Devotions

“For Tziyon’s sake I will not be silent, for Yerushalayim’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out brightly and her salvation like a blazing torch.”

Isaiah 62:1 CJB

As we look at Yerushalayim today, it’s anything but peaceful. It may be beautiful and a awesome city to visit, but it isn’t peaceful yet! One day it will be, when Messiah reigns there again. We all want peace, but no political, military or government can bring peace, only the LORD can!

“The nations will see your vindication and all your glory. Then you will be called by a new name which Adonai himself will pronounce. You will be a glorious crown in the hand of Adonai, a royal diadem held by your God.”

Isaiah 62:2-3 CJB

No matter how things look around us, know this: the LORD is going to make all things right and every man, woman and child will know it!

“In the name of Myself I have sworn, from My mouth has rightly gone out, a word that will not return-that to Me every knee will bow and every tongue will swear.”

Isaiah 45:23 CJB

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“Since it is written in the Tanakh, As I live, says Adonai, every knee will bend before me, and every tongue will publicly acknowledge God.”

Romans 14:11 CJB

So let us boldly go out and share the love of the LORD, knowing He will make all things right! Have a blessed day knowing you belong to the LORD.

“For just as the earth brings forth its plants, or a garden makes its plants spring up, so Adonai, God, will cause victory and glory to spring up before all nations.”

Isaiah 61:11 CJB

Just like we see in the fall, leaves, plants and gardens die out. We know that spring will come! That’s how life can go sometimes. Things seem to die out, but then we have a spring again! Life is full of seasons!

You make known the path of life; in your presence is unbounded joy, in your right hand eternal delight.”

Psalm 16:11 CJB

But, one day soon spring is coming and it will never die out! One day soon we will all be with the LORD!

“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

One day we will be with the LORD! So don’t get dragged down with the dying world or the difficult situations of life, but instead look up to the living LORD! Let’s have a blessed day looking to and sharing the Good News of the LORD!

“Then Adonai your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your children, so that you will love Adonai your God with all your heart and all your being, and thus you will live.”

Deuteronomy 30:6 CJB

The LORD really desires us to love Him with everything we have! Why? Not because He’s in desperate need for love, but because He knows we are in desperate need of Him!

“That the grace of Adonai is not exhausted, that His compassion has not ended. [On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!”

Lamentations 3:23-24 CJB

How awesome it is that the LORD never gives up on us! He cleanses us from sin, writes His law on our hearts and gives us grace when we blow it! How awesome is the LORD?

“For Adonai is a great God, a great king greater than all gods.”

Psalm 95:3 CJB

Today, know that the LORD has cleansed your heart and has placed His law on it! Have a blessed day loving the LORD who gave us life!

“They went and served other gods, prostrating themselves before them, gods they had not known and which he had not assigned them.”

Deuteronomy 29:25 CJB

We, too, need to be careful about getting tangled up with the gods of this world! We need to watch out, because the gods of this world are all around us and following them will lead us to nothing good.

“Eliyahu stepped forward before all the people and said, How long are you going between two positions? If Adonai is God, follow Him; but if Ba’al, follow him! The people answered him not a word.”

1 Kings 18:21 CJB

We do need to make a choice follow the foolish gods of the world or follow the LORD!

“No one can be slave to two masters; for he will either hate the first and love the second, or scorn the second and be loyal to the first. You can’t be slave to both God and money.”

Matthew 6:24 CJB

Today, let us choose following the LORD, not the gods of this world, boldly sharing His glory! Let’s store up riches in heaven, not on earth!

“Whoever acknowledges me in the presence of others I will also acknowledge in the presence of My Father in heaven.”

Matthew 10:32 CJB

Today, let’s look for opportunities to share the LORD! May the LORD richly bless your day!

“Stay united with Me, as I will with you-for just as the branch can’t put forth fruit by itself apart from the vine, so you can’t bear fruit apart from Me.”

John 15:4 CJB

Life is hard and has many ups and downs. What we need to know is we can’t do it without the LORD! So abide in Him, cling to Him, knowing He has got you!

“You are to follow Adonai your God, fear Him, obey His mitzvot(commands), listen to what He says, serve Him and cling to Him.”

Deuteronomy 13:5 CJB

While we cling to the LORD and serve Him, we will always see His fruit in our lives!

“If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.”

John 15:18 CJB

If you feel uncomfortable in the world, good! We need to be united with the LORD, abiding in His vine and clinging to His ways! Today, have a blessed day clinging to the LORD!