Dr. Scott Ferrell

Dear Friends,
Of course, this devotional reminds me of that great gospel song from Brooklyn Tab “Oh Taste and See”.  Check it out on youtube if you’re so inclined.  God is good all the time and all the time, God is good!  And aren’t you glad that His ways are higher than our ways.  Could you worship Him if His thoughts were the same as yours?  Probably not.  I need a God who loves unconditionally (difficult for humans, but not for God) is totally in control of each situation (so that I don’t have to worry about things) and who forgives me (even when I can’t forgive myself).  God is good!  Amen.  Hugs, Scott

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Taste And See That I Am Good.  This command contains an invitation to experience My living Presence.  It also contains a promise.  The more you experience Me, the more convinced you become of My goodness.  This knowledge is essential to your faith-walk.  When adversities strike, the human instinct is to doubt My goodness.  My ways are mysterious, even to those who know Me intimately.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways and thoughts higher than your ways and thoughts.  Do not try to fathom My ways.  Instead, spend time enjoying Me and experiencing My goodness.

Psalm 34:88 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Isaiah 55:8-9 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.  9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dearly Beloved,
The devotional below simply makes me smile.  When I take a moment to look back on all the journeys I have taken in my short 48 years, I see where God was with me, guiding me and ready to help at a moments notice.  I didn’t always realize it at the time, but in looking back, I see with different eyes.  I know it is the same for you.  But for now, take a moment and rest knowing that you are not alone and that God loves you VERY much.  Peace, Love and Hugs, Scott

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Rest With Me A While.  You have journeyed up a steep, rugged path in recent days.  The way ahead is shrouded in uncertainty.  Look neither behind you nor before you.  Instead, focus your attention on Me, your constant Companion.  Trust that I will equip you fully for whatever awaits you on your journey.

I designed time to be a protection for you.  You couldn’t bear to see all your life at once.  Though I am unlimited by time, it is in the present moment that I meet you.  Refresh yourself in My company, breathing deep draughts of My Presence.  The highest level of trust is to enjoy Me moment by moment.  I am with you, watching over you wherever you go.

Psalm 143:8 8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.  Show me the way I should go,  for to you I lift up my soul.

Genesis 28:15 15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,
It’s so easy to get overwhelmed and distracted in today’s over stimulated world.  But Christ assures us that if we stay focused on Him, the temporary circumstances we find ourselves in will be diminished as we collaborate with Him who conquers all.  Eternal glory is the prize we are working towards each and every day.  Nothing on earth compares to being with Christ in eternity.  So, take heart.  Take a deep breath.  And press on my friends!  See you soon!  Peace and Love, Scott

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Stay Calmly conscious of Me today, no matter what.  Remember that I go before you as well as with you into the day.  Nothing takes Me by surprise.  I will not allow circumstances to overwhelm you, so long as you look to Me.  I will help you cope with whatever the moment presents.  Collaborating with Me brings blessings that far outweigh all your troubles.  Awareness of My Presence contains Joy that can endure all eventualities.

Jude 24-25 24To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,

Dear Friends,
 
Upon reading this, I simply had to forward it on.  Such beautiful words!  Be blessed princes and princesses! Love, Scott

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I Have Loved You with an everlasting Love.  Before time began, I knew you.  For years you swam around in a sea of meaninglessness, searching for Love, hoping for hope.  All that time I was pursuing you, aching to embrace you in My compassionate arms.

When time was right, I revealed Myself to you.  I lifted you out of that sea of despair and set you down on a firm foundation.  Sometimes you felt naked-exposed to the revealing Light of My Presence.  I wrapped an ermine robe around you: My robe of righteousness.  I sang you a Love song, whose beginning and end are veiled in eternity.  I infused meaning into your mind and harmony into your heart.  Join Me in singing My Song.  Together we will draw others out of darkness into My marvelous Light.

Jeremiah 31:3  3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

Isaiah 61:10 10 I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

1 Peter 2:9 (NASB) 9But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young