Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel”  ~ 1 Samuel 17:45

All we need is the name. The name of the Lord Most High. The name of the Lord Almighty. The God of angel armies. The [Read More…]

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“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.”  ~ Romans 5:10

We are reconciled to God. We are reconciled by the blood of Jesus. Who is Jesus? He is God in the flesh. Through him all [Read More…]

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They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him. ~ 1 Samuel 7:8-9

Samuel was a leader of God who served the nation of Israel. He was in fact the last one to serve as a judge in [Read More…]

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But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” ~ Ruth 1:16-17

This is the heart of the humble and obedient. The heart of Ruth. This is what I want to say, “O God, if You are [Read More…]

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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. ~ Psalm 136:1-3

O this is the day that the LORD has made! His love endures forever! God is the King of kings and the Lord of lords! [Read More…]

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But He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.   ~ Isaiah 53:5

Jesus alone is the way the truth and the life. Isaiah 53:6 says that each of us has gone our own way, and the LORD [Read More…]

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 “Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him.   ~ Judges 5:14

The people of Israel started to worship other gods, and that’s when they were sold into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan. It was [Read More…]

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 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.  ~ 1 Peter 5:5-6

Peter, speaking to the church, reveals something profound. The enemy wants us to be isolated because there and only there, where you are not under [Read More…]

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 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”  ~ Joshua 24:14-15

Joshua reminded the people about the goodness and greatness and faithfulness of God. He reminded them how God kept them, protected them, and blessed them, [Read More…]

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 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”  ~ Isaiah 43:18

God said, “Remember not” or “Regard not” the former things. God said, “I’m about to do a new thing.” Actually, this time of the prophets [Read More…]