Author Archives: L. Lyden

Invest in your future “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there yourContinue reading “From the Daily Dose Journal Series”

What about fasting? “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.  Matthew 6:16 After teaching His disciples to pray in secret, Jesus told His disciples anotherContinue reading “From the Daily Dose Journal series”

Harvest time And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”  Revelation 14:15  If you know anything about harvest time, youContinue reading “Friday, April 5, 2024”

You Can’t take it with you Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”  Revelation 14:13 Have you ever heard the old saying: YouContinue reading “Thursday, April 4, 2024”

Worship Him They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.  Revelation 14:3  I love to sing worship songs. In fact, I look forward to theContinue reading “Wednesday, April 3, 2024”

Don’t be deceived And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.  Revelation 13:14 I remember once whenContinue reading “Tuesday, April 2, 2024”

The Beast Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.  Revelation 13:1  I have always struggled with disturbing images in movies or pictures.  OnceContinue reading “Monday, April 1, 2024”

Pray in secret But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. Matthew 6:6 Apparently, in Jesus’s day, the religious leaders liked to get attention by prayingContinue reading “From the Daily Dose Journal Series”

Be good to others But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Matthew 6:3 Have you ever done something good or nice for someone and then nobody even notice or acknowledged it.  Maybe you felt slighted or maybe you let others know, becauseContinue reading “From the Daily Dose Journal Series”

Go to the place prepared But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.  Revelation 12:14 Since the beginning of 2024, there have beenContinue reading “Friday, March 29, 2024”