Devotions

“O Israel, return to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;” Hosea 14:1

We all have stumbled or have blown it at one time or the other! Maybe we have even stumbled today, The solution is and will always be call on the LORD!

“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.” Hosea 14:4

Today you might be feeling down, guilty, or even depressed, remember the LORD is just a prayer away, to hear you, forgive you and forget what ever it is you have done!

“Restore us , O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!” Psalm 80:3,7 and 19

No matter how bad we think we are, the LORD is there to hear and to save us! So today call upon His name, return to His ways and be restored! Have a blessed day Shabbat Shalom!

“O Israel, you are destroyed, But your help is from Me.”

Hosea 13:9

Often times when life gets bad we can blame God, but really we can only blame ourselves! The good news is it is the LORD who gets us out of trouble, it is He who saves us!

“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” Psalm 107:1

Today we all have a lot to be thankful for, we are saved! With all the stupid things we say and do our LORD still forgives us! And that is something to be thankful for!

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.”

Psalm 100:4

Today let us look for things to be thankful for, instead of things to complain about! Most of all let us be thankful for the LORD and His salvation, have a blessed Thanksgiving!

“Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, Here I am.” Genesis 31:11

The LORD see’s all the things going on in our lives, the good things and the bad things and He is providing a way out and a way to go! We just have to listen and seek His direction, Here I am!

“For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.” Psalm 48:14

We all from time to time feel like the whole world is pressing down upon us! Decisions, directions and choices have to be made and we have no clue what to do! Notice here Jacob is asleep!

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10

Maybe today you feel like life is pressing down on you and you have to do something! Take a deep breath and be still, and say LORD here I am! Then wait, be still and see what the LORD will do! Don’t be impatient remember Jacob was under Laban for twenty years before He heard from the LORD again! The LORD answers in His timing not yours or mine, so be still! Have a blessed day!

“Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.” Genesis 30:22

Like Rachel we can feel everyone around us is being blessed by the LORD and we are just forgotten! Not true, the LORD knows exactly where we are at and while we are waiting He prepares us for whats next!

“Rest in the LORD, and wait for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.” Psalm 37:7

Being patient and waiting can be hard, we want to get out there and shake things up make things happen! Often times when we do things on our own strength we tend to make messes. The best thing to do is wait for the LORD to move. Even when we see those around us prospering.

“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope.” Psalm 130:5

Today realize the LORD hasn’t forgotten you, He knows your situation, so just keep digging into His word, walk in His way and follow His instructions! He always gets us through, have a blessed day waiting on Him!

“And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, Now I will praise the LORD. Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing.” Genesis 29:35

Leah felt unloved and the LORD opened her womb and she birth’s four son’s. While looking for love from her husband Jacob and getting nothing. She birth’s her fourth son Judah and I believe she then realizes the LORD has been blessing her the whole time; “Now I will praise the LORD.” No matter what our situation is good or bad, we need to praise the LORD in all things!

“In the day of my trouble I will call upon You. For You will answer me.” Psalm 86:7

Like Leah when we are in trouble or going through trials, we need to call upon the LORD! But we also need to look and realize how He is answering us, He answers us according to His wisdom not ours, He answers and gives according to His ways not our ways which is always better!

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:9

Today no matter what you maybe going through good or bad, whatever prayer requests you’re sharing with the LORD. Stop and look to see how He may have already answered you or better yet just stop and Praise the LORD! Don’t look for praises of men, but give praises to the LORD instead! Have a blessed day in Him!