Author Archives: L. Lyden

Three days and nothing “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. Mark 8:2 Have you ever gone three days without food? Most people today struggle to go even three hours without something to eat. Even missing one or two meals can leaveContinue reading “From the Daily Dose Journal Series”

When courage calls your name Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. ~ Judges 4:14 Have you ever known deep down that God was asking you to stepContinue reading “Judges 4”

Strength in the Struggle Only so that the generations of the children of Israel might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it. ~ Judges 3:2 Have you ever wondered why some battles don’t go away as quickly as you prayed they would? You believed, you trusted, you askedContinue reading “Judges 3”

When we forget, God is still with us  When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel. ~ Judges 2:10 What happens when something powerful is forgotten? Not misplaced, not ignored for a moment, but truly forgotten.Continue reading “Judges 2”

Keep moving forward And the Lord said, “Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.” ~ Judges 1:2 Have you ever started something you knew God told you to do, only to find resistance right away? Not just a small inconvenience, but real opposition that made you question if you heard Him correctly.Continue reading “Judges 1”

Choose again today And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” ~Continue reading “Joshua 24”

Interesting instructions And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. ~ Mark 7:33 Have you ever sensed God leading you to do something that didn’t make sense, something that felt completely opposite of what you would naturally do? I sure have.Continue reading “From the Daily Dose Journal Series”

Press through in humility But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”  ~ Mark 7:27 Have you ever felt like you weren’t getting through in prayer, or even that you were being resisted, only to later realize thatContinue reading “From the Daily Dose Series”

Hold fast and finish strong But you will hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day. ~ Joshua 23:8 The greatest victories in your life are not just about how you start, but what matters most is how you choose to stay connected and finish what you have been called to? In today’sContinue reading “Joshua 23”

What is your life saying But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. ~ JoshuaContinue reading “Joshua 22”