Devotions

“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.”

Mark 4:3

Are we listening? We should know this parable of the seeds that are sowed in four types of soil! The first is devoured, because there is no desire for the LORD. The seconded because it has no room for the LORD, things of the world are more important. The third is choked out because the world is louder: news pundits, sports pundits and protest (social injustice). Don’t let the world choke out the LORD! The fourth is good ground. Hope this your heart today?

“And He said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

Mark 4:9

We need to be the soft good ground, there is enough weedy, stoney and overgrown ground out there! Let us hear what the LORD says, share the good news of salvation, but understand some will just reject! We need to just love them and move on to the next! Our job is to sow seed, the seeds of LOVE, not to get into endless debates and arguments! Just sow the seeds of LOVE! The LOVE of the LORD!

“You shall not take vengeance, nor bear and grudge against the children of your people, but you shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.”

Leviticus 19:18

Today, realize the key to any argument, disagreement or contentious situation is LOVE! We need to all try to sow as many seeds of love, the LOVE of the LORD as we can! Have a blessed day just loving on people!

Shabbat Shalom!

“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”

Mark 3:24-25

We see this all around us today. Nations, society and, sadly, believers are all divided! For us as believers in the LORD we are supposed to have unity, not division! How do we do this? Simple!

“A new commandment I give to you, that you LOVE one another; as I have loved you, that you also LOVE one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have LOVE for one another.”

John 13:34-35

They key really is to LOVE. Jesus loved us, so we should just love people! We don’t have to agree, we just have to love! When we love each, other it always leads us to forgiveness, kindness and understanding!

“Therefore, as elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering; bearing with one another; even as Jesus forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on LOVE, which is the bond of perfection.”

Colossians 3:12-14

Today, let’s not get frustrated and angry with people, judging and condemning them! Let’s just let things go, forgive and just LOVE! Have a blessed day just loving as the LORD loves us!

“And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple. So Solomon’s builders, Hiram’s builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple.”

1 Kings 5:17-18

The construction of the Solomon temple happened almost three thousand years ago, the builders had no power tools, cranes or bulldozers. Everything was done by hand with blood and sweat! In other words they had burdens feeling overwhelmed with no end in sight! That’s maybe how you feel today!

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Matthew 11:28-30

Often times we look at the task before us, the situation going on in our lives or the up hill battle that we are in! What the LORD desires us to do, is look to Him, rest in Him and most of all learn from Him! Realize, He has everything all worked out already!

“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures for evermore.”

Psalm 16:11

Remember, it took Solomon seven years to build the temple, forty years for the children of Israel to walk through the wilderness and seventy years captivity in Babylon in all cases the LORD was right there with them, the same goes for us! No matter what burden you may be going through. Know this the LORD is right there with you, no matter how long it takes! Have a blessed day knowing the LORD is working it all out!