Devotions

“Your own ways and your own actions have brought these things on yourselves. This is your wickedness, so bitter! It has reached your very heart.”
Jeremiah 4:18 CJB

If we are honest, we all know we have wicked thoughts and we need to keep ourselves in check constantly!

“The heart is more deceitful than anything else and mortally sick. Who can fathom it?”
Jeremiah 17:9 CJB

Sadly our hearts can be wicked and what is sadder is we try to justify our wickedness, even with scripture! That is what the enemy does, be careful of the traps of the enemy!

“Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai, God, had made. He said to the woman, Did God really say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Genesis 3:1 CJB

We all need to be careful of the enemy! Why? Because he is craftier than all of us and is always looking for ways to cast doubt, deceive and cause havoc in our lives!

“Stay sober, stay alert! Your enemy, the Adversary, stalks about like a lion looking for someone to devour.”
1 Peter 5:8 CJB

Today, with all the evil in the world and knowing our hearts can be wicked, we need to be very vigilant and on guard!
So pray for people, encourage one another and keep your eyes focused on Adonai!

“Return, backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. Here we are, we are coming to You, for You are Adonai our God.”
Jeremiah 3:22 CJB

Understand, that God always wants us to return to Him because we have a habit of drifting away!

“I will give Them a heart to know Me that I am Adonai. They will be My people, and I will be their God; for they will return to Me with all their heart.”
Jeremiah 24:7 CJB

Jewish people look at salvation as returning unto God, because they belonged to Him to begin with and they have wandered away!

“Then I will teach the wicked Your ways, and sinners will return to You.”
Psalm 51:15 CJB

So today, if you feel like you’ve wandered away from Adonai, then today, is a good day to return to Him!
May your day be richly blessed!

“Your own wickedness will correct you, your own backsliding will convict you; you know and see how bad and bitter it was to abandon Adonai your God, and how fear of Me is not in you, says Adonai Elohim-Tzva’ot.”
Jeremiah 2:19 CJB

Two things here! One: it is true that our own sins will eventually correct us. If we keep sinning without repenting, our sins will eventually catch up with us! Also, everyone knows when they are doing something wrong!

“But if you will not do this, then you have sinned against Adonai, and you must understand that your sin will find you out.”
Numbers 32:23 CJB

Second: people don’t fear God, even so—called believers don’t! They believe that they can just act like the sinful world and get away with it, because they have no fear of God!

“The fear of Adonai is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.”
Proverbs 9:10 CJB

We need to realize when we fear living without Adonai is when we really start gaining His wisdom and attaining His knowledge! So if you are doing something wrong, repent and have a healthy fear of Adonai, realize you can’t live without Him!
Have a blessed day seeking Adonai!

“They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you, says Adonai, to rescue you.”
Jeremiah 1:19 CJB

God is saying to Jeremiah, don’t worry about the fact that you’re going to be resisted and harassed by people for telling them to repent! God tells us to do the same thing share the Good News of Salvation, even though you will be resisted and harassed, don’t worry because God is with you!

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

We don’t need to worry about what people think! Why? Because Adonai is with us every step of the way and He will put the words we need in our mouths! So we have nothing to fear!

“Adonai is my light and salvation; whom do I need fear? Adonai is the stronghold of my life; of whom should I be afraid?”
Psalm 27:1 CJB

We really are blessed that we have the Creator of the Universe right by our side!
So don’t worry about what the world can throw at you! Because God goes before you and walks with you guiding and directing you!
May your day be blessed!
Shabbat Shalom!

“Heaven is My throne, says Adonai, and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house could you build for me? What sort of place could you devise for My rest?”
Isaiah 66:1 CJB

The answer is we can’t put God in any kind of box or confine Him to a house. We can’t contain Him in any way, so don’t try!

“But can God actually live on the earth? Why, Heaven itself, even the heavens, cannot contain You; so how much less this house I have built?”
1 Kings 8:27 CJB

Again, we can’t contain God, but we can glorify and worship Him!

“Proclaim with me the greatness of Adonai; let us exalt His name together.”
Psalm 34:3 CJB

Today, let’s magnify the greatness of Adonai and spread His glorious name everywhere!
Have a blessed day!
Shabbat Shalom!