Rose Cross Horton

Shabbat! It’s another Friday! I certainly hope you have not gotten tired of hearing those words once a week. For me, they really are a source of JOY and PEACE when I know that Shabbat is here. So, another verse about REST!\ Isaiah 40:30-31 Young men may grow tired and weary, even the fittest may stumble and fall; but those who hope in Adonai will renew their strength, they will soar aloft as with eagles’ wings; when they are running they won’t grow weary, when they are walkin

Today’s verse is from my YouVersion Bible App. I LOVE opening it up and finding a verse that brings HOPE and COURAGE! 2 Corinthians 4:16 This is why we do not lose courage. Though our outer self is heading for decay, our inner self is being renewed daily. (CJB) Our physical bodies are decaying away. We recently heard about the death of a friend. She was 70 and had lived a good life, but she still had an untimely death from a heart attack as she was driving her car and stopped

Hope… Sometimes we just don’t know what it is or how to get it. Romans 15:13 May God, the source of hope, fill you completely with joy and shalom as you continue trusting, so that by the power of the Ruach HaKodesh you may overflow with hope. (CJB) My husband and I were talking with a friend the other day and he said, “I have faith that something good will happen in this situation, but I do not have hope.” That statement made me realize that there is kind of a difference. I h

I admit to being a little tired today. It is a Thursday. I know Shabbat is coming. Weather this week has been cool, then sunny, than rainy and well… I guess coming off a holiday for several days, I’m just tired. There have also been some circumstances that discouraged me. People not getting along. People who want to get work done for the Kingdom who can’t sort things and “part ways.” There are days that ministry work is tiring (not that other work isn’t - I don’t want to impl

Today is April Fool’s Day. I don’t really get into these types of holidays anymore. A verse I always see on this day is the one that says, “A fool says in his heart there is no God.” This is a verse we need to be reminded about, but I looked up other verses about fools or being foolish. Titus 3:3 For at one time, we too were foolish and disobedient, deceived and enslaved by a variety of passions and pleasures. We spent our lives in evil and envy; people hated us, and we hated

Another verse from Psalm my friends! Another comfort and promise that David wrote to encourage himself… Psalm 94:19 When my cares within me are many, your comforts cheer me up. (CJB) This verse was encouraging to me when I read the word CHEER. Who doesn’t LOVE to be CHEERED UP? Especially when “my cares within me are many.” We all carry worries. We all have cares that weigh us down. David wrote this Psalm when his enemies were pursuing him and trying to over take him. He was

I’ve had several verses from Psalm lately, so I thought I would find one from the New Testament. This one from I Peter is full of HOPE for today. I Peter 3:15 but treat the Messiah as holy, as Lord in your hearts; while remaining always ready to give a reasoned answer to anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you — yet with humility and fear, (CJB) My question as I read this verse is: Who wouldn’t want to treat the Messiah as HOLY?” Why wouldn’t someone want to b

This verse was another that showed as my daily verse on a BibleApp. I have shared before about what some of this verse means, but today I have a little different challenge. Romans 15:4 For everything written in the past was written to teach us, so that with the encouragement of the Tanakh we might patiently hold on to our hope. (CJB) What does it mean about “written in the past?” Paul was writing to the Romans, so this meant that Paul was speaking about Torah, the Prophets, P

I love when I find verses that are easy to remember where they are found. Like 33:3 or 10:10. Today when I was looking up verses about patience, this one came up: Romans 12:12 Rejoice in your hope, be patient in your troubles, and continue steadfastly in prayer. (CJB) Three things we NEED to do are found in this verse. 1) REJOICE in your HOPE. 2) Be PATIENT in your troubles. 3) Continue STEADFASTLY in PRAYER. Yesterday we focused on hope and how to find it - because we are bo

The word HOPE came to my mind today when I began to think about a verse. This one from I Peter showed up when I Googled possible verses. I Peter 1:3-4 Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who, in keeping with his great mercy, has caused us, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead, to be born again to a living hope, to an inheritance that cannot decay, spoil or fade, kept safe for you in heaven. (CJB) Do you have HOPE? Do you know how to