When the Sun Rises
Kelley Brown
“But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.” Malachi 4:2 (ESV)
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Lord, thank You that Your Word never returns empty. It always fulfills Your purpose (Isaiah 55:11). When frustration and hurt cloud my heart, help me replace spiralling thoughts with Your Truth. Teach me to speak life over my relationships and to love others with grace, even when it’s hard. Let Your Word reshape my heart and bring healing to my hurt places. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
“Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23 (NASB 1995)
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
“The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights …” James 1:17 (CSB)
“Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end.” Lamentations 3:21-22 (CSB)
“And He said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.’” Mark 4:26-27 (NKJV)
Lord, I’m running on empty, carrying a burden that’s too heavy, and I need to hit the reset button. Give me rest from running hard and fast all year long, from working tirelessly to provide for myself, from stressing over the details of my future, and from trying to hold everything together all the time. I need rest for my weary soul. Jesus, I cast my cares on You because You care for me (1 Peter 5:7). I trade my heaviness for Your lightness, and I surrender to let You carry it all for me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
“As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.” Ecclesiastes 11:5 (ESV)
“But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.” Malachi 4:2 (ESV)
“I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness …” Isaiah 61:10 (NLT)
“Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?’” John 11:40 (NIV)
Dear God, on this Father’s Day, we come with hearts grateful for the fathers, grandfathers, and father figures who have shown love, guidance, and care. Thank You for the ways they have supported...