Devotions

“Adonai, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars, and I’m the only one left, and now they want to kill me too!”
Romans 11:3 CJB

Paul is quoting how Elijah felt and more than likely himself at times! This is also how we may feel from time to time that the world is trying to kill us!

“But what is God’s answer to him? I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have knelt down to Ba`al. It’s the same way in the present age: there is a remnant, chosen by grace.”
Romans 11:4-5 CJB

We need to understand no matter how bad things look, we have to remember that the LORD has us covered! Also even the bad stuff in life is part of His glorious plan!

“How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered.”
Psalm 32:1 CJB

Today, don’t get nervous about the pressure the world is putting on us! But instead be encouraged by the grace that the LORD has given us!
May your day be richly blessed!

“Since everyone who calls on the name of Adonai will be delivered.”
Romans 10:13 CJB

What a cool and amazing thing it is that anyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved! That is good news and something that is so easy to do: call, repent and be saved!

“I call on Adonai, who is worthy of praise; and I am saved from my enemies.”
Psalm 18:4 CJB

After we call on the LORD and He saves us from all the evils of the world, the best thing we can do for ourselves to build our faith and trust in Him by being in His word!

“So trust comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through a word proclaimed about Messiah.”
Romans 10:17 CJB

Today, we need to get into a practice of calling on the LORD and digging into His word!
Have a blessed day putting all hope and trust in the LORD!

“For Adonai will fulfill His word on the earth with certainty and without delay.”
Romans 9:28 CJB

Everything the LORD says in His word will happen in His perfect timing!

“For the word of Adonai is true, and all His work is trustworthy.”
Psalm 33:4 CJB

Everything in the world will let us down, there is no one who is trustworthy! The LORD and His word will never fail you!

“Your word is a lamp for my foot and a light on my path.”
Psalm 119:105 CJB

Today, you can count on the LORD for everything, knowing He’ll never let you down!
Have a blessed day in Him!

“This is what the people of Israel did-they did everything that Adonai had ordered Moshe.”
Numbers 1:54 CJB

How amazing this would be if all God’s people did what the LORD says, we’d all be better off! The problem we all have is we get way too distracted!

“Sh’ma, Yisra’el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad [ Hear, Isarael! Adonai our God, Adonai is one]; and you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, all your being and all your resources.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 CJB

Just like the world around Moses lived in, it was filled with a multiple of false gods, and so is the world around us today! We have celebrities, politicians, athletes and the screens hanging in our living rooms, to name a few things!

“If you love Me, you will keep My commands and I will ask the Father, and He will give you another comforting Counselor like Me, the Spirit of Truth, to be with you forever.”
John 14:15-16 CJB

Today, we may be living in the wilderness of the world, but we don’t need to partake of it!
Have a blessed day loving the LORD!
Shabbat Shalom!

“We know that until now, the whole creation has been groaning as with the pains of childbirth; and not only it, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we continue waiting eagerly to be made sons-that is, to have our whole bodies redeemed and set free.”
Romans 8:22-23 CJB

We are groaning, creation is groaning as we see how messed up things are around us! We have financial problems, health problems and civil problems, to name a few things.

“My soul, why are you downcast? Why are you groaning inside me? Hope in God, since I will praise Him again for being my Savior and God.”
Psalm 43:5 CJB

When we see the things that are happening around us, we can get depressed, distressed and fall into despair. That’s when we really need to look to the LORD, putting all our hope in Him!

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

Today, no matter how bad things look, realize God knows what’s going on and it will all work out perfectly according to His plans!
Have a blessed day!
Shabbat Shalom!