Morning Devotional May 31, 2021

 

2 Timothy 2:3-5

“3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.”

Are you fighting the good fight of the faith or have you capitulated to the enemy? When the battle gets long and hard to whom do you turn? Do you turn to the Lord for strength or do you lay down your sword in surrender to the enemy? Even in death there is no surrender for the warrior of God.

As we remember our fallen heroes today, let us not forget those who fought with Godly fortitude and faith on the battlefield in this life.

In the spiritual warfare taking place in our world today, we are seeing the memorials dedicated to those who lived their lives for the Lord under attack and being destroyed because of the Godly examples they were. As our society produces false narratives of those who lived by faith in God, God knows the truth, and God will vindicate in His time.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 30, 2021

 

Morning Devotional

Psalm 11:3

“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

Our nation was founded on Biblical principles. Only the very foolish among us would deny this very obvious fact. From the writings of our founding fathers to the way they lived their lives it is apparent that they held a deep love and respect for the statutes and commandments of our Heavenly Father. In the following generations great memorials were built and written about these great men of faith. Men who set the example for the generations to come. The example of One Nation Under God. And, for a time God blessed this nation.

However, in the past few generations the foundation set in place by our founding fathers has been greatly eroded. The very intellect of our society has turned from the studies of our Creator to the sinful indulgences of fallen man. As a society we no longer look to God for answers but to our wicked politicians for a handout.

In the Bible we can look to God's favored nation of Israel in the Old Testament. We see how, when they turned their backs on God and began to follow the evilness of man and tried to rely on themselves rather on the Lord, they failed miserably. And God chastised them greatly for their spiritual adultery.

Though our nation does not hold the same place in the eyes of God as Israel, we as a nation, have claimed the name of God and have claimed to be a “Christian” nation. Do we honestly think that God will let us get by with blaspheming His name to the whole of His creation?

The wrath of God is coming for the wicked of this world. They will have their day. But what of God's own who have participated in the destruction of the Biblical foundation of our land? Though we will be spared His wrath He still promises chastisement upon His children as we would our own children. Though the foundations of our nation have been destroyed we still have an obligation to serve God and to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 27, 2021

 

Psalm 68:4-5

“4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 26, 2021

 

Romans 3:21-26

“21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 25, 2021

 

2 Corinthians 2:14-17

“14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 24, 2021

 

1 Chronicles 16:23-31

“23 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.

24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.

25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.

28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.

29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 23, 2021

Romans 1:15-17

“15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

Are you ready to preach the gospel or are you ashamed of the gospel of Christ? As children of God we should be excited to proclaim what our Lord has done for us to a lost and dying world. We say we love our friends and family but when the Lord gives opportunity to share the gospel of Jesus Christ we act as though we know nothing of the matter.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

 

Morning Devotional May 22, 2021

Acts 3:18

“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.”

Praise God He fulfilled those things which the prophets wrote!!!

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 21, 2021

 

Proverbs 4:1-13

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 20, 2021

 

Romans 8:31-39

“31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 19, 2021

 

Proverbs 22:17-21

“17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 17, 2021

 

Luke 10:21-22

“21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 16, 2021

 

1 Peter 1:3-9

“3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 15, 2021

 

Proverbs 23:17

“Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 14, 2021

 

Psalm 33:18-22

“18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.”

Whom do ye fear today? The Lord or man? God the Creator or do you fear some piece of His creation more? Though trials and storms may come, as God's children, our fear must be in Him and nothing else and no one else. To fear the Lord is to love the Lord with all our hearts, bodies, and souls. But the fear of things in this life shows a love for this life more than a love for the Lord.

Where is your hope today? In the Lord or in the world?

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 12, 2021

 

Proverbs 1:10-19

“10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 10, 2021

 

John 1:10

“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”

Do you know Him? If not, why not?

Do you claim to know Him, but does the world see Him in you? If not, why not?

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 9, 2021

 

John 15:5

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 8, 2021

 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

“19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 6, 2021

 

Psalm 37:39

“But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 5, 2021

 

Psalm 73:22-28

“22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 4, 2021

 

Philippians 4:4

“Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 3, 2021

 

2 Corinthians 5:17

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 2, 2021

 

Proverbs 3:19-20

“19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional May 1st, 2021

 

Psalm 133:1

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

As we prepare for our monthly fellowship meeting this evening, my thoughts go to how the Lord has blessed us in this area with so many brethren we can have sweet fellowship with in the Lord.

Praise ye the Lord!!!