Morning Devotional January 20, 2015

Romans 8:38-39

 

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 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 the Lord for His unsepartable love for us! Oh that we would have this love for one another. Oh that we, as God's children, would learn from the love that our Heavenly Father has for us. So that we would show a simular love to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Our love for each other should be an earthly example of our Heavenly Father's love for us.

So many times we fail inthis love for others. So many times we refuse to forgive others as He has forgiven us.

We should remember our brothers and sisters in our prayers. They need it just as much as we do.

Count it an honor to be able to pray for others. It is our duty as family to bring our siblings before the throne of grace. 

 

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 19, 2015

Romans 8:35

 

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

 

What or who can separate us from our Savior's love? Nothing nor nobody!!! Praise the Lord!!! for this truth! Ther is nothing anyone can do to us. There is nothing we can do ourselves that can take us from the love of Jesus Christ! Forever and forever.

Though this world with it's tribulations and persecutions distress us daily. Though we may be physically starved and without clothing or a roof over our heads. Though we may meet death by peril or by sword. His love is always with us. Never faultering. Never failing. Never abandoning us.

The love that Christ has bestowed upon us is eternal. It is everlasting. It is forevermore.

Though we sin against Him on a daily basis. His love for us continues.

Though we try to run towards perils. Though we deny His very presence at times. He is there. Everready to prove His love for us. Never leaving us alone. Praise God He never leaves us alone!!!

 

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 18, 2015

Romans 8:30
"Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."


What a glorious thought to know we are the called of our Heavenly Father!!! To know He chose us before the foundations of the world to be His children. To know that it was in His glorious, sovereign plan to save us from hell through the blood of His Son. To know He predestinated us to His sovereign plan way back in eternity past. Before He spoke anything into existence He chose us to be His child. A joint heir with His only begotten Son.
What love is this that the God of all creation would choose us to such an inheritance? What love is this that even Him knowing before the world was created that we would fail Him multiple times a day? Yet He still loves us. No matter the sin. No matter the number of sins. He still loves us and keeps us in His fold.
And even knowing this we still fail Him.
What poor, pitiful examples we set for those around us. What disobedient children we are.
And yet, He still loves us.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 1st, 2015

Psalm 118:6

“The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?”

 

Praise the Lord He is on our side!!!

What should we fear? Whom should we fear? Only the fear of the Lord should we have. For He is on our side.

Verse 8 says “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”

All our trust should be in the Lord. We have no right to put confidence in a man. Only the Lord deserves our confidence. Only the Lord deserves our trust. Man will fail us but our Lord is faithful and true.

Watch for those who would draw us away from the Lord and unto their own teaching. Watch for those who would seek to weaken our faith and trust in our Lord.

Corruption is all around us. Yet our Lord tells us He is on our side.

Remember this Psalm:

Psalm 23

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.”

With our Lord on on our side we have no need to fear anything that may come our way in this life. Not even death or destruction are we to fear. For the Great Shepherd walks with us, protects us, and when it is His time, takes us home to everlasting peace.

 

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional December 31, 2014

John 12:43

 

“For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”

 

As we leave the old year and enter the new, pay attention to where the praise of the world is focused. We see those of the world focus on praising this one and that one for their accomplishments in the past year. No thought to the God of Heaven. But we expect that from them. Don't we? After all they are not God's children.

But also notice many of those who wear the name of Christ. There are those who we believe to be the children of God. Yet they follow after the example of the world and not after the example of their Savior. They will celebrate with the darkness of the world and not with the light of Christ.

So at this time of remembering the past year remember Who it was that gave you that year. Remember the One who brought you through that year. And remember to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for it all.

As for the year to come, waste not your time and energy on silly resolutions but instead strive to live your life according to the Word of God.

 

John 12:46

“I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”

 

If you are a child of God flee the darkness and concentrate on the Light.

If you have not been saved and the Holy Spirit is calling you “believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”

 

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional October 12, 2014

I Thessalonians 5:16-18

“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

As I read of our brothers and sisters in Canada are celebrating their nation's Thanksgiving Day tomorrow, I am reminded of the verses above.

The Lord tells us in His Word several times we are to give thanks to God for everything in our lives. But I believe the most important thing we have to give thanks for is the grace and mercy our Lord showed upon us when He offered Himself as the sacrifice for our dead and lost souls. What a joyous moment that is when our Lord sends His Holy Spirit to prick our hearts and show us what evil lost sinners we are. And that moment when our Lord opens our understanding and gives us the faith to believe His Son, Jesus Christ, is our only hope for salvation.

What a glorious revelation to see what has been hidden from us. What a blessing to know that the Holy Father has chosen us from before the foundation of the earth to be His child. What a miracle the Great Physician performs to change us from death unto life. Praise the Lord for our salvation!!! Praise the Lord for giving us eternal life and saving us from our sins!!!

And even after all this we still fail Him. What wicked sinners we are. Even after all He has done for us and has given us we still struggle with the sins of this life. We still forget to turn to Him in our greatest times of need.

Even though He has given us the Great Comforter to dwell within us we still forget who are and who's we are. We must remember we are children of the King of all creation! We are joint heirs with the Son of God! Without Him we are nothing and we have nothing.

We must remember to “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

So as our brothers and sisters in Canada celebrate their Thanksgiving Day tomorrow I pray that they remember to give thanks to the only one who deserves our thanks. Give thanks to our Heavenly Father.

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!

 

Morning Devotional October 5, 2014

I Chronicles 29:11-14

 

“Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reighest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.”

O what a glorious God we serve!!!

King David, in this prayer praises the Lord for all the blessings He has bestowed upon the nation of Israel. At the end of David's reign as king, as he is about to pass the keys of the kingdom over to his son Solomon, prays a prayer of thanksgiving and praise to God who has blessed the people and their king. My favorite part of this prayer is the last verse where David so humbly says: “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort?” Who are we? What gives us the right to come before the Almighty God and proclaim His name and to sing His praises? Where does this willingness come from? The willingness to want to worship God. The one and only true God. The one who sent His only begotten Son to die a horrible death so that our sins would be forgiven and washed cleaned. The one who gave us eternal life. A life in eternity with Him.

David answers these questions in the same verse: “For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.” Praise God!!! Our worship and admiration for Him is not dependent upon us. For with out His Holy Spirit living within us we would have no desire to worship Him or to praise His name. David knew that all things come from God. The very will to worship God. The very will to want a personal relationship with our Heavenly Father. Is not our own will but His will bestowed upon us.

 

 

Praise ye the Lord!!!