Morning Devotional January 8, 2016

Psalm 28

“Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 6, 2016

Psalm 49

“Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 5, 2016

Psalm 20

“The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 4, 2016

Ecclesiastes 2:1-3

“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.”

We are warned in these verses of the vanity of striving after pleasure. In our world today we see many seeking and striving after the pleasures of this world. They are living their lives for the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. With no concern for the things of God.

To top it all off people of God and those claiming the name of Jesus are some of the worst perpetrators of this. Self motivation and self love have replaced the love of God and the love of our Savior in many a church service.

We see in the religious world today those who have forsaken the Word of God for the word of self-will, self-love, and self-promotion. People want to claim the name of Jesus but not follow His commandments. They seek His blessings for things and ideas that He warned us to stay away from. And all the while if they would just read His Word in it's context they would see the answers they seek. But instead they seek the answers they want and not what they need.

Satan has so deceived them that they will do everything they do in the name of Christ while at the same time bringing shame on His name for the very things they do in His name.

O how we need to heed the Words of our Lord and Savior in all that we do. O how we must strive for that final prize and not for the pleasures of this sinful world. O dear Christian, Seek the face of our Lord and Savior today. Strife not after the self motivation of this sinful world. Seek not after the lust and the pleasures of this life. But rather strife to do the work of our Lord. Seek after that which He has for us. Leave the world behind and live your life after His commandments and examples given in His Word. Leave behind those false teachers and false prophets and seek He true churches.

Follow not after false doctrines and false teachings but rather seek the truth of His Word.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 3rd, 2016

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

“The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 2nd, 2016

Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

“And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”



Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 1st, 2016

Proverbs 13:13 

“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.”

As we enter a new year let us all strive to honor our God by following His commandments.

Many times in His Word we see God command us to follow His commandments. And many times we see in His Word where God's people repeatedly refused to follow His commandments. We also see the consequences of not following God's commandments.

But yet we still go about our daily lives following after the lust and the follies of this world.

What better time than the present to change our way of life and follow after the commandments our God has set aside for us to follow.

Praise ye the Lord!!!