Daily Devotional 3-16-2022
Deu 17:16 CSB However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the LORD has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ Three things about the behavior of the king were singled out. The prohibition against acquiring great numbers of horses meant that on human terms the king’s army, composed mainly of infantry, would be significantly weaker than an enemy’s army with many chariots and cavalry. Yet this was precisely the point. An obedient Israelite king was to depend not on military strength but on the Lord alone. God had already demonstrated His ability to crush a large superior chariot army. Acquiring horses would mean the people would be going to Egypt, where many were available. Returning to the nation’s former land of slavery was unthinkable.
Daily Devotional 12-14-2021
Jer 1:17-19 CSB “Now, get ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them or I will cause you to cower before them. (18) Today, I am the one who has made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the population. (19) They will fight against you but never prevail over you, since I am with you to rescue you.” This is the LORD’s declaration. After explaining the task, God charged Jeremiah to take up the challenge. Get yourself ready! is literally, “gird up your loins”. God gave him the needed strength to stand against the people of Judah. Through God’s enablement Jeremiah would be as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. God’s strength to withstand attack would be needed…
Daily Devotional 11-25-2021
Heb 11:17-19 NIV By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, (18) even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” (19) Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. he theme of testing emerges here as the writer returned to Abraham. The readers can learn from that supreme test in which the patriarch was called on to sacrifice his… son. Though this seemed to contradict the divine promise, Abraham was able to rise above the trial and trust in the resurrecting power of God. So also Christian readers must sometimes look beyond the experiences of life, in which Gods promises do not seem to be fulfilled, and…
Daily Devotion 8-24-2021
Isa 26:12-15 LORD, you will establish peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us. (13) LORD our God, lords other than you have owned us, but we remember your name alone. (14) The dead do not live; departed spirits do not rise up. Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them; you have wiped out all memory of them. (15) You have added to the nation, LORD. You have added to the nation; you are honored. You have expanded all the borders of the land. In the kingdom believers will enjoy the peace God gives and will recognize God’s work on their behalf. They will affirm that they remained true to God even though they will have been under the domination of others. Those who will seek to dominate the remnant will be dead, under God’s judgment. Sheol shall greet the departed spirits. In contrast the…
Daily Devotional 7-7-2021
Jas 4:6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” We are not left to deal with the lusts of the flesh in our own strength. By His grace, more strength is given to us whenever it is needed. He gives more grace when the burdens grow greater. He sends more strength when the labors increase. He adds His mercy to added affliction. He adds His multiplied peace to multiplied trials. God resists the proud, but He cannot resist the broken and contrite spirit. Grace is promised to the humble, not the proud.
Daily Devotional 6-26-2021
Psa 16:5-6 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. (6) The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. As Christians, our chosen portion and cup is the LORD. All our wealth and enjoyment rest in God. The Lord guards the boundaries of our inheritance. Lets ponder on how wisely and wonderfully our Father has planned every detail of our life, leading to an inheritance that is comprised entirely of good things. When we are living in fellowship with God, we can praise Him for the ordering of our lives. When we complain, we betray a lack of confidence in God’s wisdom, love and power.
Daily Divotional June 6th 2021
dg 4:22 Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera. Jael went out to greet him. She said, “Come, I’ll show you the man you’re looking for.” He went with her and there he was—Sisera, stretched out, dead, with a tent peg through his neck Sisera’s story sharpens our sense of human vulnerability, of the uncertainty of this short and transitory life. That is a message which the present generation badly needs to hear, as we do everything in our power to distance death and pretend it does not happen. So the wisdom is to fear God and to rejoice in doing His will. Deborah demonstrates what a person can accomplish because God is in control.