Devotions

Posted on

We’ve been redeemed!

“But the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb. And if you will not redeem him, then you shall break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed.”

Exodus 34:20

This is pretty cool, when we see Jesus as the lamb, because you’ve been redeemed!

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold! The lamb of God who takes away the sin of the LORD!”

John 1:29

So what’s that makes us? The donkey! OUCH! We all can relate with the fact that many of us from time to time can act like a jack-ass!

“Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Jesus, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

1 Peter 1:18-19

How amazing is this? Maybe things haven’t been going well or you’ve had a rough week! Good news you’ve been redeemed and all you have to do is call out to Him! Hope this blesses you greatly!

Posted on

His grace is what you need!

“Then he said, If now I have found grace in Your sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray, go among us, even through we are a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

Exodus 34:9

How often do we pray or talk to the LORD like this, If I ____, (fill in the blank) will You ____! We don’t need to walk through life wondering if we’re good enough? All we need to know is we are nothing without the LORD! Understand, all the LORD wants from us is to lean and depend on Him!

“Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”

Psalm 100:3

So often we can get hung up on what we can do, how we can earn or work our way to receiving His graces! All we need to do is call, confess, repent and receive!

“And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.”

Joel 2:32 also Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13

Today, don’t get all caught up in guilt, doubt and how much you may have blown it! Instead get caught up in the LORD who forgives and makes all things new! Call on Him and let go of the anchor of sin! Have a blessed day knowing you are are covered by the grace of the LORD!

Posted on

He knows your name

“For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth. So the LORD said to Moses, I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Exodus 33:16-17

Today, let us understand the LORD has separated us to Himself, He called us out of darkness into His light and He knows us by name!

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

1 Peter 2:9

Just like the Israelites who blew it with the molded calf, the same goes for us! We belong to the LORD and He always shows us His grace!

“If we confess our our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

1 John 1:9

Realize, no matter how much you’ve blown it, the LORD is only one call away! He hears, He knows and He gives us His grace! Have a blessed day knowing the LORD knows your name!