Rose Cross Horton

This was the verse of the day on my YouVersion Bible App. I’ve missed getting some of them done and will have to go back to find them. My heart has been focused on the word, “Praise” this week. Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, Adonai, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for you are my praise. (CJB) Heal me… Save me… I love how we can just cry out to Adonai and He HEARS us. If we say we want to be healed HE will! If we say we want to be saved, HE will! Maybe not always

Another new week. Another time to think about BEGINNING new and fresh! Jeremiah 31:3 Once again, I will build you; you will be rebuilt, virgin of Isra’el. Once again, equipped with your tambourines, you will go out and dance with the merrymakers. (CJB) Why is this such an encouragement? Because GOD is REBUILDING! I would say this is a positive way to begin a new week! We can be JOYFUL knowing that HE is in charge of rebuilding. It didn’t matter how many times Israel disobeyed

I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” (NIV) For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” (ESV) For I have satisfied the weary and filled the needs of all in distress.” (CJB) (it is verse 24 in this translation) Shabbat has arrived again. This verse, in different translations, brings REST to my soul because it clearly state that HE will: SATISFY my soul REFRESH the weary REPLENISH every languishing soul FILL the needs of ALL in di

As we have been reading through our Torah portions, as well as the prophets, today we read from Jeremiah. I looked to see if I had used this verse before and found something interesting… Jeremiah 32:27 “Look, I am Adonai, the God of every living creature; is there anything too hard for me? (CJB) In chapter 32 verse 17 says this, “Adonai, God! You made heaven and earth by your great power and outstretched arm; nothing is too hard for you. (CJB) This is what the Prophet Jeremia

Today’s verse is also a song. I love when I can SING the Word! It makes it so much easier to remember! Jeremiah 32:17 “Adonai, God! You made heaven and earth by your great power and outstretched arm; nothing is too hard for you. (CJB) HIS great POWER created EVERYTHING we see. HIS outstretched arm CREATED YOU. Our God is truly KING over all the earth. We - YOU - can walk in that power because HE created you in HIS IMAGE! Once you begin to understand that, then you can truly B

Today was a crazy busy day and I was gone from 10:45 until almost 5:30. Too much for me! But, I was blessed to get my hair taken care of and spend time with a friend who taught my children and I how to make soap! By the time we got back to the house I was thankful for a husband who had made dinner, baked the Challah bread, and then had to finish putting the washer back together. Needless to say, we were ready for SHABBAT!!! That means a verse about rest and I picked one of my

Our Torah portion this week is all about the instructions that God began to give the Hebrew children. The portion from the prophets is from Jeremiah and it connects because it speaks about the covenant being “written on their hearts.” This verse from Jeremiah 31:32 is what I chose for today. “For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Isra’el after those days,” says Adonai: “I will put my Torah within them and write it on their hearts; I will be their God, and the

I had a realization today. A friend on FB (Lonnie Lane - because I am getting ready to quote her), shared this line, “But then I heard the Lord speak to me saying: ‘The Scriptures are not just so you can feel better, but that you know Me better.’” This line “hit” me a little and made me stop and think. It made me think today that maybe I sometimes “use” the Word of God to just please myself. That is NOT what God wants. God clearly wants us to use the Word to get to KNOW HIM b

Today’s verse is from Jeremiah. I like this book. In fact, I have come to enjoy reading the prophets. There is so much encouragement, but also exhortation. Lots to process! The YouVersion Bible App on my phone popped up with this verse today. Jeremiah 29:13 When you seek me, you will find me, provided you seek for me wholeheartedly; (CJB) I believe we have all heard the first part of this verse, “when you seek me, you will find me…” Pretty common! Once again, there is a condi

This morning the Lord woke me up at 4 am. When I woke up and checked the time there was a verse on my Bible App. It was a verse we have heard many times over - Jeremiah 33:3 Call out to me, and I will answer you — I will tell you great things, hidden things of which you are unaware.’” (CJB) I pondered on this verse as I fell back asleep. I like this version for the last line - “Hidden things of which you are unaware.” If I cry out to God, HE will give me an answer. HE will he