Devotions

“Submit to one another in fear of Messiah.”
Ephesians 5:21 CJB

The word submit here doesn’t mean bow down and subject yourself, it really means respond to each other with respect! Just like God first loves us and we respond to that with joy and gratefulness!

“Adonai protects all who love Him, but all the wicked He destroys.”
Psalm 145:20 CJB

What do we fear? Is it the world and all its trappings or is it not having Adonai and all His blessings? What we should fear is living life without Adonai!

“You are to follow Adonai your God, fear Him, obey His mitzvot, listen to what He says, serve Him and cling to Him.”
Deuteronomy 13:5 CJB verse 4 in other translations

The best thing we can do in life is cling to Adonai, love Him and fear living life without Him!
May we have a blessed day responding to the love Adonai has for us!

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, violent assertiveness and slander, along with spitefulness. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the Messiah God has also forgiven you.”
Ephesians 4:31-32 CJB

The idea here is that because we have been forgiven so much, so should we be kind and forgiving also!

“A friend should be kind to an unhappy man, even one who abandons Shaddai.”
Job 6:14 CJB

No matter what we should show kindness to people even if they are not believers!

“Don’t take vengeance on or bear a grudge against any of your people; rather, love your neighbor as yourself; I am Adonai.”
Leviticus 19:18 CJB

Adonai desires us to love Him with all our hearts and to also love our neighbors as ourselves! We need to not worry about what others do or don’t do, God desires us to simply just love! He will deal with everything else!
May your day be richly blessed!

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“So I ask you not to be discouraged by the troubles I endure on your behalf-it is all for your glory.”
Ephesians 3:13 CJB

Don’t think that your difficult situation that you may be going through is for no reason! It’s to glorify God and to encourage others and to strengthen you also!

“Furthermore, we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called accordance with His purpose.”
Romans 8:28 CJB

It may seem like all things are against us and that we can’t ever succeed, but with God and in God we will always have success. We need to just trust!

“Haven’t I ordered you, ‘Be strong, be bold’? So don’t be afraid or downhearted, because Adonai is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9 CJB

We don’t need to worry about anything! Because Adonai has a plan and it’s perfect and we are part of it!
So let’s give Him glory and praise His name today!
Shabbat Shalom!

“For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift.”
Ephesians 2:8 CJB

This is really good news that it’s not our own works that save us, but it’s the free gift from God!

“You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast.”
Ephesians 2:9 CJB

Rejoice that we are saved by grace not our own works, but remember this doesn’t give us free rein to do as we please! We can’t work our way to Heaven, but we can work our way out of Heaven!

“So then, are we to say, Let’s keep on sinning, so that there can be more grace? Heaven forbid! How can we, who have died to sin, still live in it?”
Romans 6:1-2 CJB

Dead men and women can’t sin! Why? Because they are dead and when you are dead you can’t do any thing more! So how do we who are alive keep from falling into sin? Repent and be in His Word!

“I treasure Your Word in my heart, so that I won’t sin against You.”
Psalm 119:11 CJB

The more we are immersing ourselves in His Word the more unlikely we will be sinning!
Have a blessed day being in the Word of God!
Shabbat Shalom!