Devotions

“If you love me, you will keep my commands.”

John 14:15 CJB

When we love someone, we will listen to them and try to make them happy by doing what they say. So if we love the LORD, we really should be striving to do what He says!

“For loving God means obeying His commands. Moreover, His commands are not burdensome.”

1 John 5:3 CJB

The LORD gives us commands not to be a burden, but to help us walk on His right path and to do things His way, not ours! His ways keep us from messes, our ways get us into a mess!

“Whoever has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me, and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

John 14:21 CJB

Today, don’t look at the world and its disfunction, but instead just look to the LORD and His love! If you feel overwhelmed or confused about His commands! don’t. Just keep the first one: “Love the LORD your God with all your soul” and watch everything else work out!

Have a blessed day loving the LORD!

Shabbat Shalom.

“I am giving you a new command: that you keep on loving each other. In the same way that I have loved you, you are also to keep on loving each other. Everyone will know that you are my talmidim(disciples) by the fact that you have love for each other.”

John 13:34-35 CJB

Loving the LORD isn’t hard, loving each other tends to be more difficult! Instead of loving, we start judging and making questionable opinions about people!

“This is my command: that you keep on loving each other just as I have loved you.”

John 15:12 CJB

Life is always going to be better when we love and reflect the LORD in the dark world around us.

“Don’t owe anyone anything-except to love one another; for whoever loves his fellow human being has fulfilled Torah(the way you should go).”

Romans 13:8 CJB

Today, let’s not get all worked up about things or judging people, but instead let’s just love people, knowing God has it all worked out! Have a blessed day reflecting the love of the LORD!

“For although darkness covers the earth thick darkness the peoples; on you Adonai will rise; over you will be seen His glory.”

Isaiah 60:2 CJB

Even though the world around is dark and getting darker remember the LORD always shines brighter!

“In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:16 CJB

Realize, as dark and crazy as the world around us is the only light people may see is us reflecting the LORD! So let’s do good things, step out and be kind today!

“But if we are walking in the light, as He is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of His Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.”

1 John 1:7 CJB

Today, let’s be a reflection of the LORD not a reflection of the world! Have a blessed day reflecting His glorious light!

“But if you refuse to pay attention to what Adonai your God says, and do not observe and obey all his mitzot and regulations which I am giving you today, then all the following curses will be yours in abundance.”

Deuteronomy 28:15 CJB

We all want to hear about the good things and blessings from the LORD, but we don’t want to hear about rules and regulations! Honestly following after the LORD really isn’t burdensome, Jesus really made it easy!

“He told him, You are to love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. This is the greatest and most important mitzvah(command). And the second is similar to it, You are to love your neighbor as yourself.”

Matthew 22:37-39 CJB Also in: Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18

In other words, the LORD really made following Him easy: just love the LORD and love people around us, even though loving others can be a challenge at times! But we still can do it!

“For loving God means obeying His commands. Moreover, His commands are not burdensome.”

1 John 5:3 CJB

Today, realize, it’s always going to be better for us when we just walk in the ways of the LORD! Have a blessed day following the LORD!

“Then Moshe and all the leaders of Israel gave orders to the people.They said, Observe all the mitzvot(commandments) I am giving you today.”

Deuteronomy 27:1 CJB

It is always going to go better for us when we just simply do what the LORD says! Don’t get caught up in looking for loopholes in scripture or seek preachers and teachers who only tell you what you want to hear!

“For the time is coming when people will not have patience for sound teaching, but will cater to their passions and gather around themselves teachers who say whatever their ears itch to hear.”

2 Timothy 4:3 CJB

There really are enough problems going on in the world around us, we really don’t need to add to them by doing our own thing or following people because it pleases us! Just seek the LORD and His ways. It will always end up better for us!

“Therefore you are to listen to what Adonai your God says and obey His mitzvot and laws, which I am giving you today.”

Deuteronomy 27:10 CJB

Today, let’s spend time looking to and following after the LORD. WHY? Because it will always go better for us when we do life His way! May your day be blessed following hard after the LORD!