Shalom,

Two things really stood out to me in today's Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan! First of all, Psalm 55:22-23 was one of the first portions of Scripture that I ever read in the Amplified Bible and I LOVE it! 

22 Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). 23 But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You.

The promise that God will NOT allow the righteous to "slip, fall or fail" was SO exciting to me! I could confidently leave things in His hands, trusting completely in Him to lead me successfully through every situation! I STILL have that same confident trust! THAT is what meditation in the Word (Joshua 1:8) will do for YOU! The other verses that stood out to me today are found in Mark 5:25-34:

25 And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 And who had endured much suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment, 28 For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health. 29 And immediately her flow of blood was dried up at the source, and [suddenly] she felt in her body that she was healed of her [distressing] ailment. 30 And Jesus, recognizing in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around immediately in the crowd and said, Who touched My clothes? 31 And the disciples kept saying to Him, You see the crowd pressing hard around You from all sides, and You ask, Who touched Me? 32 Still He kept looking around to see her who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had been done for her, though alarmed and frightened and trembling, fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34 And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in (into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [distressing bodily] disease.

This is Mark's account of the woman with the issue of blood. Notice that she came up behind Jesus, IN THE THRONG, and touched His garment! With her issue of blood she was considered, by Jewish law, to be unclean. She was NOT to be in a crowd of people at all! She was to stay apart and if someone came close to her, she was to yell "UNCLEAN"! There were severe consequences for disobeying that command! What does that tell YOU about this woman's attitude? She was DESPERATE! She was every bit as desperate for her healing as the men who had carried their friend to see Jesus and cut a hole in someone else's roof in order to get him to Jesus! The question that comes next is: How desperate are YOU for the things of God, and to walk in the promises of His Word? No one can develop desperation FOR you! Decide today that you will not go another day without stirring up your confident hope and eager anticipation for the things God has already provided for you in His Word! Become desperate to show forth His glory in your life! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with "Love Like Fire":

"Love Like Fire"

I am desperate for Your touch
A glimpse of heaven
For the glory of Your Son.
In a moment You can
Turn a life around
Forever to be found in You.

I am reaching out to find
Theres nothing greater than
Your love that holds my life.
Your grace and mercy that
Have saved me by Your blood,
And swept away my shame Oh Lord.

Your love is like fire
That burns for all to see.
My only desire
To worship at Your feet.
So let this fire
Consume my life.
Let Your love take me deeper
Pull me closer to where You are,
'cause all I want is more of You.

And I'm surrender to Your love
Forever humbled by the
Message of the cross.
I stand abandoned in
Your presence and Your embrace,
And I'll never be the same Oh God.

Your love is like fire,
That burns for all to see.
My only desire,
To worship at Your feet.
So let this fire
Consume my life.
Let Your love take me deeper,
Pull me closer to where You are,
'cause all I want is more of You.

When You call I will follow.
At the cross I surrender all,
Jesus I belong to You.

I belong to You Lord

Your love is like fire,
That burns for all to see.
My only desire,
To worship at Your feet.

Your love is like fire,
That burns for all to see.
My only desire,
To worship at Your feet.

So let this fire
Consume my life.
Let Your love take me deeper,
Pull me closer to where You are,
'cause all I want is more of You.

When You call I will follow,
At the cross I surrender all,
Jesus I belong to You.

Let Your love take me deeper,
Pull me closer to where You are,
Cause all I want is more of You

When You call I will follow,
At the cross I surrender all,
Jesus I belong to You.

Shalom in Him!