Devotions

“We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead but has come back to life-he was lost but has been found.”

Luke 15:32 CJB

What are we celebrating? Life with our Father in Heaven or life in the world? Maybe we don’t have riches and houses, maybe we have issues and problems either way where and what do we put all your energy into? Celebrate our earthly joy or our earthly misery?

“No servant 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 a slave to both God and money.”

Luke 16:13 CJB

We all really need to ask ourselves who do we serve? Its’s not a new question Joshua asks it in: “Joshua 24:15” Who are you going to serve? Elijah asks it in: “1 Kings 18:21” How long are you going to jump back and forth between two positions?

Jesus makes it clear here you can’t serve both!

“Serve Adonai with gladness. Enter His presence with joyful songs.”

Psalm 100:2 CJB

Today, let’s choose to celebrate the Father, let’s rejoice in the fact that He saved us and not get caught up in the trappings of the world! Things are always better when we celebrate our Father in Heaven! Have a blessed day rejoicing in the LORD!

“I said, They should put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head and gave him fine robes to wear, while the angel of Adonai stood by.”

Zechariah 3:5 CJB

How awesome is this, the LORD puts a clean turban on our heads, no matter how messed up and dirty we are. All we have to do is call!

“Our God is a God who saves; from Adonai comes escape from death.”

Psalm 68:20 CJB

How does this happen? By the hand of the LORD not ours! All we have to do is call and confess!

“Then he answered me, This is the word of Adonai to Z’rubavel: Not by force, and not by power, but by My Spirit, says Adonai-Tzva’ot.”

Zechariah 4:6 CJB

Today, realize, you are clean and set free by the hand of the LORD! So don’t dwell on your problems, but instead call on the LORD and dwell on Him! Have a blessed day!

Shabbat Shalom!

“Sing, daughter of Tziyon; rejoice! For, here, I am coming; and I will live among you, says Adonai.”

Zechariah 2:14 CJB

We, too, should be singing and rejoicing because the LORD lives among us!

“Sing to Him, sing praises to Him! Talk about all His wonders.”

1 Chronicles 16:9 CJB

No matter what may be happening in your life or in the world around you, good or bad, we have the LORD who dwells in our midst! This is something worth singing about!

“So I give thanks to You, Adonai, among the nations; I sing praises to your name.”

Psalm 18:50 CJB

Today, let’s get out there and praise the LORD and sing praise to His name. Let’s let people know how great and good the LORD is!

Have a blessed day sharing about the LORD!

“But the people began complaining about their hardships to Adonai. When Adonai heard it, His anger flared up, so that fire from Adonai broke out against them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.”

Numbers 11:1 CJB

How often do we complain about the situation we are in or the problems we are dealing with?

“For I know what plans I have in mind for you, says the LORD, Plans for – well being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future.”

Jeremiah 29:11 CJB

The LORD knows our situation and He knows how it’s going to work out! We need to trust the LORD and not throw in the towel or complain!

“Trust in Adonai with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him; then He will level your paths.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 CJB

Today, look to the LORD, not your situation! Have a blessed day looking for the LORD!

“Make two trumpets; make them of hammered silver. Use them for summoning the community and for sounding the call to break camp and move on. When they are sounded, the entire community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.”

Numbers 10:2-3 CJB

We all need to be listening for the call of the LORD, and assembling together as often as we can!

“The voice of Adonai is powerful; The voice of the Adonai is full of splendor.”

Psalm 29:4 CJB

The world around us is full of so much noise, that often times the voice of the LORD can be drowned out! It is up to us to purpose in our hearts to listen for His voice!

“Hear the word Adonai speaks to you, house of Israel!”

Jeremiah 10:1 CJB

Today, let’s really be tuned in and listening for the voice of the LORD. Don’t make excuses for not assembling ourselves together with other believers, we really need each other! Have a blessed day listening for the LORD!