messenger of the Good News, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and serve the Lord in the great commission. You’ll end up being more alive than you ever were before because God’s will is the way of life.

Do everything without grumbling. The verse continues, “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed–not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence–continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” Philippians 2:12-13

Today, seek to become a messenger of the Good News in whatever way, and through whatever the door, the Lord would open for you.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Apostasy Candle…

II Thessalonians speaks of a great falling away. The Greek word is apostasia from which we get the word apostasy. Stasia means state of, and apo means away from.

Looking around the world, we see apostasy everywhere, even in some churches. We’re witnessing an unprecedented social, moral, cultural, and ethical upheaval, but Jesus didn’t die to save culture or society.

He died to save people, and the Gospel’s as strong as ever – even stronger now in an anti-God culture versus a culture that professed to be Christian. A candle burns brightest at night.

When the apostles foretold the apostasy, faith in Jesus was the belief of relatively few people. Most of the world was pagan. In order to have apostasy from the faith, it would have to spread to all the world.

This was only possible in the 19th and 20th century when Judeo-Christian morality became universal. So, be encouraged. The apostasy you see in the world is only more proof that God’s on the throne and you’ve got the light.

Be strong and remember, it’s not by day but by night that a candle burns its brightest.

Now, the Spirit expressly says that in later times, some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.  1 Timothy 4:1

Practice being a candle in the night – shine against the darkness, bear a contrary light, and be a night light of the Lord.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Courage To Surrender…

Today, let’s pray for the courage to surrender like Jesus asks us in Mark 8:35. May we find peace and joy in letting go of our striving and embracing the abundant life He offers.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
Mark 8:35

In our self-focused culture, the concept of losing one’s life may seem counterintuitive or even alarming. We’re conditioned to prioritize self-preservation, chasing after our own dreams and desires. But Jesus presents a radical paradigm shift, inviting us to a life of selfless surrender.

When we cling tightly to our own plans and agendas, we may find that life slips through our fingers. But when we release our grip, offering our lives as a living sacrifice to Christ, we discover the true essence of living.

Losing our life for Jesus isn’t about self-denial for the sake of it. It’s about aligning our hearts with His purposes, finding our identity and our joy in Him. It’s about trading temporary pleasures for eternal rewards, knowing that our lives are secure in the hands of the One who gave His life for us.

This path of surrender isn’t always easy, but it leads to a life of profound significance and unshakable peace. It’s in losing our lives that we find them, in the most beautiful and transformative way possible.

Today, let’s embrace the upside-down kingdom that Jesus invites us into. Let’s choose to lose our lives for His sake and for the gospel, confident that in doing so, we will find life abundant and eternal.

Heavenly Father, My heart truly desires to honor You, yet I find myself clinging to my own plans and worries. Help me loosen my grip on control and fully surrender my life – my dreams, my anxieties, my desires – into Your loving hands. Transform my heart and guide me into the beauty of surrender, a life poured out in worship of You. Replace fleeting pleasures with Your unshakeable peace and the eternal joy found only in You. Have Your way in me, Father. All I am is Yours. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Worry and worship cannot exist in the same space. One always displaces the other. Choose worship.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed 🙏🏼

The Strings Of The Harp…

Ephesians 5:19 speaks of singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord. The word melody in Greek is psallo, which means to pluck as a harp.

Your heart is like a harp made to make holy music, if it’s played right. You might look in your life and heart and see things that don’t look beautiful; ups, downs, highs, lows, hopes, disappointments, joys, tears, love, and rejection all mixed together.

A harp doesn’t have just one string, but many. It has both high strings and low strings. The highs give it brightness and brilliance and the lows give it deeper and fuller sounds.

There’s a great beauty waiting to come out from your life and heart, from the highs and equally from the lows. The key is to let God’s Spirit touch all the strings of your heart and make it beautiful.

Let Him touch your high strings – your joys – and your low strings – your sorrows and your hardships. Whatever it is, bring it to the Lord because only the heart that’s touched by the Spirit can make heavenly music to God.

When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.  Ecclesiastes 7:14

Use both the good and bad times, the blessings and problems alike, to glorify God.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed 🙏🏼