Coffee and a Verse
Life is full of things I have to do everyday. So I always try to make time for the things I enjoy and actually look forward to each day too. So I tend to start my mornings enjoying two of my favorite things. Enjoying time in the Word of God and sipping on a fresh cup of my favorite coffee. This is where the Coffee and a Verse came from. So grab your own cup of coffee and join me as I share one of my favorite verses for the week. Verses that have encouraged me and my hope is that they will encourage you too.
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Grace Promised for Every. Single. Thing.
Did you know?…… That thing you said that you didn’t mean. That thing you said that you meant at the time you said it but after your words were spoken you were left with profound regret. It left an ache in your heart and a bitter taste on your tongue that would not soon be remedied. That thing you did that you have wished a thousand times you could take back and undo. That thing you said in heated anger and meant every single word and would say all over again. That thing you said that crushed someone’s heart and made them feel so very small and unloved. That thing…
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The Power of Words
I have often wondered what the words were that Jesus stooped to write that day in scripture. (John 8: 6-8) The day the woman was brought before him surrounded by would be assailants ready to hurl their stones. His words changed the outcome that day. Words so powerful that the stones dropped one by one and a woman’s life was miraculously saved. I’ve experienced powerful words in my own life. Witnessed first hand what they can do. Words that broke my heart. Words that made me burn with anger. I have also been the recipient of words that wrapped my heart up like a warm blanket and brought comfort…
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Finding Joy When Life Hurts
It was one of the most difficult seasons I ever walked through. This season made me feel empty, depleted, small, and unloved. Surprisingly, it also became the one season I look back on and remember experiencing more love than I have ever felt. What began as a failed friendship, turned out to be what drove me to a closer relationship with God. When God finally answered and brought me out of that season, it brought more spiritual growth than any other ever had. God also made provision to have the special people I would need to remind me of His great mountain of love there surrounding me as He…
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Secret Things Belong to God
Did you know you can trust God even when you don’t know what He is doing? Even when we can’t understand what is going on in our lives, we know that His plans are good. We can rest knowing that the secret things belong to God. When my daughter was five years old, I planned a surprise birthday for her complete with a themed birthday cake and decorations galore. Gifts were stacked on the table all wrapped in shiny pink paper and big bright bows. Nothing was spared to make her day extra special. Hushed whispers filled the air as all her little friends and family packed the room. Everyone…
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Let My Daughters Speak
Key Verse: “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV) I was in the midst of a heated discussion. I was very upset and to be honest I was becoming angry. Then in the midst of trying to reason things out the other person cut me off and left. Just like that. They had said what they wanted to say but they had no interest at all of hearing my side of the conversation. I was left with lots to say but no one to say it to. It left me…
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Before You Ask
Key Verse: “If a son (or daughter) asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?” Luke 11:11 (KJV) Daughter, Ask yourself before you go and humbly ask of your God today. Before you pour your heart out inside that closet Before you bow low down on your knees or sadly bow your head Even before you voice what weighs so heavily on your heart or speak out loud what your soul so longs for, Remind yourself of just who it is that you are praying to. Ask…
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God Still Brings Beauty From Ashes
Key Verse: “To grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified”.” Isaiah 61:3 (ESV) A friendship I had worked hard to build burned that day. All the way to the ground. All that would remain would be a few burned bricks of memories. Words carelessly spoken would be the spark that had kindled the flames. Even though the intentions of my heart had been good that day, it…
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A Heart Unmasked
Kay Verse: “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV) Maybe I am the only one. And if I am that’s ok. I will be my own audience of one. Because Y’all I will be honest and admit that I am having a hard time processing some things right now. Things my tired eyes are seeing and my heavy ears are hearing. Hate and division is just plain hard to witness from every angle. Finger…
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Adjusting My Glasses
Key verse: “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead.” Philippians 3:13 (NLT) We had a big laugh that day driving back from Walmart. The sun was brightly shining when we had left the store so I had put on my sunglasses. The storm had seemed to come out of nowhere and the sky turned dark within minutes. I kept telling my mom that I couldn’t see anything and that I might have to pull over. Then it finally dawned on me that the reason everything seemed so dark wasn’t just…
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What Would Your Story Say About You
Key Verse: “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” I Timothy 4:12 (KJV) Have you ever wondered if God was telling your story to someone else what he would say? Really, think about it for a second. What do you think he would choose to tell someone else about you? I sometimes wonder what He would say about me when I come across a scripture like Job 1:8 that says, “And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth,…
