Devotions

“Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, Sit here while I pray.”

Mark 14:32

Jesus, knows what’s coming next and He doesn’t have a staff meeting, He simply just says let’s pray. So often we want to take action, but what we need to do first in everything is just simply PRAY!

“Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.”

Psalm 5:2

After we pray then the next thing we get to do is watch, God answers in His perfect timing!

“Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”

Mark 14:34

Today, before we react let’s pray then instead of doing, let’s just watch and see what the LORD will do! Have a blessed day praying and watching. the LORD is doing great things!

“But Jesus said, Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.”

Mark 14:6

We all can be guilty of this same thing, judging or criticizing other people on what they do for the LORD, instead of looking at what we are doing!

“He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, And He will pay back what he has given.”

Proverbs 19:17

The LORD really wants us to do good works for Him, and encourage others to do the same, instead of tearing them down! We should be doing good works because we are saved!

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:16

Today, let’s spend our time on doing things for the LORD and encouraging people around us! Have a blessed day sharing the love of the LORD.

Shabbat Shalom.

“And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.”

2 Samuel 7:9

How true is this, that the LORD is with us everywhere we go! No matter what, no matter where, know that the LORD is with you!

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

Psalm 91:1

Knowing the LORD is with us at all times should lead us to desire to be under His wings, under His covering and in His presence!

“And the priest said to them, Go in peace. The presence of the LORD be with you on your way.”

Judges 18:6

Today, no matter what is going on in our lives, stay in the presence, coverings and shadow of the LORD. Life will always be better when we walk under His wings! Have a blessed day with the LORD!

“David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, How can the ark of the LORD come to me?”

2 Samuel 6:9

We must always do what the LORD says and be afraid not to! His ways are always going to be better than ours!

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.”

Psalm 111:10

In everything we do we must do it the LORD’S way, not ours. That’s called a healthy fear of the LORD!

“Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

John 14:16

Today, let’s look to the LORD and follow the LORD! Have a blessed day walking in His ways!