Devotions

“Everything I am commanding you, you are to take care to do. Do not add to it or subtract from it.”

Deuteronomy 13:1 CJB

What a great reminder for us. We are not to add or subtract from what God says. Instead, just do as He tells us without question and as, always, it will go well for us!

“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

Be careful of adding or subtracting from the word of God to justify your desires or wishes. Instead, just cling to the LORD and do what He says! There are so many people out there supposedly sharing the word of God, but it is very distorted be careful! That’s why we need to be responsible and study His word!

“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

I believe that day is here and now, so let’s be careful, let’s study and test what we take in! I pray that you have a blessed day clinging to the LORD and glorifying Him!

“Break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, burn up their sacred poles completely and cut down the carved images of their gods. Exterminate their name from that place.”

Deuteronomy 12:3 CJB

In other words, remove and get rid of everything that gets in the way of worshipping the LORD! It only drags you down and destroys your walk with the LORD! Fit in with the LORD, not the world.

“But you are not to treat Adonai your God this way.”

Deuteronomy 12:4 CJB

We really need to be careful of removing the LORD from our day or ignoring Him! The LORD really wants to be involved in every part of our lives!

“You are to fear Adonai your God, serve Him only and swear by His name. You are not to follow other gods, chosen from the gods of the peoples around you.”

Deuteronomy 6:13-14 CJB

The LORD really wants us to fear living without Him and not get tangled up with the gods of this world! Be careful of falling into the trap of hiding your beliefs in Jesus to fit in with the people around you! Have a blessed day serving the LORD!

“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse-the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot (command) of Adonai your God that I am giving you today; and the curse, if you don’t listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God, but turn aside from the way I am ordering you today and follow other gods that you have not known.”

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 CJB

A great way to start out a new week is by doing what the LORD says and things will go well or you can do your own thing and things won’t go well (cursed)! This is a great warning full of great truths!

If you love Me, you will keep my commands.”

John 14:15 CJB

Here is the key: when we love someone, we don’t make excuses why we can’t, we just do! The problem “in my opinion” is believers love the LORD, but look for loopholes in His word to justify bad behavior so they can do questionable things to feel good about themselves! Be careful!

“For My thoughts are not you thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says Adonai.”

Isaiah 55:8 CJB

Today, be careful of trying to make your ways work out! Seek the LORD and His ways, which will always be right even when His ways may not fit with what we think we want. Have a blessed day walking in the blessings of the LORD, not the cursing of the world.

“Yeshua spoke to them again: I am the light of the world; whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light which gives life.”

John 8:12 CJB

How true! When we follow the LORD, we will always be filled with His light and His life! Be careful of following ministries, building projects and church leaders. It may seem good, but often times will leave you empty and lifeless!

“How happy are the people who know the joyful shout! They walk in the light of Your presence, Adonai.”

Psalm 89:15 CJB

Whatever may be going on in our lives, things will always be best when we walk in His light! Not the artificial light of the world, His light which gives us life, filled with His joy!

“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, we really need to focus on the LORD and walk in His light. Life can have many ups and downs and really be hard, but life will always go better when we are focused on the LORD! Have a blessed day in Him.