Lisa Livezey

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit. – John 15:16 (RSV) Change marks each of our...

There is none holy like the Lord, there is none besides thee; there is no rock like our God. – I Samuel 2:2 (RSV) As we journey through...

They waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. - Job 29:23 (RSV) Do you have a system for...

My frame was not hidden from thee. - Psalm 139:15 (RSV) It startled me, this fawn sitting alone, nestled among the extended patch of lilies. I have been told that mother deer go off to feed, leaving their young ones hidden. Tender, new, spotted, large brown eyes looking out at me. Take heart, dear one. The Lord knows your location, too, and He cares for you. Prayer Dear Lord, I am like a small deer hiding in a big world. Please keep Your loving eye upon me and protect me th

Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set. — Proverbs 22: 28 (DRB) Faith-filled men of stalwart missionary spirit...

After three years’ training they were to enter the king’s service. - Daniel 1:5 (NAB) Untrained. Wild, weepy, blows with the wind....

We await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ. – Titus 2:13 (NAB) Is He here yet?? Are we even looking for Him? How easy it is to become complacently comfortable or consumed with our daily doings. We forget there is a promised, perhaps imminent, coming of our Savior. Oh blessed hope, let us not abandon thee. Prayer Lord, may I always be anticipating Your second coming. Quote A continual looking forward to the eternal wo

Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and in all deep places. – Psalm 135:6 (KJV) Freckled, cold, mysterious, odd, unsightly, lurking. God made it. Ugly, bumpy, strange, unseen, bizarre, slimy, ancient. It serves a purpose. Prayer Lord, I realize Your ways are not ours. When I encounter something odd, help me to think of You and ponder Your purposes. Look into the deep places of my heart and see if there might be something cold and un

Tired from his journey, sat down there. - John 4:6 (NAB) Ever feel like the intended goal remains afar off and you're weary with the...

Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but...

Mankind wants to see God. But His brilliance surpasses our human capacity to behold. But - oh the amazing thought -

But my face may not be seen. – Exodus 33:23 (GNT) Moses wanted to see God's face, but the Divine glory was beyond human capacity, so God...

And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same...

I have been young, and now am old. – Psalm 37:25 (RSV) Feeling old, dried out, past your prime? Not so fast, friend. Perhaps God wants...

And he was crucified. - Luke 24:20 GNT The lyrics to "Ah, Holy Jesus" were first penned in 1630. These 394 years later, the words give voice to the Christian's heart amidst the Paschal Triduum. Verses one and five are today's prayer. Listen to all five verses here . Prayer "Ah, Holy Jesus, how hast thou offended, That man to judge thee hath in hate pretended? By foes derided, by thine own rejected, O most afflicted. Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee, I do adore

Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth. - Isaiah 43:19 (DRB) "It's out of the wound that growth comes." I heard that...

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. - Psalm 56:8 (NLT) It gave me pause - the striking beauty of this weeping tree as if strands of gold were falling to the ground. Meanwhile, the evergreen stood staunchly in the background, unaffected as ever by the current season. Our weeping is precious to Him - so precious that He bottles our tears. I wonder if the River of Life which runs through the

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are thy ways. Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and...

Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. -...

The Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters. - Isaiah 43:16 (NRSV) Not sure what your next stopping place should...