Hope and Healing for Moms

Tuesday, June 27, 2017 Simply Love Scripture: Mark 12:29-31 29  Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments  is:  ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.  30  And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’This  is  the first commandment.  31  And the second, like  it, is  this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 Corinthians 13:4 4  Love suffers long  and  is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;  5  does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, think...

Monday, June 26, 2017 The Source of Peace Scripture: Mark 9:49-50 49 “For everyone will be seasoned with fire,[g] and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. 50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.” Hebrews 12:14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. John 14:27 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Devotional: There are many time...

Saturday, June 24, 2017 Putting Others First Scripture: Mark 9:33-37 (Matthew 18:1-5, Luke 22:24-30) Who Is the Greatest? 33 Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?”34 But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest. 35 And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” 36 Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, 37 “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.” Mark 10:14-15 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child sha...

Friday, June 23, 2017 Cry Out To Jesus Scripture: Mark 9:23-24 23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” Matthew 17:20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. Hebrews 12:2 looking to Jesus, the founder and for we walk by faith, not by s...

Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Beauty and Majesty of Jesus Scripture: Mark 9:2-3 (Luke 9:28-36, Matthew 17:1-8) 2  Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.  3  His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.  Revelation 1:10-18 10  I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,  11  saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, [ f ]  “What you see, write in a book and send  it  to the seven churches which are in Asia: [ g ]  to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.” 12  Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,  13  and in the midst of the seven lampstan...

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 The Wonderful Cross Scripture: Mark 8:34-38 (see also Matthew 16:24) 34  When He had called the people to  Himself,  with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.  35  For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.  36  For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?  37  Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?  38  For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.” Luke 14:26-27 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my discip...

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Heart Makeover Scripture: Mark 7:14-23 14 When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and understand: 15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man. 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!” 17 When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable. 18 So He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?” 20 And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil t...