Morning Devotional May 27, 2015

Psalm 56:11

 

“In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.”

 

Putting our trust in God seems so easy to say. But in all reality, we, as God's children, fail at this many times over. Instead of turning to our Heavenly Father in time of need we turn to ourselves or to others whom we trust more than our Lord. Many times in His Word God warns us this. He tells us in many places in His scripture to turn to Him. He reminds us many times to place all our cares on Him. Yet over and over again we turned to everything and everyone but our Heavenly Father. The only one who can give us peace, security, and relief from our troubles is God our Saviour. Remember what He has already done for us? He has saved our soul from hell and eternal death. What greater blessing is there than to know our Heavenly Father has planned from before time began to give us eternal life?

And yet we are afraid on a daily basis of what lies before us and behind us. We fear our past, our present, and our future. Oh what needless pain we bare!!! All because we do not put our trust in Him!!! As His children, trust Him. Lay your burdens at His feet. What a joy and a blessing to know that like a child we can go to our Heavenly Father with our fears and He will hold us in His arms and consol us and protect us from whatever evil may befall us. Lay your burdens on Him and fear nothing and no one.

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 26, 2015

Ephesians 5:1, 2

 

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”

 

As the children of God we are to be followers of God. Our Heavenly Father. As His children we are dependant on Him for our every need. I maybe wrong here, but I do not find in the scriptures where God ever refers to His children as grown-ups or adults. We are always referred to as children or I some scriptures even little children. And why not? Look at how we act. We act like little children. We kick and scream when we don't get our way. We run from the authority of our Heavenly Father. We are constantly disobeying. So of course He is going to remind us in His Word that we are as little children.

 

Now as His children, we are commanded to love one another. We are commanded to have a love for our brothers and sisters in Christ that is like unto His love for us. And He puts that love in us. But when we are living in disobedience to our Heavenly Father many times that love seems non-excistant. The next few verses in this chapter talk about different sins. I will not go there today. But remember no matter how they have wronged you. Love your brothers and sisters. Show them you love them with grace and mercy and forgiveness. We are to love them as Christ loved us.

 

Remember who you are. Remember whose you are. I'm a child of the King of Heaven, the Creator of all things, the Holy One who loved me so much He saved my soul from eternal hell. And joint heir with His Son Jesus Christ.

 

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 10, 2015

Revelation 4:11

 

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

 

What a glorious God we serve!!! All deserving of our glory and honour and praise.

Notice in this verse John writes “for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Our Lord created all things. There is nothing that is that was not created by Him. And why did He create all things? For His pleasure.

The age old question from man has been “Why am I here? What is my purpose of being?” Well, if you are a child of God, the reason for being here and your purpose in this life and beyond is to give glory, honour, and praise to your Heavenly Father.

But what about those who are not children of God? What is their purpose? Does the verse not say “for thy pleasure they are and were created.”? So then are not the children of this world not also here for His glory, honour, and power?

Think on this: if unsaved man is not in the family of God then what is his purpose for being here? What purpose does he serve the One who created him?

Simply put; the unsaved man is here for the purpose to prove that without Christ no man can come to the Father on his own. The unsaved man is proof that only God saves sinners and He only saves those whom He elected to save before the creation of all things.

Yes, unbeknownst to him, the unsaved man is here as proof of the glory, honour, and power of our Lord and Savior.

What a glorious God we serve!!! To know as His children we are so blessed to be able to give glory, honour, and praise to our Heavenly Father at any time. To know He is there waiting to receive our praise of Him. To know that the Creator of all things is our Heavenly Father.

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 3rd, 2015

Malachi 2:7

 

“For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.”

Now days it seems difficult to find a minister who speaks and teaches with a true knowledge of the Word of God. Many have reduced themselves to teaching vain philosophy and pyscology. They take the Word of God out of context to build up their own theology and deceive the masses with their false prophecies.

Remember a man who can quote many scriptures does not always know the meaning of those scriptures. I believe this to be one of the reasons the Lord instructed us to study the scriptures ourselves and to take the scripture and prove what the preacher has taught us.

Notice in the verse above; “and they should seek the law at his mouth”. The “they” are the congregation. We should be seeking that Word of God from the preacher. Not just a verse here and there. But the whole Word. A messenger of the Lord of hosts should be preaching the whole counsel of God not just pretty words.

So I encourage you, if at all possible find a church where the pastor preaches the truth, the whole counsel of God. If there is not one where you live there are many preachers with sermons on the internet. There are preachers who will send you CDs of their sermons. If you need help in this area please let me know. Pray the Lord sends a missionary to your area. Let us know and we will pray with you about this. 

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!