Serve the LORD
“Break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, burn up their sacred poles completely and cut down the carved images of their gods. Exterminate their name from that place.”
Deuteronomy 12:3 CJB
In other words, remove and get rid of everything that gets in the way of worshipping the LORD! It only drags you down and destroys your walk with the LORD! Fit in with the LORD, not the world.
“But you are not to treat Adonai your God this way.”
Deuteronomy 12:4 CJB
We really need to be careful of removing the LORD from our day or ignoring Him! The LORD really wants to be involved in every part of our lives!
“You are to fear Adonai your God, serve Him only and swear by His name. You are not to follow other gods, chosen from the gods of the peoples around you.”
Deuteronomy 6:13-14 CJB
The LORD really wants us to fear living without Him and not get tangled up with the gods of this world! Be careful of falling into the trap of hiding your beliefs in Jesus to fit in with the people around you! Have a blessed day serving the LORD!
The LORD’S way is better!
“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse-the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot (command) of Adonai your God that I am giving you today; and the curse, if you don’t listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God, but turn aside from the way I am ordering you today and follow other gods that you have not known.”
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 CJB
A great way to start out a new week is by doing what the LORD says and things will go well or you can do your own thing and things won’t go well (cursed)! This is a great warning full of great truths!
If you love Me, you will keep my commands.”
John 14:15 CJB
Here is the key: when we love someone, we don’t make excuses why we can’t, we just do! The problem “in my opinion” is believers love the LORD, but look for loopholes in His word to justify bad behavior so they can do questionable things to feel good about themselves! Be careful!
“For My thoughts are not you thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says Adonai.”
Isaiah 55:8 CJB
Today, be careful of trying to make your ways work out! Seek the LORD and His ways, which will always be right even when His ways may not fit with what we think we want. Have a blessed day walking in the blessings of the LORD, not the cursing of the world.
Walk in the light
“Yeshua spoke to them again: I am the light of the world; whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light which gives life.”
John 8:12 CJB
How true! When we follow the LORD, we will always be filled with His light and His life! Be careful of following ministries, building projects and church leaders. It may seem good, but often times will leave you empty and lifeless!
“How happy are the people who know the joyful shout! They walk in the light of Your presence, Adonai.”
Psalm 89:15 CJB
Whatever may be going on in our lives, things will always be best when we walk in His light! Not the artificial light of the world, His light which gives us life, filled with His joy!
“But if we are walking in the light, as He is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of His Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.”
1 John 1:7 CJB
Today, we really need to focus on the LORD and walk in His light. Life can have many ups and downs and really be hard, but life will always go better when we are focused on the LORD! Have a blessed day in Him.
Living water
“Whoever puts his trust in Me, as the Scriptures says, rivers of living water will flow from his inmost being!”
John 7:38 CJB
This is what we need to do is put all our hope and trust in the LORD! No matter how things look, if we just trust Him, it will always work out!
“What the righteous hope for will end in joy; what the wicked expect will come to nothing.”
Proverbs 10:28 CJB
When we trust in the LORD we have joy; when we trust in the world, we have nothing but stress and distress!
“For, Adonai, what you do makes me happy; I take joy in what Your hands have made.”
Psalm 92:4 CJB
Today, there is more than enough around us to stress us out and depress us, so let’s look to the LORD and be filled with His joy instead! Have a blessed day seeking Him!
Shabbat Shalom.
