Morning Devotional September 25, 2016

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

O how wicked our hearts can be. Deceiving us at every turn. Yet the Holy Spirit of God comes and changes us. Jeremiah 24:7: “And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”

O child of God rely on the Lord. Not your heart. Our world today has made popular the feelings of the heart. It is in many of the sayings lovers say to each other. We make promises to others by crossing our heart. But remember what God said: “The heart is deceiful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

Psalm 51:10

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 21, 2016

2 Timothy 3:1-5

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”

Paul Tells the young preacher Timothy what we are to be looking for in men in the last days. And O how we are seeing these things all around us.

Yet all these sins that Paul lists here can be traced back to the first on the list. “For men shall be the lovers of their own selves” All these are the result of self worship by man. The result of all these is the last. “Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” Man is so wrapped up in himself that he has no love of God in him. And yet we see those who seem godly on the surface but when we study them more deeply they have “a form of godliness” only. Their actions quickly proof they deny the very power of God. And Paul instructs that we “turn away”. Another words, have nothing to do with them.

O child of God, where are your thoughts and dreams? Are they with the pleasures of this life? Are you building on the things of this world our on the next? Look to God!!! Follow Him in all things!!! Look to the coming of our Lord our only true inheritance.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 18, 2016

Psalm 135:1

“Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord.”

Praise ye the Lord continuously!!! Without ceasing. Not just today. Not just when you go meet with the church. Not just when things are not going well in this life. But Praise His name always!!!

I pray you all have a blessed Lord's day.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 16, 2016

Hebrews 1:1-4

“1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”

The writer of Hebrews opens this book with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Telling us who He is, what He did, and where He is know.

I want to concentrate on part of verse 3 this morning. “when he had by himself purged our sins,”. Notice the words “by himself”. How much more simply put can it be?

We hear men today, religious men, preach that we have to pray a prayer to Jesus to be saved. Or “it is all up to us to find Christ”. Or “Jesus can't do it with out you”. Or we have to live a good life. Or we have to this or we have to do that. What hogwash!!! What blasphemy!!!

God tells us Jesus did it by Himself!!! No help from us. No pleading for us to come. There is not even anything said in all of God's Word about a prayer of salvation or a sinners prayer for salvation.

So where do these thoughts and doctrines come from? Well if they are not of God there is only one other place they could come. Satan, our great adversary.

Paul warned Timothy of doctrines of devils in 1 Timothy 4:1”Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;”

Child of God, I encourage you, when presenting the gospel to the unsaved, preach the truth. Leave behind the false doctrines, the doctrines of devils spread by the disciples of satan. Preach the truth. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved!!!

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 15, 2016

1 Timothy 6:10

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

Two things I want us to look at in this verse this morning. 1. Paul tells Timothy that it is the love of money that is the root of all evil. Notice he did not say money but he said the love of money. So take a look at the world around us today. This is so prevelant in everything we see. From every level of politics to our families and even in the Lord's churches. In general, people love money more than they do themselves, their families, their neighbors, and even God. Our whole world seems to revolve around the love of money. We can't seem to want more and more. We just can't seem to get enough money. Our dreams and our life goals are saturated in the love of money.

2. Notice Paul says “which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith.” So if they have erred from the faith then that would mean that at one time they were true to the faith would it not? So if that is the case Paul is reffering to God's people here. Not the world. Fore notice he ends the verse with “and pierced themselves throgh with many sorrows.” I challenge you. Watch unsaved people who love money. Then watch those who are children of God who love the same. There is no conviction in the hearts of the unsaved. They have no regretes or sorrow for their love of money. But in the child of God, God will at some point chastise them for their unfaithfulness to Him. A child of God who has fallen into the trap of loving money more than everything else in life especial God, will have great sorrow over this.

O child of God where is your love today? Is it on money or on the things of this life? Or is your love directed to our Savior Jesus Christ? Don't fall for the love of money. Seek Christ. Follow His commandments.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 13, 2016

Psalm 119:169-176

“Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 12, 2016

Psalm 119:161-168

“Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.”



As children of God our love for His Word should be paramount in our lives. We must read His Word daily. Meditate on His word. Study His Word. His Word should permeate our every thought and the very words we speak. Our lives should be proof of all this. We all know the old saying “You are what you eat”. This applies to our spiritual food as well. What we eat spiritually will make us who we are.
The Psalmist writes here “Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.” Do we praise Him or do we dread His righteous judgments? If we truly love His law and keep His testimonies and His precepts His righteous judgments will come as blessings. If not they can come as chastisement.
Praise the Lord without ceasing!!! Read His Word!!! Keep His precepts and His testimonies!!! Love His law!!! Seek His peace in all these!!!



Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 11, 2016

Psalm 119:153-160

“Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments. Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”

O what a loving God we serve!!! Even in our worst time of trials and tribulations He is there guiding us, protecting us, and making His tender mercies known to us. No matter how bad our enemies treat us. No matter how much the persecution grieves us. If we will seek His statutes and follow His Word His love and grace and mercy will He show us.

O how the actions of our enemies should grieve us. Not for what they do to us. But the fact that they do these things against our Lord and because they have not kept His Word. We should be grieved by the unholiness of our persecutors. We should plead God save their souls as He did ours.

Remember the Apostle Paul. Remember what persecutions he did to the early churches. Yet our Lord saved his soul while he was on the way to do more harm to God's own people. Remember Paul believed he was doing God's work by persecuting the churches.

Pray for your enemies. Show them a godly love by praying for their salvation.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional September 10, 2016

Psalm 119:145-152

“I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes. I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.”

As God's children O how we should strive and have a great desire to keep the statues and testimonies of our Lord!!!

In times of sorrow and grief. In times of peace and joy. No matter the situation O how our greatest desire should be to follow our Lord in word and dead. O how we must stay in His Word. Day and night. Continuously in prayer. Ever communicating with our Heavenly Father.

And when those come that are full of ungodliness and strive not after the laws of God, O how our Lord will protect us from their mischief!!!

Study to show thyself approved unto God!!! Follow after the truths of God's Holy Word!!! Give Him all praise and glory!!!

Praise ye the Lord!!!