2026, Jeremiah, Questions, Romans

For Now

Jeremiah 29:11.
We quote it. We love it.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Link to source

But there’s more to the story.

Verse 10 lets us in on why GOD was saying this to His people.
They were in captivity. Seventy years in Babylon. Not a happy for them!
They cycled in and out of captivity; the pattern was the same – they rebelled and went into exile, slavery, whatever the sins warranted, then they repented, and GOD restored them.

We should learn from this.
And we can if we apply ourselves to the conditions of verses 12, 13, and 14.

12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive. Link to source

The Goodness of GOD!
Even in captivity, He gave them a promise.
We have a promise too – actually, many of them – but for now, see Romans 5:8.

Can we, will we rejoice today for the promises we find in Scripture? Will we search the Scriptures for more and more promises, and will we align ourselves to receive them?

Let’s do that!

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2026, Gospel of John

Finding A Happy!

Gospel of John, Chapter One

Perhaps I knew it before today, but today it seems new to me. Andrew was John’s disciple before he was JESUS’ disciple. And I can’t say for sure, but perhaps Philip too.

The day after John saw HOLY SPIRIT descending on YESHUA, two of John’s disciples (Andrew being one of them) began following JESUS, and right away asked Him where He was staying.
And do you know how He answered them?

“Come and see.“
I love it so much!

And then the first thing Andrew did was bring his brother, Simon Peter, to the LORD. How marvelous is that?!

When we read on, we learn that Andrew, Simon Peter, and Philip were all from Bethsaida. And in verse 43, JESUS found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me,” and he did. Then Philip found Nathanael. Do you remember what Nathanael said to Philip? “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
And I so love this! Do you know what Philip said to Nathanael? “Come and see.”

Come and see!

Come and see People! That’s who we want to be!
People who invite people to Come and See JESUS.

I hope you will read Chapter One of John today, and find it to be a Happy for you too!


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2026, It's a Bonus Post, Questions

Confirmation

I think it’s important that I do a follow-up tonight on this morning’s post.

Let me start from the beginning. Last night, about 9:00-ish, I scheduled today’s post to go live this morning. If you read Real or Not, you know it was about our very real enemy. So, when the post was set, I retired for the evening.

Then, when morning came, before the world came pounding for attention, I was pleased to gather for devoted time in my devoted space. A friend faithfully sends me a morning devotional video. As you might guess, this morning’s video featured Scripture and a message about our enemy. At the appropriate time, I drove to work listening to that message. Confirmation one.

When the workday was done, I keyed up my YouTube and, without reading the title, I clicked for a sermon to play. Can you guess the topic?
Yep. Our enemy! Confirmation two.

Like it or not, believe it or not, we are not alone on planet Earth. Hosts of created beings (be they entities, ranks, and hierarchies) exist that you and I do not see, and at least one-third of them hate us!

The unseen realm, just because we do not see it, does not negate the power, the influence, or the consequences of our unbelief.

Are you curious enough yet to check it out in Scripture for yourself?

Until the morning —
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