Morning Devotional January 28, 2018

Lamentations 5:19

“Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.”

Praise God our Lord is on the throne and will reign for ever and ever!!!

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 27, 2018

Lamentations 3:55-59

“55I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

59O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.”

O what a glorious thought!!! When we are at our lowest when it seems all is against us. When we have see no hope in the things of this world. Our Heavenly Father says “Fear not”.

O the self inflicted stress and anxiety we bring upon ourselves. Such needless sin!!! Such a wretched lot we are for not following the simple instruction of our Lord. “Fear not”!!! O how often we forget where our hope lies. Our hope, our true hope, is only in our Lord and Savior.

O child of God, when in the dungeons of this life, when we are so caught up in the things of the world and not in the things of God, remember where comest our hope!!! Hope in the things of God. For therein lies our true and only hope!!!

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 22, 2018

Psalm 119:11

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”

O what a joy it is for the child of God to become familiar with His Word. O the blessing we receive when our Heavenly Father teaches us from His Word. And then one of the greatest blessings is when He gives us the ability to remember what He has taught. When trials and tribulations come. In good times and bad. When posed questions about God from others. What a blessing to able to bring those teachings back to memory. But we must remember it is not of our own doing. As with everything, it is our Lord who has instilled these memories with in us and it is Him that gives us the ability to remember what He would have us to remember when the time comes.

O child of God, study the Word of our Heavenly Father. Read of His Son, our Lord and Savior, and of the grace and mercy and love that has been bestowed upon us. Commit to memory those verses that are near and dear to us. Then pray our Lord will use you as a witness for Him to those you are around daily.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 21, 2018

Isaiah 40:31

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 20, 2018

Isaiah 7:14

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

All through the Old Testament we see the prophecies of the coming of Christ. Yet the people who knew God's Word most, those scholars and priest who had more access to the Word, those who had studied it more and deeper than most, were the very ones who denied Christ when He did come. Even when He came as He said He would. We read in this verse by the Prophet Isaiah and not only here but just in the book of Isaiah there are many verses describing the coming and the life and the death and burial and resurrection of the Son of God. Yet they still denied who He was when He came. When He perfectly fulfilled every prophecy laid out in the Old Testament. They still denied Him.

Are we any better today? No!!! O what a wretched people we are!!! In so many areas of our lives we deny the Christ who gave His all for His people. We read His Word. And yet we still deny Him for who He is. Even when He has made it clear who He is and that we are His. He commands we follow Him and even gives us simple instructions how to follow and what He expects of us. But like rebellious children we follow the lust of the world. We make His commandments grievous when if we would just follow we would suffer no such grief.

So many today a looking for an earthly leader, a politician, a minister, to follow. Someone they can physically see. Others are looking for the coming of the anti-Christ in hopes that his reveling will bring the rapture. But Jesus told us to watch for His coming. He is the Bride-Groom. He is the one the Bride and her party are to be watching for.

O child of God, where is your hope? Who is your hope in? Man? A certain period in time? Or in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Look up and seek His face!!! Follow His commandments!!! Pray with out ceasing!!! Remember whose you are and who you are. You belong to the Son of God You are a child of the King. Praise God we have a Savior!!! Praise God for His Sovereign Grace on His elect people!!!

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 18, 2018

Amos 5:10

“They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.”

In our pride we often think of this verse when it comes to a man of God preaching against the sins of the world and those sinners outside the Lord's churches who cause grief on God's people for them simply being God's people.

But who was this verse originally written to and about? If we do an in-depth study of the books of the prophets in the later half of the Old Testament we see these men were being used of God to preach the sins of Israel and Judah. God would give them the words to say and they would go out and proclaim God's word to the people. God's people.

Over and over we see God tell of the sins of His people in the books. We read of how God instructed His prophets to go preach and warn His people of His impending doom if they did not repent of their sins.

The nations of Israel and Judah had fallen into spiritual adultery and were following after false gods. Yet today, we take no consideration of our own sins against God. We heed not the warnings God has recorded in His Word of how He destroyed a great nation because of their sin. We fail to see the sins of the Lord's churches.

1 Peter 4:17

“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”

Just like those in the world, God's people will persecute and hate a man who comes preaching the truth about sin. When the message cuts to the heart. When the preacher touches the pet sins of the people. They will most times rebel and seek to explain away what he preaches. How many of us preachers will forgo preaching on certain sins because we know our closest friends and family and maybe even ourselves will be convicted?

Even as the children of God, we are a wicked lot. We deny our Lord in so many things we do every day. Yet He has grace and mercy on us. The love of our Lord is immeasurable. It is everlasting. Praise God for His loving kindness and His long suffering for His people!!!

I know I say this often, but, if ye love Him, follow His commandments. Praise Him constantly for His grace and mercy on us. Pray without ceasing.

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Morning Devotional January 15, 2018

Galatians 5:9

“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”

The Apostle Paul warned the churches of Galatia of false doctrine and false teachers. This small, short verse speaks volumes! Leaven is added to bread dough to make it rise. A type of leaven is yeast. When yeast is added to dough it permeates the whole lump of dough. Not just part of it but the whole lump. Leaven excites the fermentation process. Another words, leaven speeds up the fermentation process. Again, not just part of the lump of dough but the whole limp is permeated by the leaven and the fermentation process.

We often see leaven being interjected into one of the Lord's churches. Paul recorded it several times in his letters. So it is nothing new. But the same warnings we read from Paul to the churches in his day are still good warnings to heed today.

What we would consider a small, insignificant teaching often times turns into full blown false doctrine. When a pastor or teacher strays from the Word of God and follows the teachings of a man or takes God's Word out of context. Most times all it takes is that initial teaching for the leaven to take hold and spoil the whole lump. When the other men of the church refuse to rise up for the truth and try to correct the false teaching, the leaven creeps in and permeates the whole lump and one by one the the doctrines that the church once held dear and stood strong in are greatly weakened of in some cases, completely gone.

Why do we think Paul warned so much about false teachers and false prophets? Why did our Lord encourage and command us to study His Word daily? In the Old Testament He gives us the example of Israel and Judah. Do we think we are better than they? Do we honestly think we can withstand the whiles of the devil and his temptations?

It very simple. If we love the Lord we are commanded to follow His commandments. He tells us, if we love Him His commandments are not grievous. So why do we, as God's people, struggle so with His commandments to follow Him? As His children our greatest desire should be to follow our Heavenly Father and to do all we can to please Him. Only through following Christ is this possible.

O child of God, Pray without ceasing. Follow Christ. When false doctrine is being taught, search the scriptures for the truth. Pray for boldness to speak up for the truth. Then pray without ceasing.

Praise ye the Lord!!!