Devotions

“This is what I command you: keep loving each other!”
John 15:17 CJB

Loving people can be hard! Do we love those with opposite political views? Do we love people with different social views? Or the hardest one, do we love people with different Biblical views? It’s easy to love people who are the same as us, it’s harder to love the ones who aren’t just like us! If you are loving Yeshua and walking in His ways and loving others, understand you are not going to be embraced by the world!

“If you belong to the world, the world would have loved its own. But because you do not belong to the world-on the contrary, I have picked you out of the world-therefore the world hates you.”
John 15:19 CJB

If you are the most popular, the most loved and most liked person in the world, then be careful! The scriptures are pretty clear if you love Yeshua you will be persecuted! Just ask Yeshua!

“And indeed, all who want to live a godly life united with the Messiah Yeshua, you will be persecuted.”
2 Timothy 3:12 CJB

Today, let’s be those who simply love people enough to tell them about Yeshua and His Salvation, not worrying about persecution, rejection or being loved!
May your day be richly blessed just simply loving people!

“Since I am going and preparing a place for you, I will return to take you with Me; so that where I am, you may be also.”
John 14:3 CJB

What good news to hear that the Creator of the Universe is going and preparing a place for us so we can spend all eternity with Him!
How do we get there?

“Yeshua said, I AM the Way-and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:6 CJB

It is so easy to become a believer in Yeshua and have this perfect place prepared for you! Just simply repent and confess Yeshua as LORD and Savior!

“And then, whoever calls on the name of Adonai will be saved.”
Acts 2:21 CJB

So, as believers let us rejoice in the fact that our place in Heaven is not only prepared, but reserved for our soon arrival! Also let’s get out there and share with those around us how simple it is to receive His Salvation!
Have a blessed day sharing the Good News of Salvation!

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“Yes, indeed! I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is an emissary greater than the one who sent him.”
John 13:16 CJB

A Jewish way of thinking here is a student isn’t above his teacher, but instead will become like his teacher!

“Dear friends, we are God’s children now; and it has not yet been made clear what we will become. We do know that when He appears, we will be like Him; because we will see Him as He really is.”
1 John 3:2 CJB

The idea here is the more time we spend with Yeshua and in His word the more we will become like Him! Doing things His ways and with His heart!

“Then you will delight yourself in Adonai, and He will give you your heart’s desire. Commit your way to Adonai, trust in Him, and He will act.”
Psalm 37:4-5 CJB

When we delight ourselves in Adonai, we start to realize our desires are really His perfect desires and plans for our lives!
Have a blessed day walking in His ways!
Shabbat Shalom!

“You always have the poor among you, but you will not always have Me.”
John 12:8 CJB

What Yeshua is saying here is that we will always have less fortunate people among us! There will always be the poor to help and minister to! Whether they are financially poor, spiritually poor or poor in health, we will always have opportunity to minister!

“For there will always be poor people in the land. That is why I am giving you this order, ‘You must open your hand to your poor and needy brother in your land.'”
Deuteronomy 15:11 CJB

We do have a lot of needy people as the times around us get darker, there will be even more! When we give freely to the poor, it always gives us opportunity to share the Good News of Salvation!

“He who is kind to the poor is lending to Adonai; and He will repay him for his good deed.”
Proverbs 19:17 CJB

Realize God has given us all so much so we all can be a little more giving, not to see what we can get, but so we can be freed up from selfishness and to glorify God!
Remember we can never out give God!
Have a blessed day!
Shabbat Shalom!